The 2024 Legends of the LPGA is a series of professional golf tour events for women aged 45 (except for the U. S. Senior Women's Open, which has a minimum age of 50) and older sanctioned by the Legends Tour. Based in the United States, it is an offshoot of the main U.S.-based women's tour, the LPGA Tour. The tour was founded in 2001, and is intended to allow women to prolong their competitive golf careers on the model of the successful Champions Tour for men.
The table below shows the schedule of events for the 2024 Legends Tour season. [1]
Major championships |
Regular events |
Team championships |
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner(s) | Note |
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Feb 20 | PGA Championship Women's Stroke Play | Florida | Lisa Grimes | [2] |
May 1 | Marilyn Smith Arizona Women's Open | Arizona | Leta Lindley & Jackie Gallagher-Smith | Team event [3] |
May 25 | Senior LPGA Championship | Utah | Angela Stanford | [4] |
May 31 | Texas Women's Open – Senior Division | Texas | Angela Stanford | [5] |
Jun 8 | The Woodford Legends Invitational | Kentucky | Becky Morgan & Catriona Matthew | Team event [6] |
Jul 14 | Florida Women's Open – Senior Division | Florida | Tammie Green | [7] |
Jul 26 | The Legends Return to Eagle's Landing | Georgia | Angela Stanford | [8] |
Jul 26 | Tennessee Women's Open – Senior Division | Tennessee | Cheryl Fox | [9] |
Aug 4 | U.S. Senior Women's Open | Pennsylvania | Leta Lindley | Minimum age 50 |
Aug 28 | LPGA Professional's National Championship | Florida | Alexandra White | [10] |
Sep 1 | South Carolina Women's Open – Senior Division | South Carolina | Yvonne Cox-Holmes | |
Sep 6 | BJ's Charity Championship | Massachusetts | Wendy Ward & Angela Stanford | Team event [11] |
Oct 30 | Atlanta Legends Open | Georgia | ||
Nov 12 | Cove Cay Invitational | Florida |
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