2024 Legends Tour

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The 2024 Legends of the LPGA is a series of professional golf tour events for women aged 45 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.

Contents

Schedule and results

The table below shows the schedule of events for the 2024 Legends Tour season. [1]

Key
Major championships
Regular events
Team championships
DateTournamentLocationWinner(s)Note
Feb 20PGA Championship Women's Stroke PlayFlorida Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Grimes [2]
May 1Marilyn Smith Arizona Women's OpenArizona Flag of the United States.svg Leta Lindley &
Flag of the United States.svg Jackie Gallagher-Smith
Team event [3]
May 25 Senior LPGA Championship Utah Flag of the United States.svg Angela Stanford [4]
May 31Texas Women's Open – Senior DivisionTexas Flag of the United States.svg Angela Stanford [5]
Jun 8The Woodford Legends InvitationalKentucky Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Becky Morgan &
Flag of Scotland.svg Catriona Matthew
Team event [6]
Jul 14Florida Women's Open – Senior DivisionFlorida Flag of the United States.svg Tammie Green [7]
Jul 26The Legends Return to Eagle's LandingGeorgia Flag of the United States.svg Angela Stanford [8]
Jul 26Tennessee Women's Open – Senior DivisionTennessee Flag of the United States.svg Cheryl Fox [9]
Aug 4 U.S. Senior Women's Open Pennsylvania Flag of the United States.svg Leta Lindley
Aug 28LPGA Professional's National ChampionshipFloridaFlag placeholder.svg
Sep 1South Carolina Women's OpenSouth CarolinaFlag placeholder.svg
Sep 6BJ's Charity ChampionshipMassachusettsFlag placeholder.svgTeam event
Nov 12Cove Cay InvitationalFloridaFlag placeholder.svg

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