LPGA Tour unveils 2012 schedule

Daytona Beach, FL (Sports Network) - The LPGA Tour released it 2012 schedule on Tuesday and the 28-event slate features five new events.< as="" had="" already="" been="" announced,="" the="" tour="" opens="" the="" season="" february="" 9-12="" in="" australia="" with="" its="" first="" new="" stop.="" that="" will="" be="" followed="" by="" events="" in="" thailand="" and="" singapore="" before="" the="" first="" stateside="" event="" takes="" place="" march="" 15-18="" with="" the="" lpga="" founders="" cup="" in="" arizona.="" the="" tour="" will="" head="" to="" california="" for="" two="" tournaments,="" the="" second="" of="" which="" is="" the="" year's="" first="" major,="" the="" kraft="" nabisco="" championship.="" after="" two="" weeks="" off,="" the="" tour="" will="" move="" to="" hawaii="" for="" another="" new="" tourney,="" then="" quickly="" shifts="" back="" to="" alabama="" the="" following="" week.="" in="" the="" first="" week="" of="" may,="" the="" tour="" will="" have="" a="" two-day="" event="" in="" brazil.="" the="" next="" three="" events="" are="" in="" new="" york="" and="" new="" jersey,="" including="" the="" year's="" second="" major,="" the="" wegmans="" lpga="" championship.="" after="" a="" pair="" of="" events,="" including="" a="" new="" stop="" in="" canada,="" the="" year's="" third="" major="" --="" the="" u.s.="" women's="" open="" --="" will="" be="" contested="" at="" blackwolf="" run="" in="" kohler,="" wisconsin.="" after="" a="" two-week="" respite,="" the="" tour="" heads="" to="" france="" for="" the="" evian="" masters,="" which="" will="" be="" a="" major="" starting="" in="" 2013.="" the="" tour="" returns="" to="" the="" u.s.="" for="" two="" events,="" including="" the="" return="" of="" the="" jamie="" farr="" toledo="" classic,="" which="" was="" off="" the="" slate="" last="" year.="" the="" tour="" heads="" north="" of="" the="" border="" to="" canada="" the="" last="" week="" of="" august,="" then="" will="" play="" a="" new="" event="" at="" an="" old="" location="" as="" the="" kingsmill="" resort="" hosts="" the="" kingsmill="" championship.="" the="" following="" week="" is="" the="" season's="" final="" major,="" the="" women's="" british="" open="" at="" royal="" liverpool.="" the="" tour="" returns="" to="" the="" u.s.="" the="" next="" week="" for="" the="" navistar="" lpga="" classic,="" which="" is="" the="" last="" full-field="" event="" in="" the="" states.="" in="" october,="" the="" tour="" goes="" back="" to="" asia="" for="" four="" straight="" weeks.="" the="" tour="" will="" shift="" to="" mexico="" for="" lorena="" ochoa's="" event="" before="" the="" season="" wraps="" up="" november="" 15-18="" with="" the="" second="" playing="" of="" the="" cme="" group="" titleholders.="" according="" to="" the="" tour's="" release,="" lpga="" tour="" commissioner="" michael="" whan="" also="" revealed="" that="" the="" lpga="" renewed="" eight="" of="" the="" nine="" tournament="" contracts="" that="" ended="" in="" 2011="" and="" 10="" of="" 11="" marketing="" partnerships="" that="" also="" required="" new="" contracts.="" with="" the="" addition="" of="" the="" new="" events,="" and="" the="" return="" of="" the="" jamie="" farr,="" the="" total="" purse="" in="" 2012="" increased="" to="" $47="" million="" after="" being="" $40.4="" million="" last="">