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LPGA Today Announced Addition Of Bahama Event To '13 Schedule

The LPGA today announced the addition of the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic to the tour's '13 schedule, and May 23-26 event will have a $1.3M purse with TV coverage on Golf Channel. In addition to sponsoring the tournament, Pure Silk also joins the Tour’s growing list of Official Marketing Partners. Pure Silk sponsors several golfers including Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome and Natalie Gulbis (LPGA).

This is the "first in a series of new 2013 tournaments to be announced this week." The tour last year had 27 official events for $47M in total purses and Commissioner Mike Whan said that this year's schedule will "feature at least that many" tournaments with purses of at least $47M (USA TODAY, 1/7).

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