Increase reflects commitment to growing the sport, supporting elite female athletes, and recognition as a top event in women’s golf
MIDLAND, Mich. – Tournament officials announced today that the Dow Championship will increase the tournament purse to $3.3 million in 2025, a $300,000 increase over the 2024 event. Scheduled for June 23–29, 2025, the Dow Championship is ranked among the top 15 percent of the highest-paying events on the LPGA Tour, excluding major championships. This places the tournament among the top five non-major events.
In addition to this purse increase, the 2024 Dow Championship was recently recognized as the runner-up for the LPGA’s Tournament of the Year award, further solidifying its status as one of the premier events in women’s professional golf.
“We are delighted to have our purse ranked so highly in professional women’s golf, reflecting our unwavering commitment to elevating the sport and empowering athletes at the highest level,” said Dow Championship Executive Director Carlos Padilla II. “We are also incredibly proud to be honored as a runner-up for the Tournament of the Year award. This recognition is a testament to the hard work, passion, and dedication of everyone involved in the community, and it motivates us to continue striving for excellence. We look forward to many more years of success, collaboration, and celebration as we grow the sport together.”
In 2024, the Dow Championship celebrated its fifth anniversary with the introduction of a new tournament name, logo, and mascot, Champ. This 72-hole, stroke-play event features two-player teams competing in both foursomes and four-ball formats. While the LPGA tournament serves as the highlight of the week-long festivities, the Dow Championship also offers a range of community-focused programs, including the First Tee Junior Clinic, the Special Olympics 3-Hole Challenge, free access for veterans, and various leadership programming throughout.
Since its inception in 2019, the tournament has contributed over $2 million in charitable donations. Each year, the Dow Championship is also estimated to generate a substantial economic impact of over $20 million in the Great Lakes Bay Region and partners with over 250 local businesses and suppliers annually.
The Dow Championship will return to Midland Country Club next June. Tickets and volunteer opportunities are expected to be announced in early 2025. For more information, visit www.dowchampionship.com or follow the tournament’s social media @DowChampionship.
About the Dow Championship
The Dow Championship is an official LPGA Tour event that will be held in Michigan’s Great Lakes Bay Region June 23-29, 2025, at Midland Country Club in Midland, Michigan. The Dow Championship is the first team event played for official money and points and became the first fully GEO Certified® sustainable tournament on the LPGA Tour since its inception in 1950. The tournament is played with 72 two-woman teams competing in a 72-hole stroke play format with alternating rounds of foursomes (alternate shot) and four-ball (best ball).
The week-long event features more than golf. It includes an official LPGA Tour Pro-Am Tournament, STEM Center, youth related programming, hospitality suites and leadership events. This inclusive event offers free daily youth opportunities, affordable ticket prices, and free admission for kids 17 and under as well as past and present Military personnel. Follow @dowchampionship on Instagram, Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter) or online at www.dowchampionship.com.
About the LPGA
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is the world’s premier women’s professional golf organization. Created in 1950 by 13 pioneering female Founders, the LPGA, whose members now represent more than 60 countries, is the longest-standing professional women’s sports organization. Through the LPGA Tour, the Epson Tour, the LPGA Professionals, and a joint venture with the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA provides female professionals the opportunity to pursue their dreams in the game of golf at the highest level. In addition to its professional tours and teaching accreditation programs, the LPGA features a fully integrated Foundation, which provides best-in-class programming for female golfers through its junior golf programming, and its LPGA Amateurs division, which offers its members playing and learning opportunities around the world. LPGA aims to use its unique platform to inspire, transform and advance opportunities for girls and women, on and off the golf course.
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About the LPGA Tour
The LPGA Tour is the world’s leading competitive destination for the best female professional golfers in the world. The Tour hosts more than 30 annual events across 11 countries for over 200 Active Players, awarding total prize funds exceeding $131 million and reaching television audiences in more than 220 countries. Follow the LPGA Tour on its U.S. television home, Golf Channel.
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