Vedbæk, Denmark – The NEXT Golf Tour, powered by Trackman, announced a partnership with the ANNIKA Women’s All Pro Tour to provide elite female players with exciting new opportunities to advance their professional golf careers.
“This is what NEXT is all about Real opportunity,” said Trackman CEO and Co-founder Klaus Eldrup-Jørgensen.“We could not be more proud of this partnership, which opens a new path for the talented women golfers on our tour to pursue their professional golf dreams. “Creating more opportunities for women has been a key focus for the NEXT Golf Tour from the beginning, and we’re eager to work closely with the ANNIKA Womens All Pro Tour to make that happen.”
In 2024, the Women’s All Pro Tour will be renamed the ANNIKA Women’s All Pro Tour, signifying the launch of its strategic alliance with World Golf Hall of Famer Annika Sörenstam. The ANNIKA WAPT’s primary goals are to provide mentoring, a highly competitive tournament setting, and more opportunities for players to reach the next level.
Under the cross-tour partnership, the highest-ranked female player from Season 2 of the NEXT Golf Tour will receive the ANNIKA WAPT “Wildcard.” The Wildcard includes an ANNIKA WAPT membership ($650 value) and free entry to three ANNIKA WAPT events ($1,800 value) during the 2024 season.
If the top-ranked female player does not accept the ANNIKA WAPT Wildcard, it will be offered to the next highest-ranked female golfer. The Wildcard will be limited to a player in the top five on the order of merit.
Gary DeSerrano, president of the ANNIKA WAPT, said: “Trackman has been a fantastic partner to the ANNIKAWomen’s All Pro Tour, and we are proud to extend this partnership to their NEXT Tour program. We continue to provide our players with access to the best technology in the game and more opportunities to earn money and improve their game. The NEXT Tour provides players with both.”
ABOUT THE NEXT GOLF TOUR
The NEXT Golf Tour Powered by Trackman is a series of mixed-field professional golf competitions played indoors on Trackman simulators worldwide. NEXT was founded by Trackman in 2023 to provide elite players an opportunity to earn income and develop their brands as professional golfers. During its inaugural season, 994 players from 41countries
competed in six 18-hole stroke play tournaments for a combined purse of $876,100. Men and women compete straight-up from different tee boxes, and in-round side games worth $30,000 per round provide all players with another level of competition and earning potential. Learn more and follow the live leaderboards all season long at NEXTGolfTour.com.
ABOUT THE ANNIKA WOMEN’S ALL PRO TOUR
The ANNIKA Women’s All Pro Tour (WAPT) was established in 2019 to provide a premier developmental opportunity for female golf professionals to hone their competitive skills while preparing for a life on the Epson and LPGA Tours. Through its partnership with the LPGA’s Epson Tour, the WAPT provides weekly opportunities for players to earn exemptions to select Epson Tour events. At the end of each season, the top five points winners on the Callaway Race To Stage II earn advancement directly to Stage II of LPGA qualifying. Follow the WAPT online at www.wapt.golf, on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
ABOUT TRACKMAN
Proudly based in Vedbæk, Denmark, Trackman is the world’s leading developer of radar-tracking technology for use in golf performance analysis. The iconic Trackman 4 launch monitor — aka “the little orange box” — is trusted by elite players, coaches, equipment manufacturers, and club fitters to provide ultra-precise data on virtually every aspect of club motion and ball flight. Trackman Range and indoor golf simulator solutions bring our tour-proven technology to the masses, featuring the industry’s best practice, virtual golf, and entertainment software.
Trackman is the official provider of club and ball tracking and tracing data to the PGA Tour for broadcast on TV and digital platforms. Learn more at Trackman.com.
