Mollie Marcoux Samaan, the new LPGA Tour commissioner, made a bold proclamation at the season ending CME Group LPGA Tour Championship as she has held the position as the Tour’s top boss for less than 100 days.

“The way we’ve been talking around our world,” said Marcoux Samaan, “is that this is our time.”

One of the big reasons that proved this was a great time for the LPGA Tour was the reveal of the 2022 schedule. It includes 34 events, and the best in the world will compete for $85.7 million (U.S.) in total purse – the highest total purse in the history of the LPGA Tour.

There will also be 500 hours of broadcast television, a record for the Tour.

“We have never had such a robust team of partners from around the globe who see both the commercial value in investing in the LPGA and the opportunity to utilize the partnerships to have a positive impact on their communities and on the world,” said Marcoux Samaan, whose grandfather was actually French Canadian. “As the home to the best female golfers in the world, we will continue to focus on offering a dynamic schedule that allows players to reach their peak performance in golf and in life and that provides the platform to inspire young girls and women around the globe to dream big.”

Nine tournaments have announced purse increases for 2022 led by the CME Group Tour Championship, which will see the winner receive $2 million – the largest first-place prize in LPGA Tour history.

The LPGA Tour will start with three weeks in Florida before heading to Asia and then back to the Western region of the United States and around the world again through the next 12 months.

All five major championships are back on the 2022 schedule and will be contested at some world-class venues. The Chevron Championship will be conducted at Mission Hills Country Club for the final time after a 50-plus year history on the LPGA Tour, while the U.S. Women’s Open will be played at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship will head to Congressional Country Club in Maryland (the first time the storied layout will host a women’s major), the Amundi Evian Championship will visit the French Alps once again, while the AIG Women’s Open will head to the iconic Muirfield for the first time.

For Canadian golf fans, you’ll be thrilled to see that after a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CP Women’s Open will make its return.

And the Brooke Brigade will be out in force, as it’s set to return at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, where Golf Town Athlete Brooke Henderson is an honourary member, and where she shot a course-record 63 in the third round in 2017, the last time Canada’s national open was played at the beautiful Ottawa layout.

“2017 was a really, really cool week,” said Brooke. “There were a lot of people there. I played pretty well three of the days, so it’d be nice to try to get in contention.

“The last CP Women’s Open was at Magna (just north of Toronto) and I was tied for third there, so that was a lot of fun! Hopefully we’ll get something similar to that (next year).”

The excitement for the tournament’s return to the Nation’s Capital is strong.

“There’s so much pride and it being… in the Nation’s Capital, it makes it extra special,” said Tournament Director Ryan Paul. “You look at our list of champions and it’s really good. Everyone wants to be on that trophy.”

With 34 trophies up for grabs in 2022, and with Golf Town Athlete Brooke Henderson keen to add her name to many more, there’s a ton of excitement around the LPGA Tour’s schedule for next year.

“The momentum is with us,” said Marcoux Samaan. “And we just think there’s even more growth to come in so many different areas.”