Minjee Lee yeej xyoo 2022 US Women's Open ntawm Pine Needles Lodge thiab Golf Club hauv North Carolina.
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Yeej qhov 2022 Aon Risk Reward Challenge muaj nqis ntau dua li $ 1 lab hauv cov khoom plig Minjee lee khwv tau los ntawm kev sib tw lub caij nyoog ntev uas tau muab nqi zog rau ib PGA Ncig Saib Xyuas thiab ib tus neeg ua si LPGA rau kev ua tiav qee qhov kev sib tw zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev ncig xyuas.
Lee, uas tau txais $ 3.8 lab hauv 20 LPGA cov xwm txheej dhau los, hais tias "Kev yeej qhov khoom plig tseem ceeb yog qhov txiaj ntsig zoo thiab nws tuaj yeem pab muab kev ruaj ntseg nyiaj txiag thiab kev ywj pheej," Lee hais tias. "Nws tseem tuaj yeem pab them rau qee yam kev siv nyiaj mus ncig uas tuaj nrog kev ncig xyuas.
"Cov khoom plig loj kuj tuaj yeem pab nrog kev lees paub, thiab tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo ib yam li cov txiv neej txhais tau tias koj tau raug saib nyob rau tib theem li cov txiv neej."
Qhov tsis sib xws ntawm cov txiv neej thiab poj niam cov kev ua si - txawm tias nws yog NBA thiab WNBA, PGA Ncig Saib Xyuas thiab LPGA lossis MLS thiab NWSL - tau raug sau tseg zoo, tab sis raws li ntau tus kiv cua, cov koom tes koom tes thiab cov tub ua lag luam pom lub sijhawm rau kev loj hlob thiab kev txaus siab - tsis txhob hais txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev sib npaug - theem ntawm kev tsis sib xws tau pib poob qis.
Lub LPGA tshaj tawm Thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis nws yuav muab khoom plig ntau dua $ 101 lab hauv cov khoom plig thoob plaws 33 qhov xwm txheej xyoo no, nce los ntawm $ 85.7 lab tag nrho lub hnab nyiaj thaum lub caij 2022.
Raws li kev ntaus golf txuas ntxiv loj hlob thiab muaj ntau haiv neeg, ua tsaug rau kev sib koom ua ke ntawm ntau yam xws li kev nyab xeeb, kev sib raug zoo nyob deb ntawm kev ua si thaum lub sij hawm qhov siab ntawm tus kab mob sib kis mus rau qhov nrov ntawm golf-kev lom zem chaw xws li topgolf thiab kev ua kis las siv thev naus laus zis, cov tub ntxhais hluas tau txais kev ntaus golf ntau dua li qhov qub.
Raws li National Golf Foundation, cov neeg ua si hnub nyoog 6-17 tau ntsib feem pua loj tshaj plaws Kev nce qib ntawm tag nrho cov pej xeem nyob hauv lub sijhawm muaj kev sib kis nrog 3.4 lab ua si ntawm ib chav kawm hauv 2022.
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Cov ntaub ntawv 3.3 lab tus tib neeg tau ua si hauv Asmeskas kev ntaus golf thawj zaug xyoo tas los, nrog cov neeg tuaj tshiab muaj ntau haiv neeg ntau dua li kev ua kis las tag nrho cov kev koom tes hauv lub hauv paus - cov pib muaj 45% feem ntau yuav tsis yog dawb thiab 35% feem ntau yuav poj niam piv. nrog cov golfers tam sim no, raws li NGF.
Qhov no yog ib tug trend Lee hlub pom.
"Kuv xav tias thaum kawg nws tuaj yeem ua rau muaj peev xwm nthuav dav rau kev ua si ntawm golf," tus yeej yim-lub sij hawm LPGA hais txog kev sib luag hauv golf. "Qhov no yog qhov uas peb xav tau ntau lub tuam txhab thiab cov hom lag luam los nqis peev rau cov poj niam golf thiab pab nws mus rau qib ib yam li PGA Ncig Saib. Yog tias ntau lub tuam txhab muab khoom plig sib npaug ntawm lawv cov xwm txheej zoo li Aon tau ua rau cov txiv neej thiab poj niam kev ua si, nws tuaj yeem pab txhawb lub tswv yim tias peb cov poj niam golfers yeej muaj txiaj ntsig zoo li cov txiv neej thiab vam tias lwm tus neeg txhawb nqa yuav nce qib hauv tib txoj kev.
"Nyob rau qib junior, kuv xav tias cov kev pab cob qhia yeej ib txwm ua tau zoo thiab ntau lub sijhawm cov kws tshaj lij tuaj yeem tsim rau cov golfers junior, nws yuav zoo dua rau golf tiam tom ntej."
Thaum qhov sib txawv, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov khoom plig khoom plig tseem muaj nyob rau ntawm ob qhov kev ncig xyuas, PGA Ncig saib thiab LPGA thaum Lub Ob Hlis tshaj tawm kev sib koom ua ke ntawm pab pawg sib koom ua ke ntawm Grant Thornton Invitational thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 8-10 hauv Naples, Florida.
32-tus neeg ua si yuav suav nrog 16 PGA Ncig Ncig thiab 16 LPGA cov kws tshaj lij sib tw rau $ 4 lab lub hnab nyiaj, tsis yog tsuas yog muab cov neeg ncaws pob koom nrog cov nqi zog sib npaug tab sis kuj muaj kev sib npaug pom hauv hom tshiab no raws li kev sib tw peb hnub yuav raug tshaj tawm hauv TV NBC thiab Golf Channel.
LPGA tus thawj coj Mollie Marcoux Samaan tau hu qhov kev tshwm sim "ib kauj ruam tseem ceeb rau kev ntaus golf, poj niam golf thiab LPGA."
Cov neeg txhawb nqa xws li Grant Thornton thiab Aon, uas pib Qhov Risk Reward Challenge hauv 2019, muab lawv cov nyiaj nyob qhov twg lawv lub qhov ncauj xa xov ntawm qhov kev hloov pauv tshwm sim hauv golf.
Kev ua haujlwm nyob deb dhau lawm, tab sis nws yog ib kauj ruam zoo ntawm txoj kev yog.
"Rau Aon kom nce qib ntawm txoj kev ntawd hauv qhov kub ntawm peb ib puag ncig thiab qhov kub ntawm peb lub ntiaj teb tam sim no qhov twg muaj ntau tham txog nws, rau lawv kom nce qib thiab ua ib yam dab tsi txog nws, Kuv xav tias hais lus ntau rau. lawv hais txog dab tsi, ”hais tsib-lub sij hawm PGA Ncig saib tus yeej Tony Finau. "Kuv nyiam tias kuv yog ib tug koom tes nrog ib lub tuam txhab amazing zoo li tus uas txaus siab ua nws es tsis yog tham txog nws xwb. Ua ib tug brand ambassador, kuv zoo siab rau nws tias lawv tab tom nce mus rau hauv txoj kev ntawd.
"Nws yog qhov zoo uas ntau tus neeg tau nqis peev hauv qhov kev ua si - ob qho tib si ntawm cov txiv neej thiab poj niam - tab sis Aon tab tom nce mus rau hauv txoj hauv kev uas lawv yuav tsum coj txoj hauv kev."
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaellore/2023/03/08/professional-golfs-equality-push/