DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March 24, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ladies Professional Golf Association has designated Ladies Links Fore Golf "the Official Online Amateur Golf Community of the LPGA."
As part of the agreement, Ladies Links Fore Golf will post teaching videos to the LPGA's official Web site (LPGA.com) monthly, and will explore additional cross-promotional opportunities on its own Web site at LL4G.com.
"A number of the LPGA's top teaching professionals established Ladies Links Fore Golf in 2005 to further empower women golfers by linking them to new learning and playing opportunities. Partnering with these women is a natural fit for our organization, as their vision is manifested in the vision of our extended LPGA family -- to inspire, empower, educate and entertain," said Libba Galloway, deputy commissioner of the LPGA. "We now can work more closely to attract more women to the game of golf, and to highlight the important role of our Teaching & Club Professionals (T&CP) in communities across the country."
In 2008, Ladies Links Fore Golf launched LL4G.com, the nation's fastest growing women's amateur online golf community, designed to offer women golfers instruction, support, and mental and physical strategies to improve their golf games. In early 2009, the Web site was updated with new interactive features, including a member "Locker Room," where members can post their profiles and search for other members in their area, as well as a "Find a Teaching Pro" section that enables visitors to search for LPGA T&CP.
"We are thrilled to partner with the LPGA," said Lynn Stellman, CEO of Ladies Links Fore Golf, LLC. "Our affiliation with the LPGA will allow us to more rapidly grow our programs so that we can bring new learning and playing opportunities to a broad range of golfers around the world -- from beginners to advanced amateurs."
Ladies Links Fore Golf will sponsor six "Fun Days," two tournaments and two golf schools in the first part of 2009. Other events may be added as the year progresses.
Membership in Ladies Links Fore Golf is available to all amateur players. For information, visit http://www.ll4g.com
About the LPGA
The Ladies Professional Golf Association is the longest-running women's sports association in the world. The LPGA Tour and the LPGA Teaching & Club Professionals (T&CP) comprise the backbone of what has become the premier women's sports organization in the world today. For information, visit http://www.LPGA.com.
About Ladies Links Fore Golf, LLC
The mission of Ladies Links Fore Golf is to empower amateur women golfers by providing them support, instruction and strategies to improve their golf games and their mental and physical conditioning. Its online golf community, LL4G.com, is designed to link aspiring amateur women golfers to golf instruction, information, equipment and playing opportunities tailored to their specific needs. For information visit http://www.ll4g.com.