Celebs, music and fun: Nothing else like the TOC for the LPGA

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0:007:48LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – To say the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions is unlike any other event on the LPGA Tour is an understatement. It like the Sentry TOC, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Waste Management Phoenix Open rolled into one. It’s a limited-field event, open only to players who have won the last two years on Tour (the last three years for 2021, because of the coronavirus pandemic).

It’s a real party. Music blares on the driving range; a DJ entertains competitors on the 18th tee, where they can play cornhole while waiting to tee off. And nothing can begin to prepare a player for the experience of trying to win a Tour event…