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Mike Whan: LPGA could get creative, combine two postponed events into one

With six of his events already canceled or postponed this season and more likely to meet the same fate, LPGA commissioner Mike Whan is studying the possibility of some creative rescheduling.

Like doubling up postponed events.

Should extreme measures be required to deliver what is being lost with the COVID-19 threat growing, Whan is exploring some out-of-the-box thinking.

Like a kind of super event.

Like a two-for-one, big-purse tournament.

“Could you have two sponsors come together in one event, so instead of playing each event for $1.5 million, you’re playing one event for $2.