The LPGA schedule will once again feature 34 events next year with a record $68.75 million in total purses, the tour announced on Wednesday.While three events are gone from the 2018 schedule, three new events have been added, with two of those on the West Coast and one in mainland China.The season will again start with the Pure Silk Bahamas Classic on Paradise Island (Jan. 25-28) and end with the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Fla., (Nov. 15-18).The LPGA played for $65 million in total prize money in 2017.An expanded West Coast swing in the front half of the schedule will now include the HUGEL-JTBC Championship in the Los Angeles area April 19-22. The site will be announced at a later date.The tour will then make a return to San Franciscos Lake Merced Golf Club the following week, in a new event sponsored by L&P Cosmetics, a Korean skincare company. Both new West Coast tournaments will be full-field events.The tours third new event will be played in Shanghai Oct. 18-21 as part of the fall Asian swing. The title sponsor and golf course will be announced at a later date.Perhaps the most important aspect of our schedule is the consistency continuing to deliver strong playing opportunities both in North America and around the world, while growing overall purse levels every year, LPGA commissioner Mike Whan said in a statement. There is simply no better [womens] tour opportunity in the world, when it comes to purses, global TV coverage or strength of field. Its an exciting time in womens golf, with the best players from every corner of the globe competing against each other in virtually every event.While the Evian Championship will again be played in September next year, the tour confirmed its plans to move its fifth major to the summer in 2019, to be part of a European swing, with the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open and the Ricoh Womens British Open.The Manulife LPGA Classic and the Lorena Ochoa Invitational are not returning to the schedule next year. Also, the McKayson New Zealand Womens Open will not be played next year as it prepares to move to the front of the 2019 schedule, to be paired with the ISPS Handa Womens Australian Open.The U.S. Womens Open will make its new place earlier in the summer, a permanent move in the tours scheduling. It will be played May 31-June 3 at Shoal Creek Golf Club outside Birmingham, Ala. The KPMG Womens PGA Championship (June 28-July 1) will be played at Kemper Lakes Golf Club on the north side of Chicago and the Ricoh Womens British Open (Aug. 2-5) will be played at Royal Lytham & St. Annes in England.For the first time since its inception in 2014, the UL International Crown team event is going overseas, with the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in Incheon, South Korea, scheduled to host the event Oct. 4-7. The KEB Hana Bank Championship will be played in South Korean the following week.Here is the LPGA's schedule for 2018:Jan. 25-28: Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic; Paradise Island, Bahamas; Purse: $1.4 millionFeb. 15-18: ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open; Adelaide, Australia; Purse: $1.3 millionFeb. 21-24: Honda LPGA Thailand; Chonburi, Thailand; Purse: $1.6 millionMarch 1-4: HSBC Women's World Championship; Singapore; Purse: $1.5 millionMarch 15-18: Bank of Hope Founders Cup; Phoenix, Arizona; Purse: $1.5 millionMarch 22-25: Kia Classic; Carlsbad, California; Purse: $1.8 millionMarch 29 - April 1: ANA Inspiration; Rancho Mirage, California; Purse: $2.8 millionApril 11-14: LOTTE Championship; Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii; Purse: $2 millionApril 19-22: HUGEL-JTBC Championship; Greater Los Angeles, California; Purse: $1.5 millionApril 26-29: Name to be Announced; San Francisco, California; Purse: $1.5 millionMay 3-6: Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic; The Colony, Texas; Purse: $1.3 millionMay 17-20: Kingsmill Championship; Williamsburg, Virginia; Purse: $1.3 millionMay 24-27: LPGA Volvik Championship; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Purse: $1.3 millionMay 31 - June 3: U.S. Women's Open Championship; Shoal Creek, Alabama; Purse: $5 millionJune 8-10: ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer; Galloway, New Jersey; Purse: $1.75 millionJune 14-17: Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Purse: $2 millionJune 22-24: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G; Rogers, Arkansas; Purse: $2 millionJune 28 - July 1: KPMG Women's PGA Championship; Kildeer, Illinois; Purse: $3.65 millionJuly 5-8: Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic; Oneida, Wisconsin; Purse: $2 millionJuly 12-15: Marathon Classic presented by Owens-Corning and O-I; Sylvania, Ohio; Purse: $1.6 millionJuly 26-29: Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open; East Lothian, Scotland; Purse: $1.5 millionAug. 2-5: Ricoh Women's British Open; Lancashire, England; Purse: $3.25 millionAug. 16-19: Indy Women in Tech Championship presented by Guggenheim; Indianapolis, Indiana; Purse: $2 millionAug. 23-26: CP Women's Open; Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; Purse: $2.25 millionAug. 30 - Sept. 2: Cambia Portland Classic; Portland, Oregon; Purse: $1.3 millionSept. 13-16: The Evian Championship; Evian-les-Bains, France; Purse: $3.85 millionSept. 27-30: Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Purse: $1.8 millionOct. 4-7: UL International Crown; Incheon, Korea; Purse: $1.6 millionOct. 11-14: LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship; Incheon, Korea; Purse: $2 millionOct. 18-21: Name to be Announced; Shanghai, China; Purse: $2.1 millionOct. 25-28: Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship; New Taipei City, Chinese Taipei; Purse: $2.2 millionNov. 2-4: TOTO Japan Classic; Shiga, Japan; Purse: $1.5 millionNov. 7-10: Blue Bay LPGA; Hainan Island, China; Purse: $2.1 millionNov. 15-18: CME Group Tour Championship; Naples, Florida; Purse: $2.5 million
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