Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play Presented by MGM Rewards Set to Return to Shadow Creek in Las Vegas May 25-29, 2022
Inaugural Champion, Current CME Globe Points Leader and Women’s British Open Champion set to return to Shadow Creek in Las Vegas as early committed players
The Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play Presented by MGM Rewards will return to Shadow Creek in Las Vegas for its second consecutive year May 25-29, 2022 with 64 players competing head-to-head for a $1.5 million purse. Early commitments announced today include the 2021 champion Ally Ewing as well as current CME Globe points leader Danielle Kang and 2021 Women’s British Open champion Anna Nordqvist. Shadow Creek is the exclusive golf course owned by MGM Resorts and available only to guests of the company’s resorts.
The Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play is the only match-play event on the LPGA calendar. Ewing went 6-1-0 in last year’s event, beating Jenny Coleman, Kang and Ariya Jutanugarn on the way to the final where she topped Sophia Popov to clinch her second career LPGA title. Kang is no stranger to winning match play tournaments, collecting U.S. Women’s Amateur titles in both 2010 and 2011. Kang has four Top-10 finishes already this season, winning the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in January for her sixth LPGA Tour victory and she currently leads both the Rolex Player of the Year rankings and the US Solheim Cup Points. Nordqvist is the most recent major winner on the LPGA Tour, taking home the 2021 Women’s British Open title last August. That crown was her third major championship and her ninth LPGA Tour victory overall.
The field will be divided into 16 groups of four players, with three days of round-robin matches deciding the final 16-player bracket. From there, the tournament will proceed in single elimination matches to determine the two players who will face off in Sunday’s Championship Match. The final field will not be set until Tuesday, May 17 with seeding of the participants announced shortly after. Additional field announcements will be made by the tournament in the coming weeks.
As one of the rare opportunities to see Shadow Creek in all its beauty, MGM Rewards Members will receive exclusive access to support golf’s most talented female players during this televised event. Members can choose from three premium experiences which include a three-night stay in a suite at ARIA, Bellagio, MGM Grand or Mandalay Bay, and all-inclusive hospitality access to the tournament. For more information on the Bank of Hope: VIP Tournament Experience, visit https://www.mgmresorts.com/boh-lpga-match-play-vip-experience.
Fans also have the opportunity to see all the action in person by signing up to serve as a volunteer. For more information on the tournament’s volunteer program, visit bankofhopelpgamatchplay.com/volunteers.
About Bank of Hope
Bank of Hope (the “Bank”) is the first and only super regional Korean-American bank in the United State with more than $17 billion in total assets. Headquartered in Los Angeles and serving a multi-ethnic population of customers across the nation, the Bank operates 53 branches in eight states across the country, nine SBA loan production offices adding presence in three additional states, residential mortgage loan production offices in Southern California and a representative office in Seoul, Korea. Bank of Hope is a diversified financial institution with a comprehensive offering of commercial, corporate and consumer products and services. The Bank is committed to improving the value of its services as Bankers, providing comprehensive financial solutions as Experts, and being good Neighbors that foster growth for its customers and communities. Bank of Hope takes great pride in supporting education in the communities where it operates and has distributed more than $2.1 million in scholarships through its Hope Scholarship Foundation.
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About Shadow Creek
Shadow Creek, one of the country’s most exclusive golf courses, has earned perennial top rankings among Golf Week and Golf Digest magazine’s public courses and has been designated the best golf course in the world in a Robb Report’s “Best of the Best” issue. Located in the midst of the Nevada desert on the outskirts of Las Vegas, and owned by MGM Resorts International, Shadow Creek continues to achieve national recognition and the kind of startling mystique reserved for only a select number of golf courses. Designed by renowned architect Tom Fazio, Shadow Creek is known for its natural beauty, rolling terrain, glistening brooks and ponds, lush gardens and mature trees. The visual elements, spectacular waterfalls and course design lend to astonishing views.
