evian
masters

there was a brouhaha when the kraft nabisco championship, which became an lpga major in 1983, dropped the words “dinah shore” from its title. now there is a move afoot that could cost the knc its major status. the evian masters—and its $3 million purse—is lobbying hard to become a major. to do that, a scheduling issue would need to be resolved: the evian would have to be moved to earlier in the year, away from the ricoh women’s british open, which follows it the last week in July. and if evian is moved, a couple of european events may have to be added to the lpga schedule so players don’t go all the way to europe to play just one tournament two times a year. (given the lightness of the lpga schedule, that might not be a bad thing.) but evian’s push to gain major status could mean replacing an existing major, and the obvious candidate is the knc (which, fine an event as it is, doesn’t have the caché of the u.s. women’s open, lpga championship or women’s british). unless the lpga decides to buck tradition and go to five majors. we hear a decision will be made in october.