Tags: Golf Tournament, Tournament.
The Samsung World Championship was an annual golf tournament played between 1980 and 2009 for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. It was a limited field event open by invitation only.The tournament was founded in 1980 by Mark McCormack founder of the sports management firm IMG originally with the world’s top-12 LPGA players. The field was increased to 16 players in 1996 and to 20 in 1999.