Kupcho wins LPGA Chevron before Houston move

Jennifer Kupcho won this past weekend's LPGA Chevron Championship, and will be the "last winner" of the major to celebrate with a "leap into Poppie’s Pond." After a 51-year history in the Coachella Valley, the tournament will move to Houston in '23. Kupcho takes home a tournament record $750,000 from the elevated purse of $5M, "part of the allure of the Chevron sponsorship that will take the tournament to Texas starting next year." During the trophy presentation, Chevron VP/Corporate Affairs Al Williams was "met with a smattering of boos by the packed grandstands lining the 18th green." As an homage to the event's history, "four former champions also jumped into Poppie's Pond about two minutes after Kupcho" (PALM SPRINGS DESERT SUN, 4/3).