KPMG Women's PGA Championship Tuesday, June 22, 2021 Atlanta, Georgia, USA Atlanta Athletic Club Paul Knopp Played on in Different Times
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KPMG Women's PGA Championship Tuesday, June 22, 2021 Atlanta, Georgia, USA Atlanta Athletic Club Paul Knopp played on in different times. We were at Aronimink last year. We're here in Atlanta Athletic Club this year. We're going to Congressional next year and Baltusrol the year Roberta Bowman after that. A lot of history in those events that have taken Jim Richerson place on those championships. I think we've seen with our partner in media, NBC and Golf Press Conference Channel and now streaming on Peacock, we'll be 24 hours of live coverage for the women, which is, I believe, ten hours more than we've ever had before. Golf fans around THE MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone. I'm the world will get to see the best players in the game. Christina Lance with the LPGA Tour. I'd like to thank you Again, 24 hours of live coverage. all for being with us this week at the 2021 KPMG Women's PGA. Excited to be back here in June, the time we should Then on all of our championships, specifically with the be here. The top women athletes in the world will vie for a PGA, it's about promoting what we do to grow the game, major championship here at one of the country's most and we have eight women that qualified for this storied golf courses, Atlanta Athletic Club. championship that are LPGA teaching and coaching professionals or PGA golf professionals that work every Tomorrow 7:10 a.m. is your time to have your eye on the day to grow the game around the country and showcase 1st tee, but before we get there, we want to make sure their talents as well too. everyone has time with our leadership. We'll start here on my left, introducing everyone to Paul Knopp, KPMG's U.S. Then we're very excited as a partnership, it's about chair and chief executive officer. In the middle, we have elevating the women and what they're playing for. This Roberta Bowman, chief brand and communications officer year's purse will be $4.5 million. The winner will get for the LPGA, and on my right Jim Richerson, president of $675,000. We're really proud of the strides we've made the PGA of America. there. As a partnership, that's almost double what we were six years ago when we started this venture. Jim, we'll begin with you. This is the seventh playing of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. How specifically has We've got a lot of reasons to be proud. We think the PGA of America's partnership with these two collectively we've all shared that mission for seven years organizations, the LPGA and KPMG, elevated this major and keep driving it to elevate this championship to be the championship? best in women's golf, and we think everybody's going to get a great chance to take advantage and see the best JIM RICHERSON: It's a very unique relationship to have players in the world this week. three organizations like this all come together and really leaders in their field. I think, when we all got together THE MODERATOR: Certainly on behalf of the players, all seven years ago, we had the shared mission of really 186 of them, for your support at this event. Thanks to Paul trying to create opportunities for women both on and off the and the KPMG for everything you've done. Paul, KPMG golf course. Specifically with this championship, we really has been at the forefront, elevating the women's game, wanted to elevate it to make it one of the best golf working hand in hand with LPGA of America. As we just championships in the entire golf world. And the best press send on that, more exciting news as well, if you women's events by far. could tell us more. We think we've done that, as you said, by taking it to PAUL KNOPP: As part of our long-term commitment to historically championship golf courses that the men have elevate the game of golf for women, we're really pleased 109108-1-1182 2021-06-22 20:02:00 GMT Page 1 of 5 and proud to announce a new solution, a new data and the net proceeds of the summit and the KPMG Women's analytics solution for the women's golf game. It's called PGA Championship support the KPMG Future Leaders KPMG Performance Insights. What's really powerful about Program. So these are women that are in high school, that this tool is that it's going to give the women that play this are women in need, and this allows for college game the kind of data that they need to improve and scholarships, leadership development, mentoring, and diagnose their performance, and it's going to be the same almost $3.5 million in scholarships have been awarded type of data that the men have on the men's tour. over the last seven years to 122 very deserving young women that are going to STEM fields and business fields. So for the first time ever, we're going to bring our business leadership to bear to capture this data, to process the data, Then one last thing I wanted to mention is that this year for put it in the hands of the women golfers so that they can the first time we're doing Birdies For Books. So for every improve their game. birdie, there will be ten books donated by KPMG to underserved schools in the Atlanta area. So we're really What's also really interesting about it is that it's not just the excited about the new birdies for books program too this women that will have access to this data. It's going to be year. their coaches, their caddies, the fans, the media, and our broadcast partners at the Golf Channel, NBC, and Peacock THE MODERATOR: All amazing work. Thank you so will also have the opportunity to digest this data and much for all of your support, both again inside the ropes provide insights and perspectives to everybody watching and outside the ropes. the event. So we couldn't be prouder to be partnering with all of you to bring that solution to the game of women's Roberta, I'll turn to you. This is always such a deep list of golf. It's going to be rolled out here this week for the first competitors for us. We've got all 100 players in the top 100 time on the LPGA Tour, and it's going to be used in the of the money list here this week, and so much of it has to future at all LPGA Tour events. do with the support of these two organization that's are here. How have all three of these groups worked together We're extremely excited about bringing that new rich data to build this week into the amazing week that it is? and analytics to the women's game. ROBERTA BOWMAN: In many ways, it's really a THE MODERATOR: I'm beyond stoked about this. I can't testament to the power of partnership. I have an unusual lie. I'm very excited to put those nuggets into action. perspective because I was involved with the LPGA right at That's certainly a lot of activation inside the ropes, but the start. At the time I was on the LPGA board, and the KPMG is also focused on outside the ropes and elevating leaders of KPMG and the PGA of America came together women in the workplace. If you can give us a preview of and had a shared vision and a shared value, and we're what we have to look forward to tomorrow at the seventh now on the third generation of leadership with KPMG as KPMG women's leadership summit. It's a great lineup. part of their transition and succession, and I don't know how many at PGA of America, but the important thing is, PAUL KNOPP: We couldn't be prouder to host that event even with those transitions, the event has only gotten too. Every year in conjunction with the Women's PGA better because every leader brings their passion, their Championship, we host the KPMG Women's Leadership strength, their belief, and they have actually broken the Summit, and we bring together about 300 women from 100 code of what does it take to put on a world class event? leading companies that are nominated by their CEOs, and they come to hear from business, political, sports leaders, It's a great venue. It's a rich purse. It's an infrastructure in and they're there to be inspired. They're one or two steps staging that our players respond to. It's the ability for those away from the C-suite, and or objective is to bring more players to be on television and to share their talent with women into the C-suite through this program. viewers around the world. This year we have award-winning TV and film director When you do that, the best players in the world will do their Patty Jenkins that's going to be our keynote speaker. We job, and year after year, this event has delivered great have Carol Lawson, who was an Olympic champion in drama and great players and great champions.