Defending champion Hyo Joo Kim and reigning player of the year Ariya Jutanugarn highlight the field as the 2017 LPGA begins its season on Thursday with the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic at the Ocean Club Course at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island. The fifth edition of this tournament is the first of 35 events on the LPGA Tour schedule, up from 33 in 2016. The combined total official prize money of the tour's events is an LPGA-record $67.35 million - and 11 of the events (including four of the tour's five major championships) will have increased purses. More...