Kobayashi seeks deeper collaboration with CLPG Tour

A decade ago, Ladies Professional Golf Association of Japan chairman Hiromi Kobayashi and T K Pen, the CLPG Tour chairman, crossed paths at the Rio Olympics, where they discovered that their respective visions for a collaboration between the two tours were aligned.

Last week, those visions became a reality. The Mitsubishi Electric Automation Women's Open, held in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, marked the first co-sanctioned event between the JLPGA and the CLPG Tour.

"This is the first time since JLPGA's founding in 1967 that we are partnering with the CLPG Tour. I am truly honored and delighted," Kobayashi said.