2023 LPGA Tour Travel Schedule Requires More Than 80,000 Miles Across The Globe, Looks Completely Exhausting

The goal for most female golfers is to one day compete on the LPGA Tour. It is the crème de la crème of women's golf. It is the top league in the sport with the largest purses.

However, competing on the LPGA Tour is not for the faint of heart. While the competition itself is grueling, the amount travel required to compete might be even more so.

Frequent flyer miles will be accrued at an astonishing rate and jet leg is simply unavoidable.

Here is how the 2023 LPGA travel schedule breaks down:

TOTAL TRAVEL: 80,037 MILES (numbers are approximate)

Let's do the math.

All of these tournaments are held on consecutive weekends from February 23, 2023 to Nov. 19, 2023. That is 269 days.

By traveling 80,037 miles over the course of 269 days, that averages out to an astonishing 297 miles PER DAY. However, the athletes are not traveling every day.

The tournaments take up four out of every seven days each week. Thursday through Sunday.

They travel on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Though Wednesday is typically the practice round.

Assuming that the golfers travel three days each week, that is about 115 travel days. Traveling 80,037 miles over the course of 115 travel days averages out to 695 miles per day.

If they travel just two days each week, to make the practice round, that is about 77 travel days. Traveling 80,037 miles over the course of 77 travel days averages out to 1,039 miles per day.

To get a grasp of just how insane it is, here is a visual breakdown of the LPGA Tour:

And here is how it compares to the PGA Tour:

The PGA Tour travel schedule is much, much less insane.

Obviously, not every LPGA golfer competes in every LPGA event. But to even compete for half of the tournaments, if you include the ones that aren't stateside, is downright bonkers.