Michelle Wie West, Rose Zhang make LPGA history, ink deal with Delta

Michelle Wie West and Rose Zhang, two of the most important names in ladies’s golf, made LPGA Tour historical past this week by signing a sponsorship take care of Delta Airways, the biggest air passenger service on the planet.

It’s the primary time Delta has sponsored LPGA golfers on a nationwide stage, in line with GolfWeek’s Beth Ann Nichols.

Phrases of the deal weren’t made public, however Delta is dedicated to furthering its assist in ladies’s athletics, per Tuesday’s launch.

“Our model companions are an extension of Delta’s core values, and the addition of these world-class athletes deliver Delta’s presence inside golf to the subsequent stage,” stated Emmakate Younger, the Managing Director of Model Advertising and Sponsorships for Delta Airways. “These partnerships permit us to maintain climbing towards our mutual targets of driving engagement, fairness and involvement with ladies’s sports activities.”

Wie West, who received the 2014 U.S. Ladies’s Open at Pinehurst, is likely one of the extra recognizable faces in ladies’s golf within the twenty first century.

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She was a teenage phenom. In 2005, she signed an enormous take care of Nike as a 16-year-old, which drew some to match her to Tiger Woods on the time.

Now 33 years previous, Wie West has received 5 occasions on the LPGA Tour and has completed within the top-5 at main championships 4 occasions.

“As a Delta Million Miler and long-time traveler, Delta has been by my airline of alternative all through my LPGA profession,” stated Wie West. “Partnering with them is an thrilling subsequent step as I method a brand new section in my profession and life. I look ahead to becoming a member of Delta within the skies and on the course as we take ladies’s golf to new heights.”

In the meantime, Zhang simply completed her collegiate profession at Stanford, the place she once more received the NCAA Particular person Title. She turned the primary feminine golfer to win back-to-back particular person championships. Zhang additionally received 12 different tournaments in faculty.

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“She’s absolutely the GOAT,” Stanford coach Anne Walker stated, per Golf Digest. “She is one of the best novice of all time.”

Zhang has obtained tons of hype, just like what Wie West skilled within the mid-2000s. The comparability between these two star golfers has by no means been extra evident than with this sponsorship take care of Delta.

“Beginning my skilled journey with Delta is invaluable as we work collectively to raise ladies’s golf and proceed the climb in my profession,” Zhang stated. “Delta and I each share the need to be one of the best in our recreation, and I’m proud to have them on my group as we take flight collectively on this subsequent chapter.”