Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA, Inc. is excited to be the co-host and official partner of the new LPGA Tour event to be held at the Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida. The Pelican Women's Championship, presented by DEX Imaging and Konica Minolta, will be held November 19-22, 2020 and will see the world's best female golfers compete over 72 holes for a share of the $ 1,5 million prize pool.

LPGA: Konica Minolta partner of the new Pelican Women's Championship

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As part of the broad, multi-year partnership that begins with this year's event, Konica Minolta will add title sponsorship of the media center and presentation sponsorship of the Women's Leadership Summit starting in 2021.

Konica Minolta has a long history of supporting various golf-related charities. In particular, the company provides the official PGA TOUR Office System, and has been an official TOUR marketing partner since 2015. Konica Minolta's other golf activities include the support of Friends of Golf, the main sponsor of the Hoag Classic Champions Tour event in Newport Beach, CA, the title sponsor of the Blue Angels Foundation Konica Minolta Golf and Tennis Classic and the title sponsor of the National Kidney Foundation Konica Minolta Golf Classic, a multi-amateur golf event tournament that raises $ 3,5 million per year to benefit the National Kidney Foundation.

While Konica Minolta has supported women's golf at the local level, with the sponsorship of the United Way's Women's Leadership Golf Clinic (Women Fore Women) of Bergen County, New Jersey, this role as the o-presenter and official partner of Pelican Women's Championship marks her first foray into promoting women's golf nationwide.

"We are proud and honored to announce our support for this event"said Rick Taylor, president and CEO of Konica Minolta. “We have had an excellent business relationship with DEX Imaging for several years. Continuing to support them as a co-presenter of this tournament, while expanding our support for women's golf, is therefore particularly meaningful for us. "

The Pelican Women's Championship presented by DEX Imaging & Konica Minolta is managed by Eiger Marketing Group, a global marketing and event management agency. In addition to managing professional golf tournaments, Eiger also manages a number of other sporting and lifestyle events as well as a portfolio of top-notch corporate sponsorship.

"We are delighted to welcome Konica Minolta to the group of companies supporting our event this year and look forward to a long-term partnership."said Dan Doyle Jr, owner of Pelican Golf Club. “The corporate support for our event has been fantastic and we are delighted to continue this momentum in the years to come. "

For more information on the event, please visit the website www.PelicanLPGA.com.

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