Lpga Tour Takes Center Stage In Las Vegas As Pga Tour Plots Future Return

Reigning Player of the Year and world No. 1 Nelly Korda is back in the Las Vegas area this week to defend her T-Mobile Match Play title .

The LPGA Tour event is Las Vegas' star professional golf attraction of the year, especially since the PGA Tour won't host a tournament in the city for the first time in more than four decades.

Dropping Las Vegas from the schedule - which occurred after Shriners Children's Hospital ended its 18-year sponsorship in October - was a big blow to a city known as a golf destination for hackers and scratch players alike.

But it might not be a permanent setback.

The PGA Tour, in fact, hopes to return to the city with an early year event that attracts the sport's top names. When that happens is unknown, and it won't occur until at least 2027.