For immediate release:
Monday, May 10, 2004

Contact:
Women’s Sports Services
(714) 848-1201
Connie Wilson, LPGA
(386) 274-6271

Women’s Sports Services
becomes Official Career Partner for the LPGA

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA. (May 10, 2004). Women’s Sports Services, LLC (WSS) has been selected as the official career partner for the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). The comprehensive partnership will focus on career and professional development needs for the LPGA membership. Through the multi-faceted partnership, WSS will provide career services with state of the art technology for the newly created LPGA online career center. In addition, WSS will provide consulting services and conduct professional development programs for the LPGA Tour and Teaching & Club Professional members.

Women’s Sports Services, a career development and diversity recruiting company, operates the online career center WomenSportsJobs.com and WSSExecutiveSearch.com, which specializes in job placement for women, minorities and professional athletes. “We are proud to be working with the LPGA on this significant mission. We see this partnership as setting the precedent for other professional leagues to address and support the career needs of their organization. We look forward to further developing this program and providing many years of service to the LPGA family,” said Becky Heidesch, CEO/President, Women’s Sports Services, LLC.

"We are thrilled about this new relationship and the experience and expertise Women's Sports Services will bring to the LPGA and the online and career management programs," said Dr. Betsy Clark, LPGA vice president of professional development. "This partnership is significant to our professional development initiatives that will focus on assisting the LPGA membership with career development, enhancement and transition strategies and skills.

About Women’s Sports Services (WSS), LLC
WSS, a full service career development and diversity recruiting company, was founded in 1995. On the cutting edge of the women’s sports market for years, WSS is one of the longest standing women’s sports businesses in the U.S. The unique and creative company has done a variety of work over the years in the sports industry in the areas of career development, marketing and consulting. WSS is proud to be in partnership with Monster, CareerPerfect, the Association for Women in Sports Media, Black Women in Sport Foundation, National Association for Female Executives, Women in Business & Industry, Executive Women’s Golf Association, African American Women in Technology and Workplace Diversity. For more information log on to www.WSServices.com or call (714) 848-1201.

About the LPGA
Featuring the world's best women golfers, the LPGA's membership includes touring, teaching and club professionals. The LPGA Tour in 2004 features 33 events, with nearly 250 hours of television coverage, and total prize money of more than $43 million. Since 1981, the LPGA and its tournaments have raised approximately $150 million for charity. From the dreams of its 13 founders in 1950, the LPGA has evolved into the world's preeminent women's professional sports organization. The LPGA has grown from its roots as a playing tour into a non-profit organization involved in every facet of golf. The LPGA Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) membership boasts a total of nearly 1,200 women golf professionals who serve as teachers, golf professionals, club managers and coaches. Through the LPGA T&CP membership, the LPGA is working to increase the involvement of women and youth in golf, as well as contribute to the growth of the sport overall. The LPGA is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Fla. For more information on the LPGA, log onto www.LPGA.com.

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