During a recent media preview for the 2023 Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G, Emily Norell, the tournament director, sponsors, and Ally Ewing, 2022 champion, shared their thoughts and insights about this year’s competition.
The second annual tournament will be held Sept. 6–10 at Kenwood Country Club, featuring a field of 144 of the world’s best golfers. The event is broadcast domestically on Golf Channel with more than 12 hours of live coverage and is distributed around the globe to more than 220 countries.
In May, Kroger and P&G announced that the purse for this year’s Queen City Championship will increase to $2 Million, up from $1.75 Million in 2022. This is part of the co-title sponsor’s commitment to the tournament to attract the world’s best golfers to the city of Cincinnati and to ensure women’s golf has a platform to showcase their talent.
Last year, the tournament welcomed more than 50,000 fans to Kenwood Country Club, with more than 70 local and national partners supporting the tournament, over 700 volunteers, and by delivering over $12 Million of economic impact to Cincinnati. In 2022, more than $500,000 was cumulatively invested across all sponsors behind charitable programs as a result of the tournament.
Kroger Queen City Championship Media Day Speakers
Betsy Ross, Moderator & President of Game Day
Kate Meyer, Kroger Head of Health & Beauty Merchandising
Pat Cady, P&G Sales Senior Vice President
Emily Norell, Tournament Director
Ally Ewing, 2022 Champion of the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G
Dan Plunkett, Kenwood Country Club CEO
Ticket and hospitality packages are available now.
Free parking for all fans will be provided by Tire Discounters so all guests will have convenient access to the tournament. The Commissioners Club will have a new name and dining flair as the Jeff Ruby family is supporting the tournament. The new name of the Commissioners Club will be the Carlo & Johnny Pavilion featuring food and beverage from one of Cincinnati’s most iconic names.
The Kroger Queen City Championship is part of a platform to advance women in sports, business, and education. This effort includes the Queen City Game Changers Leadership program that recently graduated 130 Cincinnati-based women from both corporate and entrepreneurial backgrounds. Through four full-day events last year, the program connected each participant with an executive coach, executive mentors, and provided a curriculum designed to accelerate each individual’s path to executive leadership. Within the past year, 20% of the Game Changers earned promotions within their companies, and numerous entrepreneurs in the program received new business accounts and access to corporate collaborations. Founding members of the Game Changers Leadership Program include Kroger and P&G, Cintas, Great American, St. Elizabeth, TriHealth, and GE Aviation. To learn more about the program, as a potential candidate or to volunteer, visit the website at www.queencitygamechangers.com.
In 2022, the first year of the Game Changers Scholarship was launched, awarding scholarships to five young women from Cincinnati and Dayton. In the 2023-2024 academic year, the scholarship awards will have an 84% increase from the previous year by including all Kroger divisions. These scholarships are 100% awarded to multi-cultural women and will be selected across the entire Kroger Family of Companies. The 23 winners of this year’s Game Changer Scholarship will be announced during the week of the Queen City Championship presented by P&G.
