Outlyr

About Outlyr
Outlyr is a global event management, sponsorship consulting and activation agency that specializes in the development and execution of engaging events and experiences. Outlyr believes in the power of relationships – driving connectivity through sports and culture – to create strategic marketing platforms and high-quality activations, enhancing affinity for its clients and brands. Outlyr manages a number of professional golf tournaments, sporting, hospitality and lifestyle events, as well as the sponsorship portfolio for several blue-chip clients. For additional information on Outlyr, visitwww.Outlyr.com.About the LPGA Tour
The LPGA Tour is the world’s leading competitive destination for the best female professional golfers in the world. The Tour hosts more than 32 annual events across 12 countries for over 200 athletes, awarding total prize funds exceeding 9 million and reaching television audiences in more than 220 countries. Follow the LPGA Tour on its U.S. television home, Golf Channel.Additional information about the 2025 Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G, including volunteer registration and ticket sales, will be announced in the coming months.The 2025 Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G will take place Sept. 8-14 at TPC River’s Bend in Maineville, Ohio. A field of 144 of the world’s top female professional golfers are scheduled to compete for a share of the million purse. Lydia Ko captured the 2024 championship by five shots to claim her third LPGA Tour title of the 2024 season and 22nd of her career.About the LPGA
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is the world’s premier women’s professional golf organization. Created in 1950 by 13 pioneering female Founders, the LPGA, whose Members now represent nearly 40 countries, is the longest-standing professional women’s sports organization. Through the LPGA Tour, the Epson Tour, the LPGA Professionals, and a joint venture with the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA provides female professionals the opportunity to pursue their dreams in the game of golf at the highest level. In addition to its professional tours and teaching accreditation programs, the LPGA features a fully integrated Foundation, which provides best-in-class programming for female golfers through its junior golf programming, and its LPGA Amateurs division, which offers its members playing and learning opportunities around the world. The LPGA aims to use its unique platform to inspire, transform and advance opportunities for girls and women, on and off the golf course.Media Contact:
Jeremy Friedman
Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G
Outlyr
407-721-9752
jfriedman@outlyr.comLongtime FC Cincinnati corporate partnerships veteran Brad McDonoughjoins Outlyr and the tournament team as director of sales and corporate partnerships. Taylor Shrader, a member of the tournament team in 2024, joins Outlyr as tournament manager.“At Outlyr, we are excited to work with Kroger, P&G and the team at TPC River’s Bend in continuing to elevate and grow the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G,” said Taft. “This tournament, now entering its fourth year, brings a premier golf event to Cincinnati while uplifting everyone who celebrates women in sports, business and education. With our experience in managing multi-faceted LPGA tournaments and programs across the country, we will implement many of our best practices and look forward to working alongside Kroger and P&G in giving back to the local community.”Michael Taft, executive vice president for Outlyr, will lead management oversight of the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G as executive director, joined by Kevin Wyman as tournament director.About Kroger
At The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), we are dedicated to our Purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit™. We are, across our family of companies nearly 420,000 associates who serve over 11 million customers daily through a seamless digital shopping experience and retail food stores under a variety of banner names, serving America through food inspiration and uplift, and creating #ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities. To learn more about us, visit our newsroom and investor relations site. Operator of multiple professional tournaments across golf’s professional tours, Outlyr currently manages seven LPGA Tour events across the country.About Procter & Gamble
P&G serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks®, and Whisper®. The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Please visit https://www.pg.com for the latest news and information about P&G and its brands. For other P&G news, visit us at https://www.pg.com/news.MAINEVILLE, Ohio, March 14, 2025 – The Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G returns to Greater Cincinnati and TPC River’s Bend in September of 2025 under new management with sports and event marketing agency Outlyr.Follow the LPGA online at www.LPGA.com and download its mobile apps on Apple or Google Play. Join the social conversation on Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter), Instagram and YouTube.