Will Wie Meet the Mohegans?

In yet another example of economic diversification using gaming revenue, the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority recently completed a $4.4 million purchase of what now is called the Mohegan Sun Country Club, located some 20 minutes from the Mohegan Sun. The ceremonial kickoff featured 20 members of the LPGA Legends Tour, including a number of members of the LPGA Hall of Fame. The course also will host the Ahmad Rashad Celebrity Players Tour event in August.

Aside from the attractive and lucrative golf packages the Sun now can provide to its guests and Club members, do these specially manufactured “tournaments” indicate there’s more to come? With the prospects for professional tournament-level golf now in the their sights (talks with the LPGA at the site had stalled in prior years), can we expect to see the likes of Michelle Wie or Annika Sorenstam competing for big-time prize money at a Mohegan-sponsored LPGA tour event?