{"id":250882,"date":"2025-10-30T12:29:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/250882\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:29:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:29:25","slug":"golf-business-news-ladies-european-tour-performance-institute-goes-from-strength-to-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/250882\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf Business News – Ladies European Tour Performance Institute goes from strength to strength"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two years since its launch at the AIG Women\u2019s Open, the Ladies European Tour Performance Institute<\/a> (LETPI) is becoming a cornerstone of player wellbeing and development, a holistic model for how elite women athletes can be supported on and off course.<\/p>\n

From physiotherapy and strength & conditioning to breast health screening and mental fitness, the LETPI, helped by the continuing support of its founding partner, The R&A, is reshaping what it means to perform at the top level across the Ladies European Tour.<\/p>\n

And, thanks to Golf Saudi and its commitment to women\u2019s golf, these world-class facilities and services now form an integral part of the PIF Global Series, which reaches its exciting climax next week with the Aramco China Championship at Mission Hills Resort, China from Nov 6-8.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started small,\u201d said Danny Glover, Chief Medical Officer at the Ladies European Tour. \u201cBut in just two years, the LETPI has grown into a multidisciplinary centre that provides our players with everything they need to perform, recover, and thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Players using the Eleiko gym equipment at the Jabra Ladies Open at the Evian Resort (pic by Tristan Jones\/LET)<\/p>\n

Across the 28 tournaments of the 2025 LET season, the number of health and medical services available to LET players has increased with new services including specialists across fertility, menstrual health, nutrition, and mental wellbeing.<\/p>\n

The approach is comprehensive: early-week training and conditioning, followed by recovery and preparation during competition days. The PIF Global Series events, which are funded by Golf Saudi, continue to bring elite level services through the LET\u2019s partnership with Eleiko for strength and conditioning, and C-11 Recovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the London event, we had our first purpose-built performance centre,\u201d said Glover. \u201cIt had a full gym, physiotherapy suite, and mental fitness zone. The players loved it. That model, supported by Golf Saudi, is now our blueprint for future PIF Global Series events\u201d<\/p>\n

And the mission of the LETPI is not about prompting miraculous overnight recoveries, or helping injured players battle through 18 holes, it\u2019s all about working progressively with the athletes to ensure gradual gains in strength, performance, wellbeing and output.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the institute tries to do is aim to have little wins every day to prevent us having those big losses,\u201d Glover said. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing less of the overuse injuries and fatigue type injuries that we saw three or four years ago. We can see the impact it\u2019s having on the players, helping to manage their workload and tournament scheduling. Our services are delivering much more advice and maintenance services rather than putting out the fires of acute injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Perhaps this was most clearly demonstrated with the ankle injury sustained by Charley Hull as she prepared for the PIF Global Series event in London in August. Although it forced her to withdraw on the eve of the tournament, the care from the LETPI team ensured she was back in action promptly.<\/p>\n

The English star finished second in the Aramco Houston Championship on her return to action in September before claiming her third LPGA Tour victory at the Kroger Queen City Championship in Ohio a week later.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hugely positive and encouraging that the players\u2019 wellbeing and longer-term health is treated first and foremost by the LET\u2019s Performance Institute,\u201d said Hull. \u201cIt helped me in the short term when I picked up my injury in London but it\u2019s the fuller picture around players managing their schedule and strengthening which is really important too. It\u2019s been a wonderful addition to the support services we enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n

In just one season, the LETPI across 25 tournaments has provided 796 free physiotherapy and soft tissue sessions \u2014 a testament to the demand and value of its services. Beyond the numbers, the impact is clear: fewer overuse injuries, faster recovery times, and stronger player engagement with holistic health.<\/p>\n

The Institute\u2019s work is also deeply grounded in research with four UK-based PhD students sponsored across areas such as strength and conditioning, nutrition, and breast health.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur aim is to make everything evidence-based,\u201d said Glover. \u201cWe\u2019re developing new blueprints for training and rehabilitation, not based on men\u2019s data, but on the real needs of female golfers.\u201d<\/p>\n

While its mission centres on the LET, the LETPI\u2019s reach extends beyond competition. Through new fellowship opportunities for female practitioners, the Institute is helping open doors for women working in sports medicine, physiotherapy, and conditioning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to give talented female practitioners opportunities to gain elite experience,\u201d said Glover. \u201cIt\u2019s about building pathways both for players and the professionals who support them. We\u2019re proud of what\u2019s been achieved, but more importantly, we\u2019re setting new standards. The LETPI is proving that when you invest in women\u2019s sport with real commitment, the results speak for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two years since its launch at the AIG Women\u2019s Open, the Ladies European Tour Performance Institute (LETPI) is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-250882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}