The final round of the Chevron Championship on Sunday will be the end of a 51-year relationship between the LPGA and its desert home. The first major championship on the golf calendar is always the first one and the winner leaps into Poppie's Pond, a moment that fans and players dream of. The tournament will likely be played in Houston in May in 2023. The fate of the desert's LPGA event is one of the causes that Christina Kim believes in. In an interview with The Desert Sun on Friday after missing the cut and therefore playing her final round at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club, the 38-year-old from San Jose had strong words for the golf power-brokers that she believes didn't do enough. It is very sad. This tournament has been important to me over the years, and I am sad to be leaving. The tournament has struggled to stay afloat in recent years as ticket sales lag even before the swine flu, and as TV ratings have taken a hit with new competition from the Augusta National Women's Amateur event which is held simultaneously. Many current players have weighed in on the move. Some are angry that the powers that be in women's golf couldn't rally around the event, others think it's a frustrating necessity to keep the tournament alive. Kim is in the first camp. The most pointed criticism was saved for Augusta National. She believes that the power players behind the Masters pushed the desert tournament out so that they could counterprogramming the ANAWA from Thursday to Saturday. The Masters treating the weekend of the Chevron Championship as a preview of the Masters has hurt the majors. I'm not gonna lie. I am upset with Augusta National. Kim said that the tournament should continue to be the first major in professional golf. Bull hockey is what they are doing. The way the amateurs are allowed one practice round at Augusta but then have to qualify to play a competitive round on the fabled course irks Kim, even the way ANWA is run, where the amateurs are allowed one practice round at Augusta but then have to qualify to play a competitive round on She said that it barely qualifies as the bare minimum of allowing those girls one practice round and giving them a playoff to see who will make it to the final round. Gutted to have missed the cut this week @Chevron_Golf. Horrific play yesterday set the pace, but always lovely to walk to fairways (for the final time😢) at Mission Hills. Wish ALL involved could have kept the first major of golf the first major of golf. Thank you to all the fans pic.twitter.com/T4vjgqIjs2 — Christina Kim (@TheChristinaKim) April 2, 2022 Kim said she appreciated the sponsorship from Chevron, but she would have liked to see a more concerted effort by everyone involved to give more consideration to the history of the event and its ties to California. Changing the weekend to earlier in the calendar is an option she would have liked, but finding the right TV window was an issue, as were potential scheduling conflicts at Mission Hills. She said that there were attempts to see if the date could be changed because Augusta was doing what Augusta does. Everyone could have worked. Everyone did everything they could to keep the tournament here. We are not coming back. After a brief pause, Kim said, "For now at least." Kim said you never know what could happen three or five years down the road. The women belong here in the desert, like the American Express did for the men, Kim said. It is very sad. The foundation has been established. The people. The ones that matter. The fans are the heart and soul of the LPGA. One can always hope that something comes out of this. Kim wanted to clarify something before the interview ended. I can say all that on the record. I said bull hockey instead of what I wanted to say. Powers is a columnist for The Desert Sun. He can be reached at shad.powers@desertsun.com. The Palm Springs Desert Sun originally reported that Christina Kim had harsh words for Augusta National. The ANA Inspiration has been hurt in recent years by a conflict with an Augusta National tournament, as well as the fact that there are no galleries. The final 18 holes in the desert will see Kupcho try to hold on to the lead. He has been dubbed the "godfather of cryptocurrencies" because of his huge gains on IOTA, Cardano, and others. His newest prediction is here. Danyelle said she wouldn't take her husband to Walmart with her. 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