KPMG vows to honor full sponsorship contract for LPGA golfer Stacy Lewis while on maternity leave — and it could be huge for women's professional sports

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• LPGA golfer Stacy Lewis announced that she and her husband Gerrod Chadwell were expecting their first child.
• Lewis received further good news when one of her sponsors, KPMG, called her to say they planned to pay her contract for the year in full, regardless of any tournaments she missed due to maternity leave.
• KPMG was only obligated to pay for tournaments Lewis appeared in but chose to treat her like any other employee on maternity leave.
• KPMG's commitment to Lewis could encourage other sponsors to follow their lead, and to the practice becoming the norm across sports where women compete individually and without teams.

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LPGA golfer Stacy Lewis is having a good week even though she has to take a break from her career as a professional golfer.

First, Lewis announced that she and her husband Gerrod Chadwell were expecting their first child with a due date in November, according to Golf Week.

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