Daytona Beach (Floria), Mar 24 (AP) The LPGA Tour says the Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA tournament is being cancelled for the fourth consecutive year, citing operational factors.<br> The LPGA said the decision was reached mutually with the Swinging Skirts Golf Foundation, which has sponsored the event since 2014, when it was first played in California.<br> The tournament had been scheduled for Oct. 26-29, the third of four events in Asia.<br> The Taiwan tournament and other Asian events were canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and issues related to the pandemic and travel restrictions led to cancellation in Taiwan the following three years.<br> The Blue Bay LPGA in China, scheduled for two weeks ago, previously was canceled for the third time. The LPGA Tour still has on the 2023 schedule a tournament in Shanghai in October, which was canceled each of the past three years.<br> The LPGA Tour had two stops through Asia earlier this year in Thailand and Singapore, and tournaments were held last year in South Korea and Japan. AP<br> KHS<br>KHS