The
LPGA Futures Tour, previously styled in uppercase as
FUTURES Tour and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the
Duramed FUTURES Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour. Tour membership is open to professional women golfers and to qualified amateurs.
History
The Futures Tour was founded in
FloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
in 1981 as the "Tampa Bay Mini Tour". It officially became the
Futures Golf Tour in 1983 and in 1999 become a national tour designated as the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour (the
U.S.The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
based professional women's golf tour).
Grace ParkGrace Park is a South Korean professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Park was born in Seoul, South Korea. She moved to Hawaii at the age of 12, and then to Arizona. She received the 1996 Dial Award as top female high-school scholar-athlete in the United States...
, Marilyn Lovander and Audra Burks were the first players to receive automatic LPGA Tour exempt status by finishing one, two, and three on the Futures Golf Tour Money List.
On July 18, 2007, the LPGA announced that it had acquired the Futures Tour effective immediately, "bringing women's professional golf now under one umbrella." Previously the Futures Tour had operated as a licensee of the LPGA.
Duramed, a pharmaceutical company, was the tour's title sponsor from 2006 through the end of the 2010 season.
1999–2007
From 1999 through 2007 the top five leading money winners at the end of each season earned full membership in the following season's LPGA Tour. Starting with the sixth-ranked player at the end of the season, ten additional Futures Tour players who are not already members of the LPGA, automatically advanced into the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, bypassing the sectional qualifying tournament.
2008–2010
Beginning in 2008 the process for promotion to the LPGA Tour was changed. The top ten leading money winners at the end of the season gain membership on the LPGA Tour for the next season, with those finishing in the top five positions gaining higher priority for entry into events than those finishing in positions six through ten. Finishers in positions sixth through ten still have the option to attend LPGA Qualifying School to try to improve their membership for the following season.
2011–present
Beginning in 2011, the promotion process was changed slightly to allow the next 12 players, excluding current LPGA members, after the top ten qualifiers to automatic entry into Stage III of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament.
Players
Players come from around the world to compete on the Futures Tour. In recent years, a particularly strong contingent of players has come from
South KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
.
Futures Tour graduates include LPGA tournament winners
Laura DaviesLaura Jane Davies CBE is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list...
,
Meaghan FrancellaMeaghan Francella is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Early life and amateur career:Francella was born in Port Chester, New York and was twice the New York State Junior Champion. She attended high school at the School of the Holy Child in Rye, New York...
,
Cristie KerrCristie Kerr is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has 14 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $13 million in career earnings...
,
Christina KimChristina Kim is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour . From San Jose, California, she is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personaliity.Not long after her 18th birthday, Kim turned pro...
,
Lorena OchoaLorena Ochoa Reyes is a Mexican professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010, and was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for over three years, from April 2007 to her retirement in May 2010...
,
Grace ParkGrace Park is a South Korean professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Park was born in Seoul, South Korea. She moved to Hawaii at the age of 12, and then to Arizona. She received the 1996 Dial Award as top female high-school scholar-athlete in the United States...
,
Stacy PrammanasudhStacy Prammanasudh is a Thai American golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Stacy was born in Enid, Oklahoma to an American mother and a native Thai father who immigrated to the United States from Thailand...
,
Sherri SteinhauerSherri Steinhauer is an American golfer who currently plays on the LPGA Tour and on the Legends Tour. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin and attended The University of Texas at Austin. Her rookie season on the LPGA Tour was 1986. She has won eight tournaments on the Tour, including two major...
, and
Karrie WebbKarrie Ann Webb AM is Australia's most successful female professional golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of...
.
2011 Schedule and results
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the Futures Tour including that event.
| Dates |
Tournament |
Location |
Winner |
Notes |
| March 25–27 |
Florida's Natural Charity Classic |
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 Tzu-Chi Lin (1) |
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| April 1–3 |
Daytona Beach Invitational |
FloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
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 Haru Nomura (1) |
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| April 8–10 |
Santorini Riviera Nayarit Classic |
MexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
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 Ryann O'TooleRyann Ashley O'Toole is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and the Futures Tour.-Amateur career:...
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| April 29–May 1 |
Symetra Classic |
TexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
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Lisa Ferrero Lisa Ferrero is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and Futures Tour.-Personal:Ferrero was born in Stockton, California on November 3, 1982. She resides in Lodi, California....
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| June 3–5 |
Ladies Titan Tire Challenge The Ladies Titan Tire Challenge is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event has been a part of the FUTURES Tour's schedule since 2009...
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IowaIowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
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Kathleen Ekey Kathleen Ekey is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-College:Ekey played college golf for the first two years of college at Furman University, and transferred to the University of Alabama for the last two years of college...
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| June 10–12 |
Teva Championship |
OhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
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Lisa Ferrero Lisa Ferrero is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and Futures Tour.-Personal:Ferrero was born in Stockton, California on November 3, 1982. She resides in Lodi, California....
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| June 16–19 |
Tate & Lyle Players Championship |
IllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
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 Valentine Derrey (1) |
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| June 24–26 |
Island Resort Championship |
MichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
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Stephanie Kim (1) |
New tournament |
| June 30–July 2 |
South Shore Championship The South Shore Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the LPGA Futures Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour...
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IndianaIndiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
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Tiffany Joh Tiffany Joh is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Futures Tour.-Childhood:...
(2) |
New tournament |
| July 15–17 |
ING New England Golf Classic |
ConnecticutConnecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
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Brittany Johnston Brittany Johnston is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-Personal:Johnston was born in Cleveland, Ohio on January 6, 1986 to Rod and Sandy Johnston. Her father is a PGA Master Golf Professional. She resides in Akron, Ohio.-College:Johnston played college...
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| July 22–24 |
The International at Concord |
New Hampshire New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
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 Jessica ShepleyJessica Ashley Shepley is an Canadian female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-Personal:Shepley was born in Owen Sound, Ontario on April 4, 1983 to Bret and Lori Shepley. She resides in Oakville, Ontario....
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| July 29–31 |
Alliance Bank Golf Classic The Alliance Bank Golf Classic is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event has been played since 1996 in the Syracuse, New York area....
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New YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Kathleen Ekey Kathleen Ekey is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-College:Ekey played college golf for the first two years of college at Furman University, and transferred to the University of Alabama for the last two years of college...
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| August 5–7 |
Pennsylvania Classic The Pennsylvania Classic is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour, the official developmental tour of the LPGA...
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PennsylvaniaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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 Cathryn Bristow (1) |
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| August 12–14 |
Eagle Classic |
VirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
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Mo Martin Melissa Linda "Mo" Martin is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-College career:Martin played college golf all four years at UCLA. She graduated in 2005 with a bachelors degree in Psychology....
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| August 26–28 |
Vidalia Championship |
GeorgiaGeorgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
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Sydnee Michaels Sydnee Michaels is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour as of 2012 because Michaels was a graduate of the 2011 LPGA Futures Tour.-College:...
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New tournament |
| September 9–11 |
Price Chopper Tour Championship |
New YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Sydnee Michaels Sydnee Michaels is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour as of 2012 because Michaels was a graduate of the 2011 LPGA Futures Tour.-College:...
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Tournaments in
bold are majors
Source:
Futures Tour official website.
2011 money leaders
The top ten money winners at the end of the season gain membership on the LPGA Tour for the 2012 season, with those finishing in the top five positions gaining higher priority for entry into events than those finishing in positions six through ten. The next twelve players, excluding current LPGA members earn automatic entry into Stage III of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in the fall of 2011.
Top ten official money leaders
Official as of the end of the season
| Rank | Change | Player | Country | Events | Prize
money ($The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
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Kathleen Ekey Kathleen Ekey is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-College:Ekey played college golf for the first two years of college at Furman University, and transferred to the University of Alabama for the last two years of college...
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66,412 |
| 2 |
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Lisa Ferrero Lisa Ferrero is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and Futures Tour.-Personal:Ferrero was born in Stockton, California on November 3, 1982. She resides in Lodi, California....
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16 |
58,808 |
| 3 |
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Mo Martin Melissa Linda "Mo" Martin is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-College career:Martin played college golf all four years at UCLA. She graduated in 2005 with a bachelors degree in Psychology....
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16 |
58,218 |
| 4 |
1 |
Sydnee Michaels Sydnee Michaels is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour as of 2012 because Michaels was a graduate of the 2011 LPGA Futures Tour.-College:...
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15 |
56,232 |
| 5 |
1 |
Jane Rah |
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15 |
46,669 |
| 6 |
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Tiffany Joh Tiffany Joh is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Futures Tour.-Childhood:...
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7 |
37,566 |
| 7 |
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Valentine Derrey |
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15 |
34,572 |
| 8 |
1 |
Hanna Kang |
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15 |
32,992 |
| 9 |
2 |
Jenny Gleason |
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30,331 |
| 10 |
2 |
Tzu-Chi Lin |
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29,861 |
Change=change from previous ranking.
Source and complete list:
Futures Tour official website.
Historical tour schedules and results
| Year | Number of
tournaments | Total prize
money (US$) |
| 2011 Tour The 2011 LPGA Futures Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through September 2011 in the United States. The LPGA Futures Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour...
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16 |
1,765,000 |
| 2010 Tour The 2010 Duramed FUTURES Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through September 2010 in the United States. The FUTURES Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour...
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17 |
1,920,000 |
| 2009 Tour The 2009 Duramed FUTURES Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through September 2009 in the United States. The FUTURES Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour...
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17 |
1,795,000 |
| 2008 Tour The 2008 Duramed FUTURES Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through October 2008 in the United States. The FUTURES Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour.-2008...
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18 |
1,710,000 |
| 2007 Tour The 2007 Duramed FUTURES Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through September 2007 in the United States. The FUTURES Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour.On July...
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19 |
1,585,000 |
2006 TourThe 2006 Duramed FUTURES Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through September 2006 in the United States. The FUTURES Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour.-2006...
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19 |
1,425,000 |
Futures Tour awards
- The Player of the Year Award is given to the player who leads the money list at the end of the season.
- The Gaëlle Truet Rookie of the Year Award is awarded to the player competing in her first professional season who finishes highest on the Futures Tour Money List. Truet was a Tour member who was killed in a car accident during the 2006 season. The award was renamed in her honor beginning in 2006.
- The Trainor Award has been given each year since 1999 to an individual or group that has made a significant contribution to women’s golf. It is named in honor of the Tour’s founder and former president, Eloise Trainor.
- The Heather Wilbur Spirit Award has been given each year since 2003 to a Futures Tour player who "best exemplifies dedication, courage, perseverance, love of the game and spirit toward achieving goals as a professional golfer." It is named in memory of Heather Wilbur, a four-year Futures Tour player who died from leukemia
Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...
in 2000 at age 27.
| Year | Player of the Year | Rookie of the Year | Trainor Award | Heather Wilbur Spirit Award |
| 2011 |
 Kathleen EkeyKathleen Ekey is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-College:Ekey played college golf for the first two years of college at Furman University, and transferred to the University of Alabama for the last two years of college...
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Sydnee Michaels Sydnee Michaels is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour as of 2012 because Michaels was a graduate of the 2011 LPGA Futures Tour.-College:...
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 Izzy Beisiegel |
| 2010 |
Cindy LaCrosse Cindy LaCrosse is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and formerly on the Futures Tour.-Personal:...
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 Jennifer SongJennifer Song is a professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. In 2009 she won both the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Women's Amateur...
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Executive Women's Golf Association |
Mo Martin Melissa Linda "Mo" Martin is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-College career:Martin played college golf all four years at UCLA. She graduated in 2005 with a bachelors degree in Psychology....
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| 2009 |
Mina Harigae Mina Harigae is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.As an amateur golfer, she won the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links....
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Mina Harigae Mina Harigae is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.As an amateur golfer, she won the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links....
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Renee Powell Renee Powell is an American professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is currently head professional at her family's Clearview Golf Club in East Canton, Ohio. She was the second African-American woman ever to play on the LPGA Tour. Althea Gibson was the first African-American...
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Malinda Johnson |
| 2008 |
Vicky Hurst Vicky Hurst is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.She turned professional as a 17-year-old in 2008, while still in high school. Playing on the Futures Tour that year, she won five times and set a Tour record for single season earnings with $93,107.-Childhood and...
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Vicky Hurst Vicky Hurst is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.She turned professional as a 17-year-old in 2008, while still in high school. Playing on the Futures Tour that year, she won five times and set a Tour record for single season earnings with $93,107.-Childhood and...
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Jocelyne Bourassa Jocelyne Bourassa, CM is a former Canadian professional golfer on the LPGA Tour who had a distinguished amateur career.-Amateur career:Bourassa was born in Shawinigan, Quebec...
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Katie Fraley |
| 2007 |
Emily Bastel |
 Violeta RetamozaVioleta Retamoza is a Mexican professional golfer who formerly played on the Futures Tour and on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career highlights:Born and raised in Aguascalientes, Retamoza began playing golf at age eight....
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Cynthia Rihm |
Jenny Hansen |
| 2006 |
Song-Hee Kim Song-Hee Kim is a Korean female professional golfer currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour.-Futures Tour :*2006 Louisiana Pelican Classic, IOS Golf Classic, Aurora Health Care Championship, CIGNA Chip in For A Cure FUTURES Golf Classic, The Gettysburg Championship-Results in LPGA...
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Song-Hee Kim Song-Hee Kim is a Korean female professional golfer currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour.-Futures Tour :*2006 Louisiana Pelican Classic, IOS Golf Classic, Aurora Health Care Championship, CIGNA Chip in For A Cure FUTURES Golf Classic, The Gettysburg Championship-Results in LPGA...
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 Sherrin Smyers |
Katie Connelly |
| 2005 |
Seon-Hwa Lee |
Sun Young Yoo Sun-Young Yoo is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Yoo had a distinguished amateur career. In 2001 she won the Korean Junior Golf Championship. She played on the Korean National Golf team in both 2002 and 2004. In 2004 Yoo won the Korean Amateur...
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Karrie WebbKarrie Ann Webb AM is Australia's most successful female professional golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of...
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Salimah Mussani |
| 2004 |
Jimin Kang Jimin Kang is a South Korean professional golfer who plays primarily on the LPGA Tour.Kang had a distinguished amateur career including finishing runner-up in 1999 U.S. Women's Amateur. She attended Arizona State University. She turned professional in 2002....
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Aram Cho |
Decatur, IllinoisDecatur is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city, sometimes called "the Soybean Capital of the World", was founded in 1823 and is located along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. In 2000 the city population was 81,500,...
Women's Committees |
Lindsey Wright Lindsey Elizabeth Wright is an Australian professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She earned exempt status for the 2004 LPGA season in 2005, and has been competing full time on the Tour since.-Personal life:...
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Stacy Prammanasudh Stacy Prammanasudh is a Thai American golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Stacy was born in Enid, Oklahoma to an American mother and a native Thai father who immigrated to the United States from Thailand...
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Soo Young Moon |
Wilma Gilliland |
Heather Wilbur |
| 2002 |
Lorena OchoaLorena Ochoa Reyes is a Mexican professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010, and was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for over three years, from April 2007 to her retirement in May 2010...
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Lorena OchoaLorena Ochoa Reyes is a Mexican professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010, and was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for over three years, from April 2007 to her retirement in May 2010...
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Beth Bauer Beth Bauer is an American professional golfer.Bauer was born in Largo, Florida. As an amateur, she won the 1997 U.S. Girls' Junior and in 1998 and 1999 she earned back-to-back victories at the North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. She played on the U.S...
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Beth Bauer Beth Bauer is an American professional golfer.Bauer was born in Largo, Florida. As an amateur, she won the 1997 U.S. Girls' Junior and in 1998 and 1999 she earned back-to-back victories at the North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. She played on the U.S...
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Grace Park Grace Park is a South Korean professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Park was born in Seoul, South Korea. She moved to Hawaii at the age of 12, and then to Arizona. She received the 1996 Dial Award as top female high-school scholar-athlete in the United States...
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Michelle Bell |
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Nanci Bowen Nanci Bowen is an American golfer. She attended the University of Georgia and her rookie season on the LPGA Tour was 1991...
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Kim Williams Kim Williams was an American naturalist, writer, and the longest-ever running guest commenter on NPR where she was a guest commentator on the radio show All Things Considered for over ten and a half years.-Biography :...
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Jenny Lidback Jenny Lidback is a professional golfer.Lidback was born in Lima, Peru to Swedish parents.Lidback attended Texas Christian University and Louisiana State University....
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Laurel Kean Laurel Kean is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Kean was born in Portland, Maine. She played college golf at University of South Florida where she was an All-American in 1986....
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Tammie Green Tammie Green is an American professional golfer.-Career:Green was born in Somerset, Ohio. She attended Marshall University. She started her professional career on the Futures Tour, on which she won 11 tournaments and was Player of the Year in 1985 and 1986. She was Rookie of the Year on the LPGA...
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Tammie Green Tammie Green is an American professional golfer.-Career:Green was born in Somerset, Ohio. She attended Marshall University. She started her professional career on the Futures Tour, on which she won 11 tournaments and was Player of the Year in 1985 and 1986. She was Rookie of the Year on the LPGA...
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Penny Hammel Penny Hammel is an American professional golfer, who joined the LPGA Tour in 1985.-Amateur career:Hammel was born in Decatur, Illinois. She won several amateur tournaments including the 1979 U.S. Girls' Junior. In the 1979 PGA Junior Championship she finished five strokes ahead of her closest...
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The Big Break
Many of the contestants on
The Golf ChannelGolf Channel, known as The Golf Channel before the July 2008 dropping of The, is an American cable television network with coverage focused on the game of golf. Founded in Birmingham, Alabama, the American headquarters and studio are currently located in Orlando, Florida...
's
The Big Break III: Ladies Only, which aired in the Spring of 2005, played on the Futures Tour, including Danielle Amiee, who ended up being the show's overall champion. The other players from the show that played on the Futures Tour were
Jan DowlingJan Dowling is a Canadian-born American college golf coach and former amateur golfer. Dowling is the current head coach of the Florida Gators women's golf team of the University of Florida.- Early life and education :...
, Valeria Ochoa, runner-up Pamela Crikelair, and LPGA veteran Cindy Miller. Show co-host
Stephanie SparksStephanie Sparks is an on-air personality at The Golf Channel and a former golfer, whose best years in golf came as an amateur.-Golfer:...
played on the Futures Tour from 1996 to 1999.
The Big Break V: HawaiiThe Big Break V: Hawaii was the fifth edition of The Golf Channel's reality television competition program, The Big Break. The show's premise is to award aspiring golf professionals exemptions into event on major tours, eliminating one contestant each week through a series of challenges until only...
, which aired in the spring of 2006, included six additional Futures Tour competitors: Dana Lacey,
Ashley PrangeAshley Prange is a professional golfer and winner of the reality television program The Big Break V: Hawaii.-College and amateur career:...
, Kim Lewellen, Kristina Tucker, Becky Lucidi and Jeanne Cho. Prange won the competition; Cho was runner-up.
The Big Break VI: Trump NationalThe Big Break VI: Trump National was the sixth edition of The Golf Channel's popular reality television series, The Big Break. The show awards exemptions into selected events on major professional golf tours....
, broadcast in the fall of 2006, included six more Futures Tour players: Rachel Bailey, the individual winner of the 2002 Sunbelt Conference Championship at New Mexico State University;
Bridget DwyerBridget Dwyer is an American professional golfer, best known for her appearance on The Big Break, the Golf Channel's reality television series.Dwyer was born in Oahu, Hawaii, and is the youngest of six children....
, a member of the 2004 NCAA Women's Golf Championship winning team at UCLA; Ashley Gomes, the 2004 WAC Player of the Year and individual winner of the 2004 WAC Championship while at San Jose State University; Sarah Lynn Johnston, the 2004 Southern Conference Player of the Year and individual winner of the 2004 Southern Conference Championship while at Furman University;
Kristy McPhersonKristy McPherson is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Early life and amateur career:A native of South Carolina, McPherson was diagnosed at age 11 with Still's disease, a form of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis...
, a three-time NCAA All-American First Team selection and two-time individual winner of the SEC Championship while at The University of South Carolina; and Briana Vega, who holds North Carolina State University's scoring records for 18-holes (68) and 54-holes (216).
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