The Gettysburg Championship
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The Gettysburg Championship was an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour
, the LPGA
's developmental tour. The event was played from 2006 through 2008 in the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
area.
The Tournament was a 54-hole event, as are most FUTURES Tour tournaments, and included pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities.
* Tournament won in a sudden-death playoff.
FUTURES Tour
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...
, the LPGA
LPGA
The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...
's developmental tour. The event was played from 2006 through 2008 in the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg is a borough that is the county seat, part of the Gettysburg Battlefield, and the eponym for the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. The town hosts visitors to the Gettysburg National Military Park and has 3 institutions of higher learning: Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg College, and...
area.
The Tournament was a 54-hole event, as are most FUTURES Tour tournaments, and included pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities.
Winners
| Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Score | Tournament Location |
Purse | Winner's Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 2008 in golf -Men's professional golf:Major championships*10–13 April: The Masters - South African Trevor Immelman won his first major by a three-stroke margin.... |
Aug 22-24 | Samantha Richdale | 211 (-5) | The Links At Gettysburg | $100,000 | $14,000 | |
| 2007 2007 in golf -Men's professional golf:Major championships*5-8 April: The Masters - American Zach Johnson won his first major tournament, in a high scoring week at Augusta.*14-17 June: U.S. Open - Ángel Cabrera became Argentina's first U.S... |
Aug 24-26 | Vikki Laing | 207 (-9) | The Links At Gettysburg | $100,000 | $14,000 | |
| 2006 2006 in golf -Men's professional golf:Major championships*6–9 April: The Masters - Winner: Phil Mickelson The Augusta National course was lengthened to 7,445 yards for the tournament, generating some advance controversy. For the first time since 1954 neither Jack Nicklaus nor Arnold Palmer played... |
Aug 25-27 | Song-Hee Kim | 206 (-10) | The Links At Gettysburg | $75,000 | $10,500 | |
Tournament records
| Year | Player | Score | Round | Course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Kristy McPherson Kristy McPherson Kristy 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... |
64 (-8) | 2nd round | The Links At Gettysburg |