ING New England Golf Classic

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The ING New England Golf Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Futures Tour, the LPGA Tour's developmental tour. The event was played from 1999 to 2011 in the Hartford, Connecticut area.

Prior to 2009, the tournament had various title sponsors, most recently CIGNA, a health service company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 2009 season opened with the tournament lacking a title sponsor. In mid-June 2009 it was announced that ING, a global financial institution, would become the new title sponsor.[1]

The tournament was a 54-hole event, as are most Futures Tour tournaments, and includes 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. The benefiting charity from the New England Golf Classic was Chip in for a Cure, a Connecticut-based breast cancer charity.

Tournament names through the years:

  • 1999: SNET Women's Classic
  • 2000: Connecticut Futures Golf Classic
  • 2001–2003: Lincoln Financial Futures Golf Classic
  • 2004: GMAC Futures Golf Classic
  • 2005–2008: CIGNA Golf Classic
  • 2009–2011: ING New England Golf Classic

Winners

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Year Champion Country Score Tournament
location		 Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
1999 Riko Higashio File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 206 (−7) Blue Fox Run Golf Course 50,000 6,600
2000^* Christel Tomori File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 140 (−2) Blue Fox Run Golf Course 50,000 7,000
2001* Kathryn Cusick File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 212 (−1) Blue Fox Run Golf Course 60,000 8,400
2002 Linda Ishii File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 208 (−5) Blue Fox Run Golf Course 60,000 8,400
2003 Stacy Prammanasudh File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 203 (−10) Blue Fox Run Golf Course 60,000 8,400
2004 Nicole Perrot File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 209 (−4) Blue Fox Run Golf Course 70,000 9,800
2005^ Virada Nirapathpongporn File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 142 (−2) Gillette Ridge Golf Club 70,000 9,800
2006 Song-Hee Kim File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 216 (E) Gillette Ridge Golf Club 70,000 9,800
2007* Taylor Leon File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 215 (−1) Gillette Ridge Golf Club 80,000 11,200
2008 Vicky Hurst File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 209 (−7) Gillette Ridge Golf Club 80,000 11,200
2009 Dewi Claire Schreefel File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 202 (−8) Wintonbury Hills Golf Course 100,000 14,000
2010 Tiffany Joh File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 200 (−10) Wintonbury Hills Golf Course 100,000 14,000
2011 Brittany Johnston File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 199 (−11) Wintonbury Hills Golf Course 100,000 14,000

^ Tournament shortened to 36 holes because of rain.
* Championship won in sudden-death playoff.

Tournament records

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Year Player Score Round Course
2002 Nicole Materne 65 (−6) 1st Blue Fox Run Golf Course
2002 Michele Vinieratos 65 (−6) 2nd Blue Fox Run Golf Course
2007 Mollie Fankhauswer 67 (−5) 1st Gillette Ridge Golf Club
2009 Song Yi Choi 64 (−6) 1st Wintonbury Hills Golf Course

References

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  1. ^ http://www.duramedfuturestour.com/NewsRoom.asp?page=News/CTRelease-06-11-09.html[permanent dead link]
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