VILLAGE OF PINEHURST, N.C. – This year, the Golf For Women Magazine Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) Championship heads to the historic and golf-laden Village of Pinehurst, N.C.
The Golf For Women Magazine LPGA T&CP Championship is the premier tournament for LPGA T&CP members and will be held July 24-26 on Pinehurst Golf Course No. 8. It will also mark the 14th year that Golf For Women Magazine has served as the title sponsor. The Titleist, FootJoy and Cobra Pro-Am will be held July 23 and is open to public participants. The week will also include the Rolex LPGA T&CP Hall of Fame Awards Dinner and Induction Ceremony, which will take place July 21.
The 54-hole tournament consists of stroke-play competition and is one of two major championships for LPGA T&CP members. The Golf For Women Magazine LPGA T&CP Championship features Championship Division players and Senior Division players and is the largest championship for female teaching professionals in the world.
The tournament offers a total purse of $102,000, while the Championship Division pays out $90,000 to participants, including $13,000 to the winner. In addition, the winner of the Championship Division also earns a coveted spot in the 2006 McDonald’s LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola, one of the LPGA’s four major championships. Both division winners are guaranteed a spot in the 2007 Golf For Women Magazine LPGA T&CP Championship.
When the tournament began in 1983 it was held every other year. Since 1993, the tournament has been held annually. Eight different states have hosted the national event, which features 120 LPGA T&CP members in the Championship Division and 24 LPGA T&CP members in the Senior Division, for members over the age of 50.
Last year, Dana Dormann, of Pleasanton, Calif., won the Championship Division by three shots ahead of Tiffany Faucette, of Ormond Beach, Fla., while Linda Groover, of Hobe Sound, Fla., won her second-straight Senior Division title by two strokes over Julie Lynd, of Covina, Calif.
Previous sites and winners of the
Golf For Women Magazine LPGA T&CP Championship
Year Championship Division Senior Division Tournament Site
1983 H.B. Duntz-MacArthur Peggy Kirk Bell Placid Lakes – Lake Placid, Fla.
1985 Sharon Miller Barbara Romack Pine Knob Golf Course – Clarkston, Mich.
1987 Kelley Spooner Patricia Kimball Stardust Country Club – San Diego, Calif.
1989 Kathy Kostas Linda Maurer Plantation Golf & CC – Venice, Fla.
1991 Marlene Davis Barbara Romack Pine Needles Country Club – Pinehurst, N.C.
1993 Carol Gallagher Shirley Englehorn Shaker Hills Golf Course – Harvard, Mass.
1994 Troy Beck Sue Little Kingwood Country Club – Houston, Tex.
1995 Diane Daugherty Sue Little/Linda Maurer Sea Island Golf Club – St. Simons Island, Ga.
1996 Vickie Odegard Lorraine Klippel Chateau Elan Golf Club – Braselton, Ga.
1997 Piper Wagner Robyn Frantz Chateau Elan Golf Club – Braselton, Ga.
1998 Christa Teno Robyn Frantz Chateau Elan Golf Club – Braselton, Ga.
1999 Debby Pinnell Robyn Frantz Chateau Elan Golf Club – Braselton, Ga.
2000 Connie Baker Robyn Frantz Mid Pines Inn & GC – Southern Pines, N.C.
2001 Julie Hennessy Vicki Phillips Mid Pines Inn & GC – Southern Pines, N.C.
2002 Suzy Whaley M.J. Smith Mid Pines Inn & GC – Southern Pines, N.C.
2003 Dede Cusimano Carla Glasgow LPGA International – Daytona Beach, Fla.
2004 Cindy Miller Linda Groover LPGA International – Daytona Beach, Fla.
2005 Dana Dormann Linda Groover Slammer & Squire GC – St. Augustine, Fla.
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