The LPGA today unveiled a new logo for the LPGA’s season-ending ADT Championship. The 2007 ADT Championship will be played Nov. 13-18 at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., and features a $1,550,000 purse with the winner taking home a $1 million paycheck, the largest first-place prize in the history of women’s golf.
The ADT Championship will also feature three days of playoffs with a cut after 36 holes. Players start with a fresh scorecard for the third round, which ends with another cut. A final-day shoot-out with the remaining eight players will have them, again, starting with a fresh scorecard for their chance at the $1 million winner’s check.
LPGA players qualify for the ADT Championship through the LPGA Playoffs 2007, which is a yearlong competitive structure that splits the official LPGA season into two halves, and culminates at the ADT Championship. Fifteen players from each half qualify for the ADT Championship using a performance-based points system—ADT Points—throughout the year. Two additional wildcards will be determined following The Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions. Ten spots will be awarded to winners of Winner events, which are defined as all official LPGA Tour events with a purse of at least $2 million, while the remaining spots in each half will be awarded to the ADT Points qualifiers who are not otherwise qualified.
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About the Ladies Professional Golf Association
Featuring the world’s best golfers, the LPGA’s membership includes touring, teaching and club professionals. The LPGA Tour in 2007 features 35 events, with total prize money of nearly $55 million. Since 1981, the LPGA and its tournaments have raised approximately $180 million for charity. From the dreams of its 13 founders in 1950, the LPGA has evolved into the world’s pre-eminent professional sports organization. The LPGA has grown from its roots as a playing tour into a non-profit organization involved in every facet of golf. In addition to the LPGA Tour members, the LPGA membership includes nearly 1,200 certified Teaching and Club Professionals (T&CP) who serve the golf industry in teaching, coaching and management positions. The LPGA T&CP member programs focus on increasing the involvement of women, girls and youth in golf, as well as contribute to the growth of the sport overall. The LPGA is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Fla. For more information on the LPGA, log on to www.LPGA.com.
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