VANCOUVER, British Columbia (August 27, 2009)-Canadian Samantha Richdale, of Kelowna, British Columbia, won last week’s Turkey Hill Classic on the Duramed Futures Tour with Miura Golf MC-102 irons in her bag.
Richdale finished the 54-hole tournament-which ended on Monday due to a weekend of weather delays and darkness suspensions-at 10-under 206 to earn a one-hole playoff victory at The Golf Club at Felicita in Harrisburg, Pa., while using the MC-102- 4 iron through pitching wedge, all with Nippon NS Pro shafts.
The 25-year-old Richdale, in her 16th 2009 event, fired a final-round 68 and earned $15,400 for her second victory this year, placing her fourth on this year’s money list with $54,391 in earnings. Richdale’s 71.72 average score ranks seventh on tour. Last year the former Illinois State star-who won 10 times in her college career-earned her first career Duramed Futures Tour victory at The Gettysburg (Pa.) Championship.
With just one Duramed Futures Tour event remaining this year, Richdale is spending the off-week before that event playing on a sponsor’s exemption at this week’s LPGA Safeway Classic at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in Oregon. The experience should come in handy, as Richdale is on the verge of earning her 2010 LPGA Tour card, which goes to the top 10 on the Duramed Futures Tour money list, with the top five earning full-time status, which she would earn if the season ended today.
Miura Golf-whose corporate office is located in Vancouver, British Columbia-manufactures the world’s highest-quality forged, mild-steel irons for consumers and for some of the world’s major golf-equipment companies. The company also makes and markets high-end clubs under the “MG Golf” brand, which is marketed by Miura Giken Co. Ltd. in Japan, and “Miura, “which is marketed exclusively by Miura Golf Inc. in the United States, North America and the rest of the world.
“Samantha has had a fantastic season playing Miura Golf’s forged irons,” says Miura Golf Vice President Bill Holowaty. “Her two victories have her on the doorstep of full-time status on next year’s LPGA Tour, which is a fantastic achievement. We’re very proud of Samantha, and we can’t wait until she’s playing on the LPGA Tour full time next year and can demonstrate that Miura’s irons are an ideal choice for women golfers.”
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