Bell Micro LPGA Classic
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The Avnet LPGA Classic is a women's progessional golf
tournament on the LPGA Tour. The event is played in Mobile, Alabama
, USA.
The inaugural event was played from September 11 through 14, 2008, at the Magnolia Grove location on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
, with total prize money of $1.4 million. It was televised on Golf Channel in the U.S., as well as internationally. The tournament was not played in 2009, but was revived in May 2010.
The current title sponsor is Avnet
, an international, value-added distributor
of high-tech products, services and solutions. From 2008 to 2010, Bell Microproducts was the title sponsor. Avnet purchased Bell Micro in 2010.
Mobile had hosted The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions
on Mobile's Magnolia Grove courses from 1999 to 2007.
Angela Stanford
won the inaugural event by one stroke over Shanshan Feng.
1 Final round cancelled because of rain and weather delays. Third round co-leaders Pak, Brittany Lincicome
, and Suzann Pettersen
played a sudden-death playoff to determine the winner; Pak won on the third playoff hole.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the LPGA Tour. The event is played in Mobile, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...
, USA.
The inaugural event was played from September 11 through 14, 2008, at the Magnolia Grove location on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is a collection of championship caliber golf courses, designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., distributed across the state of Alabama, as part of investments by the Retirement Systems of Alabama. The Trail started with 378 holes at eight sites throughout the state,...
, with total prize money of $1.4 million. It was televised on Golf Channel in the U.S., as well as internationally. The tournament was not played in 2009, but was revived in May 2010.
The current title sponsor is Avnet
Avnet
Avnet, Inc. is a technology Business-to-business B2B distributor headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Electronics Supply & Manufacturing magazine reports that Avnet Inc., a Fortune 500 company, may be the world's largest franchised distributor of electronic components and subsystems...
, an international, value-added distributor
Value-added reseller
A value-added reseller is a company that adds features or services to an existing product, then resells it as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution...
of high-tech products, services and solutions. From 2008 to 2010, Bell Microproducts was the title sponsor. Avnet purchased Bell Micro in 2010.
Mobile had hosted The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions
The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions
The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions was a golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. It was played annually from 1994 to 2007 at various sites in the Southeastern United States. It was last played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Magnolia Grove Golf Course in...
on Mobile's Magnolia Grove courses from 1999 to 2007.
Angela Stanford
Angela Stanford
Angela Stanford is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Stanford was born in Fort Worth, Texas. As a junior golfer, she won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times , the 1996 Texas State 4A High School Championship and the 1996 PING Texas...
won the inaugural event by one stroke over Shanshan Feng.
Winners
| Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Tournament location |
Purse ($ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... ) |
Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 2011 LPGA Tour The 2011 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 17, 2011 and had its last official event end on November 20, 2011 in Florida... |
Apr 28-May 1 | Maria Hjorth Maria Hjorth Maria Anna "Mimmi" Hjorth is a Swedish professional golfer. She attended the University of Stirling in Scotland. She won more than twenty amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship. She turned professional in 1996 and played mainly on the Ladies European Tour that year... |
70-74-67-67=278 | -10 | 2 strokes | RTJ Golf Trail, Magnolia Grove | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | |
| 2010 2010 LPGA Tour The 2010 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 13, 2010 and ended in Florida on December 5, 2010... |
May 13-16 | Se Ri Pak Se Ri Pak Pak Se Ri is a South Korean professional golfer, playing on the LPGA Tour. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in November 2007.-Career overview:... |
69-66-68-xx=203 | -13 | Playoff1 | RTJ Golf Trail, Magnolia Grove | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | |
| 2009 2009 LPGA Tour The 2009 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through November 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association .... |
No tournament | ||||||||
| 2008 2008 LPGA Tour The 2008 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2008. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association... |
Sep 11-14 | Angela Stanford Angela Stanford Angela Stanford is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Stanford was born in Fort Worth, Texas. As a junior golfer, she won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times , the 1996 Texas State 4A High School Championship and the 1996 PING Texas... |
70-67-67-73=277 | -11 | 1 stroke | RTJ Golf Trail, Magnolia Grove | 1,400,000 | 210,000 | |
1 Final round cancelled because of rain and weather delays. Third round co-leaders Pak, Brittany Lincicome
Brittany Lincicome
Brittany Grace Lincicome is an American professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She currently resides in Seminole, Florida....
, and Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen is a Norwegian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second. She has held that position at several times, most recently beginning 22 August 2011.-Amateur...
played a sudden-death playoff to determine the winner; Pak won on the third playoff hole.
Tournament records
| Year | Player | Score | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Danielle Downey Danielle Downey Danielle Elizabeth Downey is an American professional golfer. She has won golf tournaments at the collegiate level, Sun Coast events and on the Futures Tour... |
64 (-7) | 3rd round |