ILOVENY Championship
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The Price Chopper Tour Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour
, the LPGA
's developmental tour. The event has been played since 2000 in the Albany, New York
area.
The title sponsor since 2010 is Price Chopper, a chain of supermarkets headquartered in Schenectady, New York
.
The Price Chopper Tour Championship is the final full-field tournament on the FUTURES Tour schedule and the results of this tournament etermine the final positions on the money list for the season. The top five earners of the season earn full playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for the following season. The next five players earn conditional status on the LPGA Tour, and the following earn the right to skip the first stage of the LPGA tour qualifying tournament.
The tournament is 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 Price Chopper Tour Championship is Project Link for Kids and the Boys & Girls Club of Albany.
Tournament names through the years:
* Tournament won in a sudden-death playoff.
FUTURES Tour
The LPGA Futures Tour, previously styled in uppercase as FUTURES Tour and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed FUTURES Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour...
, the LPGA
LPGA
The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...
's developmental tour. The event has been played since 2000 in the Albany, New York
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
area.
The title sponsor since 2010 is Price Chopper, a chain of supermarkets headquartered in Schenectady, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.
The Price Chopper Tour Championship is the final full-field tournament on the FUTURES Tour schedule and the results of this tournament etermine the final positions on the money list for the season. The top five earners of the season earn full playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for the following season. The next five players earn conditional status on the LPGA Tour, and the following earn the right to skip the first stage of the LPGA tour qualifying tournament.
The tournament is 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 Price Chopper Tour Championship is Project Link for Kids and the Boys & Girls Club of Albany.
Tournament names through the years:
- 2000-2002: Capital Region FUTURES Classic
- 2003: GE FUTURES Professional Golf Classic
- 2004-2005: The Albany FUTURES Golf Classic
- 2006-2009: ILOVENY Championship
- 2010: Price Chopper Tour Championship
Winners
| Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Score | Tournament Location |
Purse | Winner's Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 2011 in golf -Men's professional golf:Major championships*7–10 April: The Masters - South African Charl Schwartzel won his first major title with a two stroke margin over Australians Adam Scott and Jason Day.*16–19 June: U.S... |
Sep 9-11 | Sydnee Michaels Sydnee Michaels Sydnee Michaels is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour as of 2012 because Michaels was a graduate of the 2011 LPGA Futures Tour.-College:... |
202 (-8) | Capital Hills at Albany | $120,000 | $16,800 | |
| 2010 2010 in golf -Men's professional golf:Major championships*8–11 April: The Masters - American Phil Mickelson defeated Englishman Lee Westwood by three strokes. The event also marked Tiger Woods' return from a self-imposed absence after revelations of marital infidelity; he finished tied for fourth.*17–20 June: U.S... |
Sep 3-5 | Cindy LaCrosse Cindy LaCrosse Cindy LaCrosse is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and formerly on the Futures Tour.-Personal:... |
208 (-5) | Capital Hills at Albany | $120,000 | $16,800 | |
| 2009 2009 in golf -Men's professional golf:Major championships*9–12 April: The Masters - Argentina's Ángel Cabrera won his second major in a sudden death playoff over Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell .*18–22 June: U.S... |
Sep 4-6 | Song Yi Choi | 205 (-8) | Capital Hills at Albany | $110,000 | $15,400 | |
| 2008 2008 in golf -Men's professional golf:Major championships*10–13 April: The Masters - South African Trevor Immelman won his first major by a three-stroke margin.... |
Sep 5-7 | Sarah-Jane Kenyon | 204 (-9) | Capital Hills at Albany | $100,000 | $14,000 | |
| 2007 2007 in golf -Men's professional golf:Major championships*5-8 April: The Masters - American Zach Johnson won his first major tournament, in a high scoring week at Augusta.*14-17 June: U.S. Open - Ángel Cabrera became Argentina's first U.S... |
Sep 7-9 | Onnarin Sattayabanphot | 210 (-3) | Capital Hills at Albany | $100,000 | $14,000 | |
| 2006 2006 in golf -Men's professional golf:Major championships*6–9 April: The Masters - Winner: Phil Mickelson The Augusta National course was lengthened to 7,445 yards for the tournament, generating some advance controversy. For the first time since 1954 neither Jack Nicklaus nor Arnold Palmer played... |
Sep 8-10 | Ji Min Jeong | 206 (-7) | Capital Hills at Albany | $85,000 | $11,900 | |
| 2005 2005 in golf -Men's professional golf:Major championships*7-10 April: Masters Tournament - Tiger Woods defeated fellow American Chris DiMarco at the first playoff hole to claim his 4th Masters title, and his 9th major. He temporarily returned to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings.*16-19 June: U.S... |
Jul 15-17 | Seon Hwa Lee Seon Hwa Lee Seon-Hwa Lee is a South Korean professional golfer now playing on the United States LPGA Tour.Born in Cheonan, South Korea, Lee began playing golf at age 4 and turned professional at age 14, the youngest female to ever turn professional in Korea. She recorded three wins on the LPGA of Korea Tour... |
199 (-14) | Capital Hills at Albany | $70,000 | $9,800 | |
| 2004 | Aug 13-15 | Nicole Perrot Nicole Perrot Nicole Perrot is a Chilean professional golfer. She is the first Chilean-born player to win on the LPGA TourPerrot was born in Viña del Mar, Chile. She won the 2001 U.S. Girls' Junior and was runner-up at the U.S. Women's Amateur that same year. She turned professional the following year. She... |
203 (-10) | Capital Hills at Albany | $70,000 | $9,800 | |
| 2003 |
Jul 17-20 | Lindsey Wright Lindsey Wright Lindsey Elizabeth Wright is an Australian professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She earned exempt status for the 2004 LPGA season in 2005, and has been competing full time on the Tour since.-Personal life:... |
205 (-8) | Orchard Creek Golf Club | $60,000 | $8,400 | |
| 2002 |
Jul 5-7 | Mariam Nagl | 210 (-3) | Orchard Creek Golf Club | $60,000 | $8,400 | |
| 2001 | Jul 6-8 | Angela Buzminski | 208 (-8) | Western Turnpike Golf Course | $60,000 | $8,400 | |
| 2000 |
Jul 7-9 | Dodie Mazzuca | 218 (+2) | Western Turnpike Golf Course | $50,000 | $7,000 | |
Tournament records
| Year | Player | Score | Round | Course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Meredith Ward | 63 (-8) | 2nd round | Capital Hills at Albany |