Michelob Ultra Futures Players Championship
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The Michelob ULTRA FUTURES Players Championship is an event on the FUTURES Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event, formerly known as the Michelob ULTRA FUTURES Charity Golf Classic, has been a part of the FUTURES Tour's schedule since 1985. It is held at the Hickory Point Golf Course in Decatur, Illinois.
In June 2005, it was announced that the tournament would become the Tour's first-ever major in 2006. The tournament underwent two changes for its first season as a major tournament: it became the Tour's only 72-hole event, and the purse increased to $100,000 with the winner receiving $14,000. The winner will also received a sponsor's exemption into the LPGA's State Farm Classic tournament played in September 2006. [1]
See also: Women's major golf tournaments.
[edit] Past winners
- 2006 Salimah Mussani
- 2005 Jenny Gleason
- 2004 Aram Cho
- 2003 Stephanie George
- 2002 Lorena Ochoa
- 2001 Angela Buzminski
- 2000 Nicole Jeray
- 1999 Lisa Jensen
- 1998 Nicole Jeray
- 1997 Jennifer Feldott
- 1996 Marilyn Lovander
- 1995 Lisa Grimes
- 1994 Laura Broadbent
- 1993 Margaret Platt
- 1992 Kristal Parker
- 1991 Marianne Morris
- 1990 Denise Baldwin
- 1989 Vickie Moran
- 1988 Lois Ledbetter
- 1987 Wendy VerBrugge
- 1986 Tammie Green
- 1985 Tammie Green
