Alliance Bank Golf Classic

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Alliance Bank Golf Classic is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event has been played since 1996 in the Syracuse, New York area.

The title sponsor since 2007 is Alliance Bank, a bank with headquarters in Syracuse.

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 Alliance Bank Golf Classic is The Loretto Foundation.

Tournament names through the years:

1996-1997: Loretto FUTURES Golf Classic
1998-2000: Fleet Loretto FUTURES Golf Classic
2001-2005: M&T Bank Loretto FUTURES Golf Classic
2006-: Alliance Bank Golf Classic

[edit] Winners

Year	Dates	Champion	Country	Score	Tournament Location	Purse	Winner's Share
2008	Jul 18-20					$90,000	$11,700
2007	Jul 20-22	Violeta Retamoza	Mexico	208 (-5)	The Links at Erie Village	$80,000	$11,200
2006	Jul 21-23	Ha-Na Chae	South Korea	204 (-9)	The Links at Erie Village	$75,000	$10,500
2005		Kim Brozer	Canada	201 (-11)	The Links at Erie Village	$70,000	$9,800
2004		Michelle Murphy	United States	207 (-6)	The Links at Erie Village	$60,000	$8,400
2003		Soo Young Moon	South Korea	207 (-6)	The Links at Erie Village	$60,000	$8,400
2002		Jimin Kang	South Korea	201 (-12)	The Links at Erie Village	$60,000	$8,400
2001		Jeanne-Marie Busuttil	France	204 (-9)	The Links at Erie Village	$60,000	$8,400
2000		Michelle Ellis	Australia	207 (-6)	The Links at Erie Village	$50,000	$7,000
1999		Marilyn Lovander	United States	207 (-6)	The Links at Erie Village	$50,000	$7,000
1998		A.J. Eathorne	Canada	207 (-6)	The Links at Erie Village	$50,000	$7,000
1997		Karen Pearce	Australia	207 (-6)	The Links at Erie Village	$40,000	$5,300
1996*		Erika Hayashida	Peru	141 (-1)	The Links at Erie Village	$50,000	$7,500