ILOVENY Championship
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The ILOVENY 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 2006 has been I Love New York, the New York State Department of Tourism.
The ILOVENY Championship is the final regular season full-field tournament on the FUTURES Tour schedule and the results of this determine determine 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 15 players 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 ILOVENY Championship is the Albany Police & Fire Foundation.
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-: ILOVENY Championship
[edit] Winners
| Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Score | Tournament Location |
Purse | Winner's Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sep 5-7 | Capital Hills at Albany | $100,000 | $14,000 | |||
| 2007 | Sep 7-9 | Onnarin Sattayabanphot |  Thailand |
210 (-3) | Capital Hills at Albany | $100,000 | $14,000 |
| 2006 | Sep 8-10 | Ji Min Jeong |  South Korea |
206 (-7) | Capital Hills at Albany | $85,000 | $11,900 |
| 2005 | Jul 15-17 | Seon Hwa Lee | South Korea |
199 (-14) | Capital Hills at Albany | $70,000 | $9,800 |
| 2004 | Aug 13-15 | Nicole Perrot |  Paraguay |
203 (-10) | Capital Hills at Albany | $70,000 | $9,800 |
| 2003* | Jul 17-20 | Lindsey Wright |  Australia |
205 (-8) | Orchard Creek Golf Club | $60,000 | $8,400 |
| 2002* | Jul 5-7 | Mariam Nagl |  Brazil |
210 (-3) | Orchard Creek Golf Club | $60,000 | $8,400 |
| 2001 | Jul 6-8 | Angela Buzminski |  Canada |
208 (-8) | Western Turnpike Golf Course | $60,000 | $8,400 |
| 2000* | Jul 7-9 | Dodie Mazzuca |  United States |
218 (+2) | Western Turnpike Golf Course | $50,000 | $7,000 |
*Tournament won in a sudden-death playoff.
[edit] Tournament records
| Year | Player | Score | Round | Course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Meredith Ward | 63 (-8) | 2nd round | Capital Hills at Albany |
