Aurora Health Care Championship

The Aurora Health Care Championship was an annual United States golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event was a part of the FUTURES Tour's schedule from 1995 to 2003, when it was played in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area and again from 2006 to 2008, when it has been played at the Geneva National Golf Club in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

The last title sponsor was Aurora Health Care, a Wisconsin-based health-care provider.

The Tournament was a 54-hole event, as are most FUTURES Tour tournaments, and included 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. Benefiting charities from the Aurora Health Care Championship were The Geneva National Foundation and Aurora Health Care.

Tournament names through the years:

Winners

Year Date Champion Country Score Tournament
Location
Purse Winner's
Share
2008 May 30-Jun 1 Mindy Kim  South Korea 213 (-3) Geneva National Golf Club $100,000 $14,000
2007 Jun 1-3 Sofie Andersson  Sweden 212 (-4) Geneva National Golf Club $90,000 $12,600
2006 Jun 2-4 Song-Hee Kim  South Korea 214 (-2) Geneva National Golf Club $80,000 $11,900
2003* May 29-Jun 1 Katherine Hull  Australia 210 (-6) Ironwood Golf Course $70,000 $9,800
2002 May 31-Jun 2 Melinda Price  United States 218 (+2) Ironwood Golf Course $65,000 $9,100
2001 Jun 1-3 Beth Bauer  United States 212 (-4) Ironwood Golf Course $60,000 $8,400
2000 Jun 16-18 Jenn Brody  United States 210 (-6) Ironwood Golf Course $50,000 $7,000
1999** Jun 11-13 Jane Egan  United States 137 (-7) Ironwood Golf Course $45,000 $6,600
1998 LaRee Sugg  United States 213 (-3) Naga-Waukee Golf Course $40,000 $5,300
1997 Nicole Jeray  United States 212 (-4) Naga-Waukee Golf Course $40,000 $5,300
1996 Vicki Moran  United States Naga-Waukee Golf Course
1995 Lisa Kartheiser  United States Naga-Waukee Golf Course

*Championship won in sudden-death playoff.
**Tournament shortened to 36 holes because of rain.

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