The Aurora Health Care Championship was an annual United States golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Futures Tour, the LPGA Tour'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 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:

  • 1995–1999: Aurora Health Care Futures Classic
  • 2000: Aurora Health Care Futures Charity Golf Classic
  • 2001: Aurora Health Care SBC Futures Charity Golf Classic
  • 2002–2003: Aurora Health Care Futures Charity Golf Classic
  • 2006–2008: Aurora Health Care Championship

Winners

YearDateChampionCountryScoreTournament
location
Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2008May 30 – Jun 1Mindy Kim South Korea213 (−3)Geneva National Golf Club100,00014,000
2007Jun 1–3Sofie Andersson Sweden212 (−4)Geneva National Golf Club90,00012,600
2006Jun 2–4Song-Hee Kim South Korea214 (−2)Geneva National Golf Club80,00011,900
2003*May 29 – Jun 1Katherine Hull Australia210 (−6)Ironwood Golf Course70,0009,800
2002May 31 – Jun 2Melinda Price United States218 (+2)Ironwood Golf Course65,0009,100
2001Jun 1–3Beth Bauer United States212 (−4)Ironwood Golf Course60,0008,400
2000Jun 16–18Jenn Brody United States210 (−6)Ironwood Golf Course50,0007,000
1999**Jun 11–13Jane Egan United States137 (−7)Ironwood Golf Course45,0006,600
1998LaRee Sugg United States213 (−3)Naga-Waukee Golf Course40,0005,300
1997Nicole Jeray United States212 (−4)Naga-Waukee Golf Course40,0005,300
1996Vicki Moran United StatesNaga-Waukee Golf Course
1995Lisa Kartheiser United StatesNaga-Waukee Golf Course

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

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