The ING New England Golf Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Futures Tour, the LPGA Tour's developmental tour. The event was played from 1999 to 2011 in the Hartford, Connecticut area.

Prior to 2009, the tournament had various title sponsors, most recently CIGNA, a health service company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 2009 season opened with the tournament lacking a title sponsor. In mid-June 2009 it was announced that ING, a global financial institution, would become the new title sponsor.[1]

The tournament was 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 New England Golf Classic was Chip in for a Cure, a Connecticut-based breast cancer charity.

Tournament names through the years:

  • 1999: SNET Women's Classic
  • 2000: Connecticut Futures Golf Classic
  • 2001–2003: Lincoln Financial Futures Golf Classic
  • 2004: GMAC Futures Golf Classic
  • 2005–2008: CIGNA Golf Classic
  • 2009–2011: ING New England Golf Classic

Winners

YearChampionCountryScoreTournament
location
Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2011Brittany Johnston United States199 (−11)Wintonbury Hills Golf Course100,00014,000
2010Tiffany Joh United States200 (−10)Wintonbury Hills Golf Course100,00014,000
2009Dewi Claire Schreefel Netherlands202 (−8)Wintonbury Hills Golf Course100,00014,000
2008Vicky Hurst United States209 (−7)Gillette Ridge Golf Club80,00011,200
2007*Taylor Leon United States215 (−1)Gillette Ridge Golf Club80,00011,200
2006Song-Hee Kim South Korea216 (E)Gillette Ridge Golf Club70,0009,800
2005^Virada Nirapathpongporn Thailand142 (−2)Gillette Ridge Golf Club70,0009,800
2004Nicole Perrot Chile209 (−4)Blue Fox Run Golf Course70,0009,800
2003Stacy Prammanasudh United States203 (−10)Blue Fox Run Golf Course60,0008,400
2002Linda Ishii Japan208 (−5)Blue Fox Run Golf Course60,0008,400
2001*Kathryn Cusick United States212 (−1)Blue Fox Run Golf Course60,0008,400
2000^*Christel Tomori United States140 (−2)Blue Fox Run Golf Course50,0007,000
1999Riko Higashio Japan206 (−7)Blue Fox Run Golf Course50,0006,600

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

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreRoundCourse
2002Nicole Materne65 (−6)1stBlue Fox Run Golf Course
2002Michele Vinieratos65 (−6)2ndBlue Fox Run Golf Course
2007Mollie Fankhauswer67 (−5)1stGillette Ridge Golf Club
2009Song Yi Choi64 (−6)1stWintonbury Hills Golf Course

References

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