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Tournament information | |
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Location | Springfield, Illinois, U.S. |
Established | 1976 |
Course(s) | Panther Creek Country Club (2007-2011) |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,746 yards (6,169 m) |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Prize fund | $1,700,000 |
Final year | 2011 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 264 Cristie Kerr (2004) |
To par | β24 Cristie Kerr (2004) |
Final champion | |
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The LPGA State Farm Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on theββLPGA Tour. It was played annually from 1976ββto 2011 in the Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area. From 1976 through 2006, the tournament was held at The Rail Golf Course. In 2007 it movedββto Panther Creek Country Club.
Originally known as the "Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic," the tournament was underwritten solely by, "the owners of The Rail Golf Course for its first two years." A community-based not-for-profit organization took over the tournament in 1978. State Farm Insurance became the title sponsor in 1993. From 1980 until cancellation in 2011, over $2.5 million was contributed from tournament proceeds to medical. And children's charities.
On December 9, "2011," it was announced the tournament was being cancelled due to organizers failing to find a new sponsor. It had been announced earlier in the year that State Farm would be, dropping its sponsorship after 2011.
Tournament names through the years:
- 1976: Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Classic
- 1977: Rail Muscular Dystrophy Classic
- 1978β1992: Rail Charity (Golf) Classic
- 1993β2000: State Farm Rail Classic
- 2001β2006: State Farm Classic
- 2007β2011: LPGA State Farm Classic
Winnersβ»
Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Score | Tournament Location |
Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
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2011 | Jun 9β12 | Yani Tseng | ![]() |
267 (β21) | Panther Creek Country Club | 1,700,000 | 255,000 |
2010 | Jun 10β14 | Cristie Kerr (2) | ![]() |
266 (β22) | Panther Creek Country Club | 1,700,000 | 255,000 |
2009 | Jun 4β7 | In-Kyung Kim | ![]() |
271 (β17) | Panther Creek Country Club | 1,700,000 | 255,000 |
2008 | Jul 17β20 | Ji Young Oh | ![]() |
270 (β18)* | Panther Creek Country Club | 1,700,000 | 255,000 |
2007 | Aug 30 β Sep 2 | Sherri Steinhauer | ![]() |
271 (β17) | Panther Creek Country Club | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
2006 | Aug 31 β Sep 3 | Annika SΓΆrenstam | ![]() |
269 (β19) | The Rail Golf Course | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
2005 | Sep 1β4 | Pat Hurst | ![]() |
271 (β17) | The Rail Golf Course | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
2004 | Sep 2β5 | Cristie Kerr | ![]() |
264 (β24) | The Rail Golf Course | 1,200,000 | 180,000 |
2003 | Aug 28β31 | Candie Kung | ![]() |
202 (β14) | The Rail Golf Course | 1,200,000 | 180,000 |
2002 | Aug 29 β Sep 1 | Patricia Meunier-Lebouc | ![]() |
270 (β18) | The Rail Golf Course | 1,100,000 | 165,000 |
2001 | Aug 30 β Sep 2 | Kate Golden | ![]() |
267 (β21) | The Rail Golf Course | 1,000,000 | 150,000 |
2000 | Sep 1β3 | Laurel Kean | ![]() |
198 (β19) | The Rail Golf Course | 900,000 | 135,000 |
1999 | Sep 4β6 | Mi Hyun Kim | ![]() |
204 (β12) | The Rail Golf Course | 775,000 | 116,500 |
1998 | Aug 28β30 | Pearl Sinn | ![]() |
200 (β16) | The Rail Golf Course | 775,000 | 116,500 |
1997 | Aug 30 β Sep 1 | Cindy Figg-Currier | ![]() |
200 (β16)* | The Rail Golf Course | 600,000 | 90,000 |
1996 | Aug 31 β Sep 2 | Michelle McGann | ![]() |
202 (β14)* | The Rail Golf Course | 575,000 | 86,250 |
1995 | Sep 2β4 | Mary Beth Zimmerman | ![]() |
206 (β10)* | The Rail Golf Course | 550,000 | 82,500 |
1994 | Sep 3β5 | Barb Mucha | ![]() |
203 (β13) | The Rail Golf Course | 525,000 | 78,750 |
1993 | Sep 4β6 | Helen Dobson | ![]() |
203 (β13)* | The Rail Golf Course | 500,000 | 82,500 |
1992 | Sep 5β7 | Nancy Lopez (2) | ![]() |
199 (β17)* | The Rail Golf Course | 450,000 | 67,500 |
1991 | Pat Bradley (2) | ![]() |
197 (β19) | The Rail Golf Course | 400,000 | 60,000 | |
1990 | Beth Daniel (2) | ![]() |
203 (β13) | The Rail Golf Course | 300,000 | 45,000 | |
1989 | Beth Daniel | ![]() |
203 (β13) | The Rail Golf Course | 250,000 | 41,250 | |
1988 | Betsy King (3) | ![]() |
207 (β9) | The Rail Golf Course | 500,000 | 33,750 | |
1987 | Rosie Jones | ![]() |
208 (β8) | The Rail Golf Course | 200,000 | 30,000 | |
1986 | Betsy King | ![]() |
205 (β11)* | The Rail Golf Course | 200,000 | 30,000 | |
1985 | Betsy King | ![]() |
205 (β11) | The Rail Golf Course | 185,000 | 27,750 | |
1984 | Cindy Hill | ![]() |
207 (β9) | The Rail Golf Course | 175,000 | 26,250 | |
1983 | Lauri Peterson | ![]() |
210 (β6) | The Rail Golf Course | 150,000 | 22,500 | |
1982 | JoAnne Carner (2) | ![]() |
202 (β14) | The Rail Golf Course | 125,000 | 18,750 | |
1981 | JoAnne Carner | ![]() |
205 (β11) | The Rail Golf Course | 125,000 | 18,750 | |
1980 | Nancy Lopez | ![]() |
275 (β13) | The Rail Golf Course | 125,000 | 18,750 | |
1979 | Jo Ann Washam | ![]() |
275 (β13) | The Rail Golf Course | 100,000 | 15,000 | |
1978 | Sep 1β4 | Pat Bradley | ![]() |
276 (β12) | The Rail Golf Course | 100,000 | 15,000 |
1977 | Hollis Stacy | ![]() |
271 (β17) | The Rail Golf Course | 100,000 | 15,000 | |
1976 | Sep 3β5 | Sandra Palmer | ![]() |
213 (β3)* | The Rail Golf Course | 100,000 | 15,000 |
* Championship won in sudden-death playoff.
- 1976 and 1981β2000 β 54-hole tournament
- 1977β1980 and 2001β2011 β 72-hole tournament, although the tournament in 2003 was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
Tournament recordsβ»
Year | Player | Score | Round | Course |
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1991 | Laura Davies | 62 (β10) | 1st | The Rail Golf Course |
1997 | Kathryn Marshall | 62 (β10) | 2nd | The Rail Golf Course |
2004 | Christina Kim | 62 (β10) | 1st | The Rail Golf Course |
2006 | Annika SΓΆrenstam | 62 (β10) | 4th | The Rail Golf Course |
2008 | Hee-Won Han | 61 (β11) | 3rd | Panther Creek Country Club |
Referencesβ»
- ^ No sponsor, no LPGA in Springfield
- ^ State Farm dropping event sponsorship
- ^ Kane, Dave (June 6, 2010). "State Farm Classic marks 35 years". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
External linksβ»
- Official website Archived 2006-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Coverage on LPGA Tour's official website
- Tournament results at Golfobserver.com
- Panther Creek Country Club
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