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2010 Tournaments Recap |
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Legends Tour Open
Championship |
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Date: |
November 19-21,
2010 |
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Location: |
Innisbrook Resort
and Golf Club, Innisbrook, FL (Tampa area) |
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Champion: |
Rosie Jones |
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1st Prize: |
$50,000 |
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Score: |
-9 |
Results
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Highlights: |
Three-time Legends Tour champion and 2011 Solheim Cup Captain Rosie
Jones fired an opening round 67 and never looked back, besting the field
in the final round by 5 shots with a final score of 9 under par. Her
nearest competitor was Legends Tour rookie Michele Redman who took solo
second at 4 under. |
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BJ's Charity
Pro-Am |
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Date: |
September 22,
2010 |
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Location: |
Pinehills Golf
Club, Plymouth, MA |
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Champion: |
Nancy Scranton (Nicklaus
Course)
Sherri Steinhauer (Jones Course) |
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1st Prize: |
$10,000 per
course (Purse: $100,000) |
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Score: |
72 (Nicklaus); 68
(Jones) |
Results
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Highlights: |
Two Legends Tour past
champions entertained their pro-am playing partners while firing at the
flags to top their peers. Sherrri Steinhauer hardly missed a fairway or
green on her way to a stellar 68 on the challenging Jones course while
Nancy Scranton stayed steady at even par to win on the Nicklaus side.
Laura Shanahan Rowe an Terri-Jo Myers won the low net team competition. |
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Charity: |
Nearly $1.6 million
raised for BJ's Charitable Foundation. |
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Handa Cup |
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Date: |
September 3-5,
2010 |
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Location: |
Wentworth By The
Sea Country Club, Rye, NH |
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Champion: |
U.S. Team |
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1st Prize: |
$10,000 per
player and The Handa Cup |
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Score: |
27 - 21 |
Details
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Highlights: |
The U.S. Team held the overnight lead, 18-10, and then held on to the
Cup despite a rowdy comeback from the World side who scored highest in
the singles matches for the first time in the history of the
competition. Rosie Jones, Sherri Steinhauer and Lorie Kane all went
undefeated in their respective matches. |
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Wendy's
Charity Classic |
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Date: |
August 8-9, 2010 |
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Location: |
Country Club of
Jackson, Jackson, Michigan |
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Champion: |
Cindy Figg-Currier |
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1st Prize: |
$15,000 (Purse:
$100,000) |
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Score: |
-4 |
Results
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Highlights: |
Tournament hostess Elaine Crosby just missed forcing a playoff as her
birdie putt came up short on 18, leaving Cindy-Figg Currier alone at the
top with a final score of 68. Crosby settled for solo second with a 69
while defending champion Christa Johnson snagged 3rd alone with a 70. |
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Charity: |
$200,000 raised
for foster care adoption. |
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Women's Senior
National Invitational |
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Date: |
April 24-25, 2010 |
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Location: |
Omni Tucson
National Resort, Catalina Course |
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Champion: |
Nancy Scranton |
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1st Prize: |
$15,000 |
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Score: |
-4 |
Results
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Highlights: |
On her way
to a final score of a 4 under in the one-day, 18-hole event, Nancy
Scranton birdied three of the five par 5’s on the Catalina Course at
Omni Tucson National. Finishing in a 4-way tie for 2nd were
LPGA Hall of Famer Patty Sheehan, 2011 Solheim Cup Captain Rosie Jones,
Kris Tschetter and Sherri Turner, all at 1 under par. |
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Charity: |
Funds raised for The
First Tee of Tucson. |
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