South Shore Championship
Encyclopedia
The South Shore Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the LPGA Futures Tour, the LPGA
's developmental tour. The event has been played since 2011 at the White Hawk Country Club in the Crown Point, Indiana
area.
The tournament is a 54-hole event, as are most LPGA 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 South Shore Championship is Lake County United Way.
* Tournament shortened to 36 holes because of rain.
LPGA
The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...
's developmental tour. The event has been played since 2011 at the White Hawk Country Club in the Crown Point, Indiana
Crown Point, Indiana
As of the census of 2010, there were 27,317 people and 10,976 households in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 88.20% White, 6.30% African American, 0.20% Native American, 1.80% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.90% from other races, and 1.60% from two or more races...
area.
The tournament is a 54-hole event, as are most LPGA 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 South Shore Championship is Lake County United Way.
Winners
| Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Score | Margin of victory |
Tournament Location |
Purse ($ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... ) |
Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Jun 30–Jul 2 | Tiffany Joh Tiffany Joh Tiffany Joh is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Futures Tour.-Childhood:... |
138 (−6) | 2 strokes | White Hawk Country Club | 100,000 | 14,000 |
Tournament records
| Year | Player | Score | Round | Course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Tiffany Joh Tiffany Joh Tiffany Joh is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Futures Tour.-Childhood:... |
68 (-4) | 1st round | White Hawk Country Club, par 72 |
| 2011 | Victoria Elizabeth | 68 (-4) | 1st round | White Hawk Country Club, par 72 |
| 2011 | Leah Wigger | 68 (-4) | 1st round | White Hawk Country Club, par 72 |
| 2011 | Mo Martin Mo Martin Melissa Linda "Mo" Martin is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-College career:Martin played college golf all four years at UCLA. She graduated in 2005 with a bachelors degree in Psychology.... |
68 (-4) | 1st round | White Hawk Country Club, par 72 |
| 2011 | Rachel Ingram | 68 (-4) | 1st round | White Hawk Country Club, par 72 |
| 2011 | Dawn Shockley | 68 (-4) | 2nd round | White Hawk Country Club, par 72 |
| 2011 | Nicole Jeray | 68 (-4) | 2nd round | White Hawk Country Club, par 72 |
| 2011 | Meredith Duncan Meredith Duncan Meredith Duncan is an American professional golfer.Duncan was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. She won the Women's Western Amateur in 2000 and 2001. She won the 2001 North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst. She followed this up by capturing that year's U.S... |
68 (-4) | 2nd round | White Hawk Country Club, par 72 |
| 2011 | Juliana Murcia Ortiz | 68 (-4) | 2nd round | White Hawk Country Club, par 72 |