Team WLF.org Golf Classic
Encyclopedia
Team WLF.org Golf Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour
, the LPGA
's developmental tour. The event was played from 2005 through 2007 in the Kankakee, Illinois
area.
The title sponsor from 2006 was the World Leadership Foundation (WLF), an international Christian
-based training ministry.
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. The benefiting charity from this tournament is the WLF.
Tournament names through the years:
The tournament was last held from June 29 through July 1, 2007.
* Championship won in sudden-death playoff.
FUTURES Tour
The LPGA Futures Tour, previously styled in uppercase as FUTURES Tour and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed FUTURES Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour...
, the LPGA
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 was played from 2005 through 2007 in the Kankakee, Illinois
Kankakee, Illinois
Kankakee is a city in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 25,561, and 26,840 as of a 2009 estimate. It is the county seat of Kankakee County...
area.
The title sponsor from 2006 was the World Leadership Foundation (WLF), an international Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
-based training ministry.
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. The benefiting charity from this tournament is the WLF.
Tournament names through the years:
- 2005: Kankakee FUTURES Golf Classic
- 2006-2007: Team WLF.org Golf Classic
The tournament was last held from June 29 through July 1, 2007.
Winners
| Year | Champion | Country | Score | Tournament Location |
Purse | Winner's Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 2007 in golf -Men's professional golf:Major championships*5-8 April: The Masters - American Zach Johnson won his first major tournament, in a high scoring week at Augusta.*14-17 June: U.S. Open - Ángel Cabrera became Argentina's first U.S... |
Seo-Jae Lee | 208 (-8) | Kankakee Elks Country Club | $80,000 | $11,200 | |
| 2006 2006 in golf -Men's professional golf:Major championships*6–9 April: The Masters - Winner: Phil Mickelson The Augusta National course was lengthened to 7,445 yards for the tournament, generating some advance controversy. For the first time since 1954 neither Jack Nicklaus nor Arnold Palmer played... |
Mollie Fankhauser | 212 (-4) | Kankakee Elks Country Club | $70,000 | $9,800 | |
| 2005 2005 in golf -Men's professional golf:Major championships*7-10 April: Masters Tournament - Tiger Woods defeated fellow American Chris DiMarco at the first playoff hole to claim his 4th Masters title, and his 9th major. He temporarily returned to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings.*16-19 June: U.S... |
Nicole Castrale Nicole Castrale Nicole Castrale is an American professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour.Dalkas was born in Glendale, California. She started playing golf at the age of 10, and credits her husband Craig, her parents Anthony and Patricia Dalkas, golf instructors Bill Harmon and Dick... |
209 (-7) | Kankakee Elks Country Club | $70,000 | $9,800 | |
Tournament records
| Year | Player | Score | Round | Course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Nicole Castrale Nicole Castrale Nicole Castrale is an American professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour.Dalkas was born in Glendale, California. She started playing golf at the age of 10, and credits her husband Craig, her parents Anthony and Patricia Dalkas, golf instructors Bill Harmon and Dick... |
66 (-6) | 2nd round | Kankakee Elks Country Club |
| 2006 | Inbee Park Inbee Park Inbee Park, also known as In-Bee Park, is a South Korean professional golfer.-Early life and amateur career:Park was born in Seoul. She began playing golf at the age of 10. After moving to the United States, she won nine events on the American Junior Golf Association circuit and was a five-time... |
66 (-6) | 2nd round | Kankakee Elks Country Club |