2007 Duramed Futures Tour

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The 2007 Duramed Futures Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through September 2007 in the United States. The Futures Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour.

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On July 18, 2007, the LPGA announced that it had acquired the Futures Tour effective immediately, "bringing women's professional golf now under one umbrella." Previously the Futures Tour had operated as a licensee of the LPGA. [1]

Schedule and results

The number in parentheses after winners' names shows the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the Futures Tour including that event.

DatesTournamentLocationWinner
Mar 11 Lakeland Duramed Futures Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Lori Atsedes (7)
Mar 18 Greater Tampa Duramed Futures Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Liz Janangelo (1)
Apr 15 The Power of a Dream Golf Classic Texas Flag of the United States.svg Allison Fouch (1)
Apr 22 Louisiana Pelican Classic Louisiana Flag of the United States.svg Janell Howland (1)
Apr 29 Jalapeno Golf Classic Texas Flag of the United States.svg Emily Bastel (1)
May 6 El Paso Golf Classic Texas Flag of the United States.svg Mo Martin (1)
May 20 Mercedes-Benz of Kansas City Championship Kansas Flag of the United States.svg Liz Janangelo (2)
Jun 3 Aurora Health Care Championship Wisconsin Flag of Sweden.svg Sofie Andersson (1)
Jun 10 United States Steel Golf Classic Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Allison Fouch (2)
Jun 17 Michelob Ultra Duramed Futures Players Championship Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Emily Bastel (2)
Jun 24 The Duramed Championship Ohio Flag of South Korea.svg Seo-Jae Lee (1)
Jul 1 Team WLF.org Golf Classic Illinois Flag of South Korea.svg Seo-Jae Lee (2)
Jul 15 CIGNA Golf Classic Connecticut Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Leon (1)
Jul 22 Alliance Bank Golf Classic New York Flag of Mexico.svg Violeta Retamoza (1)
Aug 5 USI Championship New Hampshire Flag of South Korea.svg Ji Min Jeong (3)
Aug 12 Betty Puskar Golf Classic West Virginia Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Leon (2)
Aug 19 Hunters Oak Golf Classic Maryland Flag of the United States.svg Mollie Fankhauser (2)
Aug 26 The Gettysburg Championship Pennsylvania Flag of Scotland.svg Vikki Laing (1)
Sep 9 ILOVENY Championship New York Flag of Thailand.svg Onnarin Sattayabanphot (1)

Tournaments in bold are majors.

Leading money winners

These top five money winners at the end of the 2007 season were awarded fully exempt status on the LPGA Tour for the 2008 season.

PositionPlayerCountryEarnings (US$)
1 Emily Bastel Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 59,779
2 Allison Fouch Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 54,476
3 Mollie Fankhauser Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 50,128
4 Violeta Retamoza Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 49,895
5 Seo-Jae Lee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 48,493

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References

  1. "LPGA acquires Duramed Futures Tour". LPGA. July 18, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2007.