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The ADT Championship was a women's professional golf tournament on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. The season-ending event on the tour, it became the LPGA Playoffs at The ADT from 2006 through 2008.

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History

The tournament was played in its final playoff form for the first time in November 2006; the champion of the event, Julieta Granada, won $1 million, the highest first-place prize in the history of women's golf. The event took place at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.

From 1996 through 2005 the tournament was a standard, 72-hole stroke play event. It had a purse of $1,000,000 in its final season, with a winner's share of $215,000.

The playoff event in 2006 was the first time golf has ever used a postseason of any kind on any tour. Beginning in 2007, the PGA Tour also employed a playoff system.

Through the 2008 season, the title sponsor was ADT, a worldwide supplier of electronic security and fire alarm systems, communication systems and integrated building management systems, with headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.

Successors

On October 16, 2008 it was announced ADT would not extend its sponsorship. [1] Another entirely new tournament, [2] the LPGA Tour Championship, took ADT's place on the LPGA schedule for two years in 2009 and 2010; it was succeeded by the CME Group Titleholders in 2011

Selection process

2008 selection

As in the two previous seasons, the 2008 season was split into two halves, with 15 players from each half qualifying for the ADT Championship using a performance-based points system. In addition, two wild card players were chosen at the end of the regular season; a total of 32 players competed in the ADT Championship.

The first half began with the SBS Open at Turtle Bay and ended with the LPGA Championship. The second half began with the Wegmans LPGA and ended with the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, one week before the Playoffs.

LPGA members qualified for the ADT Championship by accumulating ADT Points during each half of the season or by winning an automatic entry by winning one of 13 designated "winner" events—defined as any event with a purse of at least $2 million—throughout the season. The two wild cards were the top two players from the LPGA Official Money List who were not otherwise qualified after the Lorena Ochoa Invitational: Sun Young Yoo and Christina Kim.

2007 selection

The selection process in the 2007 LPGA regular season was the same as in 2008, with the only differences being:

More details on selecting competitors for the 2007 Playoffs can be found at: LPGA.com.

2006 selection

The 2006 LPGA campaign was split into two halves. The first half began with the SBS Open at Turtle Bay and ended with the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic. The second half began with the Evian Masters and ended with The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions, one week before the Playoffs. The top 15 points scorers and one wild card from each half qualified for the Playoffs, making for a total of 32 players who will take part in the season-ending event.

Most of the events on 2006 LPGA schedule were "points" events, in which the top twenty finishers were awarded points. In addition, all winners of the LPGA's majors and five limited field events, such as the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship, automatically qualified for the Playoffs.

Once the first half ended, and the first 16 players were awarded spots in the Playoffs, the point totals from the first half were wiped out, and the second half began with a fresh scoresheet, meaning points did not carry over from half-to-half.

More details on selecting competitors for the 2006 Playoffs can be found at: LPGA.com.

2008 qualifiers

First half qualifiers

  1. Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa: won the HSBC Women's Champions (also won the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the Ginn Open, and the Sybase Classic)
  2. Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam: won the Stanford International Pro-Am (also won the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill)
  3. Flag of South Korea.svg Seon Hwa Lee: won the Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA
  4. Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yani Tseng: won the McDonald's LPGA Championship
  5. Flag of the United States.svg Paula Creamer: 923,742 points
  6. Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Jang: 664,249 points
  7. Flag of South Korea.svg Song-Hee Kim: 509,000 points
  8. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb: 505,867 points
  9. Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen: 484,664 points
  10. Flag of South Korea.svg Na Yeon Choi: 464,709 points
  11. Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Hjorth: 422,446 points
  12. Flag of England.svg Karen Stupples: 378,342 points
  13. Flag of South Korea.svg Jee Young Lee: 375,695 points
  14. Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park: 368,124 points
  15. Flag of the United States.svg Laura Diaz: 367,228 points

Second half qualifiers

  1. Flag of South Korea.svg Eun-Hee Ji: won the Wegmans LPGA
  2. Flag of Sweden.svg Helen Alfredsson: won the Evian Masters
  3. Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin: won the Women's British Open
  4. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Katherine Hull: won the Canadian Women's Open
  5. Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr: 848,850 points
  6. Flag of the United States.svg Angela Stanford: 764,706 points
  7. Flag of Brazil.svg Angela Park: 667,346 points
  8. Flag of South Korea.svg In-Kyung Kim: 625,780 points
  9. Flag of the Republic of China.svg Candie Kung: 582,429 points
  10. Flag of South Korea.svg Hee-Won Han: 548,572 points
  11. Flag of South Korea.svg Ji Young Oh: 469,308 points
  12. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanshan Feng: 452,236 points
  13. Flag of the United States.svg Morgan Pressel: 416,137 points
  14. Flag of South Korea.svg Meena Lee: 378,254 points
  15. Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Castrale: 365,501 points

Inbee Park, who won the U.S. Women's Open, qualified via first-half points.

Wild cards

  1. Flag of South Korea.svg Sun Young Yoo: $674,983
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Christina Kim: $664,598

2007 qualifiers

First half qualifiers

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Morgan Pressel: won the Kraft Nabisco Championship
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Brittany Lincicome: won the Ginn Open
  3. Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen: won the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill (also won the LPGA Championship)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Castrale: won the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika
  5. Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa: 1,524,404 points
  6. Flag of the United States.svg Paula Creamer: 685,729 points
  7. Flag of South Korea.svg Mi Hyun Kim: 647,110 points
  8. Flag of South Korea.svg Sarah Lee: 580,948 points
  9. Flag of the United States.svg Stacy Prammanasudh: 552,707 points
  10. Flag of South Korea.svg Jee Young Lee: 521,842 points
  11. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb: 407,786 points
  12. Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr: 395,180 points
  13. Flag of Brazil.svg Angela Park: 375,519 points
  14. Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster: 372,980 points
  15. Flag of the United States.svg Angela Stanford: 367,855 points

Second half qualifiers

  1. Flag of South Korea.svg Seon Hwa Lee: won the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Natalie Gulbis: won the Evian Masters
  3. Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Hjorth: 756,904 points
  4. Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Jang: 748,129 points
  5. Flag of South Korea.svg Se Ri Pak: 490,656 points
  6. Flag of the United States.svg Christina Kim: 434,742 points
  7. Flag of Japan.svg Ai Miyazato: 427,108 points
  8. Flag of England.svg Laura Davies: 354,785 points
  9. Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park: 349,906 points
  10. Flag of the United States.svg Laura Diaz: 326,537 points
  11. Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam: 325,940 points
  12. Flag of the United States.svg Sherri Steinhauer: 302,618 points
  13. Flag of South Korea.svg Shi Hyun Ahn: 292,816 points
  14. Flag of the United States.svg Reilley Rankin: 281,929 points
  15. Flag of Sweden.svg Sophie Gustafson: 264,607 points

The remaining three "winner" events in the second half were won by golfers who had already qualified via first-half points—the U.S. Women's Open by Cristie Kerr, and the Women's British Open and Canadian Women's Open by Lorena Ochoa.

Wild cards

  1. Flag of Scotland.svg Catriona Matthew: $504,366
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Meaghan Francella: $499,292

Current format

Controversy surrounding $1 million prize

Most players have supported the tournament, though some criticism has been raised. Annika Sörenstam, for example, commented that a player who had a great year, like Sörenstam did in 2005, when she won 10 times, could miss the cut after round three, and not only lose the tournament, but also the title given to the player who tops the LPGA Money List for the year to someone not even in the List's top 10 at the event's start.

Sörenstam, as well as others, have suggested that only half the prize count toward the money list, while the other half be given as a bonus, and not counted on the money list. The LPGA said it would consider this before the 2007 event. [3] No change was made for 2007.

Possible revival of the ADT Championship?

On November 21, 2009, Golf Channel's Randall Mell reported in a blog post that the LPGA was in preliminary discussions to bring back the tournament in 2011. [4]

Winners

LPGA Playoffs at The ADT

YearDatesChampionCountryScoreTournament
Location
Purse
($)
Winner's
share ($)
2008 Nov 20–23 Jiyai Shin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 69-75-71-70Trump International Golf Club1,550,0001,000,000
2007 Nov 15–18 Lorena Ochoa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 70-70-66-68Trump International Golf Club1,550,0001,000,000
2006 Nov 16–19 Julieta Granada Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 70-69-69-68Trump International Golf Club1,550,0001,000,000

The total tournament score is not shown because that does not determine the winner. Championship round score is shown in bold.

ADT Championship

Tournament names through the years:

YearDatesChampionCountryScoreTournament
Location
Purse
($)
Winner's
share ($)
2005 Nov 17–20 Annika Sörenstam Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 282 (−6)Trump International Golf Club1,000,000215,000
2004 Nov 18–21 Annika Sörenstam Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 275 (−13)Trump International Golf Club1,000,000215,000
2003 Nov 20–23 Meg Mallon Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 281 (−7)Trump International Golf Club1,000,000215,000
2002 Nov 21–24 Annika Sörenstam Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 275 (−13)Trump International Club1,000,000215,000
2001 Nov 15–18 Karrie Webb Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 279 (−9)Trump International Club1,000,000215,000
2000 Nov 16–19 Dottie Pepper Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 279 (−9) LPGA International Legends Course1,000,000215,000
1999 Nov 11–14 Se Ri Pak Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 276 (−12)Desert Inn Golf Club1,000,000215,000
1998 Nov 19–22 Laura Davies Flag of England.svg  England 277 (−11)Desert Inn Golf Club1,000,000215,000
1997 Nov 20–23 Annika Sörenstam Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 277 (−11)Desert Inn Golf Club750,000160,000
1996 Nov 21–24 Karrie Webb Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 272 (−16)Desert Inn Golf Club700,000150,000

Tournament record

YearPlayerScoreRoundCourse
1997 Pat Hurst 64 (−8)2ndDesert Inn Golf Club, par 72
2006 Il Mi Chung 65 (−7)3rdTrump International Golf Club, par 72
2006 Mi Hyun Kim 65 (−7)3rdTrump International Golf Club, par 72
2007 Morgan Pressel 65 (−7)2ndTrump International Golf Club, par 72

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