Betty Puskar Golf Classic

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The Betty Pusker Golf Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Futures Tour, the LPGA Tour's developmental tour. The event was part of the Futures Tour's schedule from 1992 through 2007. It took place at The Pines Country Club in Morgantown, West Virginia.

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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 for the Betty Pusker Golf Classic was the Betty Puskar Breast Care Center.

The tournament was last held August 10–12, 2007.

Winners

YearChampionCountryScorePurse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2007 Taylor Leon Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 203 (−13)80,00011,200
2006 Kristy McPherson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 207 (−9)75,00010,500
2005 Sun Young Yoo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 204 (−12)70,0009,800
2004 Jimin Kang Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 209 (−8)70,0009,800
2003* Reilley Rankin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 134 (−10)70,0009,800
2002 Lorena Ochoa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 207 (−9)70,0009,800
2001 Jenn Brody Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 202 (−14)75,00010,500
2000 Heather Zakhar Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 206 (−10)75,00010,500
1999 Grace Park Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 200 (−16)75,00010,500
1998 A.J. Eathorne Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 206 (−10)70,0009,700
1997** Becky Iverson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 282 (−6)70,0009,700
1996 Erika Wicoff Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 212 (−4)65,0009,750
1995 Patty Ehrhart Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 210 (−6)65,0009,750
1994 Tina Paternostro Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 214 (−2)50,0006,800
1993 Missy Tuck Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 216 (E)50,0006,800
1992 Chela Quintana Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 220 (+4)20,0002,600

*Tournament shortened to 36 holes because of rain.
**Tournament was 72 holes.

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreRound
1999 Grace Park 64 (−8)2nd
1999 Audra Burks 64 (−8)2nd

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