1st Place - $195,000; 2nd Place - $119,470; 3rd Place - $86,125
Past Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Winners
Year
Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
1st
Year of the Event
Top Players in the Field
Na Yeon Choi
World No. 4, Won 2012 U.S. Women's Open
Jennifer Johnson
Won Mobile Bay LPGA Classic last week
Cristie Kerr
Won Kingsmill Championship, World No. 10
Jessica Korda
T-2 at Mobile Bay LPGA Classic last week
Stacy Lewis
2nd on money list, 2 wins in 2013, World No. 2
Inbee Park
1st on money list, 3 wins in 2013, World No. 1
Suzann Pettersen
Won LPGA LOTTE Championship, World No. 3
Pornanong Phatlum
T-2 at Mobile Bay LPGA Classic last week
So Yeon Ryu
2 career LPGA Tour titles, World No. 6
Jiyai Shin
Won ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open, World No. 7
Yani Tseng
15 career LPGA Tour titles, World No. 5
Sports Network Selections
Pick to Win - Suzann Pettersen
Darkhorse - Anna Nordqvist
Last Week's Pick to Win (Stacy Lewis) - Finished 9th
Last Week's Darkhorse (Karine Icher) - Finished tied for 22nd
NOTES:The LPGA Tour travels to the Bahamas this week for the inaugural Pure
Silk-Bahamas LGPA Classic at Paradise Island. The event is being held at Ocean
Club Golf Course, which opened for play in 1954. Dick Wilson originally
designed the course, while Tom Weiskopf redesigned the layout in 2000. The top
seven players in the world are in the field.
World No. 1 Inbee Park can surpass the $1 million mark in earnings on the year
with a win this week. Park has already won three times this year and currently
leads the money list by more than $165,000 over Stacy Lewis. Lewis, the world
No. 2, is the only other player who has won twice this season. She has the
most top-10 finishes in 2013 on tour with eight.
This will be the first official event for the LPGA Tour in the Bahamas. The
Ocean Club Golf Course previously hosted the Michael Jordan Celebrity
Invitational from 2001 to 2010 and currently stages the Michael Douglas and
Friends Celebrity Golf Tournament.
Bahama native Georgette Rolle received a sponsor's exemption into the field.
She is a two-time Bahamas National Women's Amateur Champion (2003, 07). Rolle
attended Texas Southern University and is currently an assistant coach at her
alma mater and an LPGA Teaching Professional.
The tournament was shortened to 54 holes due to rain. The event will begin on
Friday and conclude on Sunday with the 36-hole cut made on Saturday night.
The LPGA Tour heads to New Jersey next week for the ShopRite LPGA Classic,
where Lewis will defend her title.
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