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LPGA - Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Preview
From The Sports Network
| DATES: Thursday, August 9th through Sunday, August 12th |
| SITE: Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, Ohio |
| COURSE ARCHITECT: Harold Weber (1925), Sandy Alves (1928), |
| Arthur Hills (1974) |
| Hole-By-Hole: | 1 - Par 4 347 yds | 10 - Par 4 376 yds | |
| 2 - Par 3 162 yds | 11 - Par 4 391 yds | |
| 3 - Par 4 380 yds | 12 - Par 4 395 yds | |
| 4 - Par 4 375 yds | 13 - Par 4 355 yds | |
| 5 - Par 4 392 yds | 14 - Par 3 184 yds | |
| 6 - Par 3 155 yds | 15 - Par 4 389 yds | |
| 7 - Par 5 575 yds | 16 - Par 4 400 yds | |
| 8 - Par 3 132 yds | 17 - Par 5 513 yds | |
| 9 - Par 4 375 yds | 18 - Par 5 532 yds | |
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| 34 2,893 yds | 37 3,535 yds | |
| Annual: | 27th |
| Television: | None |
| Defending Champion: | Na Yeon Choi |
| Runner-Up: | Christina Kim, I.K. Kim, Song-Hee Kim |
| Tournament Record: | 261 (Se Ri Pak, 1998) |
| 54-Hole Record: | 195 (Se Ri Pak, 1998; Paula Creamer, 2008; Eunjung Yi, 2009) |
| 36-Hole Record: | 125 (Paula Creamer, 2008) |
| Course Record: | 60 (Paula Creamer, 2008) |
| Total Purse: | $1,300,000 |
| Shares: | 1st Place - $195,000; 2nd Place - $119,470; 3rd Place - $86,125 |
| 2010 Finish |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Na Yeon Choi * | 270 | Inbee Park | 272 |
| Christina Kim | 270 | Meena Lee | 273 |
| I.K. Kim | 270 | Katherine Hull | 273 |
| Song-Hee Kim | 270 | Hee Young Park | 273 |
| Jiyai Shin | 271 | Six players at | 274 |
| Past Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Winners |
| Year | Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up |
| 2011 | Not Held |
| 2010 | *Na Yeon Choi (270) -- Christina Kim, I.K. Kim, Song-Hee Kim |
| 2009 | *Eunjung Yi (266) -- Morgan Pressel |
| 2008 | Paula Creamer (268) -- Nicole Castrale |
| 2007 | Se Ri Pak (267) -- Morgan Pressel |
| 2006 | *Mi Hyun Kim (266) -- Natalie Gulbis |
| 2005 | *Heather Young (274) -- Gloria Hee Jung Park |
| 2004 | Meg Mallon (277) -- Se Ri Pak, Karen Stupples |
| 2003 | Se Ri Pak (271) -- Marisa Baena, Hee-Won Han |
| 2002 | Rachel Teske (270) -- Beth Bauer |
| 2001 | Se Ri Pak (269) -- Maria Hjorth |
| 2000 | *Annika Sorenstam (274) -- Rachel Teske |
| 1999 | *Se Ri Pak (276) -- Kelli Kuehne, Carin Koch, Sherri Steinhauer, |
| Karrie Webb, Mardi Lunn |
| 1998 | Se Ri Pak (261) -- Lisa Hackney |
| 1997 | Kelly Robbins (265) -- Tammie Green |
| 1996 | Joan Pitcock (204) -- Marianne Morris |
| 1995 | Kathryn Marshall (205) -- Sherri Steinhauer |
| 1994 | *Kelly Robbins (204) -- Tammie Green |
| 1993 | Brandie Burton (201) -- Hollis Stacy |
| 1992 | Patty Sheehan (209) -- Brandie Burton, Tammie Green, Heather Drew, |
| Deb Richard |
| 1991 | *Alice Miller (205) -- Deb Richard |
| 1990 | Tina Tombs (205) -- JoAnne Carner, Chris Johnson |
| 1989 | Penny Hammel (206) -- Nancy Lopez, Liselotte Neumann, Hollis Stacy |
| 1988 | Laura Davies (277) -- Nancy Lopez |
| 1987 | Jane Geddes (280) -- Jill Briles-Hinton, Nancy Taylor |
| 1986 | Not Held |
| 1985 | Penny Hammel (278) -- Nancy Lopez |
| 1984 | Lauri Peterson (278) -- Nancy Lopez |
| Note:Formerly called Jamie Farr Toledo Classic (1984-96), Jamie Farr Kroger |
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Classic (1997-2003), Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic (2004-10).
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| Top Contenders in the Field |
| Player | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Na Yeon Choi | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-33 | Won |
| Christina Kim | --- | --- | mc | T-56 | T-43 | T-13 | T-21 | mc | T-54 | T-2 |
| I.K. Kim | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-7 | T-68 | mc | T-2 |
| Jiyai Shin | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-17 | 5th |
| Inbee Park | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | mc | --- | T-25 | 6th |
| Katherine Hull | --- | --- | --- | T-22 | T-48 | mc | T-21 | 6th | T-29 | T-7 |
| Meena Lee | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-36 | mc | mc | T-30 | T-54 | T-7 |
| Kristy McPherson | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-18 | T-7 | mc | T-10 |
| Momoko Ueda | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-22 | T-54 | 16th |
| Eun-Hee Ji | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3rd | T-21 | T-17 |
| Angela Stanford | mc | --- | --- | T-47 | T-19 | T-79 | T-7 | 9th | T-49 | T-22 |
| Morgan Pressel | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-23 | T-54 | 2nd | --- | 2nd | T-26 |
| Stacy Lewis | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | mc | T-51 | T-17 | mc | T-26 |
| Brittany Lincicome | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-18 | T-7 | mc | T-39 |
| Natalie Gulbis | --- | T-7 | 57th | T-40 | T-19 | 2nd | T-65 | mc | T-21 | T-45 |
| H. Bowie Young | T-3 | T-28 | T-4 | mc | Won | T-75 | T-68 | T-17 | 82nd | T-68 |
| Paula Creamer | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-5 | 3rd | mc | Won | dq | mc |
| Yani Tseng | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-6 | --- |
| Azahara Munoz | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-10 | --- |
| Ai Miyazato | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-33 | --- |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Paula Creamer |
| Darkhorse - Ilhee Lee |
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| Last Week's Pick to Win (Amy Yang) - Finished tied for 24th |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (Mika Miyazato) - Finished tied for 16th |
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| NOTES: |
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The LPGA Tour travels to Ohio this week for the return of the Jamie Farr
Toledo Classic. This tournament returns to the schedule this year after not
being held in 2011. The top three players in the world are in the field - Yani
Tseng, American Stacy Lewis and U.S. Women's Open champion Na Yeon Choi.
Lewis currently leads the money list by more than $104,000 over Ai Miyazato.
Tseng is third on the money list, more than $184,000 behind Lewis. Tseng,
Lewis and Miyazato are the only players who have multiple victories in 2012.
Tseng is the only player with three wins, but has struggled lately. After
starting the season with eight straight top-10 finishes, Tseng has not
finished better than tied for 12th in her last five events. In her last four
events, she has missed two cuts and finished tied for 50th and tied for 59th.
Lewis is a native of Toledo, Ohio and should have a hometown advantage this
week. She leads the LPGA Tour with 10 top-10 finishes in 2012.
This is the 23rd straight year that Highland Meadows is hosting the
tournament. Prior to Highland Meadows, Glengarry Country Club hosted the first
four years of the event. Highland Meadows was designed by Harold Weber, a
nationally prominent amateur golfer, after the property was purchased
September 15, 1925. The original prospectus gave a total of 140 acres of high
rolling land through which the Ottawa River quietly meanders. It is believed
that this description resulted in the club's name. The original layout of the
golf course is how the LPGA plays the course, however the membership plays
with the nines reversed.
In 2010, Choi made a short birdie putt to win a four-way playoff, picking up
her third career LPGA Tour victory. Her opponents in the playoff all had the
same name: Christina Kim, I.K. Kim and Song-Hee Kim. Choi beat them all with a
three-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole for a wire-to-wire victory.
In 2009, Eunjung Yi birdied the first playoff hole to defeat Morgan Pressel
for her first LPGA Tour title. Yi carded rounds of 68-66-61-71 and finished
with Pressel at 18-under-par 266.
In 2008, Paula Creamer struggled to a two-over 73 in the final round, but it
was enough for a two-shot victory over Nicole Castrale. She led wire-to-wire
and finished at 16-under 268 for her third of four wins in 2008. Creamer
opened the tournament with a 60, the second-lowest score in LPGA Tour history,
then followed with a 65. That score on Friday got Creamer within one shot of
the tour record for lowest 36-hole score.
Se Ri Pak fended off Pressel in the final round back in 2007 to win this event
for the fifth time. Pak led wire-to-wire after opening with a first-round 63
for the low round of the tournament. She fired four rounds in the 60s to
finish at 17-under-par 267.
Pak has dominated this tournament. She has five wins and nine top-10 finishes
in her last 12 appearances. Pak has a scoring average of 68.46 at Highland
Meadows Golf Club. Not to mention, Pak has earned $1,025,105 in her last 12
trips here. However, she is not in the field this week.
In 2006, with a long birdie putt at the third playoff hole, Mi Hyun Kim won
over Natalie Gulbis. Kim came from as many as four shots back to tie Gulbis
for the lead, making three birdies on the back nine in her final round,
including two straight at the 16th and 17th holes.
There are three multiple winners of this tournament, led by Pak's five titles.
Kelly Robbins and Penny Hammel are two-time champions. There have been eight
playoffs in tournament history.
Next week, the LPGA Tour moves to Oregon for the Safeway Classic, where Suzann
Pettersen won last year.
08/07 15:34:02 ET
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As of August 7, 2012, at 03:34 PM ET
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