2008 Duramed Futures Tour Explained

The 2008 Duramed Futures Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through October 2008 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.

Leading money winners

The top ten money winners at the end of the season gained membership on the LPGA Tour for the 2009 season, with those finishing in the top five positions gaining higher priority for entry into events than those finishing in positions six through ten. Finishers in positions six through ten had the option to attend LPGA Qualifying School to try to improve their membership status for 2009.[1]

Position Player Country Earnings (US$)
1 93,107
2 79,270
3 48,637
4 45,137
5 42,368
6 38,349
7 37,705
8 36,719
9 34,397
10 33,768

Schedule and results

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

DatesTournamentLocationWinner
Mar 16Bright House Networks OpenFlorida Sunny Oh (1)
Apr 6American Systems InvitationalFlorida Leah Wigger (1)
Apr 20Louisiana Pelican ClassicLouisiana M. J. Hur (1)
Apr 27Jalapeno Golf ClassicTexas Vicky Hurst (1)
May 4El Paso Golf Classic Kristina Tucker (1)
May 18Mercedes-Benz of Kansas City ChampionshipKansas Mindy Kim (1)
Jun 1Aurora Health Care ChampionshipWisconsin Mindy Kim (2)
Jun 15Michelob Ultra Duramed Futures Players ChampionshipIllinois Vicky Hurst (2)
Jun 22The Duramed ChampionshipOhio Stephanie Otteson (1)
Jun 29Horseshoe Casino Classic at Lost Marsh Golf CourseIndiana Vicky Hurst (3)
Jul 13CIGNA Golf ClassicConnecticut Vicky Hurst (4)
Jul 20Alliance Bank Golf ClassicNew York Kim Welch (1)
Jul 27USI ChampionshipNew Hampshire Mo Martin (2)
Aug 10Falls Auto Group ClassicKentucky Mindy Kim (3)
Aug 17Greater Richmond Duramed Futures ClassicVirginia Haeji Kang (1)
Aug 24The Gettysburg ChampionshipPennsylvania Samantha Richdale (1)
Sep 7ILOVENY ChampionshipNew York Sarah Jane Kenyon (2)
Oct 19Duramed InvitationalGeorgia Vicky Hurst (5)
Tournaments in bold are majors

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LPGA Tour Cards Award to Duramed Futures Tour Top 10 . . 2008-08-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080823203142/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=17028&mid=4 . 23 August 2008 . live.