The ING New England Golf Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Futures Tour, the LPGA Tour's developmental tour. The event was played from 1999 to 2011 in the Hartford, Connecticut area.
Prior to 2009, the tournament had various title sponsors, most recently CIGNA, a health service company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 2009 season opened with the tournament lacking a title sponsor. In mid-June 2009 it was announced that ING, a global financial institution, would become the new title sponsor.[1]
The tournament was a 54-hole event, as are most Futures Tour tournaments, and includes 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 from the New England Golf Classic was Chip in for a Cure, a Connecticut-based breast cancer charity.
Tournament names through the years:
| Year | Champion | Country | Score | Tournament location | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 206 (−7) | Blue Fox Run Golf Course | 50,000 | 6,600 | |||
| 2000^* | 140 (−2) | Blue Fox Run Golf Course | 50,000 | 7,000 | |||
| 2001* | 212 (−1) | Blue Fox Run Golf Course | 60,000 | 8,400 | |||
| 2002 | 208 (−5) | Blue Fox Run Golf Course | 60,000 | 8,400 | |||
| 2003 | 203 (−10) | Blue Fox Run Golf Course | 60,000 | 8,400 | |||
| 2004 | 209 (−4) | 70,000 | 9,800 | ||||
| 2005^ | 142 (−2) | Gillette Ridge Golf Club | 70,000 | 9,800 | |||
| 216 (E) | Gillette Ridge Golf Club | 70,000 | 9,800 | ||||
| 2007 | 215 (−1) | Gillette Ridge Golf Club | 80,000 | 11,200 | |||
| 209 (−7) | 80,000 | 11,200 | |||||
| 202 (−8) | Wintonbury Hills Golf Course | 100,000 | 14,000 | ||||
| 200 (−10) | Wintonbury Hills Golf Course | 100,000 | 14,000 | ||||
| 199 (−11) | 100,000 | 14,000 |
| Year | Player | Score | Round | Course | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 65 (−6) | 1st | Blue Fox Run Golf Course | ||
| 2002 | 65 (−6) | 2nd | Blue Fox Run Golf Course | ||
| 2007 | 67 (−5) | 1st | Gillette Ridge Golf Club | ||
| 2009 | 64 (−6) | 1st | Wintonbury Hills Golf Course |