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ING New England Golf Classic - New Name, New Home
The grace and power of women’s professional golf hits New England this July with a bang as
the LPGA’s Duramed FUTURES Tour announces a new title sponsor for its Connecticut tour stop. ING, one of the world's
leading financial services companies with a major presence in the greater Hartford area, has entered into a multi-year
sponsorship agreement that involves naming rights as well as a variety of marketing, community outreach
and charitable components. Click here for more information.
Our 11th Year and a New Home
Event Connections is excited to bring to the Wintonbury Hills Golf Club in Bloomfield CT (# 2 Rated Public Course) the 2009 CT Tour Stop of the Duramed FUTURES Tour “The ING New England Golf Classic”. We are delighted to continue the tradition of Women’s Professional Golf in Connecticut and support our local charity in raising money to support breast cancer research and education programs for the local Hospital community.
The Hartford tournament is one of 17 select markets across the country, chosen to stage a Duramed
FUTURES Tour event and we invite all to experience the excitement that only an event of this caliber can provide.
The players you will watch, during the tournament, come from as many as 31
countries around the world and they bring with them impressive credentials and
great success from previous levels of play. They will astonish you with their tee shots, amaze you with their accuracy and “humble” you with their incredible poise and grace under pressure. They are very simply the best young professional golfers in the world and they represent the next generation of LPGA stars!
Host Hotel - Avon Old Farms Hotel
We welcome back the Avon Old Farms Hotel as our host hotel again this year.
Our New Home - Wintonbury Hills
 
Pete Dye's first championship design in New England, Wintonbury Hills' 6,711 yard, Par 70 layout has a combination of open links-style and traditional tree-lined holes to provide golfers a challenging and enjoyable round of golf.
Holes: 18
Par: 70
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Men
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Women
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| Tees |
Yardage |
Rating |
Slope |
Rating |
Slope |
| Black |
6,711 |
72.3 |
130 |
78.4 |
141 |
| Green |
6,283 |
70.0 |
128 |
75.9 |
134 |
| White |
5,678 |
67.3 |
122 |
72.5 |
123 |
| Yellow |
5,005 |
66.7 |
113 |
68.6 |
111 |
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Get up close to the LPGA superstars of tomorrow!
The Duramed FUTURES Tour is the Official Developmental Tour of the LPGA, and the only Tour offering a direct path to a career on the LPGA Tour,
and features a 17-tournament schedule in 14 states in 2009. The mission of the Duramed FUTURES Tour is to prepare the world’s best young women professional golfers for a successful career on the LPGA Tour
Vicky Hurst – our winner from last year – was the # 1 Player on the
Duramed FUTURES Tour in 2008 and is now on the LPGA Tour.
More than 300 alumnae are current members of the LPGA and through 2008, they have won more than 345 LPGA tournaments and 37 major championships. Alumna Lorena Ochoa has been the LPGA’s Rolex Player of the Year and Vare Trophy winner (low scoring average) for the last three years. Other Duramed FUTURES Tour alumnae include: LPGA and World Golf Hall of Famer Karrie Webb, Laura Diaz, Meg Mallon, Christie Kerr, Grace Park, Laura Davies, Christina Kim and 2008 U. S. Women’s Open champion Inbee Park
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