FAMILY CONTINUES GRANTS TO FUTURES PLAYERS

When the Duramed Futures Tour makes its season-ending stop in the Capital Area for the “$120,000 Price Chopper Tour Championship,” September 3-5, besides a trophy and LPGA Tour cards, it will be awarding its second Q-School scholarship grant.

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VOLUNTEERING AT 2010 U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN
By Timothy S. Wyld

Editor’s note: Tim successfully drove his own car back to the Capital Area from Oakmont CC in the rain after serving as a volunteer at the 2010 U.S. Women’s Open won by Paula Creamer.

OAKMONT, PA – Monday morning on the Volunteer Transportation Committee turned out to be pretty busy after the USGA’s championship.  We helped with player, family, and official’s luggage, returned their courtesy Lexus vehicles to the staging area, and picked up others at their hotels and drove them to the airport. Read the rest of this entry »

The LPGA’s developmental tour, the Duramed FUTURES Tour, and Schenectady-based supermarket chain, Price Chopper, have teamed to keep the annual stop in the Capital Area.

Price Chopper is now the title sponsor for the FUTURES’ season-ending tournament: the $120,000 Price Chopper Tour Championship, which will be held September 3-5 at the Capital Hills at Albany.

“Price Chopper and the Duramed FUTURES Tour share a commitment to its employees and players, as well as the community,” said Zayra F. Calderon, CEO of the Duramed FUTURES Tour.  “The Duramed FUTURES Tour continues to inspire young girls to become the future stars of the LPGA and we are delighted to be teaming up with Price Chopper as the new title sponsor for our season-ending event in Albany.”

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With plenty of New York State and International Junior Golf tournament wins already in her bag, this may be the most difficult summer facing Latham’s Bailey Cocca. She has to overcome one speed bump to consistently play at a high level.

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Fields for the Duramed FUTURES Tour will expand to 150 players, from 144, during the summer months. Longer daylight hours will enable six additional players to enter tournaments, offering more playing opportunities for the Tour’s membership, according to tour officials.

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Members of the Duramed FUTURES Tour were tuned in to what the world’s top-ranked woman player had to say in last week’s press conference. The LPGA’s top star, Lorena Ochoa of Mexico, who also was the Duramed FUTURES Tour’s 2002 Player of the Year, announced that she will retire from active LPGA membership following this week’s tournament in Morelia, Mexico.
 
Ochoa addressed the media in Mexico City and made her intentions clear, saying, “I’ve been waiting for this time and this is the way I dreamed it. …

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It seems like just a short time ago, the ladies from The Duramed FUTURES Tour left Albany and the final event of the 2009 season. Well, the 2010 season begins this week in Winter Haven, Florida, followed by the LPGA’s launch of its domestic tournament schedule next week in San Diego.

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Kay McMahon, who runs “EduKaytion Golf” in the Capital Area, has to make more room on her mantle. She needs it for the 2009 Ellen Griffin Rolex Award given to an individual who has made superior contributions to teaching golf. Read the rest of this entry »

Albany, N.Y., September 6, 2009 – Maybe somewhere deep in her mind as she stood over her last putt in today’s final round of the $110,000 ILOVENY Championship, Song Yi Choi felt a little closer to redemption. Read the rest of this entry »