Seon Hwa Lee becomes third player to secure spot in season-ending ADT Championship; This week's McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola closes out first half of LPGA Playoffs 2008

MT. PLEASANT, S.C., June 1, 2008 – South Korean Seon Hwa Lee earned a spot in the season-ending ADT Championship by winning the Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA. Lee made a par on the first hole during the sudden-death playoff against Australian Karrie Webb to collect the victory—the first of the season and third of her LPGA career.

“I feel really great, and I don't have to worry about (ADT) points anymore, so that means a lot, so no pressure anymore. That's good for me,” said Lee who posted a final-round 5-under-par 67 to tie Webb with a tournament total of 14-under-par 274.

Lee joins Rolex Rankings' number one Lorena Ochoa and Sweden's Annika Sorenstam as the only automatic qualifiers this season. Ochoa first secured her spot in the ADT Championship by winning the HSBC Women's Champions earlier in March, while Sorenstam initially claimed a spot with a victory at the Stanford International Pro-Am in April. Both Ochoa and Sorenstam have won multiple Winner Events moving a total of four qualifying spots to ADT Points and upping the total number of LPGA players to qualifying off the list during the first half of LPGA Playoffs 2008 to 11.

LPGA Playoffs 2008, a yearlong competitive structure that splits the official LPGA season into two halves, culminates at the ADT Championship, Nov. 20-23, at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. Fifteen players from each half qualify for the ADT Championship, and two additional wildcards will be determined following the Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex and Corona.

The final Winner Event of the first half of LPGA Playoffs 2008 is June 5-8 at the McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola, the second major of the LPGA season. Upon completion of the event, the top 11 players on the ADT Points list will secure their spots in the ADT Championship.

Out of the 32 spots in the ADT Championship, 13 will be awarded to the champions of Winner Events, which are defined as official LPGA Tour events with a purse of at least $2 million. The remaining spots in each half will be awarded using a performance-based points system–ADT Points–to determine ADT Championship qualifiers who are not otherwise qualified.

The 2008 ADT Championship features a $1,550,000 purse with the winner taking home a $1 million paycheck, the largest first-place prize in the history of women's golf. The ADT Championship will also feature three days of playoffs with a cut after 36 holes. Players start with a fresh scorecard for the third round, which ends with another cut to the top eight players. A live draw will take place with the final eight players immediately following the third round, where players will draft their own tee time based on their third-round finish. A final-day shoot-out with the remaining players will have them, again, starting with a fresh scorecard for their chance at the $1 million winner's check.