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Angela Stanford |
With just eight events remaining before the season-ending ADT Championship, the race is heating up for the final 11 qualifier positions to be filled via LPGA Playoffs 2008, where every dollar earned on the LPGA Tour counts as one ADT Point.
Bell Micro LPGA Classic champion Angela Stanford made the biggest leap in the race, as her win gave her 210,000 ADT Points and improved her from 29th on the list entering the event and into sixth place with 321,577 ADT Points. Cristie Kerr continues to lead the Second Half race with 654,801 ADT Points, and 2007 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Angela Park is in second with 613,785 ADT Points. Hee-Won Han (414,197 ADT Points), In-Kyung Kim (347,874 ADT Points) and 2008 LPGA State Farm Classic champion Ji-Young Oh (343,220 ADT Points) round out the top five.
Players can qualify for the ADT Championship via three ways: winning a designated Winner Event (an event with a purse of $2 million or more); earning enough ADT Points in either the first half or second half of the season; or earning one of two wildcards. In each half of the season, there are 15 spots available. The first spots are awarded to winners of Winner Events, while the remaining spots in each half will are awarded to the ADT Points qualifiers who are not otherwise qualified. The final two spots in the 32-player field are given to two wildcards, who are the top two players from the LPGA Official Money List following the Lorena Ochoa Invitational by Banamex and Corona Light who are not otherwise qualified.
The 2008 ADT Championship will offer a $1,550,000 purse with a $1 million first-place paycheck. For the third straight year, this represents the largest first-place prize in the history of women's golf. The season-ending ADT Championship will again be contested at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 20-23, 2008.
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