1. Arpin Van Lines extends LPGA sponsorship through 2011
2. Twenty-one golfers join 2009 LPGA Tour for their rookie season
This week is the fourth in a five-part series highlighting the new year's class
1. Arpin Van Lines extends LPGA sponsorship through 2011
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 2, 2009 - The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) announced today that Arpin Van Lines will continue to serve as the official mover of the LPGA through 2011.
"We are proud to partner with Arpin Van Lines for an additional three years," Kathie Vu, LPGA vice president of corporate partnerships said. "As a valued LPGA sponsor since 1994, Arpin Van Lines enables us to move our business seamlessly around the country and throughout the LPGA Tour schedule so we can provide valuable services to our members."
As the official mover of the LPGA, Arpin Van Lines' multi-tiered sponsorship includes online and in-telecast advertising, as well as corporate hospitality opportunities at select events throughout the season.
"We've chosen to extend our 14-year sponsorship with the LPGA to continue providing valuable transportation services for the Smucker's LPGA Child Development Center and their Sports Medicine Trailer, two very critical programs for the association," David Arpin, president and CEO of Arpin Group, Inc. said. "We are honored to continue our partnership and support the players."
As a leader in the transportation industry for more than 100 years, Arpin Van Lines provides the means of transportation for the Smuckers LPGA Child Development Center and the LPGA Sports Medicine Trailer to and from most LPGA tournaments in the United States and Canada. Both programs are essential to the weekly well-being of players and their families and made possible through the support of Arpin Van Lines. The Smuckers LPGA Child Development Center offers a quality learning environment for the members' children, while the LPGA Sports Medicine Trailer includes a 48-foot state-of-the-art mobile sports medicine facility that provides rehabilitative and preventive care for the LPGA Tour members.
About Arpin Van Lines
Arpin Van Lines, headquartered in West Warwick, Phode Island, is an industry leader in household goods moving for corporate, government and military customers. With over 100 years of experience and a reputation for excellent service, Arpin Van Lines is the only family-owned and operated company that has remained dominant and successful for more than a century. Quality driven and privately owned, Arpin Van Lines' core philosophy has always been "Creating Customers for Life." The official mover of the LPGA, Arpin Van Lines has over 330 agency locations throughout the United States. Arpin Van Lines is a division of the Arpin Group, Inc., which also includes Arpin International Group, Creative Storage Solutions and Arpin Broadcast Network, LLC. For more information, please call 1.800.343.3500, or visit http://www.arpin.com or http://www.arpin.tv.
2. Twenty-one golfers join 2009 LPGA Tour for their rookie season
This week is the fourth in a five-part series highlighting the new year's class
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The official start of the 2009 LPGA Tour season is fast approaching and, with it, the members of the 2009 rookie class are polishing up their skills to prepare for the next step in their careers. The 2009 LPGA Tour rookie class is comprised of 21 'rookies,' who have some very veteran experience. Representing six countries outside the United States with 15 international members and six members hailing from five U.S. states, the class is as diverse as they are talented.
This week is the fourth of five weeks highlighting snapshots of each rookie in the run up to the first official 2009 LPGA Tour event, the SBS Open at Turtle Bay.
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Sunny Oh Country: South Korea Turned professional: May 2004 Priority List Category: 20 Sunny Oh won five events while at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), including the 2003 NCAA West Regional Championship and 2004 Mountain West Conference (MWC) Championship. She was the 2003 MWC Freshman of the Year and, for 2003-04, was named a National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) All-American and MWC All-Conference selection. The 25-year-old competed on the Duramed FUTURES Tour from 2004-08, winning the 2008 Bright House Networks Open. Her hobbies include shopping, watching Korean soap operas, going to the nail salon, the Los Angeles Lakers, TV and karaoke. |
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Shiho Oyama (She-ho Oh-yah-ma) Country: Japan Turned professional: August 2000 Priority List Category: 11 Shiho Oyama owns 12 international victories on the LPGA of Japan (JLPGA), most recently at the 2008 Masters GC Ladies. In 2005, Oyama led the JLPGA Money List, winning five of her 12 events. As an amateur, Oyama won the 1994 Japan Women's Amateur, the 1997 and 1999 Japan Women's Amateur Match Play, and the 1999 Japan Women's College Championship. Oyama enjoys listening to music, reading books and shopping. |
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Pornanong Phatlum (Porn-a-nong Pat-lum) Country: Thailand Turned professional: February 2006 Priority List Category: 20 Pornanong Phatlum was competitive on the pro circuit as an amateur. She competed on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour (LAGT), and won the 2006 Hong Kong Ladies Open, prior to turning professional. In 2008, the 19-year-old won the DLF Women's Indian Open and Thailand Ladies on the LAGT. Away from the course, Phatlum enjoys shopping, listening to music, surfing the Internet, and watching movies. |
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Samantha Richdale Country: Canada Turned professional: May 2006 Priority List Category: 16 Samantha Richdale had a successful amateur career, winning the 2004 British Columbia Amateur Championship and was runner-up in 2005. At Illinois State University, she was a three-time Missouri Valley Conference Championship individual medalist in 2003-04 and 2006, and won seven other collegiate events. The 24-year-old earned Illinois State University Female Athlete of the Year honors for the 2005-06 season. A three-year member of the Duramed FUTURES Tour, Richdale won the 2008 Gettysburg Championship. Other than golf, Richdale enjoys reading, playing cards and watching movies. |
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