DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Oct. 28, 2016 – The third annual Walgreens Charity Championship presented by The Seagate Country Club gets underway Saturday morning.
The Legends Tour event is set for Saturday and Sunday (Oct. 29-30), at The Seagate Country Club, with the first tee time set for 8:30 a.m. Defending champion Liselotte Neumann of Sweden and World Golf Hall of Famer Juli Inkster will play in the final pairing at 12:24 p.m.
Local resident and Hall of Fame member Beth Daniel of Delray Beach will be one of 13 Florida-based professionals in this week’s tournament field that includes Florida professional Laurie Rinker of Stuart.
This week’s championship will feature a field of 52 legends of the LPGA competing for a purse of $250,000. Seven Legends will compete for a separate purse in the Legends Honors Division for players age 63 and over.
Eight LPGA and World Golf Hall of Fame members will compete in this year’s field, including 35-time LPGA Tour winner Patty Sheehan and Pat Bradley, winner of 31 LPGA titles.
In addition, Miami teaching professional Paula Pearson Tucker and University of Miami women’s golf coach Patti Rizzo are also in the field.
Two senior women amateurs have been invited to compete in the event. The 2015 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur runner-up, Pamela Kuong of Wellesley, Mass., as well as Mary Jane Hiestand of Naples, Fla., the 2016 Florida State Senior Women’s Amateur champion, will compete alongside the professionals.
Tickets to the championship are available at Walgreens stores for $10 – a $5 savings for tickets purchased at the gate. Kids 13 and under, as well as active military with I.D., get into the tournament free.
Admission includes access to the Walgreens Healthy Living Expo and a “Steps with Balance Rewards” on-course walk.
Sunday ticket-holders will have free admission into an on-site concert featuring national recording artist Little River Band following the championship. The concert will start at approximately 5 p.m.
All ticket proceeds from the Walgreens Charity Championship will benefit charity partners, The Dan Marino Foundation and Achievement Centers for Children and Families.
Tee times for the Walgreens Charity Championship will start at 8:30 a.m. each day, with gates opening at 8 a.m.
Public parking is free and will be located in the Delray Square II Shopping Center. The entrance is adjacent to the IHOP restaurant at Atlantic Avenue and Watley.
Complimentary shuttle service to the tournament entrance on The Seagate Country Club grounds is available. Patrons without tickets may board the shuttle and purchase tickets or pick up will call/reserved tickets at the admissions gate located next to the Seagate clubhouse.
Here are the first-round tee times for the Walgreens Charity Championship:
8:30 a.m. DUNN, Moira | DEPAULO, Lisa
8:39 a.m. SHANAHAN ROWE, Laura | PEARSON TUCKER, Paula
8:48 a.m. ANDREWS, Donna | BARTHOLOMEW, Jean
8:57 a.m. PITCOCK, Joan | WEST, Lori
9:06 a.m. PALLI, Anne Marie | BUNKOWSKY, Barb
9:15 a.m. RIZZO, Patti | FINNEY, Allison
9:24 a.m. IVERSON, Becky | JOHNSTON-FORBES, Cathy
9:33 a.m. HIESTAND, Mary Jane (a) | CROSBY, Elaine
9:42 a.m. LOVANDER, Marilyn | KUONG, Pam (a)
9:51 a.m. DICKINSON*, Judy | CAPONI*, Donna
10 a.m. BLALOCK*, Jane | HAMLIN*, Shelley
10:09 a.m. LITTLE*, Sally | PALMER*, Sandra
10:18 a.m. AMMACCAPANE, Danielle | STEPHENSON*, Jan
10:27 a.m. DIBOS, Alicia | FIGG-CURRIER, Cindy
10:36 a.m. CRAFTER, Jane | LIDBACK, Jenny
10:45 a.m. NAUSE, Martha | RARICK, Cindy
10:54 a.m. GRIMES, Lisa | DOOLAN, Wendy
11:03 a.m. MOXNESS, Barb | GEDDES, Jane
11:12 a.m. JERAY, Nicole | SKINNER, Val
11:21 a.m. MUCHA, Barb | ALFREDSSON, Helen
11:30 a.m. HURST, Pat | TSCHETTER, Kris
11:39 a.m. KANE, Lorie | DANIEL, Beth
11:48 a.m. JOHNSON, Christa | STACY, Hollis
11:57 a.m. RINKER, Laurie | KING, Betsy
12:06 p.m. BRADLEY, Pat | REDMAN, Michele
12:15 p.m. JONES, Rosie | SHEEHAN, Patty
12:24 p.m. INKSTER, Juli | NEUMANN, Liselotte
For more information about The Legends Tour, the official senior tour of the LPGA, visit www.thelegendstour.com.
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