Tournament Golf Foundation, the organizers of the Safeway Classic Presented by Coca-Cola, will host a one day amateur-only event that guarantees the winner a spot in the LPGA tour’s oldest non-major tournament. The Safeway Classic Amateur Open will be held at Langdon Farms Golf Club in Aurora, Ore. on Monday, August 12. Any woman amateur golfer with an established USGA handicap of 2.0 or less is eligible to compete. The winner of the event will earn a guaranteed spot in the LPGA Tour’s Safeway Classic tournament proper to be held August 29 - September 1, at Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland. The second and third place finishers will earn spots in the tournament’s Monday qualifier to be held on Monday, August 26th. The top two finishers from the qualifier will also earn entry into the Safeway Classic. The Safeway Classic Amateur Open will have a $95 entry fee and players can get an application by calling the Tournament Golf Foundation office at 503-626-2711 or by visiting the news section of the tournament web site, safewayclassic. Entry deadline for the event will be August 8, 2013.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 16:28:02 +0000