The ING New England Golf Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the
Futures Tour
The Epson Tour, previously known as the LPGA Futures Tour, and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed Futures Tour and between 2012 and 2021 as the Symetra Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour ...
, the
LPGA Tour's developmental tour. The event was played from 1999 to 2011 in the
Hartford, Connecticut
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area.
Prior to 2009, the tournament had various title sponsors, most recently
CIGNA
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, a health service company based in
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. The 2009 season opened with the tournament lacking a title sponsor. In mid-June 2009 it was announced that
ING, a global financial institution, would become the new title sponsor.
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The tournament was a 54-hole event, as are most Futures Tour tournaments, and includes pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities. The benefiting charity from the New England Golf Classic was
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, a Connecticut-based breast cancer charity.
Tournament names through the years:
*1999: SNET Women's Classic
*2000: Connecticut Futures Golf Classic
*2001–2003: Lincoln Financial Futures Golf Classic
*2004: GMAC Futures Golf Classic
*2005–2008: CIGNA Golf Classic
*2009–2011: ING New England Golf Classic
Winners
^Tournament shortened to 36 holes because of rain.
*Championship won in sudden-death playoff.
Tournament records
References
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External links
Futures Tour official websiteBlue Fox Run Golf Course official websiteGillette Ridge Golf Club official websiteWintonbury Hills Golf Course official website
Former Symetra Tour events
Golf in Connecticut
Sports in Hartford County, Connecticut
Sports competitions in Hartford, Connecticut
Recurring sporting events established in 1999
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2011
1999 establishments in Connecticut
2011 disestablishments in Connecticut