The Bright House Networks Open 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
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of week ...
's developmental tour. The event was part of the Futures Tour's schedule from 1998 through 2008. From 1998 through 2003, it was played at The Club at Eaglebrooke. From 2004 to 2008, it was played at Cleveland Heights Golf Course. Both courses are located in
Lakeland, Florida
Lakeland is the most populous city in Polk County, Florida, part of the Tampa Bay Area, located along Interstate 4 east of Tampa. According to the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau release, the city had a population of 112,641. Lakeland is a principal ci ...
.
The most recent title sponsor was
Bright House Networks
Bright House Networks, LLC also simply known as Bright House, was an American telecom company. Prior to its purchase by Charter Communications, it was the tenth-largest multichannel video service provider and the 6th largest cable internet prov ...
, a cable television and digital services provider with headquarters in
Syracuse, New York.
The tournament was a 54-hole event, as are most Futures Tour tournaments, and included pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers could play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities. Charities benefiting from the Bright House Networks Open included
The First Tee of Lakeland.
Tournament names through the years:
*2002–2003: Florida Futures Golf Challenge
*2004–2007: Lakeland Duramed Futures Classic
*2008: Bright House Networks Open
Winners
*Tournament won in sudden-death playoff.
Tournament records
References
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External links
Futures Tour official websiteCleveland Heights Golf Course official websiteThe Club at Eaglebrooke official website
Former Symetra Tour events
Golf in Florida
Sports in Lakeland, Florida
Recurring sporting events established in 1998
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2008
1998 establishments in Florida
2008 disestablishments in Florida