The LPGA State Farm Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on 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 weekl ...
. It was played annually from
1976
Events January
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to
2011
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in the
Springfield, Illinois
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metropolitan area. From 1976 through
2006
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, the tournament was held at The Rail Golf Course. In
2007 it moved to Panther Creek Country Club.
Originally known as the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic, the tournament was underwritten solely by the owners of The Rail Golf Course for its first two years. A community-based not-for-profit organization took over the tournament in 1978.
State Farm Insurance became the title sponsor in 1993. From 1980 until cancellation in 2011, over $2.5 million was contributed from tournament proceeds to medical and children's charities.
On December 9, 2011, it was announced the tournament was being cancelled due to organizers failing to find a new sponsor. It had been announced earlier in the year that State Farm would be dropping its sponsorship after 2011.
State Farm dropping event sponsorship
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Tournament names through the years:
*1976: Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Classic
*1977: Rail Muscular Dystrophy Classic
*1978–1992: Rail Charity (Golf) Classic
*1993–2000: State Farm Rail Classic
*2001–2006: State Farm Classic
*2007–2011: LPGA State Farm Classic
Winners
* Championship won in sudden-death playoff.
*1976 and 1981–2000 — 54-hole tournament
*1977–1980 and 2001–2011 — 72-hole tournament, although the tournament in 2003 was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
Tournament records
References
External links
Official website
Coverage on LPGA Tour's official website
Tournament results at Golfobserver.com
Panther Creek Country Club
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Former LPGA Tour events
Golf in Illinois
Sports in Springfield, Illinois
State Farm
Recurring sporting events established in 1976
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2011
1976 establishments in Illinois
2011 disestablishments in Illinois
Jerry Lewis
History of women in Illinois