2006 Duramed Futures Tour

The 2006 Duramed Futures Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through September 2006 in the United States. The Futures Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour. The age minimum age for participation was lowered to 17 for the 2006 season.http://www.golfbusinesswire.com/releases/103282 Golf Business Wire Duramed Futures Tour Lowers Minimum Age Requirement February 1, 2006 February 26, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304174611/http://golfbusinesswire.com/releases/103282 2016-03-04 dead Schedule and results The number in parentheses after winners' names shows the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the Futures Tour including that event. DatesTournamentLocationWinnerMar 12Lakeland Duramed Futures ClassicFloridaUSA Meaghan Francella (1)Mar 19Greater Tampa Duramed Futures ClassicFloridaUSA Ashley Prange (1)Apr 9Louisiana Pelican ClassicLouisianaKOR Song-Hee Kim (1)Apr 23The Power of a Dream Golf ClassicTexasKOR Hye Jung Choi (1)Apr 30Jalapeno Golf ClassicTexasUSA Kristy McPherson (1)May 7IOS Golf ClassicTexasKOR Song-Hee Kim (2)May 14Tucson Duramed Futures Golf ClassicArizonaUSA Charlotte Mayorkas (1)Jun 4Aurora Health Care ChampionshipWisconsinKOR Song-Hee Kim (3)Jun 11Team WLF.org Golf ClassicIllinoisUSA Mollie Fankhauser (1)Jun 18Michelob Ultra Duramed Futures Players ChampionshipIllinoisCAN Salimah Mussani (1)Jun 25Lima Memorial Hospital Futures ClassicOhioKOR Ji Min Jeong (1)Jul 2Northwest Indiana Futures Golf ClassicIndianaUSA Ashley Prange (2)Jul 16CIGNA Golf ClassicConnecticutKOR Song-Hee Kim (4)Jul 23Alliance Bank Golf ClassicNew YorkKOR Ha-Na Chae (1)Aug 6Laconia Savings Bank Golf ClassicNew HampshireUSA Charlotte Mayorkas (2)Aug 13Betty Puskar Golf ClassicWest VirginiaUSA Kristy McPherson (2)Aug 20Hunters Oak Golf ClassicMarylandUSA Ashley Hoagland (1)Aug 27The Gettysburg ChampionshipPennsylvaniaKOR Song-Hee Kim (5)Sep 10ILOVENY ChampionshipNew YorkKOR Ji Min Jeong (2) Tournaments in bold are majors. Leading money winners These top five money winners at the end of the 2006 season were awarded fully exempt status on the LPGA Tour for the 2007 season. PositionPlayerCountryEarnings (US$)1 Song-Hee Kim 76,287 2 Charlotte Mayorkas 66,3513 Inbee Park 49,0794 Kristy McPherson 40,5585 Meaghan Francella 39,416 Major tournament In 2006, the Futures Tour held its first major tournament. The Michelob Ultra Futures Players Championship in Decatur, Illinois, which has been on the Tour's schedule since 1985, was the Tour's first 72-hole event, and carried the Tour's largest purse ever — $100,000. The winner, Salimah Mussani, received a sponsor's exemption to play in the LPGA's State Farm Classic in September, 2006. Mussani, a native of Canada, also played in the CN Canadian Women's Open, an August 2006 event on the LPGA Tour. 2006 traffic death On June 18, 2006, while driving from a tournament in Decatur, Illinois to the next tournament in Lima, Ohio, Futures Tour player Gaelle Truet was killed in a car accident at age 27. She was the first Tour player to perish in a traffic incident in the 26 years of the Futures Tour and the 50 years of the LPGA Tour. References External links Official site Category:Epson Tour seasons Futures Tour