This week we travel to California for the LPGA Founders Cup. This is new venue for this event. This tournament Honors the 13 founders of the LPGA. First played in 2011, where Karrie Webb took home the trophy but no money (see Fun Fact). The last surviving Founder, Marlene Hagge, died three years ago. All 13 have been inducted into the HoF as a group, six have been inducted individually.
When this tournament was first played, surviving founders would sit near the 18th green and as players finished their round, they would stop, shake hands and thank them. You still see HoF members there representing the history of the league.
FUN FACT: At the inaugural running in 2011, for the first time in LPGA history, the players did not receive money. Half of the $1 million purse was donated to charity and the other half to charities chosen by the top-10 finishers. Everyone who made the cut received “virtual” earnings for purposes of the official money list. This was such a hit that the next year they decided to actually pay the players.
Four and an Alt
Slinger
Player 1
Player 2
Player 3
Player 4
Alternate
TOTAL
MX2
JJ
Hedge
Phil
Metro
Scrums
Wendy
Max
EMC
Radar
“Two wrongs don’t make a right . . . but they make a good excuse.”
