Dates set for 2007-08 LPGA T&CP National Championship

The LPGA T&CP National Championship is the premier tournament for LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals and will be held Aug. 13-15, 2007 and, Aug. 4-6, 2008 on Pinehurst Golf Course No. 8.

The 54-hole tournament consists of stroke-play competition and is one of two major championships for LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals. The LPGA T&CP National Championship features Championship Division players and Senior Division players and is the largest championship for female teaching professionals in the world.

The tournament offers a total purse of $102,000, while the Championship Division pays out $90,000 to participants, including $13,000 to the winner. In addition, the winner of the Championship Division also earns a coveted spot in the 2007 McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola, one of the LPGA's four major championships. Both division winners are guaranteed a spot in the 2008 LPGA T&CP National Championship.

When the tournament began in 1983 it was held every other year. Since 1993, the tournament has been held annually. Eight different states have hosted the national event, which features 120 LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals in the Championship Division and 24 LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals in the Senior Division, for members over the age of 50.

Last year, Karen Davies, of Carefree, Ariz., won the championship division title by defeating Pinehurst local Charlaine Hirst, in a one-hole sudden-death playoff, while Judy Furst, of Palm Desert, Calif., won her first Senior Division title by one stroke over 2002 champion M.J. Smith, of Waldorf, Md.

Previous sites and winners of the LPGA T&CP National Championship

Year Championship Division Senior Division Tournament Site
1983 H.B. Duntz-MacArthur Peggy Kirk Bell Placid Lakes – Lake Placid, Fla.
1985 Sharon Miller Barbara Romack Pine Knob Golf Course – Clarkston, Mich.
1987 Kelley Spooner Patricia Kimball Stardust Country Club – San Diego, Calif.
1989 Kathy Kostas Linda Maurer Plantation Golf & CC – Venice, Fla.
1991 Marlene Davis Barbara Romack Pine Needles Country Club – Pinehurst, N.C.
1993 Carol Gallagher Shirley Englehorn Shaker Hills Golf Course – Harvard, Mass.
1994 Troy Beck Sue Little Kingwood Country Club – Houston, Tex.
1995 Diane Daugherty Sue Little/Linda Maurer Sea Island Golf Club – St. Simons Island, Ga.
1996 Vickie Odegard Lorraine Klippel Chateau Elan Golf Club – Braselton, Ga.
1997 Piper Wagner Robyn Frantz Chateau Elan Golf Club – Braselton, Ga.
1998 Christa Teno Robyn Frantz Chateau Elan Golf Club – Braselton, Ga.
1999 Debby Pinnell Robyn Frantz Chateau Elan Golf Club – Braselton, Ga.
2000 Connie Baker Robyn Frantz Mid Pines Inn & GC – Southern Pines, N.C.
2001 Julie Hennessy Vicki Phillips Mid Pines Inn & GC – Southern Pines, N.C.
2002 Suzy Whaley M.J. Smith Mid Pines Inn & GC – Southern Pines, N.C.
2003 Dede Cusimano Carla Glasgow LPGA International – Daytona Beach, Fla.
2004 Cindy Miller Linda Groover LPGA International – Daytona Beach, Fla.
2005 Dana Dormann Linda Groover Slammer & Squire GC – St. Augustine, Fla.
2006 Karen Davies Judy Furst Pinehurst Golf Course No. 8 – Pinehurst, N.C.