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The tournament that is now called the presented by Owens Corning and O-I started in 1984 as the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic at the former HISTORY OF TOLEDO’S Glengarry Country Club (now Stone Oak Country Club) in Holland. After four tournaments there (no tournament in 1986), it was moved to Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania. That same year, it was shortened from 72 holes to 54 holes. LPGA TOURNAMENT The 72-hole format returned in 1997. 1984 1987 1989 1991 TOP 10 TOP 10 TOP 10 TOP 10 Lauri Merten (Peterson) $26,250 68-72-65-73-278 , $33,750 71-73-69-67-280 , $41,250 69-66-71-206 x-, $52,500 69-66-70-205 , $15,750 73-69-66-72-280 Jill Briles, $18,000 73-70-69-70-282 Hollis Stacey, $19,479 72-68-68-208 , $32,375 67-70-68-205 Nancy Taylor, $17,999 68-69-73-72-282 Nancy Lopez, $19,479 70-70-68-208 , $11,375 71-75-70-69-285 Laurie Rinker, $10,687 70-71-72-70-283 , $19,478 68-69-71-208 Lynn Connelly, $23,625 71-66-71-208 Vicki Singleton, $8,020 72-72-71-71-286 Julie Cole, $10,687 70-74-68-71-283 Chris Johnson, $9,808 70-75-64-209 Laurie Rinker, $18,375 71-71-67-209 Therese Hession, $8,020 70-72-73-71-286 Marci Bozarth, $7,875 72-72-71-69-284 Lauri Merten, $9,808 72-71-66-209 Chris Johnson, $12,483 74-70-66-210 , $8,020 70-72-73-71-286 Ok-Hee Ku, $6,244 73-71-71-70-285 , $9,808 68-70-71-209 Kay Cockerill, $12,483 71-68-71-210 Marlene Hagge, $5,250 69-72-71-75-287 , $6,243 70-69-73-73-285 Deborah McHaffie, $7,150 71-71-68-210 (amateur) 68-71-71-210 , $4,156 73-72-72-71-288 , $4,768 70-72-77-67-286 , $5,582 73-72-66-211 Dale Eggeling, $12,483 70-68-72-210 Heather Drew, $4,768 71-73-72-70-286 Heather Drew, $5,582 71-74-66-211 Betsy King, $4,156 74-71-71-72-288 , $4,768 69-71-72-74-286 Jennifer Wyatt, $5,582 71-70-70-211 Katie Peterson, $7,502 72-72-67-211 JoAnne Carner, $3,227 73-72-72-72-289 Caroline Keggi, $5,582 71-70-70-211 Lynn Adams, $7,502 72-70-69-211 Alice Miller, $3,227 69-70-75-75-289 ■■RECAP: A struggling unknown named Nan- , $7,502 72-68-71-211 Dianne Dailey, $3,227 68-69-75-76-289 cy Taylor opened with a ■■RECAP: Moving to a new home at Highland Nancy Rubin, $7,502 68-72-71-211 ■■RECAP: Lauri Merten (then Lauri Peterson) 4-under 68, then extend- Meadows and being contested over 54 holes Carolyn Hill, $7,502 69-70-72-211 shot a course-record 65 in the third round to ed her lead to two shots for the first time, the Farr saw Penny Ham- x-won sudden death playoff ■ open a three-shot lead over Nancy Lopez, with a second-round 69. mel make her move in ■RECAP: Amateur Vicki Goetze was the whose 66 was the on- Despite a 73 on Satur- the second round on her first-round story with a 68 that left her one ly other score in the 60s day, she maintained a way to becoming the first shot off Deb Richard’s that day. Merten led by two-shot edge. But Jane two-time Toledo champ. lead. A second-round 66 as many as six strokes Geddes authored a final- Hammel fired a 5-under gave Alice Miller a two- in the final round but fal- round 67 for an 8-under 66 to go to 7-under 135 stroke edge over Rich- tered — bogey, double- 280 total and a two-shot for the tournament and ard, and the latter au- bogey and bogey on victory. take a two-shot lead on thored a final-round 68 Nos. 8-10 — and the golf- ■■THE GEDDES FILE: The Farr title was the Liselotte Neumann. In to tie things and prompt ers fell into a tie with five third of Geddes’ career and one of her five the final round, a bogey the Farr’s first playoff. holes left. A birdie on No. during the 1987 season, including the LPGA at No. 10 dropped Hammel into a tie with Bet- And what a playoff it was, 14 put Merten one up, and she clinched the Championship. Now retired, she posted 11 sy King. Neumann and Nancy Lopez were a with Miller winning on the third hole of sudden death with a 14-foot bird- win with a on 18 while Lopez bogeyed. career wins. shot behind. But Hammel’s closing 71 was ■■THE MERTEN FILE: She earned $108,920 enough to win the championship. ie putt. The triumph ended a six-year drought the year she won the Farr, one of only three ■■THE HAMMEL FILE: Became the first for Miller. 1988 ■ times she cracked the six-figure mark. Big- two-time Farr champion ( lat- ■THE MILLER FILE: From 1983-85, Miller gest year was 1993, when she won the U.S. TOP 10 er matched that feat and Se Ri Pak would far won seven titles, including a major (the Na- Laura Davies, $41,250 69-70-69-69-277 bisco Dinah Shore), and earned more than Women’s Open, her only major champion- Nancy Lopez, $25,437 68-70-69-73-280 surpass it). , $16,500 70-72-70-71-283 $600,000. ship, and earnings of $394,744. She is no lon- Betsy King, $16,499 72-69-68-74-283 ger an active tour player. Myra Blackwelder, $11,687 74-71-70-71-286 1990 Nancy Taylor, $9,625 71-69-73-74-287 1992 Tammie Green, $8,112 73-74-72-69-288 TOP 10 1985 Lynn Adams, $6,806 74-72-75-69-290 Tina Tombs, $48,750 67-72-66-205 TOP 10 Sarah LeVeque, $6,806 75-76-67-72-290 JoAnne Carner, $26,000 67-73-69-209 Patty Sheehan, $60,000 70-73-66-209 Heather Farr, $5,513 75-71-75-71-292 Chris Johnson, $26,000 68-71-70-209 TOP 10 Amy Read, $5,513 73-74-72-73-292 , $12,058 72-72-67-211 , $25,663 70-71-69-210 Penny Hammel, $26,250 72-69-72-65-278 Sue Ertl, $12,058 73-69-69-211 Heather Drew, $25,663 70-70-70-210 Nancy Lopez, $16,187 70-71-70-68-279 ■■RECAP: Nancy Lopez led Laura Davies by Robin Walton, $12,058 74-67-70-211 Tammie Green, $25,663 70-68-72-210 , $11,812 72-72-68-68-280 one shot after one round, by one shot after , $12,058 70-70-71-211 Deb Richard, $25,663 71-66-73-210 Kathy Whitworth, $9,187 73-69-70-72-284 two rounds and by one Betsy King, $12,058 68-70-73-211 Hollis Stacey, $12,982 72-68-71-211 Laura Baugh, $5,819 72-72-71-70-285 Dale Eggeling, $7,637 70-71-71-212 Pamela Wright, $12,982 69-71-71-211 shot after three rounds Elaine Crosby, $6,249 73-71-69-213 Lauri Merten, $5,819 71-69-74-71-285 Jennifer Wyatt, $6,249 72-71-70-213 Vicki Fergon, $8,614 65-77-70-212 , $5,819 70-70-73-72-285 of a weather-plagued Penny Hammel, $6,249 70-71-72-213 JoAnne Carner, $8,614 70-71-71-212 Lauren Howe, $5,819 70-72-69-74-285 event. On the final day, ■■RECAP: JoAnne Carner was the big story Janice Gibson, $8,614 67-74-71-212 Cindy Hill, $4,112 73-70-71-72-286 Lopez finally lost the lead Marta Fig-Dotti, $8,614 69-70-73-212 Dianne Dailey, $3,675 71-75-70-71-287 of the first round, firing a 4-under 67 to tie for , $8,614 68-70-74-212 when she bogeyed No. ■■RECAP: Nancy Lopez had a piece of the the lead with Tina Tombs. ■■RECAP: Vicki Fergon left Patty Sheehan 11 and Davies birdied. lead from the start and Penny Hammel, a top Carner was vying for five shots behind with But it was Davies’ stun- rookie, shot a third-round her first win since 1985. an opening-round 65, ning eagle on No. 12 that 72 to stand two shots off Tombs was vying for her but Fergon disappeared crushed Lopez. Davies, the pace. Hammel, out of first win period. Betsy with a 77 in the second hitting from the bottom of a hill, hit an open the spotlight that was fol- King grabbed the lead round. On Sunday Shee- wedge, then saw the ball check up on the sec- lowing Lopez in the last with a second-round 70, han played nine groups ond bounce and roll into the cup. group, fired a 65 to win but Tombs stayed close ahead of the leaders and her first tour event, while ■ THE DAVIES FILE: She had won at least one and then took over in the tournament for six straight years before posted a 66 for a 209 to- Lopez settled for second final round. She roared tal. Six players came to going winless in 1999. But she bounced out of the gate with five birdies in her first six again. Hammel trailed back with two wins in 2000. Davies also the final hole with a shot Lopez by four at the turn, won the U.S. Open in 1987, before joining holes, made the turn in 29 and won by four at tying Sheehan and all failed. but a birdie on 10 and an eagle on 12 turned the LPGA. The ’88 Farr was the third of her strokes. ■■THE SHEEHAN FILE: The Farr win was the things around. 20 tour wins. ■■THE TOMBS FILE: The Farr stands as the 28th of her career. When she nabbed her 30th ■■THE HAMMEL FILE: Went on to earn rook- only win of Tombs’ career. She had her most a year later, Sheehan qualified for entry into ie of the year honors in 1985. Didn’t win again successful financial season in 1993, when the LPGA Hall of Fame. She won 35 times, in- until the 1989 Farr. she won $68,592. cluding six major championships, and com- 1986 piled career earnings of $5.5 million. ■■No tournament held because the PGA Championship was played at Inverness Club.

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■■THE ROBBINS FILE: Robbins finished ■■RECAP: Marianne Morris wrested the lead Cindy Figg-Currier, $34,888 68-69-68-68-273 1993 1994 with 11 top-10 finishes and went on to from Joan Pitcock on Sunday after a birdie , $20,128 68-71-69-66-274 Amy Alcott, $20,128 69-68-71-66-274 TOP 10 win her first major the next summer when she at the par 4 No. 11, her fourth birdie in a six- Brandie Burton, $20,128 66-74-66-68-274 Brandie Burton, $67,500 68-66-67-201 captured the LPGA Championship. Robbins, hole stretch. But Pitcock , $20,128 68-69-68-69-274 Hollis Stacey, $41,891 67-67-68-202 tied it again with a bird- Jane Geddes, $30,569 68-64-71-203 a Michigan native, would win the Farr again ■■RECAP: Records fell for the second Patty Sheehan, $23,776 70-66-69-205 in 1997. ie at the 13th and went straight year in the Farr Classic. Se Ri Pak Colleen Walker, $16,152 68-71-68-207 back on top when Morris shot an opening- round Amy Benz, $16,152 67-71-69-207 missed a three-foot par 71, then bettered that Suzanne Strudwick, $16,152 67-70-70-207 1995 putt at the 16th. Morris Marianne Morris, $10,132 74-69-65-208 the next day by 10 shots. Michelle McGann, $10,132 70-70-68-208 TOP 10 missed a 14-foot birdie Her 61 set a single-round Kathryn Marshall, $75,000 67-71-67-205 putt on No. 18 by inches, Dale Eggeling, $10,132 70-70-68-208 , $46,546 69-70-67-206 LPGA record, as did her Judy Dickinson, $10,132 69-69-70-208 Pamela Wright, $33,966 71-66-70-207 which would have pres- 261 total for 72 holes. ■■RECAP: Vicki Goetze again stole the spot- , $17,528 71-70-67-208 sured Pitcock. But Pit- Pak followed her 61 with light by making her professional debut at the Kelly Robbins, $17,528 69-71-68-208 cock’s 20-foot first putt a 63 in the third round, Farr on a day when six Deb Richard, $17,528 72-67-69-208 from the fringe was nearly perfect, leaving her eliminating all suspense , $17,528 71-68-69-208 two inches from the hole. She tapped it in. players shared the first- Betsy King, $17,528 68-71-69-208 for the final round. Lisa round lead. Jane Geddes Brandie Burton, $17,528 68-71-69-208 ■■THE PITCOCK FILE: She is among a num- Hackney ended up win- tied a course record with Laura Brown, $9,309 70-73-66-209 ber of players who scored their first career ning the race for second place, edging Karrie a 7-under 64 in round two Vicki Fergon, $9,309 73-69-67-209 wins in the Farr Classic. She played in 224 Webb by one shot, but finishing nine strokes Lenore Rittenhouse, $9,309 68-72-69-209 tournaments, more than nine seasons worth, and led by a pair of shots behind Pak. Muffin Spencer-Devlin, $9,309 67-71-71-209 before winning the ’96 Farr. ■■THE PAK FILE: Not a bad year for the over Brandie Burton. It ■■RECAP: They invented the game in Scot- was Burton who proved 20-year-old LPGA rookie. Pak came to the land, but in the history of the LPGA no na- 1997 Farr directly from a playoff win in the U.S. to be cool on a scorching tive Scot had ever won a tournament. It ap- Women’s Open, her second major champi- hot Sunday, bagging a TOP 10 peared Pamela Wright Kelly Robbins, $105,000 67-64-67-67-265 onship of the summer. Two weeks after the key birdie at the par-5 17th to edge three-time would turn the trick after Tammie Green, $65,165 67-69-70-67-273 Farr, Pak won another Ohio event in Warren. U.S. Open champ Hollis Stacey by a shot. a 5-under 66 in the sec- Nancy Lopez, $47,553 68-66-71-69-274 She finished the year with four victories worth ■■THE BURTON FILE: Just 21 years old at ond round. But it was Vickie Odegard, $36,985 67-71-67-71-276 Terry-Jo Myers, $27,298 70-71-69-67-277 earnings of $872,170. the time, Burton had a huge year in 1993, countrywoman Kathryn , $27,298 65-68-71-73-277 adding two other wins to the Farr and earn- Marshall who got it done Alicia Dibos, $20,782 74-70-70-64-278 1999 ing $518,000. She then went five years before in the final round with , $17,435 71-70-66-72-279 winning again, but it was a biggie — her sec- Missie McGeorge, $17,435 70-67-70-72-279 TOP 10 her second 67 in three Brandie Burton, $12,210 71-71-74-64-280 x-Se Ri Pak $135,000 68-69-68-71 - 276 ond major championship at the du Maurier. days. It was good for a Hiromi Kobayashi, $12,210 70-71-72-67-280 $52,534 73-66-71-66 - 276 one-shot win over Sher- Kris Monaghan, $12,210 71-72-69-68-280 $52,534 69-67-71-69 - 276 ri Steinhauer, who bogeyed the final hole. Joan Pitcock, $12,210 76-69-66-69-280 Sherri Steinhauer $52,534 70-67-69-70 - 276 1994 Susie Redman, $12,210 70-71-69-70-280 Karrie Webb $52,534 70-66-70-70 - 276 TOP 10 Wright was third. Tracy Hanson, $12,210 68-72-70-70-280 Mardi Lunn $52,534 70-65-67-74 - 276 x-Kelly Robbins, $75,000 69-70-65-204 ■■THE MARSHALL FILE: A top amateur in ■■RECAP: Kelly Robbins walked into the his- Dina Ammaccapane $23,851 69-71-68-69 - 277 Tammie Green, $46,546 66-71-67-204 , Marshall attended the University tory book with her performance, a 19-under Mi Hyun Kim $23,851 71-71-65-70 - 277 Meg Mallon, $33,966 67-70-69-206 of Arizona and then scored her pro break- $23,851 67-68-70-72 - 277 , $26,418 68-72-69-208 265 that was at that time the lowest four-round Cindy McCurdy $19,021 69-67-70-72 - 278 Beth Daniel, $15,750 71-71-67-209 through in the ’95 Farr. She put together her score in the history of the x-won sudden-death playoff Michelle Estill, $15,750 71-70-68-209 best financial season in ’97, scoring four top- LPGA. Robbins opened ■■RECAP: Carin Koch allowed a two-shot Judy Dickinson, $15,750 70-71-68-209 10 finishes and earning $200,000. The Farr up a six-shot lead during lead to melt away on the , $15,750 69-70-70-209 the third round and then Lauri Merten, $15,750 66-71-72-209 was Marshall’s only LPGA win and she is no 72nd hole, and the result Dawn Coe-Jones, $9,662 71-71-68-210 longer an active tour player. had a nice walk during was the most populated Kim Williams, $9,662 68-72-70-210 the final round, opening sudden-death playoff in Amy Alcott, $9,662 66-72-72-210 with two birdies on her LPGA history. Six play- x-won sudden-death playoff 1996 first three holes to slam ■■RECAP: Kelly Robbins won with a bird- TOP 10 the door. Robbins was in ers went back to the 18th ie on the first hole of a sudden-death play- Joan Pitcock, $86,250 68-66-70-204 the 60s for all four of her for the playoff, and all six Marianne Morris, $53,528 69-68-68-205 reached the par-5 green off against Tammie , $31,345 66-74-66-206 rounds. Green, but from week’s Mitzi Edge, $31,345 69-70-67-206 ■■THE ROBBINS FILE: Robbins had nine in regulation. Only Se Ri start to end the big sto- Nancy Bowen, $31,345 67-71-68-206 career victories — including two Farr Classic Pak got her birdie putt to Kris Monaghan, $18,662 75-67-66-208 fall, however, and the Farr Classic belonged to ry was Kim Williams. The Beth Daniel, $18,662 69-68-71-208 wins -- and won at least one tournament for relative unknown was Dottie Pepper, $14,322 71-71-67-209 seven straight years through 1999. the young Korean for a second straight year. thrust into the headlines Tracy Hanson, $14,322 73-64-72-209 ■■THE PAK FILE: Se Ri duplicated her rookie a week earlier when she , $9,439 71-73-66-210 1998 season with four wins and became the Farr , $9,439 71-71-68-210 Classic’s first back-to-back champion. suffered a freak gunshot Gail Graham, $9,439 73-68-69-210 TOP 10 wound. With the bul- Pat Bradley, $9,439 71-70-69-210 Se Ri Pak, $120,000 71-61-63-66-261 let still lodged near her Cathy Johnston-Forbes, $9,439 72-68-70-210 Lisa Hackney, $74,474 69-68-68-65-270 Mayumi Hirase, $9,439 69-70-71-210 Karrie Webb, $53,346 67-70-67-67-271 neck, Williams shot rounds of 68-72-70 to tie Terry-Jo Myers, $9,439 70-68-72-210 , $34,888 68-69-69-67-273 for 10th place. Alicia Dibos, $9,439 67-70-73-210 Charlotta Sorenstam, $34,888 67-68-71-67-273

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■■RECAP: Because of personal business in ■■THE MALLON FILE: Meg’s win at the Farr ■■THE KIM FILE: Se Ri Pak won the first of 2000 Florida, then missing a flight and having an- polished off a phenomenal five-week run many Farr Classic titles as an LPGA rookie in TOP 10 other one cancelled, Ra- which saw her capture her second U.S. Wom- 1998. She also won two major championships x-Annika Sorenstam, $150,000 70-67-66-71 - 274 chel Hetherington (then en’s Open title as well as the Canadian Wom- that year and her friends playing in Korea no- , $93,093 71-68-68-67 - 274 Se Ri Pak, $67,933 70-70-68-67 - 275 Rachel Teske) barely ar- en’s Open. The Farr Classic was her 18th and ticed. Mi Hyun Kim was one of the first to fol- Beth Daniel, $52,837 70-69-68-69 - 276 rived in Toledo in time last LPGA Tour title. Mallon, who grew up in low in her footsteps, coming to the LPGA Tour Jeong Jang, $35,895 72-70-69-67 - 278 for her Wednesday pro- the Detroit area and attended Ohio State Uni- in ‘99, and she fashioned a fine career of her , $35,895 70-69-68-71 - 278 Heather Bowie, $35,895 71-66-70-71 - 278 am tee time. Had she not versity, retired after the 2010 Farr Classic. own. The Farr represented her seventh career Cindy Figg-Currier, $24,909 71-71-69-68 - 279 made it, she would have title. Terry-Jo Myers, $24,909 67-72-69-71 - 279 been disqualified from 2005 Sara Sanders, $21,135 72-68-68-72 - 280 the tournament. Instead, x-won on second hole of sudden-death playoff TOP 10 2007 ■■RECAP: One of the most exciting finishes in she positioned herself x-Heather Bowie, $180,000 72-66-69-67 - 274 TOP 10 nicely for the weekend, then played the final Gloria Park, $109,852 67-70-71-66 - 274 Se Ri Pak, $195,000 63-68-69-67 - 267 tournament history. Annika Sorenstam came Sung Ah Yim, $70,669 69-70-68-68 - 275 to the 72nd hole with a one-shot lead, and the two rounds in 12-under for the two-shot win. , $119,590 68-70-64-68 - 270 ■■THE HETHERINGTON FILE: A native of Hee-Won Han, $70,669 69-67-66-73 - 275 , $63,020 71-70-67-68 - 276 large crowd around the , $45,108 72-68-72-64 - 276 Laura Davies, $63,020 71-69-67-69 - 276 green figured she and New South Wales, Australia, Hetherington Jeong Jang, $45,108 68-69-67-72 - 276 , $63,020 69-70-68-69 - 276 Pat Hurst, $30,172 71-70-67-69 - 277 Rachel Hetherington followed her Farr win with two tour victories Carri Wood, $63,020 68-69-70-69 - 276 in 2003. Leta Lindley, $30,172 69-69-68-71 - 277 , $34,702 69-70-69-69 - 277 were both lying two short Meg Mallon, $30,172 68-69-68-72 - 277 In-Kyung Kim, $34,702 72-68-65-72 - 277 of the green. But Soren- Marilyn Lovander, $24,358 69-68-68-73 - 278 , $27,828 71-70-69-68 - 278 stam had hit a crooked 2003 x-won on third hole of sudden-death playoff , $27,828 73-68-66-71 - 278 ■ drive, was forced to chip TOP 10 ■RECAP: Heather Bowie, who was in a tie ■■RECAP: Pak took the upper hand quickly out and was lying three. Se Ri Pak, $150,000 69-67-64-71 - 271 for sixth after the third round, and Gloria with an opening-round 63, but lost her grip Hetherington hit a su- , $79,364 68-68-67-70 - 273 Park, who was tied for on the lead during the fi- Hee-Won Han, $79,364 68-67-66-72 - 273 10th, moved past every- perb approach to the Heather Bowie, $46,58 67-71-70-66 - 274 nal round when young par-5 18th to set up a good birdie chance, Mi-Hyun Kim, $46,589 67-73-66-68 - 274 one on the leaderboard tour star Morgan Pressel then Sorenstam hit what she called “proba- , $31,227 70-71-67-67 - 275 with fine Sunday rounds grabbed a brief, three- , $31,227 71-69-67-68 - 275 bly the best pressure shot “ of her career to while others struggled. shot lead with a hole-in- , $21,657 68-70-72-66 - 276 Bowie looked to have a that point to guarantee a par and a playoff. Kristal Parker-Manzo, $21,657 70-71-67-68 - 276 one at No. 6. When the The Swede won on the second hole of sud- Rachel Hetherington (Teske), $21,657 66-72-70-68 - 276 sudden-death playoff deafening roar subsid- den death. Laura Diaz, $21,657 65-67-70-74 - 276 won on each of the first ed, playing partner Pak ■ ■■ THE SORENSTAM FILE: The greatest ■RECAP: Se Ri Pak, bidding for her fourth two holes, only to see answered with an 8-iron player of her era in the early 2000s, Soren- Farr title in six years, Park rally on and around shot to 22 feet and sank a stam ended her competitive career at the end grabbed the upper hand the greens. But Park couldn’t keep it going, putt with a lot of break. Game on, she seemed of the 2008 season. Career earnings of $22.5 with a third-round 64, but driving into the rough and then hitting into the to say. By the 15th hole, Pak was back on top million leads the LPGA’s all-time list. it was a tight leaderboard water hazard on No. 18, opening the door for and she cruised to a three-shot win for her with Hee-Won Han one Bowie’s first LPGA victory. fifth Farr Classic title. 2001 shot behind and Laura ■■THE BOWIE FILE: With three top-five fin- ■■THE PAK FILE: Through ‘07, Se Ri had Diaz just two back. Pak ishes during her first five Farr appearances, played in the Farr Classic 11 times, producing TOP 10 left the door open with Bowie said she always felt as though High- five wins, one runner-up slot, one third, and Se Ri Pak, $150,000 70-62-69-68 - 269 an even-par 71 on Sun- land Meadows could be the course on which , $93,093 76-65-66-64 - 271 one fourth-place finish. Total Toledo earnings Marnie McGuire, $60,384 70-69-69-65 - 273 day, but none of the top she broke through for her first LPGA victory. during that stretch: $995,073. Heather Bowie, $60,384 68-66-71-68 - 273 contenders could break 70 and apply any She enjoyed her biggest earnings season — Laura Diaz, $33,463 70-67-70-67 - 274 pressure. $677,425 — and slipped over the $2 million Moira Dunn, $33,463 68-68-70-68 - 274 2008 Meg Mallon, $33,463 70-67-68-69 - 274 ■■THE PAK FILE: Four Farr wins and she still mark in career earnings. She later played as wasn’t done. Keep reading. Heather Young. TOP 10 Kris Tschetter, $33,463 70-67-68-69 - 274 Paula Creamer, $195,000 60-65-70-73 - 268 Mi Hyun Kim, $19,625 72-68-74-62 - 276 , $118,169 70-69-67-64 - 270 Carin Koch, $19,625 69-66-73-68 - 276 2004 2006 Eun-Hee Ji, $85,723 65-66-68-72 - 271 Mhairi McKay, $19,625 75-67-65-69 - 276 , $66,314 69-70-64-69 - 272 Vicki Goetze-Ackerman, $19,625 70-70-67-69 - 276 TOP 10 TOP 10 Karrie Webb, $53,375 70-71-62-70 - 273 Kelly Robbins, $19,625 68-71-68-69 - 276 Meg Mallon, $165,000 66-69-74-68 - 277 x-Mi Hyun Kim, $180,000 68-66-67-65 - 266 Katherine Hull, $43,671 69-68-70-67 - 274 ■■RECAP: As was the case in 1998, Se Ri Pak Se Ri Pak, $86,873 66-72-72-68 - 278 , $106,155 67-66-68-65 - 266 Kristy McPherson, $34,290 74-66-64-71 - 275 blew things open with an awesome second , $86,873 65-72-68-73 - 278 Paula Creamer, $77,007 67-67-68-65 - 267 , $34,290 70-67-67-71 - 275 round, then pretty much Rachel Hetherington (Teske), $56,510 72-69-70-68 - 279 Se Ri Pak, $59,570 68-68-66-66 - 268 Angela Stanford, $28,790 69-70-67-70 - 276 Lorie Kane, $45,484 72-71-67-70 - 280 Reilley Rankin, $47,949 66-68-68-70 - 272 ■■RECAP: The LPGA’s Pink Panther won the coasted the rest of the , $31,884 69-72-69-71 - 281 , $36,034 71-68-69-66 - 274 way. This time it was a Brandie Burton, $31,884 67-69-74-71 - 281 Sung Ah Yim, $36,034 66-69-69-70 - 274 (Owens Corning) Pink 62 during Friday’s sec- Jeong Jang, $31,884 71-70-68-72 - 281 Annika Sorenstam, $28,768 69-68-68-70 - 275 Panther’s tournament. Marcy Hart, $21,708 70-73-73-66 - 282 Nicole Castrale, $25,860 68-70-71-67 - 276 Paula Creamer did it by ond round that gave her , $21,708 67-74-71-70 - 282 Sherri Steinhauer, $21,891 73-71-68-65 - 277 a two-shot lead. Her ad- Leta Lindley, $21,708 70-69-71-72 - 282 Jackie Gallagher-Smith, $21,891 73-68-68-68 - 277 opening with a course vantage grew to four af- Marilyn Lovander, $21,708 72-67-69-74 - 282 Diana D’Alessio, $21,891 67-69-69-72 - 277 record 60 and followed ter a third-round 69 and ■■RECAP: It would have been hard to imag- x-won on the third hole of sudden-death playoff. with a 65. She wasn’t as ■ it wasn’t until late in Sun- ine a more appropriate champion as the Farr ■RECAP: After the storms, after the flooding, sharp on the weekend day’s round that Maria Hjorth caught fire and Classic celebrated its after the delays and overnight suspensions and actually had to fend put on a little pressure. 20th anniversary. Meg in play, Mi Hyun Kim of was the off a challenge from Ni- ■■THE PAK FILE: The Farr was one of five Mallon, a sponsor ex- last golfer standing in the cole Castrale, who went wins, including the Weetabix Women’s British emption in the very first 2006 Farr Classic. She low on Sunday with a 64 but ended two shots Open, a major, for Pak in 2001. She would win Farr Classic in 1984 who not only survived all of in arrears. five times again the following year. was playing in the event nature’s obstacles, she ■■THE CREAMER FILE: The Farr was one of for the 19th time, finally also survived a three- Paula’s four victories in 2008 and, during the 2002 moved into the winner’s hole, sudden-death play- course of the year, she became the fastest in circle by scoring birdies off against crowd favor- LPGA history to surpass both $4 million and TOP 10 on three of the last four ite Natalie Gulbis. Gulbis $5 million in career earnings. Rachel Hetherington (Teske), $150,000 67-73-64-66 - 270 lost her grip on a four- , $91,325 69-67-67-69 - 272 holes. She capped it with Laura Diaz, $58,750 70-64-72-67 - 273 a 10-footer on the 72nd hole that finished off shot lead she owned just Karrie Webb, $58,750 72-65-66-70 - 273 a final-round 68 for a 7-under 277 winning to- before making the turn and Kim roared from Amy Fruhwirth, $37,500 70-70-68-66 - 274 behind to tie her with a birdie on the 72nd Kelli Kuehne, $37,500 71-66-69-68 - 274 tal. Se Ri Pak, who was gunning for a fifth Farr Danielle Ammaccapane, $23,875 73-68-72-62 - 275 title, had to settle for a second-place tie with hole. When she birdied the hole again on the Mhairi McKay, $23,875 71-71-68-65 - 275 Karen Stupples, who came to Toledo fresh off third hole of sudden death it proved to be the Natalie Gulbis, $23,875 73-67-70-65 - 275 her victory in the Women’s British Open. winning stroke. Gulbis settled for pars on her Se Ri Pak, $23,875 72-67-68-68 - 275 last 11 holes, including the playoff.

(NO FOLIO) - T20 - Sunday, July 13, 2014 Wednesday, July 9, 2014 2:28 PM THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO |SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 toledoBlade.com SECTION T, PAGE 21 Song-Hee Kim, $68,808 70-66-68-66 - 270 2009 , $68,808 66-67-67-70 - 270 2012 2013 , $40,776 67-70-70-64 - 271 TOP 10 , $33,362 67-66-70-69 - 272 TOP 10 TOP 10 x-Eunjung Yi, $210,000 68-66-61-71 - 266 Hee Young Park, $24,795 70-68-71-64 - 273 So Yeon Ryu, $195,000 67-68-67-62 - 264 , $195,000 69-65-67-66 - 267 Morgan Pressel, $126,385 64-68-67-67 - 266 Meena Lee, $24,795 71-67-67-68 - 273 Angela Stanford, $119,765 66-70-69-66 - 271 Paula Creamer, $120,665 66-68-67-67 - 268 Michelle Wie, $73,231 65-69-70-64 - 268 Katherine Hull, $24,795 67-71-65-70 - 273 Chella Choi, $77,045 66-67-70-69 - 272 , $77.618 69-68-68-66 - 271 Seon Hwa Lee, $73,231 70-63-68-67 - 268 Beatriz Recari, $16,936 69-67-72-66 - 274 Inbee Park, $77,045 69-65-69-69 - 272 , $77,618 66-71-67-67 - 271 Song-Hee Kim, $73,231 64-71-64-69 - 268 Kris Tamulis, $16,936 68-70-68-68 - 274 Jennie Lee, $49,178 69-70-67-67 - 273 Angela Stanford, $49,544 71-72-64-67 - 274 , $42,902 68-68-65-68 - 269 Alena Sharp, $16,936 65-68-73-68 - 274 I.K. Kim, $49,178 69-67-66-71 - 273 Jacqui Concolino, $49,544 67-68-69-70 - 274 , $42,902 65-69-67-68 - 269 Stacy Prammanasudh, $16,936 69-67-69-69 - 274 , $34,753 66-68-69-71 - 274 Meena Lee, $31,543 70-73-70-62 - 275 Lindsey Wright, $29,753 66-68-71-65 - 270 Azahara Munoz, $16,936 70-68-66-70 - 274 Jiyai Shin, $34,753 69-67-66-72 - 274 , $31,543 70-72-69-64 - 275 Nicole Castrale, $29,753 70-66-67-67 - 270 Kristy McPherson, $16,936 68-68-67-71 - 274 Beatriz Recari, $27,868 70-66-70-69 - 275 (a) 69-67-71-68 - 275 Lorena Ochoa, $29,753 67-68-67-68 - 270 x-won on the second hole of sudden-death playoff. Hee Kyung Seo, $27.868 68-66-68-73 - 275 Jennifer Johnson, $31,543 73-66-66-70 - 275 Mikaela Parmlid, $29,753 69-70-62-69 - 270 ■ Chie Arimura, $31,543 69-67-68-71 - 275 x-won on the first hole of sudden-death playoff. ■RECAP: There was no language barrier dur- ■■RECAP: There was a four-way tie atop the ■■RECAP: Defending champion Paula ing the four-person playoff in the 2010 Farr. Na leaderboard heading into the final round, ■■RECAP: Paula Creamer was bidding for Creamer withdrew prior to starting the first Yeon Choi clashed with fellow South Koreans but So Yeon Ryu end- her 10th tour win and her second at High- round with a thumb inju- In-Kyung Kim and Song- ed the drama with six land Meadows. She was ry and, through 36 holes, Hee Kim, not to mention straight birdies starting the people’s choice. But the ‘09 Farr was a dog- Christina Kim, American at No. 9, where she ran Beatriz Recari, who had fight with 28 players with- born of Korean parents. in a 30-foot putt. A deft posted top-10 finishes in five shots of the lead. If that wasn’t enough, chipping touch set up in her two previous To- That changed on Sat- Jiyai Shin missed the the other birdies as no ledo appearances, had urday when Eunjung Yi playoff by a stroke and putt was from outside an answer for every- went low to the tune of a Inbee Park by two shots. of eight feet. None of the thing Creamer threw at 61, one shot off the High- Choi, who lost a once- other co-leaders starting her. The biggest mo- land Meadows course comfortable lead on the the day broke par, but Angela Stanford came ment came at the par-3 record. Her four-shot lead disappeared dur- back nine, steadied herself to make the play- on strong with a closing 66 to grab a distant 16th hole where Creamer snuggled her tee ing the final round, but she managed to get in- off and then prevailed with a three-foot birdie second place. Ryu’s final-round 62 produced shot to within three feet of the pin and ap- to a playoff with Morgan Pressel and won with putt on the second hole of sudden death. Still, a 20-under-par total that was second best in peared poised to tie for the lead. But Recari a birdie on the first hole of sudden death. Phe- a big day for all the Seoul Sisters. tournament history. slammed home a 20-plus-foot putt for birdie ■ nom Michelle Wie closed with a 64 to head a ■THE CHOI FILE: This was the third win of ■■THE RYU FILE: The final Farr Classic rep- to stun Creamer and hold onto the lead. Up- three-way tie for third. Choi’s short LPGA career, but the biggest resented the first win and eighth top-10 finish and-coming tour star Lexi Thompson, Toledo ■■THE YI FILE: The Farr title was the first of was yet to come. Choi won the U.S. Women’s of Ryu’s rookie season, but the South Korean native Stacy Lewis, and 16-year-old amateur Yi’s LPGA career and she accomplished it at Open, her first major, in 2012. was no stranger to the winner’s circle. A year Lydia Ko all posted top-10 finishes. age 21. earlier, as a non-member of the LPGA Tour, ■■THE RECARI FILE: The Spaniard posted she won the U.S. Women’s Open, scoring her second win in 11 starts (and the third of 2010 2011 birdie on the 18th hole to force a three-hole her LPGA career) and took a big step towards TOP 10 ■■No tournament held because U.S. Senior aggregate-score playoff. She beat Hee Kyung her first season with $1 million in earnings. x-Na Yeon Choi, $150,000 64-67-68-71 - 270 Open was played at Inverness Club. Seo. Ryu turned pro at age 17 in 2007 and won She played in her first , compet- In-Kyung Kim, $68,808 70-66-70-64 - 270 eight times on the Korean LPGA Tour. ing for Europe, and posted a 3-1-1 record.

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