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With a purse exceeding $2 million, the winner of this tournament automatically qualifies for the season-ending LPGA Playoffs at The ADT.
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With a purse exceeding $2 million, the winner of this tournament automatically qualifies for the season-ending LPGA Playoffs at The ADT.
Professional-amateur controversy
Prior to 2005, the LPGA Championship had a professionals only rule. This is in contrast to events such as the U.S. and British Opens, which have long had both amateur and professional entrants. The LPGA Championship is the LPGA's own event, and the LPGA was created specifically to provide opportunities for women in professional golf. In 2005 this rule was revoked, effectively to allow then-amateur Michelle Wie to compete in order to attract more media coverage and sell more tickets, though this was not publicly acknowledged by the LPGA. Some professionals objected to this move as they felt that places given to amateurs would come at the expense of the LPGA Tour's less successful professionals, who need to play regularly to make a living. One of the leading professionals, Laura Davies, stated objections to the change were shortsighted.
Tournament names through the years:
- 1955-1986: LPGA Championship
- 1987-1993:: Mazda LPGA Championship
- 1994-2000: McDonald's LPGA Championship
- 2001-2003: McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- 2004-present: McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
Tournament locations through the years:
- 1955: Orchard Ridge Country Club, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- 1956: Forest Lake Country Club, Detroit, Michigan
- 1957-1958: Churchill Valley Country Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1959-1960: Sheraton Hotel Country Club, French Lick, Indiana
- 1961-1966: Stardust Country Club, Las Vegas, Nevada
- 1967-1968: Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts
- 1969: Concord Golf Course, Kiamesha Lake, New York
- 1970-1974: Pleasant Valley Country Club, Sutton, Massachusetts
- 1975-1976: Pine Ridge Golf Course, Baltimore, Maryland
- 1977: Bay Tree Golf Plantation, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- 1978-1989: Jack Nicklaus Sports Center, Kings Island, Ohio
- 1990-1993: Bethesda Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland
- 1994-2004: DuPont Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware
- 2005-present: Bulle Rock Golf Course, Havre de Grace, Maryland
