FUTURES Tour Members Compete In LPGA Sectional

LAKELAND, Fla., October 3, 2005 -- Eighty-two members of the FUTURES Golf Tour will be in the field this week at the second LPGA Sectional Qualifying Tournament. This week's event begins tomorrow, Tuesday and runs through Friday at Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice, Fla. A tournament field of 164 players, including 13 amateurs, will compete at the 72-hole event with the hope of advancing into the final stage of LPGA qualifying.

Among FUTURES Tour members ranked in the top-30 entered in this week's LPGA sectional field are:

Christine Boucher of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, who finished 20th on the 2005 FUTURES Tour Money List; Kim Brozer of Red Deer, Alberta, ranked 21st, who won the 2005 tournament in Syracuse, N.Y., Kelly Lagedrost of Brooksville, Fla., the left-hander who is ranked 22nd; Mollie Fankhauser of Columbus, Ohio, ranked 25th; Tara Bateman of Phoenix, ranked 28th; Anna Rawson of Adelaide, Australia, ranked 29th; and, tied for 30th, Sarah Huarte of Shingle Springs, Calif., the 2004 NCAA Women's Golf Champion and 2004 U.S. Curtis Cup Team member, and Kellee Booth of McKinney, Texas, the 1993 U.S. Girls' Junior champion, two-time U.S. Curtis Cup Team member and 1996 NCAA Women's Golf Championship runner-up as individual champion.

The Florida sectional tournament will be contested on the Bobcat and Panther courses. The field will be cut on Wednesday to the low-70 players and ties after 36 holes. The top-30 players and ties from both the Florida and previous California sectionals advance into the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. That final 90-hole competition will be held Nov. 30 through Dec. 4, in Daytona Beach, Fla., at LPGA International, using both the Champions and Legends courses.

Players advancing from the two sectional tournaments will join current LPGA Tour members attempting to improve their status, as well as non-LPGA Tour members of the FUTURES Golf Tour who finished the 2005 season ranked in the top 15 in earnings behind the five automatic exempt LPGA card winners.

Contact: Lisa D. Mickey, FUTURES Golf Tour, 863-709-9100, Ext. 2 or lisa@futurestour.com.