LPGA Playoffs 2006 and the ADT C

LPGA Playoffs 2006 and the ADT Championship

New to the LPGA Tour in 2006 is the debut of the LPGA Playoffs 2006, which culminates at the ADT Championship. LPGA Playoffs 2006 is a yearlong competitive structure that will include a “regular season” that splits the LPGA schedule into two halves, with 15 players from each half qualifying for the ADT Championship using a performance-based points system throughout the year, plus two wild cards. The 2006 winner of the ADT Championship will earn $1 million, the largest first-place prize in the history of women’s golf.

About the LPGA Playoffs 2006

• The LPGA Playoffs 2006, which culminates at the ADT Championship, is the first-ever playoff system for professional golf.

• The 2006 LPGA Tour season is broken into two halves, creating two points’ races during the year that will increase the drama and excitement for fans and sponsors of the LPGA Tour.

– The first half concludes with the final full-field domestic event (Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger) prior to the Tour traveling to Europe.

– The second half concludes with the final event (The Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions presented by Kathy Ireland Worldwide) prior to the ADT Championship.

• Fifteen players qualify from each half, plus two wild cards for a 32-player field at the ADT Championship.

• The two wild cards will be the top-two players from the ADT Official Money List, who are not otherwise qualified, prior to the Global Group events.

About the ADT Points system

• Players qualify for the ADT Championship by accumulating ADT Points during each half of the season or by winning an automatic entry.

• Only LPGA members will earn ADT Points or automatic entry.

• ADT Points are awarded to the top-20 finishers in official events only.

• ADT Points will not carry over from the first half of the season to the second half.

• Tournaments will be categorized as “Global Group,” “Major,” “Points” or “Winner” events.

• Major Events include the Kraft Nabisco Championship, McDonald’s LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola, U.S. Women’s Open conducted by the USGA and the Weetabix Women’s British Open.

– The winner of a Major Event earns automatic entry into the ADT Championship.

– Other top-20 finishers in Major Events gain double ADT Points toward the relevant half of the season.

• Points Events include most full-field events.

– The top-20 finishers earn double ADT Points toward that half’s total, but the winner of Points Events will not earn an automatic entry.

• Winner Events include most limited-field events.

– Players winning a Winner Event will automatically qualify for the ADT Championship, with single ADT Points awarded to the top-20 finishers.

– The Global Group (pre-determined international events) events will be combined to count as one Winner Event, with the player earning the most combined ADT Points in these events earning automatic entry to the ADT Championship. No further ADT Points will be awarded.

• Players will be required to play in a minimum of three Points Events in each half of the season (if less than nine Points Events in a half, the minimum will be two) in order to be eligible for the ADT Championship.

About the 2006 ADT Championship

• The 2006 ADT Championship will offer a $1,550,000 total purse with a $1 million first-place paycheck, the largest in the history of women’s golf.

• The ADT Championship winner will be named the season champion.

• The ADT Championship will be held at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., at the end of the official LPGA season.

• The ADT Championship will feature three days of “playoffs” and a final-day dramatic shoot-out conclusion.

– The first cut will be after 36 holes to 16 players with a sudden-death playoff used in case of a tie.

– The second cut will be after 54 holes to eight players with a sudden-death playoff used in case of a tie (scores are cumulative through 54 holes).

– The final round will be played in four groups of two, with all players starting with a fresh scorecard.

– Whoever shoots the lowest score in the final round will win the ADT Championship. A sudden-death playoff will be used in case of a tie.

*ADT Points Distribution

Place Points

1 40

2 22

3 19

4 17

5 16

6 15

7 14

8 13

9 12

10 11

Place Points

11 10

12 9

13 8

14 7

15 6

16 5

17 4

18 3

19 2

20 1

ADT Championship Purse breakdown

1. $1,000,000

2. 100,000

3. 20,500

4. 19,250

5. 18,500

6. 17,750

7. 17,000

8. 16,250

9. 14,000

17. $8,000

17. 8,000

ADT Points

As of 9/24/06

1 Jee Young Lee 108

2 Il Mi Chung 98

3 Morgan Pressel 90

4 Stacy Prammanasudh 86

5 Maria Hjorth 71

6 Sophie Gustafson 68

7 Diana D’Alessio 66

8 Lorie Kane 64

Julieta Granada 64

10 Sun Young Yoo 62

11 Angela Stanford 60

Candie Kung 60

13 Nancy Scranton 58

Ai Miyazato 58

15 Karine Icher 56

16 Gloria Park 54

17 Lindsey Wright 52

18 Laura Diaz 50

19 Kyeong Bae 48

20 Brittany Lang 46

Nina Reis 46

1st Half of season - ADT Championship qualifiers

1 Karrie Webb

2 Se Ri Pak

3 Annika Sorenstam

4 Brittany Lincicome

5 Lorena Ochoa

6 Mi Hyun Kim

7 Cristie Kerr

8 Juli Inkster

9 Seon-Hwa Lee

10 Hee-Won Han

11 Jeong Jang

12 Paula Creamer

13 Natalie Gulbis

14 Pat Hurst

15 Meena Lee

2nd Half of season - ADT Championship qualifiers

1 Sherri Steinhauer