Aurora Health Care Championship

The Aurora Health Care Championship was an annual United States golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Futures Tour, the LPGA Tour's developmental tour. The event was a part of the Futures Tour's schedule from 1995 to 2003, when it was played in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area and again from 2006 to 2008, when it has been played at the Geneva National Golf Club in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

The title sponsor was Aurora Health Care, a Wisconsin-based health care provider.

The Tournament was a 54-hole event, as are most Futures Tour tournaments, and included pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities. Benefiting charities from the Aurora Health Care Championship were The Geneva National Foundation and Aurora Health Care.

Tournament names through the years:

  • 1995–1999: Aurora Health Care Futures Classic
  • 2000: Aurora Health Care Futures Charity Golf Classic
  • 2001: Aurora Health Care SBC Futures Charity Golf Classic
  • 2002–2003: Aurora Health Care Futures Charity Golf Classic
  • 2006–2008: Aurora Health Care Championship

Winners

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Year Date Champion Country Score Tournament
location
Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
2008 May 30 – Jun 1 Mindy Kim   South Korea 213 (−3) Geneva National Golf Club 100,000 14,000
2007 Jun 1–3 Sofie Andersson   Sweden 212 (−4) Geneva National Golf Club 90,000 12,600
2006 Jun 2–4 Song-Hee Kim   South Korea 214 (−2) Geneva National Golf Club 80,000 11,900
2003* May 29 – Jun 1 Katherine Hull   Australia 210 (−6) Ironwood Golf Course 70,000 9,800
2002 May 31 – Jun 2 Melinda Price   United States 218 (+2) Ironwood Golf Course 65,000 9,100
2001 Jun 1–3 Beth Bauer   United States 212 (−4) Ironwood Golf Course 60,000 8,400
2000 Jun 16–18 Jenn Brody   United States 210 (−6) Ironwood Golf Course 50,000 7,000
1999** Jun 11–13 Jane Egan   United States 137 (−7) Ironwood Golf Course 45,000 6,600
1998 LaRee Sugg   United States 213 (−3) Naga-Waukee Golf Course 40,000 5,300
1997 Nicole Jeray   United States 212 (−4) Naga-Waukee Golf Course 40,000 5,300
1996 Vicki Moran   United States Naga-Waukee Golf Course
1995 Lisa Kartheiser   United States Naga-Waukee Golf Course

*Championship won in sudden-death playoff.
**Tournament shortened to 36 holes because of rain.

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