Founders Cup Roundup, Japan Wins And The LPGA Still Needs To Play For Real Money
/Randall Mell wraps up the charitable contributions of the top 10 finishers in the Founders Cup and with several players adding Japan relief funds as a nice touch, it's hard to knock the event. Then again, something about it still just lacks the legitimacy that this week's KIA Classic will carry with a real purse, a great field and well, uh, a golf course to play on. (See I can say nice things about Industry Hills! I called it a golf course.)
Winner – Karrie Webb, $200,000, Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, Japan relief funds.
T-2 – Paula Creamer, $77,500, Japan relief funds.
T-2 – Brittany Lincicome, $77,500, First Tee of St. Petersburg.
4th – Cristie Kerr, $40,000, Birdies for Breast Cancer/Muhammad Ali Parkinson’s Foundation.
5th – Angela Stanford, $30,000, Angela Stanford Foundation (Lena Pope Home, MHMR of Tarrant County and First Tee of Fort Worth primary beneficiaries).
Also, as reader Don noted, one other quibble: they need to pick a better backdrop for next year's winner picture. Something about a vacant landscape just does not instill a feeling of a well-attended event. I understand that the trophy is larger than the Eiffel Tower and could not be moved, but still...