Tournament Information

Fun Facts

• 144 professional golfers from 21 countries.
• The LPGA Tour’s premier development Tour.
• 2009 ING New England Golf Classic Champion wins LPGA Card.
• Record-setting attendance of 4,000 (doubling previous high).
• Record media exposure—with daily reports in the Hartford Courant, Fox 61, WFSB TV 3 (CBS), ESPN radio, WTIC Newstalk 1080 (CBS radio). Stories picked up nationally by espn.com, forbes.com, USA TODAY.com and even the University of Southern California (USC).
• Generating more than $160,000 in controlled media and PR exposure for sponsors.
• All Pro AMs sold out – including community pro am and two celebrity pro ams.
• New Title Sponsor: ING,
• $350,000 raised to date for Chip In For A Cure including another $18,000 from this year’s event
• Record celebrity participants in Celebrity Pro Am including basketball hall of famer K.C. Jones, former UConn great and NBA Champion Scott Burrell, Rich Coppola from Fox 61, Bob Maxon from NBC 30, Mike Hydek from WFSB TV 3, Matt Scott from WTNH TV 8, Joe D’Ambrosio from WTIC Newstalk 1080, Jason Page from ESPN radio, Sebastian from WCCC, Tom Yantz from The Hartford Courant, Mike Anthony from The Hartford Courant.
• Travelers Championship-ING New England Golf Classic team up in inaugural Women’s Day partnership.
• Hartford Courant reported: “Everyone associated with the ING New England Golf Classic merits praise.”
• 80 young people from Bloomfield and Greater Hartford and LPGA’s FUTURES Tour players participated in the Konica-Minolta Junior Clinic.
• 20 players rolled up their sleeves, literally, with our first annual blood drive.
• Fan-favorite $5 grill.

Host Hotel Information

Directions & Parking

Wintonbury Hills