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12.18.2007
04:26 pm (ET)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- The LPGA Tour finally worked out the details for its new tournament in South Florida, announcing Tuesday that the Stanford International Pro-Am will be played April 24-27 at Turnberry Isle Resort & Club in Aventura, Fla. The $2 million tournament will be the first pro-am on the LPGA Tour since 2001. Stanford Financial, the title sponsor, got involved in the LPGA beyond getting its name on the tournament. The company will make a donation to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for every eagle made on the LPGA Tour, a program that it started last year on the PGA TOUR when it took over title sponsorship in Memphis, Tenn. It also signed an endorsement deal with Morgan Pressel, who joins a Stanford Financial stable that includes Vijay Singh, David Toms and Camilo Villegas. The new event was held up by a scheduling conflict at Turnberry Isle. The resort already had been booked that week by Presidential Holidays Southeast, which was hosting a Passover event for more than 500 Orthodox Jews. The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel reported last week that Presidential Holidays received a financial settlement from the resort, and the Passover event will go somewhere else. Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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