Safeway Classic Live

Two tournaments are scheduled to be held on the LPGA Tour this month. The first is the Safeway Classic, Presented by Coca-Cola, which is going to be August 19^th through the 21^st in North Plains, Oregon. That tournament is worth $1,500,000 to the ladies playing. Also this month, the CN Canadian Women's Open, which will run from August 25^th to the 28^th in Mirabel, Quebec, for $2,250,000. The Safeway Classic was won last year by Ai Miyazato, who had a final score of eleven under, defeating Na Yeon Choi and Cristie Kerry.

Players participating in this year's Safeway Classic include Sara Brown, Amanda Blumenherst, Moira Dunn and Laura Diaz and Laura Davies. Also, Katie Fucher will be playing along with Natalie Gulbis, Sophie Gustavson, Paula Creamer, Sandra Gal, Pat Hurst, Julie Inkster and Amy Hung. Lori Kane and Jennifer Johnson will also be playing along with Ai Miyazato and Cristie Kerr. If you want to see these ladies play golf, then all you have to do is click on the links on this page. You'll get access to high quality video from anywhere in the world.

Posted: 20th Aug 2010

The LPGA Tour will hold the LPGA Safeway Classic this week with a great field and some great tournament action. It runs from August 20^th through the 22^nd and it is worth a million and a half dollars to the ladies of the LPGA Tour. The venue is the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, Ghost Creek Golf Course which is located in North Plains, Oregon. You can watch this golf tournament live by getting your membership for high quality video access to golf streams right from your computer from anywhere in the world.

This tournament was won last year by M.J. Hur, with a winning score of 69-69-65=203 (-13) over Suzann Petterson and Michele Redman in sudden death over two holes. This event began in 1972, and is a 54 hole format. The course is a Par 72 and the total yardage is 6546. The field this year includes Amy Alcott, Amanda Bluemnherst, Brandie Burton, Christi Cano, Paula Creamer, Laura Diaz and Danielle Downey. Nicole Hage, Sophie Gustafson andn Sandra Gal will also be playing as well as Moira Dunn, Hee-Won Han, Rachel hetherington and Maria Hernandez as well as Amy Hung and defending champion M.J. Hur. 

Let's take a look at the standings right now. Leading the money list is Jiyai Shin with 1.2 million dollars and then Na Yeon Choi is in second. Yani Tseng is third and Suzann Pettersen takes fourth with $1.088 million. Ai Miyazato has the fifth place spot with Christie Kerr in sixth and Song-Hee Kim in seventh. Then Paula Creamer, Kyung Kim and Inbee Park. You can watch golf streams live right here on www.watchlivegolf.com by getting your membership at the links on this page. You'll get high quality video access to golf online all year around.

Posted: 28th Aug 2009

A 1.7 million dollar purse is available to the ladies of the LPGA as they take on the rest of the field at this week's Safeway Classic. This tournament will be played August 28^th through the 30^th with Cristie Kerr as defending champion. The 31 year old beat out Helen Alfredsson by four strokes to take home last year's a more than $255,000 grand prize. Alfredsson walked away with just over $133,000 as runner up, and Sophie Gustafson tied as another runner up. Katherine Hull took away a check for around $85,000 as the third place finisher, and fourth was taken by Hee-Won Han. Kerr had 31 fairway hits for this tournament and drove a total of 261.50 yards. She had 85 putts as well.

This event began in 1972, and plays 52 holes. It is played at the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club on the Ghost Creek Course located in North Plains, Oregon, USA. It's a 6,546 Yard Course, and a Par 72, and has hosted several major golf tournament such as the United States Women's Open Championship, having played there in both 1997 and 2003. Construction began on the course in August of 1990, and it opened on April 1^st, 1992.

This tournament has gone through several name changes throughout the years,since it began in 1977. Until 1982 it was called the Portland PING Team Championship, and then just the Portland PING Championship for three years after that. It became the PIONG Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship. The current name began in 2000. Mexico's Lorena Ochoa won the tournament in 2007 before Cristie Kerr won it last year, and this year the only way you'll be able to find out who wins live is by getting your membership at the banners on this page. The LPGA Safeway Classic from August 28^th to the 30^th in North Plains, Oregon.