LPGA

• ShopRite LPGA Classic back in 2010

  
  

  Keasbey, NJ (Sports Network) - The LPGA Tour, ShopRite and Atlantic City Golf, LLC announced on Monday that the ShopRite LPGA Classic will return to the LPGA Tour schedule in 2010 after a three-year absence.

  "We are thrilled to once again partner with ShopRite in order to return the LPGA Tour to its incredibly loyal fans in Southern New Jersey. The rich history of this 21-year long event is woven in the fabric of the LPGA. We look forward to continuing this tradition for many more years to come," said LPGA acting commissioner Marty Evans.

  The tournament is scheduled for June 18-20, 2010 at the Bay Course at Seaview Resort. It will be a 54-hole event with a purse of $1.5 million.

  The tournament started in 1986 as the Atlantic City Classic and was staged at several different courses in the Atlantic City area. Seaview hosted the first two years and the last nine of the tournament.

  It became the ShopRite LPGA Classic in 1992.

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