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[News/local from www.gettysburgtimes.com] VIDEO- LPGA Duramed FUTURES Tour, Gettysburg Championship: video by Melisa Hofmann LPGA Duramed FUTURES Tour, Gettysburg Championship.

 [worldgolf Wire News] Ten Duramed Futures Tour players will earn their LPGA membership: -- The Duramed Futures Tour along with the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) announced today that it will award LPGA membership to five additional players this season. The Tour's top 10 players on the regular season-ending money list will be awarded 2009 LPGA membership at the conclusion of the ILOVENY Championship in Albany, N.Y.

 [About Golf] LPGA Makes More Tour Cards Available to Futures Tour Players: The next change the LPGA should make is to institute an in-season "battlefield promotion" to any Futures Tour golfer winning her third tournament in one season, as the PGA Tour does for Nationwide Tour players. (Update: As The Constructivist points out in comments, the "battlefield promotion" is part of the priority status reorganizing.

[Chicagoland Golf NEWS HOLE] LPGA doubles number of Futures players advancing: 20, 2008 - The Duramed Futures Tour along with the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) announced today that it will award LPGA membership to five additional players this season. The Tour’s top 10 players on the regular season-ending money list will be awarded 2009 LPGA membership at the conclusion of the ILOVENY Championship in Albany, N.Y.

 [news | LL | http://www.theledger.com] Futures Tour Gets More Exemptions to LPGA: The LPGA Tour purchased the developmental Futures Tour in 2007 and moved its management offices from Lakeland to Daytona Beach. Futures Tour tournament operations staff remain in Lakeland.

[Bruce Berlet | Chip Shots] Nice Idea, Bad Execution by LPGA/Futures Tour: But I don't think it was good to change the rule with three events left on the Futures Tour schedule. It might give more players who have played well since March their LPGA cards for 2009, but you should never change the rules in the middle of the game.

[Golfweek's Top Stories] Futures Tour to award more LPGA cards: LPGA deputy commissioner Libba Galloway said it’s too difficult to tell how many tournaments players in category 17 will get in for ’09, and said it might behoove them to still go to the final stage of LPGA Q-School to better their position.

[theledger] LPGA Doubles Futures Tour Exemptions to 10 for 2008: The Duramed Futures Tour announced late Wednesday that the LPGA Tour is doubling the number of exemptions for its developmental tour to 10, effective this season.

 [Rife Putters Tour Blog] Funk wins first Major: The victory further solidified RIFE's place as the # 1 Putter on The Champions Tour with RIFE also having 21 total putters in play, four more than the nearest competitor and marking the 13th time this year RIFE has won the Darrell Survey putter count. 10 of the top 30 players in the field had a RIFE Putter in the bag including Funk, Scott Hoch (Barbados,) Tom Jenkins (Hybrid Mallet,) Lonnie Nielson (Mid-Blade,) John Cook (Cayman,) Tom Kite (Hybrid Mallet,) and Tim Simpson (Hybrid Mallet,) all finishing inside the top 20.

[Bunker Shots] A fighting chance for developing women pros: I drove up to Southern Dunes at Haines City outside Orlando this summer to watch an event on the SunCoast Series, a women’s mini tour. I wrote a story about Raquel Riley, a strong player from the Bahamas who seems only to lack experience and opportunity to fulfill her golf dream.

 [Yes Golf] YES! Wins Eighth Tournament On Duramed Futures Tour: Golf C-Groove putters has recorded its eighth victory of the year on the Duramed Futures Tour. Rookie Haeji Kang won the Greater Richmond Duramed Futures Classic over the weekend firing a 3-day total of 11-under par.

 [In Brief Blog] Game Day Communications adds clients: CINCINATTI: Game Day Communications recently added a number of clients to its client roster.  The agency will provide PR support for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular when the Rockettes perform in Dayton and Cincinatti in November, and it will also  provide media training for the leadership team of the Four Seasons Hotel in Miami, as well as for the top 20 players in the Duramed Tour, a developmental tour for the LPGA.

[LPGA tour player - Nicole Jeray] SLEEP in Syracuse: One walkie talkie call and a good friend Libby Smith swiftly and loudly screamed my name throughout the clubhouse until I woke up. I was shocked that the sun was out and the clubhouse empty.

[The Gettysburg Pennsylvania Blog] Upcoming Gettysburg Events You Don’t Want To Miss: LPGA Duramed FUTURES Tour - Ladies golf is not as well publicized as the PGA, but that doesn’t mean it’s any less exciting. The Links at Gettysburg will host the upcoming LPGA Duramed FUTURES Tour beginning August 22, 2008.

 [bunkershot.com Golf] Stacy Lewis To Play On Duramed FUTURES Tour Next Week: Called “The Road To the LPGA and Beyond,” the Duramed FUTURES Tour has become the world’s largest international women’s developmental tour. In its 28th competitive season this year, the Tour has remained committed to developing LPGA stars of tomorrow and creating viable role models for youth today.

[Bruce Berlet | Chip Shots] Back With Mickelson, Singh, McLachlin, Sheary and Wie: That would leave her one shy of the record five in a row won by her hero, West Hartford neighbor Liz Janangelo before she headed off to an All-American career at Duke. After three weeks off, Janangelo restarts her LPGA rookie season next week and needs a terrific closing stretch to prevent losing her card and having to return to qualifying school.

 [Barbara's Blog] Golf Channel reality show “Road Trip: Myrtle Beach” airs tonight: America will get its first look at “Road Trip: Myrtle Beach” in tonight’s premiere episode at 7:30 on the Golf Channel.

 [Editors Blog] Futures Tour Grand Finale: Although she competed in the 2006 U.S. Women's Open Championship, Janangelo has yet to achieve fully exempt status on the LPGA Tour, and if she misses it by one spot it'll be a huge disappointment for her and a surprise for those who followed her during her years as a junior and collegiate golfer. In an interview for the August 27th Futures Tour newsletter, she said, "I just need to get a little sharper with my irons.

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