The American Defender Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1966 to 1981.[1][2][3] It was played in Raleigh, North Carolina at the Raleigh Country Club from 1966 to 1974 and at the North Ridge Country Club from 1975 to 1981. The tournament was the LPGA's first tournament in North Carolina.[4] In 1975, purse was $5,700.[5]
Winners[edit]
- American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
- 1981 Donna Caponi
- American Defender/WRAL Classic
- 1980 Amy Alcott
- American Defender Classic
- 1978 Amy Alcott
- 1977 Kathy Whitworth
- 1976 Sue Roberts
- 1975 JoAnne Carner
- American Defender-Raleigh Classic
- 1974 Jo Ann Prentice
- 1973 Judy Rankin
- Raleigh Golf Classic
- 1972 Kathy Whitworth
- 1971 Kathy Whitworth
- Raleigh Ladies Invitational
- 1970 Sandra Haynie
- 1969 Carol Mann
- 1968 Carol Mann
- 1967 Kathy Whitworth
- 1966 Carol Mann
References[edit]
- ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-1979 Archived January 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989 Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ross, Helen (September 15, 1990). "Golf tournaments abound and more may on the way". News & Record.
- ^ "MAU places second in SVC golf tourney". Bennington Banner. Vermont. May 29, 1975.