LPGA FUTURES Tour to Return to Cedar Rapids Area

Junior League of Cedar Rapids (JLCR) and the Cedar Rapids Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (CRACVB) announced today that Ladies Titan Tire Challenge will return to Hunters Ridge Golf Course in Marion, IA for the third consecutive year. The tournament runs from May 31 to June 5, 2011. Titan Tire has returned as the title sponsor of the 54-hole tournament, providing the $110,000 purse.

Titan Tire President, Morry Taylor stated, “Each year the Ladies Titan Tire Challenge has gotten better and more exciting. We are looking for 2011 to be a great year with the strongest field of golfers ever. Everyone in Iowa and the surrounding states who like golf should come out and watch these young professional ladies excel on the course. Titan Tire is very proud to continue to sponsor this tournament.”

The CRCVB and the Sports Tourism Advisory Committee attracted the LPGA FUTURES Tour to the Cedar Rapids area in 2008. The Ladies Titan Tire Challenge is one of 17 tournaments on the LPGA FUTURES Tour, which prepares young professional women golfers for a successful career on the LPGA Tour. This year’s tour features 308 players from 38 nations and 38 U.S. states. They bring with them impressive credentials and great success in previous levels of play.

Ladies Titan Tire Challenge has been a success in the Cedar Rapids/Marion area. In 2010, it was voted the #1 tournament on the Tour by the professional players and Tour staff; up from #2 in 2009. The three-day attendance at both 2009 and 2010 tournaments was approximately 2500. More than 350 volunteers logged over 3800 volunteer hours for the 2010 tournament. The CRACVB reported a total of 539 hotel room nights used during 2010’s tournament week, and $160,213 of direct spending generated.

The week-long event will allow golf fans to watch and cheer alongside future LPGA stars. In addition to the professional tournament, organizers will offer amateur golfers a chance to play with a professional in pro-am events during the tournament week. There will also be a junior golf clinic for younger golfers.

JLCR is the local host and organizer of the event, which gives Iowans an opportunity to see firsthand the Tour’s world-class women athletes and role models. Proceeds from the event enable JLCR to further its mission of promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving communities. Past JLCR community improvement projects include EIEIO at Old MacDonald’s Farm in Bever Park, the Science Station and Waypoint’s Madge Phillips Center for Women and Children.

2 Responses to “LPGA FUTURES Tour to Return to Cedar Rapids Area”

1. Deb Roberts says:

   January 13, 2011 at 12:23 pm

   Could you please send me a brochure, registration forms, sponsorhip opportunities for the 2001 golf event?

   Thank you.

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2. Kati Davis says:

   January 16, 2011 at 8:35 am

   Hi Deb – I’ve shared your request with the committee and will have them get in touch with you for more details.

   Thanks!

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