Impressive Field Will Highlight Safeway Open
Winner Gets Automatic Spot in Safeway Classic

An impressive field of professional and amateur players is entered in the Safeway Open, to be held on Tuesday, July 5, at Langdon Farms Golf Club in Aurora, OR. The winner of the 18-hole event will earn a guaranteed spot in the Safeway Classic LPGA tournament to be held in Portland, OR August 15-21. The two low amateurs earn spots in the Aug. 15 Monday qualifier at which two more spots will be decided.

Entrants to date include California’s Jane Park, the 2004 U.S. Women’s Amateur Champion, In-Bee Park from Las Vegas, NV and the #3 ranked junior in the U.S. Professionals include Portland native Allison Hanna, an LPGA player on the Futures Tour with a conditional LPGA card, Megan Heckeroth, a former Tillamook High and University of Oregon player and Michelle Murphy, a former LPGA tour player, eight-time US Open entrant, and currently women’s golf coach at the University of Portland.

Additionally, both the Oregon and Washington state high school champions are entered.  Rebecca Kim of McNary and Christine Cho of Kentridge will be on hand. College players entered include Paige MacKenzie from the University of Washington, who tied for 13th
at the US Women’s Open.

Players are coming from Hawaii, Florida, California and Nevada, as well as from Oregon and Washington. According to Tom Maletis, President of Tournament Golf Foundation,
the LPGA tournament organizers, “We have a field of 30 great professional and amateur golfers who will tee it up next Tuesday for a chance to play in the Safeway Classic.
We are thrilled with the number of entrants and the quality of the field.”

Safeway Open Field

Langdon Farms Golf Club
Tuesday July 5
Starting times begin at 7:30 AM

Ashley Anast
Jeanie Bagnell
Christine Cho
Erin Dixon
Abby Fowler
Allison Hanna
Megan Heckeroth
Heather Holte
Amanda Jacobs
Ayaka Keneko
Nicole Keller
Rebecca Kim
Kendra Little
Paige MacKenzie
Kareen Markle
Miho Murata
Michelle Murphy
Jacqueline Olson
Jane Park
In-Bee Park
Blair Ressler
Kim Shin
Kristen Svicarovich
Sarah Tiller
Kim Welch
Julie Wells
Rachel Whittington
Kelsey Wilson

For more information on Tournament Golf Foundation and the Safeway Classic, visit www.safewaygolf.com.

Safeway Classic 2005 Safeway Open Player Application (PDF)
(Adobe Acrobat Reader Required - get it here)