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ADT Championship

Trump International Golf Club
Hosting the ADT Championship since 2001, the spectacular Trump International Golf Club, designed by Jim Fazio with guidance from owner Donald Trump, has quickly become one of the world’s most respected golf layouts. Rising majestically above the Florida landscape, the par 72 course is a 7,300-yard masterpiece with greens guarded by bunkers and lakes. Trump International has recently been featured on Golf Digest’s “Top 100 Golf Clubs in the United States”.

Complete attention has been spent on fine details including the 40,000 square ft. clubhouse. Sitting high above the course, the clubhouse overlooks the famous 17th hole with its serene 35-foot waterfall and luscious landscaping. Together, the course and the clubhouse provide a spectacular setting for the ADT Championship.

The Buzz
“The pecking order of tournaments on the PGA Tour goes like this: major championships, top-tier events (like last week's Players Championship) and second-tier competitions (hello, PODS Championship). A similar division exists on the LPGA tour, and last week the ladies played one of their marquee non-majors, the Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill, in Williamsburg, Va... Like the girls who play them, these tournaments rock, so we've ranked the LPGA's top non-majors on a tour-wide scale that employs, well, rocks.”
—Tom Patri, Sports Illustrated

Event Rocks
ADT Championship	5
Ginn Open	4 1/2
Michelob Ultra Open	4 1/2
HSBC Match Play Championship	4
Evian Masters	4

RATINGS KEY
(5) Almost a major; (4) Gets Michelle Wie out of class; (3) Bigger than a Nationwide event; (2) Nothing for Morgan Pressel to cry over; (1) Not even on Golf Channel

Overview
For the third straight year, the LPGA regular season will culminate at the ADT Championship. Only automatic qualifiers and ADT Points Standing leaders will be invited to compete… representing the top 32 women players in the world each year. The winner of the ADT Championship will again earn $1 million, the largest first-place prize in the history of women’s golf.

THE FORMAT
The ADT Championship features the most exciting and unique competition format in all of professional golf:

The field of 32 players will be cut to 16 after Thursday/Friday rounds – playoff for ties
16 players will begin Saturday’s round from scratch with the top 8 qualifying for Sunday – playoff for ties
8 players will begin Sunday’s round from scratch with the winner receiving $1 Million – playoff for ties

THE FINAL 8
Going into the final round of the 2007 ADT Championship, the final 8 qualifying players participated in the first ever “Saturday Night Draw”, which witnessed each player selecting their playing position, and consequently their Sunday playing partner, an unprecedented and exciting addition to the already compelling format.