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| Duramed FUTURES Tour Awards |
| 2007 Player of the Year |
 Emily Bastel, of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, finished first on the 2007 Duramed FUTURES Tour Money List with earnings of $59,779 and was the Tour's 2007 Player of the Year. In 19 starts, Bastel carded nine top-10 finishes, including wins at the Jalapeno Duramed FUTURES Classic in McAllen, Texas, and at the Michelob ULTRA Duramed FUTURES Players Championship in Decatur, Ill., where she won in a two-hole playoff. She returned to the LPGA Tour with exempt status this year and was an exempt member of the LPGA in 2005-2006. Bastel was a collegiate All-American at Michigan State University and a former U.S. Curtis Cup Team member. |
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| Player of the Year |
Year Player
2007 Emily Bastel
2006 Song-Hee Kim
2005 Seon-Hwa Lee
2004 Jimin Kang
2003 Stacy Prammanasudh
2002 Lorena Ochoa
2001 Beth Bauer
2000 Heather Zakhar
1999 Grace Park
1998 Michelle Bell
1997 Marilyn Lovander
1996 Vickie Moran
1995 Patty Ehrhart
1994 Marilyn Lovander
1993 Nanci Bowen
1992 Jodi Figley
1991 Kim Williams
1990 Denise Baldwin
1989 Jennifer MacCurrach
1988 Jenny Lidback
1987 Laurel Kean
1986 Tammie Green
1985 Tammie Green
1984 Penny Hammel |
Earnings
$ 59,779
$ 76,287
$ 59,567
$ 51,268
$ 57,760
$ 53,702
$ 81,529
$ 34,804
$ 50,592
$ 49,526
$ 27,947
$ 25,429
$ 22,506
$ 19,103
$ 20,443
$ 18,625
$ 21,783
$ 24,383
$ 30,229
$ 30,581
$ 52,829
$ 24,548
$ 15,918
$ 9,090 |
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| 2007 Gaelle Truet Rookie of the Year |
 Violeta Retamoza, of Aguascalientes, Mexico, earned the fourth fully exempt LPGA Tour card for 2008 with season earnings of $49,895 and was the Tour’s 2007 Rookie of the Year. In 17 tournaments, Retamoza posted six top-10 finishes and earned her first professional win at the Alliance Bank Golf Classic in Syracuse, N.Y. She also finished second in three other events and carded a season-low score of 66. Retamoza earned LPGA status for the first time after only one season on the Duramed FUTURES Tour. |
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| Rookie of the Year |
Year Player
2007 Violeta Retamoza
2006 Song-Hee Kim
2005 Sun Young Yoo
2004 Aram Cho
2003 Soo Young Moon
2002 Lorena Ochoa
2001 Beth Bauer
2000 Jamie Hullett
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Earnings
$ 49,895
$ 76,287
$ 42,007
$ 38,153
$ 49,234
$ 53,702
$ 81,529
$ 21,156
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The Gaëlle Truet Rookie of the Year is awarded to the player competing in her first professional season who finishes highest on the Duramed FUTURES Tour Money List. Gaëlle Truet was a three-year member of the Tour who was killed in an automobile accident during the 2006 tournament season. The Tour's top rookie award is named in her memory. Note: Award began during the 2000 season. The Gaëlle Truet name designation began following the 2006 season. |
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The Trainor Award |
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2007 Recipient - Cynthia D. Rihm
 The Duramed FUTURES Tour established the Trainor Award in 1999, in honor of the Tour’s founder and former president, Eloise Trainor, who retired on June 23, 1999. In the spirit of Trainor, who operated the FUTURES Golf Tour for 20 years, the annual award is presented to an individual or group that has made a significant contribution to women’s golf.
Receiving the 2007 Trainor Award is Cynthia D. Rihm, a native of St. Paul, Minn., who now lives in Lakeland, Fla. Rihm spent 17 years working with the Tour, most recently as the vice president of corporate operations. She worked as a tournament official and oversaw tournament operations before directing the daily operations of Tour headquarters. Prior to coming to the Tour, she worked as the director of development and fundraising for women’s athletics at the University of Minnesota.
Previous Award Recipients
2006 - Sherrin Smyers
2005 - Karrie Webb
2004 - Decatur, Ill. Tournament Committees (1985 - 2004)
2003 - Wilma Gilliland
2002 - Bob Hirschman and Connie Shorb
2001 - Diane Lewis
2000 - Betty Puskar
1999 - Lew Williams
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| The Heather Wilbur Spirit Award |
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2007 Recipient - Jenny Hansen
 The former FUTURES Golf Tour established a player award in October 2003 in honor of four-year FUTURES Tour member Heather Wilbur of Moncton, New Brunswick. The Canadian professional lost an 11-month battle to Acute Myelogenic Leukemia (AML) at the age of 27. She joined the FUTURES Tour in 2000.
The Heather Wilbur Spirit Award is presented to a Duramed FUTURES Tour player who best exemplifies dedication, courage, perseverance, love of the game and spirit toward achieving goals as a professional golfer. Wilbur was named as the first recipient of the award in October 2003, prior to her death.
Duramed FUTURES Tour players nominate the recipient of the annual award. In 2007, Jenny Hansen of Cairo, Neb., became the fifth recipient of the Heather Wilbur Spirit Award. Hansen, who joined the Tour in 2007, lost her husband in 2006 while he was serving a tour of duty as a soldier in Iraq. A former college player, Hansen had discussed with her husband the possibility of trying to play professional golf. She joined the Tour after receiving a late-arriving letter in the mail from her husband following his death encouraging her to “go for her dreams.”
Previous Award Recipient
2006 - Katie Connelly
2005 - Salimah Mussani
2004 - Lindsey Wright
2003 - Heather Wilbur
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