LPGA State Farm Classic Tournament
Sandra Palmer won the first tournament and Yani Tseng the last. Betsy King was the only 3-time winner; 2-time champs included JoAnne Carner, Beth Daniel, Pat Bradley and Nancy Lopez. In the 2000 tournament, Laurel Kean won after Monday qualifying, the first golfer in LPGA history to do that.
Two other LPGA firsts happened here, both by the same golfer. The first time any golfer carded a 28 over nine holes was by Mary Beth Zimmerman in the 1984 tournament; that record for lowest 9-hole score on the LPGA wasn't broken until 2005. Zimmerman also was the first golfer in LPGA history to record eight consecutive birdies, a record that wasn't broken until 1999.
First played: 1976
Last played: 2011
Also known as: In its first year it was the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Classic, then the Rail Charity Golf Classic. State Farm became title sponsor in 1993.
Winners of the LPGA State Farm Classic
2011 — Yani Tseng
2010 — Cristie Kerr
2009 — In-Kyung Kim
2008 — Ji Young Oh
2007 — Sherri Steinhauer
2006 — Annika Sorenstam
2005 — Pat Hurst
2004 — Cristie Kerr
2003 — Candie Kung
2002 — Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
2001 — Kate Golden
2000 — Laurel Kean
1999 — Mi Hyun Kim
1998 — Pearl Sinn
1997 — Cindy Figg-Currier
1996 — Michelle McGann
1995 — Mary Beth Zimmerman
1994 — Barb Mucha
1993 — Helen Dobson
1992 — Nancy Lopez
1991 — Pat Bradley
1990 — Beth Daniel
1989 — Beth Daniel
1988 — Betsy King
1987 — Rosie Jones
1986 — Betsy King
1985 — Betsy King
1984 — Cindy Hill
1983 — Lauri Peterson
1982 — JoAnne Carner
1981 — JoAnne Carner
1980 — Nancy Lopez
1979 — Jo Ann Washam
1978 — Pat Bradley
1977 — Hollis Stacy
1976 — Sandra Palmer
Golf Courses: Most of its life this event was played at The Rail Golf Course in Springfield, Ill., but for its last few stagings at Panther Creek Country Club.
