Chico’s Patty Berg Memorial will showcase rising stars and LPGA greats together on the same course, in the same event

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., November 11, 2014 – The Epson Tour, the Road to the LPGA, is excited to announce the formation of the re-launched Chico’s Patty Berg Memorial, which will now feature Epson Tour players and Legends Tour players competing for separate $150,000 tournament purses while playing together on the same golf course.

The event will once again take place at Cypress Lake Country Club in Fort Myers, Florida the week of April 13-19, 2015. Cypress Lake Country Club was the home club of Fort Myers native and LPGA legend Patty Berg, who captured 60 LPGA Tour titles including 15 majors during her Hall of Fame career. The club prominently displays trophies and golf paraphernalia dedicated to her life.

“We are excited to host the Chico's Patty Berg Memorial for the second year!” states Liz Hodges, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Creative, Chico’s. “2015 will be bigger and better. Patty Berg was a mentor to young players, both on and off the course. This golf tournament embodies what she always stood for - women helping women. We're proud to continue her legacy by partnering with the Epson Tour and Legends Tour.”

“This is a unique opportunity to align the future stars of the LPGA Tour with living legends who produced countless LPGA Tour victories and memories,” said Mike Nichols, Chief Business Officer of the Epson Tour.

“This event will serve as an opportunity for our players to continue the development process by golfing alongside the best to ever play the game and for fans to experience an exciting new tournament format with two Tours competing at one venue.”

“The Legends Tour showcases the greatest names in women’s golf,” said Jane Blalock, CEO of the Legends Tour. “We are thrilled to be partnering with the Epson Tour to align the historical best with the future’s brightest for the Chico’s Patty Berg Memorial. It will be a treat for golf fans everywhere to see our LPGA legends mentoring new talent on the fairways – not only by example, but also now with direct interaction in a competitive setting. This approach is currently unparalleled and we are pleased to introduce this unique and powerful combined format in women’s professional golf.”

The Epson Tour portion of the event will be a 72-hole stroke-play format with 144 players starting on Thursday, April 16 while the Legends Tour event will be a 36-hole stroke-play format with 30 players beginning on Saturday, April 18. Each Tour’s event will be scored independently.

The Epson Tour field will be cut to the top 70 and ties after second-round play on Friday. At that point, the top 50 players will compete over the weekend paired with Legends Tour players in threesomes, with two Epson Tour players and one Legends player in each group on Saturday and Sunday. Epson Tour players that make the cut, but do not make the top 50 will still be compensated based on a normal 70 plus ties payout based on their position following play on Friday.

Last year at the Epson Tour’s inaugural Chico’s Patty Berg Memorial, Min Seo Kwak bested the field by three strokes to hoist the trophy and don the Chico’s jacket on the 18th green. Kwak went on to finish second on the Volvik Race for the Card money list to earn LPGA Tour membership for 2015.

For more information about the Chico’s Patty Berg Memorial, visit chicospattybergmemorial.com.

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