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{{Short description|Annual tournament for women golfers}}
The '''ING New England Golf Classic''' was an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the [[Futures Tour]], the [[LPGA Tour]]'s developmental tour. The event was played from 1999 to 2011 in the [[Hartford, Connecticut]] area.

Prior to 2009, the tournament had various title sponsors, most recently [[CIGNA]], a health service company based in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. The 2009 season opened with the tournament lacking a title sponsor. In mid-June 2009 it was announced that [[ING Group|ING]], a global financial institution, would become the new title sponsor.<ref>http://www.duramedfuturestour.com/NewsRoom.asp?page=News/CTRelease-06-11-09.html{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The tournament was a 54-hole event, as are most Futures Tour tournaments, and includes pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities. The benefiting charity from the New England Golf Classic was [[Chip in for a Cure]], a Connecticut-based breast cancer charity.

Tournament names through the years: 
*1999: '''SNET Women's Classic'''
*2000: '''Connecticut Futures Golf Classic'''
*2001–2003: '''Lincoln Financial Futures Golf Classic'''
*2004: '''GMAC Futures Golf Classic'''
*2005–2008: '''CIGNA Golf Classic'''
*2009–2011: '''ING New England Golf Classic'''

==Winners==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year || Champion || Country || Score || Tournament<br>location || Purse ($) || Winner's<br>share ($)
|-
|1999 || [[Riko Higashio]] || {{JPN}} || 206 (−7) || Blue Fox Run Golf Course || align=center|50,000 || align=center|6,600
|-
|2000^* || [[Christel Tomori]] || {{USA}} || 140 (−2) || Blue Fox Run Golf Course || align=center|50,000 || align=center|7,000
|-
|2001* || [[Kathryn Cusick]] || {{USA}} || 212 (−1) || Blue Fox Run Golf Course || align=center|60,000 || align=center|8,400
|-
|2002 || [[Linda Ishii]] || {{JPN}} || 208 (−5) || Blue Fox Run Golf Course || align=center|60,000 || align=center|8,400
|-
|2003 || [[Stacy Prammanasudh]] || {{USA}} || 203 (−10) || Blue Fox Run Golf Course || align=center|60,000 || align=center|8,400
|-
|2004 || [[Nicole Perrot]] || {{CHL}} || 209 (−4) || [[Blue Fox Run Golf Course]] || align=center|70,000 || align=center|9,800
|-
|2005^ || [[Virada Nirapathpongporn]] || {{THA}} || 142 (−2) || Gillette Ridge Golf Club || align=center|70,000 || align=center|9,800
|-
|[[2006 Duramed Futures Tour|2006]] || [[Song-Hee Kim]] || {{KOR}} || 216 (E) || Gillette Ridge Golf Club || align=center|70,000 || align=center|9,800
|-
|[[2007 Duramed Futures Tour|2007]]* || [[Taylor Leon]] || {{USA}} || 215 (−1) || Gillette Ridge Golf Club || align=center|80,000 || align=center|11,200
|-
|[[2008 Duramed Futures Tour|2008]] || [[Vicky Hurst]] || {{USA}} || 209 (−7) || [[Gillette Ridge Golf Club]] || align=center|80,000 || align=center|11,200
|-
|[[2009 Duramed Futures Tour|2009]] || [[Dewi Claire Schreefel]] || {{NED}} || 202 (−8) || Wintonbury Hills Golf Course || align=center|100,000 || align=center|14,000
|-
|[[2010 Duramed Futures Tour|2010]] || [[Tiffany Joh]] || {{USA}} || 200 (−10) || Wintonbury Hills Golf Course || align=center|100,000 || align=center|14,000
|-
|[[2011 LPGA Futures Tour|2011]] || [[Brittany Johnston]] || {{USA}} || 199 (−11) || [[Wintonbury Hills Golf Course]] || align=center|100,000 || align=center|14,000
|}
^ Tournament shortened to 36 holes because of rain.<br>
<nowiki/>* Championship won in sudden-death playoff.

==Tournament records==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year || Player || Score || Round || Course
|-
|2002 || [[Nicole Materne]] || 65 (−6) || align=center|1st || Blue Fox Run Golf Course
|-
|2002 || [[Michele Vinieratos]] || 65 (−6) || align=center|2nd || Blue Fox Run Golf Course
|-
|2007 || [[Mollie Fankhauswer]] || 67 (−5) || align=center|1st || Gillette Ridge Golf Club
|-
|2009 || [[Song Yi Choi]] || 64 (−6) || align=center|1st || Wintonbury Hills Golf Course
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.epsontour.com/ Futures Tour official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929161100/http://www.bluefoxent.com/bluefoxrun/ Blue Fox Run Golf Course official website]
*[http://www.gilletteridgegolf.com/ Gillette Ridge Golf Club official website]
*[http://www.wintonburyhills.com/ Wintonbury Hills Golf Course official website]

[[Category:Former Epson Tour events]]
[[Category:Golf tournaments in Connecticut]]
[[Category:Sports in Hartford County, Connecticut]]
[[Category:Sports competitions in Hartford, Connecticut]]
[[Category:Women's sports in Connecticut]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1999]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2011]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in Connecticut]]
[[Category:2011 disestablishments in Connecticut]]