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2009 Florida's Natural Charity Classic
Reynolds Wins Season Opener In Three-Hole Playoff
WINTER HAVEN, Fla., March 22, 2009 – It took three extra holes, but Jean Reynolds captured the Duramed FUTURES Tour’s season opener today. The 5-foot-2 Georgia Peach outlasted Song Yi Choi to win the inaugural $100,000 Florida’s Natural Growers Charity Classic and earn her first professional title.
Reynolds carded rounds of 69-73-70 to win at 212 (-4), edging Choi after three return visits to the 18th tee for a playoff at Lake Region Yacht and Country Club. Choi carded rounds of 64-73-75 to finish second.
“I knew this day was coming, but it feels so awesome,” said Reynolds, 24, of Newnan, Ga. “It’s been a really bizarre week because I stayed so calm.”
But calm is what wins golf tournaments. And calm is what Reynolds remained even when Choi, last year’s sixth-ranked player -- also intent on earning her first professional title – pushed hard to wrestle the orange-filled crystal trophy out of Reynolds’ hands.
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Junior Clinic at Lake Region Yacht & Country Club
Local kids will learn to play golf during the Junior Clinic! An opportunity to build lasting friendships and experience competition in a fun, supportive environment led by Duramed FUTURES Tour professionals, while learning the game.
New To This Year's Event
 Sharpen your game at the LPGA Front Row Experience! This program offers fans the unique opportunity to get inside the ropes to test equipment and receive a free 10 minute lesson from an LPGA Teaching Professional right on the tournament driving range. Watch the Duramed FUTURES Tour players practice and then fine tune your own swing with tips from some of the best teaching professionals in the country.
Be sure to stop by the driving range and register to receive your free lesson!
The Course - Lake Region Yacht & Country Club
 The David Wallace designed 18-hole golf course features 6,469 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The undulating greens are fast and true and are an excellent test for all levels of play. In 2005 renovations were
made on the championship course, driving range, men’s and women’s locker rooms, and short game and putting green practice facilities.
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Lake Region Yacht & Country Club website.
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Our Charities
Florida's Natural Growers Foundation
The Duramed FUTURES Tour not only brings world class golf to local communities, but our tournament donations play a critical part in advancing our mission and providing meaningful programs to help raise the awareness of charitable needs.
For the second year, the 2010 Florida’s Natural Charity Classic, to be held March 16-21, at Lake Region Yacht and Country Club in Winter Haven, Fla., will benefit the Florida’s Natural Growers Foundation. The Foundation was established in 2009 to provide opportunities for local community involvement and to reinforce the commitment of Florida’s Natural to the Central Florida communities. Organizations receiving grants from the Foundation provide support for activities centered on youth, health and education. Last year’s Florida’s Natural Charity Classic raised over $50,000 for the Foundation.
“We are most pleased to be associated with the LPGA’s developmental tour, the Duramed FUTURES Tour, to use as a vehicle to raise funds for so many worthy organizations in Central Florida,” said Walt Lincer, president of the Foundation board and vice president of Sales and Marketing at Florida’s Natural Growers. “Working with the young professional athletes, who strive to reach their goals, fits in with our mission to provide role models for the youth in our community.”
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