Sweden’s Carin Koch Makes Legends 

Tour Debut In Arizona

NEWS RELEASE

BOSTON, Feb. 22, 2016 – LPGA Tour veteran Carin Koch of Sweden has committed to make her Legends Tour debut at the 5^th annual Walgreens Charity Classic. The 36-hole event will return to Grandview Golf Course in Sun City West, Arizona.

The tour’s season-opening event is set for March 4-6, with a field of 50 Legends of the LPGA (age 45 and over) who will compete for a purse of $250,000. The event will also include a Legends Honours Division (age 63 and over) competing for a separate purse.

Koch, who won twice on the LPGA Tour and once on the Ladies European Tour, will join Swedish compatriot Liselotte Neumann in Arizona for her first tournament on The Legends Tour.

“I am very excited to play in my first Legends Tour event,” said Koch, who lived in Phoenix for nearly 15 years during her LPGA Tour career. “I’m really looking forward to seeing great friends and competing with some great legends of the LPGA.”

Koch made her mark as a formidable member of the European Solheim Cup team, where she posted an individual record of 10-3-3 on European teams in 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2005. She also served as captain of the 2015 European Solheim Cup team in Germany, where her squad was edged out by Juli Inkster’s Team USA in the closest finish in Solheim Cup history.

The Swede was the 1988 Swedish Girl Champion and played in the Junior and Senior European Amateur Team Championships as a member of the 1985-1991 Swedish National Amateur Team. She was also 1990 European Team Junior Champion.

As a collegian, Koch enrolled at the University of Tulsa, where she was a second-team All-American in 1990, and an Academic All-American in 1991. She turned professional in 1992.

A local qualifying tournament will be held on Thursday, March 3, prior to the competitive rounds. Two qualifying players will earn starting spots in the tournament field.

The tournament pro-am will be held on Friday, March 4, with competitive rounds set for Saturday and Sunday, March 5-6.

Advance daily tickets are currently on sale for $10 per adult at participating Arizona Walgreens stores. Daily tickets will be $15 per adult at the gate for tournament rounds. Kids 13 and under and all active military personnel with ID get in free

Defending champion Kris Tschetter of Virginia will compete in this year’s Walgreens Charity Classic, as well as LPGA and World Golf Hall of Fame members Amy Alcott, Pat Bradley, Donna Caponi, JoAnne Carner, Sandra Haynie, Juli Inkster, Betsy King, Nancy Lopez, Patty Sheehan and Hollis Stacy.

Local charities benefiting from all tournament proceeds will be the American Diabetes Association and Aunt Rita’s Foundation.

Here is the tournament field for the Walgreens Charity Classic:

Alcott, Amy                          King, Betsy

Andrews, Donna                Koch, Carin

Atsedes, Lori                       Lidback, Jenny

Bartholomew, Jean            Lopez, Nancy

Berning, Susie*                   Lovander, Marilyn

Blalock, Jane*                     McGann, Michelle

Bradley, Pat                         Moxness, Barb

Caponi, Donna*                  Mucha, Barb

Carner, JoAnne                   Nause, Martha

Crafter, Jane                        Neumann, Liselotte

Dibos, Alicia                         Palli, Anne Marie

Dickinson, Judy*                 Palmer, Sandra*

Doolan, Wendy                    Rarick, Cindy

Figg-Currier, Cindy             Redman, Michele

Finney, Allison                     Rinker, Laurie

Geddes, Jane                      Rizzo, Patti

Grimes, Lisa                         Scranton, Nancy

Hamlin, Shelley*                 Sheehan, Patty

Haynie, Sandra*                 Skinner, Val

Hurst, Pat                              Stacy, Hollis

Inkster, Juli                           Stephenson, Jan*

Jeray, Nicole                        Tschetter, Kris

Johnson, Christa                 Turner, Sherri

Jones, Rosie                        West, Lori

Kane, Lorie                           Young Robyn, Kathryn