The 2015 Danielle Downey Classic golf tournament, a new stop on the Symetra Tour that effectively “replaces” the Wegmans LPGA Championship for Rochester golf fans, now has a home on the web.
Back in September, I suggested combining the Symetra competition in July with a Legends Tour competition. Following that post, it was announced that a similar event will be held in Florida this April. It will feature Legends players competing in a 36-hole “tournament-within-a-tournament” alongside Symetra Tour players.
It would be great for Rochester golf to have the LPGA’s “legends” return to Rochester in a competitive event. Rochester has a long history of major golf championships including multiple U.S. Opens, the Ryder Cup, PGA Championship, the 38-year run of LPGA tournaments and the LPGA Championship at Locust Hill C.C. and Monroe G.C., the U.S. Senior Open in 1984 and the U.S. Women’s Open in 1973 (in which several still-competing Legends players participated).
Bringing LPGA Legends Back to Rochester, NY 