Sorenstam moves another ADT Championship spot to points list

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam moved an ADT Championship qualifying spot to the ADT Points List after claiming her third title of the season at the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill. The Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill is a Winner Event, giving the champion an automatic spot in the ADT Championship; however, the champion, Sorenstam, had already qualified for the season ending ADT Championship when she was victorious at the Stanford International Pro-Am two weeks ago.

Paula Creamer sits on top of the first-half ADT Points list with 855,334 points. Jeong Jang jumped into second place with 486,955 points, while rookie Yani Tseng fell to third place with 472,517. Ten players will qualify for the ADT Championship through the first half of the ADT Point List which will culminate after the second major of the LPGA season - the McDonald’s LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola.

The following is an up-to-date First Half ADT Points list:

Rank Player Name Points

1 Paula Creamer 855,334

2 Jeong Jang 486,955

3 Yani Tseng 472,517

4 Suzann Pettersen 417,527

5 Angela Stanford 334,491

6 Karen Stupples 327,836

7 Jee Young Lee 302,495

8 Christina Kim 277,352

9 Song-Hee Kim 267,401

10 Laura Diaz 264,607

Sorenstam and Rolex Rankings’ number one Lorena Ochoa are the only two players this season to secure their spots in the season-ending ADT Championship. Ochoa secured a spot by winning the HSBC Women’s Champions earlier in March. Ochoa, who is the reigning ADT Champion, also won the Kraft Nabisco Championship and the Ginn OPEN, the second and third Winner Events of the LPGA season. With her victories at the Kraft and Ginn, Ochoa moved two qualifying spots to the ADT Points list.

The LPGA Playoffs 2008, a yearlong competitive structure that splits the official LPGA season into two halves, culminates at the ADT Championship, Nov. 20-23, at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. Fifteen players from each half qualify for the ADT Championship, and two additional wildcards will be determined following the Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex and Corona.

Out of the 32 spots in the ADT Championship, 13 will be awarded to winners of Winner Events, which are defined as official LPGA Tour events with a purse of at least $2 million. The remaining spots in each half will be awarded using a performance-based points system–ADT Points – to determine ADT Championship qualifiers who are not otherwise qualified.

The next Winner Event is next week’s Sybase Classic Presented by ShopRite held at the Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, N.J.

The 2008 ADT Championship features a $1,550,000 purse with the winner taking home a $1 million paycheck, the largest first-place prize in the history of women’s golf. The ADT Championship will also feature three days of playoffs with a cut after 36 holes. Players start with a fresh scorecard for the third round, which ends with another cut to the top eight players. A live draw will take place with the final eight players immediately following the third round, where players will draft their own tee time based on their third-round finish. A final-day shoot-out with the remaining players will have them, again, starting with a fresh scorecard for their chance at the $1 million winner’s check.

Tickets and packages to the ADT Championship are available online at www.adtchampionship.com or by calling 888-LPGA-TIX (574-2849). All children 15 years old and under will receive free grounds admission when accompanied by a ticketed adult.

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