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The Samsung World Championship was an annual golf tournament played between 1980 and 2009, for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. It was a limited field event, open by invitation only. The tournament was founded in 1980 by Mark McCormack, founder of the sports management firm IMG, originally with the world's top-12 LPGA players. The field was increased to 16 players in 1996 and to 20 in 1999. Electronics manufacturer Samsung became the title sponsor in 1995. Tournament names through the years: *1980: World Series of Women's Golf *1981: World Championship of Women's Golf *1982-1984: Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf *1985: Nestle World Championship of Women's Golf *1986-1989: Nestle World Championship *1990: Trophee Urban-World Championship *1991: Daikyo World Championship *1992: no tournament *1993-1994: World Championship of Women's Golf *1995-1999: Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf *2000-2009: Samsung World Championship ==2009 participants== The 2009 championship included 20 players: the previous year's defending champion; the 2008 Vare Trophy winner; the 2008 LPGA Money Winner; the winners of the four 2009 women's major golf championships: the Kraft Nabisco Championship, McDonald's LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open, and Women's British Open; the leading player from the Ladies European Tour in 2009; one sponsor's exemption selected by the championship selection committee; the leading "active" LPGA Hall of Fame member on the LPGA Official Money List in 2009; and the top money winners on the LPGA Tour from the 2009 season. The 2009 participants listed in order of qualification or invitation:〔 〕 #Paula Creamer - Defending Champion #Lorena Ochoa - 2008 Vare Trophy Winner, 2008 LPGA Money Leader #Brittany Lincicome - Winner of 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship #Anna Nordqvist - Winner of 2009 LPGA Championship #Eun-Hee Ji - Winner of 2009 U.S. Women's Open #Catriona Matthew - Winner of 2009 Ricoh Women's British Open #Juli Inkster - Sponsor's Exemption #Cristie Kerr - LPGA Money Leader #Sophie Gustafson - LET Order of Merit Leader #Karrie Webb - Leading Active LPGA Hall of Fame Member #Jiyai Shin - Qualified from LPGA Money List #Ai Miyazato - Qualified from LPGA Money List #In-Kyung Kim - Qualified from LPGA Money List #Yani Tseng - Qualified from LPGA Money List #Suzann Pettersen - Qualified from LPGA Money List #Angela Stanford - Qualified from LPGA Money List #Kristy McPherson - Qualified from LPGA Money List #Na Yeon Choi - Qualified from LPGA Money List #Lindsey Wright - Qualified from LPGA Money List #Song-Hee Kim - Qualified from LPGA Money List 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samsung World Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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