LPGA Founders Cup officials announced the beginning of a ticket design contest for Valley schoolchildren for the 2015 LPGA Founders Cup, which will be played March 17-22 at Wildfire Golf Club at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa.

The contest is open to all students who attend school in Maricopa County, as well as participants of USGA-LPGA Girls Golf. Each student can submit one drawing and are encouraged to highlight and feature the theme of the 2015 LPGA Founders Cup, “Strong Foundation, Bright Future”. 

The judging criteria will be based on originality, creative ability, connection to the tournament theme “Strong Foundation, Bright Future” and to the LPGA, with two winners being named, one from a Maricopa County School student and one from USGA-LPGA Girls Golf. 

The winners will have their artwork showcased on the LPGA Founders Cup hospitality tickets and the general admission tickets, plus, the Founders Cup will donate $1,000 donation to their school.  Additionally, the winners will receive two Founders Club tickets for Saturday and Sunday and free general admission tickets for every student in their school.

Submissions should include the entrant’s name, name and signature of parent or guardian, mailing address, day and evening phone numbers, email address, date of birth, school of attendance, and Girls Golf site name (if applicable). 

Entries will be accepted through January 15 and can be submitted by mail or email. Mailed entries need to include the drawing (on 8½” x 11” paper) and completed entry form and can be mailed to LPGA Foundation, Attention 2015 LPGA Founders Cup Ticket Design, 100 International Golf Drive, Daytona Beach, FL, 32124. 

Entries submitted by email need to be scanned and submitted to info@girlsgolf.org. Scanned entries should be a full-color, high-res JPEG image and the dimensions should be several thousand pixels in each dimension (scanned at an actual size at 300 ppi).

All contest information can be found on the tournament website at www.LPGAFoundersCup.com. 

Entering its fifth consecutive year, the LPGA Founders Cup will be played March 17-22, 2015, at Wildfire Golf Club at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa. This full-field, four-day event will be televised live on The Golf Channel all four days and features a $1.5 million purse, with $225,000 going to the champion. Karrie Webb is a two-time Founders Cup champion, winning last year’s tournament as well as the inaugural RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup tournament in 2011. Stacy Lewis took over the World No. 1 title after winning the 2013 RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup, while two-time Rolex Player of the Year winner Yani Tseng captured the title in 2012. 

The tournament was established to honor the 13 original Founders of the LPGA Tour, as well as to help provide a future for the LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Program, which has received more than $2 million from tournament proceeds in the last four years. For more information about the LPGA Founders Cup or to purchase tickets, go to www.LPGAFoundersCup.com.