The Aurora Health Care Championship was an annual United States golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event was a part of the FUTURES Tour's schedule from 1995 to 2003, when it was played in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area and again from 2006 to 2008, when it has been played at the Geneva National Golf Club in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
The last title sponsor was Aurora Health Care, a Wisconsin-based health-care provider.
The Tournament was a 54-hole event, as are most FUTURES Tour tournaments, and included pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities. Benefiting charities from the Aurora Health Care Championship were The Geneva National Foundation and Aurora Health Care.
Tournament names through the years:
- 1995-1999: Aurora Health Care FUTURES Classic
- 2000: Aurora Health Care FUTURES Charity Golf Classic
- 2001: Aurora Health Care SBC FUTURES Charity Golf Classic
- 2002-2003: Aurora Health Care FUTURES Charity Golf Classic
- 2006-2008: Aurora Health Care Championship
Read more about Aurora Health Care Championship: Winners
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