Creamer Plans to Return for ShopRite LPGA Classic

Paula Creamer, one of the top players in the LPGA, has been sidelined all season by a thumb injury. However, it was announced today, May 17, that Creamer is scheduled to return to the LPGA Tour when she plays at the ShopRite LPGA Classic June 14-20 at the Seaview Country Club in Galloway Township.

She will be joined by 99 of the top 100 golfers on the LPGA money list, and the one that isn’t participating is Lorena Ochoa, who just retired from the tour. That all the top golfers are scheduled to play pretty much confirms that the LPGA members have missed the ShopRite Classic, which returns to the tour after a three-year absence. It also helps that the ShopRite Classic is the last tournament before the LPGA Championship June 24-27.

Creamer has fond memories of ShopRite and Seaview. While still in high school at age 17, she participated as an amateur in 2004 and nearly won, coming in second, one stroke behind winner Cristie Kerr. The LPGA rookie of the year in 2005, Creamer has won seven tour events and is currently ranked 13th in the world.

Source: Atlantic City Weekly