2nd Annual Judson Collegiate Pro-Am and Legends Challenge

DETROIT (7/11/2013) -- The reigning Horizon League Player of the Year Lindsey Lammers will have a full weekend ahead of her as the University of Detroit Mercy women's golf senior is on her way to Georgia to participate in the 2nd Annual Judson Collegiate Pro-Am and Legends Challenge.

"This is such a great opportunity and I am so thankful that I was invited to play," said Lammers. "I was actually invited to last year's event, but an injury kept me out and I am glad that I was able to get the call this year. It is really a once in a lifetime opportunity and it came around again."

The event is headed up by five-time Legends Tour champion Rosie Jones. Jones, a winner of 13 LPGA Tour events and the 2011 Solheim Cup Captain of Team USA, teamed up with the Judson Collegiate Invitational Foundation last year to kick off a new tradition in women's golf - combining some of the nation' s best college players with history's best professional players.

"This tournament is a special format that pairs many of the greatest players to have played professional golf on the LPGA with young collegiate women who aspire to succeed not only in golf, but in business and life as well," said Jones. "Our mission at the JCI is to provide an experience of both leadership and competitive golf at its best."

All the action will take place at the Country Club of Roswell in Roswell, Ga., and will feature 30 Legends Tour players playing alongside up to 60 female collegiate golfers. The Legends will tee it up in a pro-am on Friday, July 12, and in an 18-hole professional competition on Saturday, July 13. College players will also appear in the pro-am and in the professional pairings on Saturday, then follow it up with two additional days of college-only stroke play competition on Sunday and Monday.

"I am just going to go down there and give it my best and see what happens," added Lammers.

Lammers became the first Titan to be named the Horizon League Player of the Year in 2013 as she led the HL with a school-record 76.2 average. She placed in the top five in eight of nine events on the season, with a pair of wins, and now has five medalist honors in her career, second all-time at UDM.

She is a two-time All-Horizon League performer who has been All-Tournament the last two seasons, including winning the conference tournament in 2012 despite not playing a single round in the spring and had just three practices heading into the league showdown. She will enter her senior year at Detroit with a school record 78.3 average.

The opening day on Friday will pit a collegiate player and a Legends Tour Player competing as a team along with amateur partners in a scramble format competition. Lammers will find out her partners when she arrives.

On Saturday in the Legends Pro-College Stroke & Best Ball Challenge, Lammers will be teamed with BYU's Gabby Gregory and Women's Golf Hall of Famer Amy Alcott. A member of the LPGA Tour since 1975 and inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1999, Alcott won five major championships and 29 LPGA Tour events in her career and is currently part of the architectural team designing the golf course for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Four other Hall of Famers will be part of the action in Pat Bradley, Donna Caponi, Betsy King and Nancy Lopez. Five-time Legends champion Nancy Scranton and 16-time LPGA Tour winner Jan Stephenson will also be on hand.

While the weekend will be full of competition and excitement, it will also be for a great cause with proceeds benefitting the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

EVENT FORMAT
The Judson Collegiate & Legends Pro-Am Challenge will feature 60 of the top collegiate players in the country alongside 30 top LPGA Legends Tour players in a 1-day Pro-Am event and 3-day competition.

DAY ONE-Friday: Features a collegiate player and a Legends Tour Player competing as a team along with amateur partners in a scramble format competition.

DAY TWO-Saturday: Features 2 collegiate players and a Legends Tour Players paired up on the course. This is the one-day Legends Tournament and the first day of the 3-day collegiate competition.

DAY THREE & FOUR-Sunday & Monday: Features collegiate players competing in the final two days of their individual stroke play competition.