Pettersen, Pressel Round Out CVS Classic Field

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Pettersen, Pressel Round Out CVS Classic Field

Suzann Pettersen
CVS Health Charity Classic co-hosts Brad Faxon and Billy Andrade have announced tha additions of LPGA Tour stars Suzann Pettersen and Morgan Pressel. The two additions complete the 20 player field that will tee it up at Rhode Island Country Club from June 28th-30th in the 2015 CVS Health Charity Classic.

Pettersen has 15 LPGA Tour wins, her latest coming at the 2015 Manulife LPGA Classic,  and 103 top ten finishes in her career. This will be Pettersen's fifth appearence at the CVS Charity Classic and she currently sits in fifth in the Rolex Rankings.

Morgan Pressel is the first women to win the CVS Charity Classic when she teamed up with Champions Tour pro Jay Haas in 2012. Pressel is a two time LPGA Tour winner and has participated in the Solheim Cup on four seperate occasions. This is Pressel's seventh appearence at the CVS Health Charity Classic.

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Morgan Pressel
Both Pettersen and Pressel will be looking for a major championship this weekend, June 11th-14th, when they take part in the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Westchester Country Club in New York.

The additions of Pressel and Pettersen come less than a week after Faxon and Andrade announced the additions of U.S. Open Champion Webb Simpson, Erik Compton, Harris English and Russell Henley. 

The CVS Health Charity Classic is in it's 16th season and has donated over $18 million to local charities since it's inception in 1999.


2015 CVS Charity Classic Field

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