While Annika Sorenstam had a sponsor's excemption which allowed her to play in the May 2003 Colonial game, Suzy Whaley earned her spot the old fashioned way. She became the first woman to do so since 1945, when Babe Didrikson Zaharias qualified for a spot.

Suzy doesn't have grand ambitions to win the tournament. While other tour members make the game of golf their life-long focus, Suzy is more mindful of her kids getting to camp than to her practice tee time. That's the way she likes it. But she's proud to have earned her spot in this PGA stop. She is dedicating her time there to the March of Dimes.

Suzy is the head professional at Blue Fox Run in Avon, CT.

The Greater Hartford Open has been part of the tour for 52 years.

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