Maria Fassi swings during the 2019 KPMG PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. She extolled the Pinehaven course while on the Epson Tour in 2022 (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Lilia Vu looks over a putt during the first round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club on June 20. Vu has said her win at Pinehaven was a turning point in her professional career. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Fans and volunteers supporting women’s sports will get a glimpse at top tier golf competition Friday through Sunday at the Twin Bridges Championship at Pinehaven. The Epson Tour stop is one of the year’s premier Capital Region sporting events.

With two Capital Region golfers playing in a field of professionals battling for LPGA Tour status, the 40th rendition of the tournament is certain to provide memorable moments and storylines. It’s one of my favorite events to witness and cover as a sports journalist.

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Behind the scenes, the work required to bring an established, heralded women’s sporting event to the Capital Region continues to be challenging. It shouldn’t be that way; history has proven its worth.

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Many of the world’s top golfers launched their careers on what started as the “Tampa Bay Mini Tour” in 1981. Founded by Eloise Trainor of New Lebanon, in 1983 it became known as the Futures........

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