2012 VGA National

The 2012 VGA National will be held at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course located within the private Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, CA. The tournament will be held during the weekend of Aug. 3rd, 4th and 5th. Of all the courses where the VGA National has been hosted in the past eight years, this will be by far the the highest rated course of them all. Dinah Shore also happens to be where the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship is hosted annually.

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