1. Dead LPGA Golfer Had Bags Packed, Agent Says
In this photo taken on April 12, 2007, golfer Erica Blasberg acknowledges the gallery after making
her putt on the 17th hole during the first round of the LPGA Ginn Open golf tournament in Reunion,
Fla. Chase Callahan, the agent for Blasberg, said Tuesday, May 11, 2010, she had her bags packed
for a tournament in Alabama when she died suddenly at her home in suburban Henderson, Nev.
Blasberg's sudden death on Sunday at home in Henderson is being investigated by police and the
Clark County coroner. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File
LPGA golfer Erica Blasberg had her bags packed for a tournament in Alabama when she died
suddenly at her home in suburban Henderson, her agent said Tuesday. Police aren't saying how she
died.
Blasberg was scheduled to leave last Sunday to play a qualification round on Monday for the Bell
Micro LPGA Classic in Mobile, said the agent, Chase Callahan, who is based in Irvine, Calif.
Photos: Erica Blasberg
Callahan and Blasberg's parents, Mel and Debbie Blasberg, of Corona, Calif., began planning
Tuesday for a memorial service in her hometown amid questions about Blasberg's death Sunday in
her home about 15 miles southeast of the Las Vegas Strip.
"We don't know yet who, what or why," Callahan said, calling Blasberg's death "tragic for her family,
the people of Corona, and the people who knew her."
"Police haven't given her family or me any indication of anything," said Callahan, who noted that
Blasberg's father was also her golf coach.
"For Mr. and Mrs. Blasberg, her taking her own life is not something that's in the details that they
know right now," Callahan said. "This is someone whose career was as important to her as her
family."
"She was 25. She hadn't reached her peak yet," he said.
Blasberg was found dead about 3 p.m. Sunday after police responded to a 911 call from the two-story,
three-bedroom home Blasberg bought for $281,000 in November 2007.
Police have not said if they suspect foul play, and police spokesman Keith Paul declined again to say
Tuesday who summoned police to the house.
Clark County Coroner Michael Murphy said a ruling on a cause of death was pending blood and
tissue tests that could take four to six weeks to complete.
Callahan said he didn't know if Blasberg had any visitors during the weekend.