THE FUTURES ON THE LINE.(SPORTS)

Byline: PETE DOUGHERTY Staff writer

COLONIE -- An exemption into the LPGA Friendly's Classic awaits the winner. That perk alone may have been enough to produce a full field for the 14th annual $40,000 Futures Classic, a 54-hole women's professional golf event runs today through Sunday at the Town of Colonie course.

Twelve of the top 13 money winners are entered in this tournament, the longest-running of the 19 stops on this year's Futures tour. Proceeds for the local event benefit the Ronald McDonald House.

The past three Colonie winners, including two-time champion Marilyn Lovander, are in the 144-player field, which begins play at 7 a.m. today. …