Lotte Championship

The Lotte Championship is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. It debuted in April 2012 at the Ko Olina Golf Club in Kapolei, Hawaii.

Lotte Championship
Tournament information
LocationKapolei, Hawaii, U.S.
Established2012
Course(s)Ko Olina Golf Club
Par72
Length6,397 yards (5,849 m)
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund$2 million
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Cristie Kerr (2017)
To par−20 as above
Current champion
Brooke Henderson
Kapolei
Location on Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.

The title sponsor of the tournament is Lotte, an industrial conglomerate based in South Korea and Japan. The presenting sponsor from 2012 to 2014 was J Golf, a Korean broadcaster. In 2012, the LPGA Lotte Championship was one of two LPGA tournaments in the United States presented by J Golf. From 2015 to 2018, the presenting sponsor was Hershey.

Ai Miyazato won the inaugural event in 2012 by four strokes for her eighth win on the LPGA Tour.[1]

To accommodate Korean television, the tournament begins on Wednesday and concludes on Saturday.

Tournament names

  • 2012–2014: LPGA Lotte Championship Presented by J Golf
  • 2015: LPGA Lotte Championship Presented by Hershey
  • 2016–2018: Lotte Championship Presented by Hershey
  • 2019: Lotte Championship

Winners

YearDatesChampionCountryWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2019Apr 17–20Brooke Henderson (2) Canada65-68-69-70=272−164 strokes2,000,000300,000
2018Apr 11–14Brooke Henderson Canada68-66-73-69-276−124 strokes2,000,000300,000
2017Apr 12–15Cristie Kerr United States71-69-62-66=268−203 strokes2,000,000300,000
2016Apr 13–16Minjee Lee Australia68-66-74-64=272−161 stroke1,800,000270,000
2015Apr 15–18Kim Sei-young South Korea67-67-70-73=277−11Playoff1,800,000270,000
2014Apr 16–19Michelle Wie United States70-67-70-67=274−142 strokes1,700,000255,000
2013Apr 17–20Suzann Pettersen Norway65-69-68-67=269−19Playoff1,700,000255,000
2012Apr 18–21Ai Miyazato Japan71-65-70-70=276−124 strokes1,700,000255,000

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreRound
2013Lizette Salas62 (−10)4th
2017Cristie Kerr62 (−10)3rd

References

  1. "Ai Miyazato wins 8th LPGA title". ESPN. Associated Press. April 22, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2012.

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