ShopRite LPGA Classic

The ShopRite LPGA Classic, known in full for sponsorship reasons as The ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer,[2] is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in Galloway, New Jersey, near Atlantic City. It took place annually from 1986 through 2006 and returned to the tour schedule in 2010 at the Bay Course at the Dolce Seaview Resort, with a prize fund of $1.75 million. Purchased in September 2010, the resort is now known as Seaview, A Dolce Hotel.

ShopRite LPGA Classic
Tournament information
LocationGalloway, New Jersey, U.S.
Established1986
Course(s)Seaview,
Bay Course
Par71
Length6,155 yards (5,628 m)[1]
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Format54 holes Stroke play
(72 holes in 1990 & 2020)
Prize fund$1.75 million
Month playedJune
(October in 2020)
Tournament record score
Aggregate196 Sörenstam (1998, 2005)
196 Nordqvist (2016)
265 Mel Reid (2020)
To par−17 Sörenstam (1998, 2005)
−17 Nordqvist (2016)
−19 Mel Reid (2020)
Current champion
Mel Reid
Galloway 
Location in the United States
Galloway 
Location in
New Jersey

History

From 1986 through 2006, the tournament was played at two different courses near Atlantic City, with the first two and last nine years played on the Bay Course of the Seaview Marriott Resort. It was a 54-hole tournament played over three days, except for 1990 when it was a four-day, 72-hole event. For a decade (1988–97), the event was played at Greate Bay Country Club in Somers Point, known as Sands Country Club until 1991.[3]

The tournament was originally known as the Atlantic City LPGA Classic. Its name was changed in 1992 to the ShopRite LPGA Classic when Wakefern Food Corporation took over as the sponsor.[4] Starting in the 2007 season, the LPGA decided to use the traditional ShopRite Classic dates in early June for a new tournament, the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika. After being unable to agree with the LPGA on new dates, the owners decided to end the tournament.[5] ShopRite retained a presence on the LPGA Tour in 2007 as the presenting sponsor of the Sybase Classic. Under the leadership of Eiger Marketing Group in 2009, the LPGA Tour announced that the ShopRite LPGA Classic would return to the schedule in 2010, as a three-day tournament to be played at the same course. The resort on which the course sits was renamed the Dolce Seaview Resort in 2009 after Dolce Hotels took over management from Marriott.[6] Following the purchase by the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey for $20 million in September 2010, it was renamed the Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club.[7] The name of property was changed to Seaview, A Dolce Hotel, when it was purchased by KDG Capital LLC in July 2018.[8]

In 2013, Acer, a Taiwanese computer hardware and electronics company, was added as a presenting sponsor.[2]

Multiple winners of the event are Betsy King (1987, 1995, 2001), Annika Sörenstam (1998, 2002, 2005), Juli Inkster (1986, 1988), Stacy Lewis (2012, 2014) and Anna Nordqvist (2015, 2016). There have been two playoffs, in 1988[9] and 1992.[10]

Tournament names
  • 1986–1987: Atlantic City LPGA Classic
  • 1988–1991: Atlantic City Classic
  • 1992–2012: ShopRite LPGA Classic (not held 2007–09)
  • 2013–present: ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer

Course
Main article: Stockton Seaview Golf Club

Bay Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3454204843603013931853194763,2833521793204054192043771155012,8726,155
Par445444345374344434353471

Source:[1]

The Bay Course was designed 107 years ago in 1914 by Donald Ross and hosted the PGA Championship in 1942, the first of seven majors won by Sam Snead.[11]

Winners
YearDatesChampionCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		VenuePurse ($)Winner's
share
ShopRite LPGA Classic
2020Oct 1–4Mel Reid England68-64-66-67=265−192 strokesSeaview2,000,000300,000
2019Jun 7–9Lexi Thompson United States64-70-67=201−121 strokeSeaview1,750,000262,500
2018Jun 8–10Annie Park United States69-65-63=197−161 strokeSeaview1,750,000262,500
2017Jun 2–4In-Kyung Kim South Korea66-67-69=202−112 strokesSeaview1,500,000225,000
2016Jun 3–5Anna Nordqvist (2) Sweden64-68-64=196−171 strokeSeaview1,500,000225,000
2015May 29–31Anna Nordqvist Sweden67-69-69=205−81 strokeSeaview1,500,000225,000
2014May 30 – Jun 1Stacy Lewis (2) United States67-63-67=197−166 strokesSeaview1,500,000225,000
2013May 31 – Jun 2Karrie Webb Australia72-69-68=209−42 strokesSeaview1,500,000225,000
2012Jun 1–3Stacy Lewis United States65-65-71=201−124 strokesSeaview1,500,000225,000
2011Jun 3–5Brittany Lincicome United States72-64-66=202−111 strokeSeaview1,500,000225,000
2010Jun 18–20Ai Miyazato Japan66-67-64=197−162 strokesSeaview1,500,000225,000
2007-2009 - not scheduled
2006Jun 2–4Seon Hwa Lee South Korea65-69-63=197−163 strokesSeaview1,500,000225,000
2005Jun 3–5Annika Sörenstam (3) Sweden67-65-64=196−174 strokesSeaview1,400,000210,000
2004Jun 18–20Cristie Kerr United States66-68-68=202−111 strokeSeaview1,300,000195,000
2003Jun 27–29Angela Stanford United States65-67-65=197−163 strokesSeaview1,300,000195,000
2002Jun 28–30Annika Sörenstam (2) Sweden68-67-66=201−123 strokesSeaview1,200,000180,000
2001Jun 29 – Jul 1Betsy King (3) United States65-69-67=201−122 strokesSeaview1,200,000180,000
2000Jun 30 – Jul 2Janice Moodie Scotland66-68-69=203−102 strokesSeaview1,100,000165,000
1999Jun 18-20Se Ri Pak South Korea63-69-66=198−152 strokesSeaview1,000,000150,000
1998Jun 26-28Annika Sörenstam Sweden66-65-65=196−174 strokesSeaview1,000,000150,000
1997Jun 27-29Michelle McGann United States72-65-64=201−123 strokesGreate Bay900,000135,000
1996Jun 28-30Dottie Pepper United States67-66-69=202−114 strokesGreate Bay750,000112,500
1995Jun 23-25Betsy King (2) United States66-71-67=204−92 strokesGreate Bay650,00097,500
1994Jun 24-26Donna Andrews United States67-66-74=207−62 strokesGreate Bay500,00075,000
1993Jun 25-27Shelley Hamlin United States67-67-70=204−92 strokesGreate Bay450,00067,500
1992Jun 12-14Anne Marie Palli France69-69-69=207−6Playoff [10]Greate Bay400,00060,000
Atlantic City Classic
1991Jun 7-9Jane Geddes United States71-68-69=208−51 strokeGreate Bay300,00045,000
1990Jun 14-17Christa Johnson United States69-67-69-70=275−52 strokesSands300,00045,000
1989Jul 28-30Nancy Lopez United States67-70-69=206−41 strokeSands225,00033,750
1988Aug 19-21Juli Inkster (2) United States72-69-65=206−7Playoff [9]Sands225,00033,750
Atlantic City LPGA Classic
1987Aug 21-23Betsy King United States70-71-66=207−63 strokesSeaview225,00033,750
1986Aug 22-24Juli Inkster United States67-71-71=209−43 strokesSeaview225,00033,750

Source:[12]
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.

Tournament record
YearPlayerScoreRoundCourse
2018Kim Sei-young61 (−10)2ndStockton Seaview Golf Club, Bay Course
2018Sakura Yokomine61 (−10)3rdStockton Seaview Golf Club, Bay Course

References
  1. "Course map" (PDF). ShopRite LPGA Classic. 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  2. "Acer Announced as ShopRite LPGA Presenting Sponsor". LPGA. January 8, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  3. "Greate Bay Golf & Country Club". At the Point (blog). Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  4. "ShopRight LPGA Classic History". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
  5. Canavan, Tom. "ShopRite Classic folds after schedule dispute with LPGA". Associated Press. Archived from the original on November 11, 2006. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
  6. "Dolce to manage historic resort Seaview". HotelWorld Network. April 29, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
  7. "Stockton College closes $20 million Seaview purchase". pressofatlanticcity.com. September 1, 2010. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  8. Lowe, Claire LOWE. "Stockton Seaview sold to Florida company". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  9. White, Gordon S., Jr. (August 22, 1988). "Golf: Inkster triumphs after trailing by 10". The New York Times. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  10. "Palli ends nine-year drought at ShopRite". Boca Raton News. Associated Press. June 15, 1992. p. 6C.
  11. "Golf courses". stocktonseaview.com. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  12. "ShopRite LPGA Classic: past winners". LPGA. Retrieved June 1, 2012.

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