Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic

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Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic
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Tournament information
Location Gates, New York
Established2015
Course(s)Brook-Lea Country Club
Par72
Length6,406 yards (5,858 m)
Tour(s) Symetra Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund $175,000
Final year2021
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Nanna Koerstz Madsen (2017)
To par−22 as above
Final champion
Flag of France.svg Emma Broze

The Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic was an event on the Symetra Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. It a part of the Symetra Tour's schedule from 2015 to 2021. It aws held at Brook-Lea Country Club, designed by Donald Ross, outside Rochester, New York.

The tournament was created to honor the legacy of Danielle Downey a native of the Rochester area who played on the LPGA Tour and died in 2014. Prior to the Danielle Downey Classic, Rochester was home to the LPGA Tour's Wegmans LPGA for more than thirty years. The tournament was a 72-hole event, unlike most Symetra Tour tournaments which are 54-holes.

Annie Parks on the 18th green at the 2015 Toyota Danielle Downey Classic. Annie Parks at the 2015 Toyota Danielle Downey Classic.JPG
Annie Parks on the 18th green at the 2015 Toyota Danielle Downey Classic.

Winners

YearDateChampionCountryScorePurse ($)Winner's
share ($)
Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic
2021 Jul 18 Emma Broze Flag of France.svg  France 132 (−8)175,00026,250
2020 Tournament cancelled
2019 Jul 21 Patty Tavatanakit Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 268 (−20)175,00026,250
2018 Jul 22 Seong Eun-jeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 276 (−12)150,00022,500
2017 Jul 23 Nanna Koerstz Madsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 266 (−22)150,00022,500
2016 Jul 17 Clariss Guce Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 277 (−11)200,00030,000
Toyota Danielle Downey Classic
2015 Jul 19 Annie Park Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 272 (−16)150,00022,500

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