Airbus LPGA Classic

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Airbus LPGA Classic
Tournament information
Location Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Established 2008
Course(s) Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
at Magnolia Grove,
Crossings Course
Par72
Length6,532 yards (5,973 m) [1]
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund $1.3 million
Month playedMay
Final year 2014
Tournament record score
Aggregate271 Stacy Lewis (2012)
To par−17 Stacy Lewis (2012)
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Korda
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The Airbus LPGA Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played in Mobile, Alabama from 2008 to 2014.

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The event debuted in September 2008 at the Magnolia Grove location on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, with total prize money of $1.4 million. Angela Stanford won the inaugural edition by one stroke over Shanshan Feng, which was televised on Golf Channel in the U.S., as well as internationally.

The tournament was not played in 2009, but was revived in 2010 and moved to mid-May. [2] Heavy rains and lightning delayed and ultimately canceled the final round, resulting in a sudden-death playoff between the three 54-hole leaders: Se Ri Pak, Brittany Lincicome, and Suzann Pettersen. Pak birdied the third playoff hole in the drizzle to win. [3] In 2011, Maria Hjorth shot consecutive rounds of 67 (−5) on the weekend to finish at 278 (−10) and win by two strokes. [4] The tournament was dropped for the 2015 season.

In 2008 and 2010, Bell Microproducts was the title sponsor; Avnet purchased Bell Micro in 2010 and was the title sponsor in 2011. [5] Without a title sponsor in 2012, the tournament purse dropped slightly, from $1.30 million to $1.25 million. In January 2014, the LPGA introduced Airbus, the European multinational aerospace and defense corporation, as the event's new title sponsor. [6] The company's new final assembly facility for its A320 aircraft is under construction in Mobile, scheduled to come online in 2015. [7] [8] [9]

Mobile previously hosted The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions on the Magnolia Grove courses from 1999 to 2007.

Tournament names

2013 course layout

Crossings Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal [1]
Yards3951803875283924883851593703,2843803983765221493904661654023,2486,532
Par434545434364445345343672

Winners

YearDatesChampionCountryWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2014 May 22–25 Jessica Korda Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 67-67-69-65=268−201 stroke1,300,000195,000
2013 May 16–19 Jennifer Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 67-70-65-65=267−211 stroke1,200,000180,000
2012 Apr 26–29 Stacy Lewis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 68-67-67-68=271−171 stroke1,250,000187,500
2011 Apr 28 – May 1 Maria Hjorth Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 70-74-67-67=278−102 strokes1,300,000195,000
2010 May 13–16 Se Ri Pak Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 69-66-68=203−13Playoff 11,300,000195,000
2009 No tournament
2008 Sep 11–14 Angela Stanford Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 70-67-67-73=277−111 stroke1,400,000210,000

1 Final round was canceled because of rain and weather delays. Third round co-leaders Pak, Brittany Lincicome, and Suzann Pettersen played a sudden-death playoff to determine the winner; Pak won on the third playoff hole. [3]

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreRound
2013 Anna Nordqvist 61 (−11)3rd

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