BMW Ladies Championship

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BMW Ladies Championship
Tournament information
Location Gyeonggi Province, South Korea (2024)
Established2019
Course(s) Seowon Valley Country Club (2024)
Par72
Length6,666 yards (6,095 m)
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
LPGA of Korea Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes, no cut
Prize fund $2.2 million
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Ko Jin-young (2021)
To par−22 as above
Current champion
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Minjee Lee
South Korea physical map2.svg
Red pog.svg
Gyeonggi Province

The BMW Ladies Championship is a women's professional golf tournament in Wonju, [1] South Korea, co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour and the LPGA Tour. It debuted in 2019. [2] It replaced the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship as the LPGA Tour's Korean stop on its Asian swing.

Contents

It is a 72-hole event with a limited field of 84 players, approximately half of a full-field event. There is no cut; all players play all four rounds.

Jang Ha-na won the inaugural event in a playoff over Danielle Kang. [3]

An LPGA of Korea Tour event of the same name was played from 2015 to 2017 at the Sky 72 Golf Club, home of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship.

Lydia Ko won in 2022, at Wonju, approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) east of Seoul, her birthplace, for her 18th LPGA Tour victory. [4]

Winners

YearTour(s)DateChampionCountryScoreTo parPurse
($)
Winner's
share ($)
2023 LPGA 22 Oct Minjee Lee Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 272−162,200,000330,000
2022 LPGA 23 Oct Lydia Ko Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 267−212,000,000300,000
2021 LPGA, KLPGA 24 Oct Ko Jin-young Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 266−222,000,000300,000
2020Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic [5] [6]
2019 LPGA, KLPGA 27 Oct Jang Ha-na Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 269−192,000,000300,000
YearTour(s)DateChampionCountryScoreTo parPurse
()
Winner's
share (₩)
2018No tournament
2017 KLPGA 17 Sep Ko Jin-young Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 272−121,200,000,000300,000,000
2016 KLPGA 17 Jul Ko Jin-young Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 275−131,200,000,000300,000,000
2015 KLPGA 19 Jul Cho Yoon-ji Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 270−181,200,000,000300,000,000

Tournament record

As LPGA Tour event

YearPlayerScoreRound
2022 Atthaya Thitikul 63 (−9)1st

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References

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  5. Song, David (15 September 2020). "LPGA announces second Drive On Championship, cancels Asian swing". Golfweek.
  6. "LPGA Announces New Drive On Championship Amid Asia Cancellations". LPGA. 15 September 2020.

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