Tournament information | |
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Location | Las Vegas, Nevada |
Established | 2021 |
Course(s) | Shadow Creek Golf Course |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,804 yd (6,222 m) |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Match play – 72 holes |
Prize fund | $1.5 million |
Month played | May |
Current champion | |
Pajaree Anannarukarn |
The Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in Las Vegas, Nevada. It debuted on the LPGA Tour in 2021 at the Shadow Creek Golf Course as the only match play tournament on the schedule.
The title sponsor of the tournament is Bank of Hope, a Los Angeles–based Asian-American bank in the United States. [1] Bank of Hope previously sponsored the LPGA Founders Cup from 2017 to 2019. [1]
This is the first match play tournament on the LPGA Tour since the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in 2017. [2]
Ally Ewing won the inaugural event. [3]
Year | Dates | Champion | Runner-up | Margin of victory | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
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2023 | May 24–28 | Pajaree Anannarukarn | Ayaka Furue | 3 and 1 | 1,500,000 | 225,000 |
2022 | May 25–29 | Ji Eun-hee | Ayaka Furue | 3 and 2 | 1,500,000 | 225,000 |
2021 | May 26–30 | Ally Ewing | Sophia Popov | 2 and 1 | 1,500,000 | 225,000 |
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