Blue Bay LPGA

Last updated

Blue Bay LPGA
Blue Bay LPGA logo.png
Tournament information
Location Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Hainan Island, China
Established 2014
Course(s)Jian Lake Blue Bay
Golf Course
Par72
Length6,675 yards (6,104 m)
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play – 72 holes
Prize fund $2.2 million
Month playedMarch
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Bailey Tardy (2024)
To par−19 as above
Current champion
Flag of Japan.svg Rio Takeda
China edcp relief location map.jpg
Red pog.svg
Hainan

The Blue Bay LPGA is a women's professional golf tournament in China on the LPGA Tour. It debuted in October 2014 at Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Course on Hainan Island. [1]

Contents

Winners

YearDatesChampionCountryWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2025 6–9 Mar Rio Takeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 69-69-69-64=271−176 strokes2,500,000375,000
2024 7–10 Mar Bailey Tardy Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 68-70-66-65=269−194 strokes2,200,000330,000
2023 Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2] [3]
2022 No tournament
2021 Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [4]
2020 Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 No tournament
2018 7–10 Nov Gaby López Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 70-71-66-73=280−81 stroke2,100,000315,000
2017 8–11 Nov Shanshan Feng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 69-67-73-70=279−91 stroke2,100,000315,000
2016 20–23 Oct Minjee Lee Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 65-67-73-70=275−131 stroke2,100,000315,000
2015 29 Oct – 1 Nov Sei-Young Kim Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 70-72-74-70=286−21 stroke2,000,000300,000
2014 23–27 Oct* Lee-Anne Pace Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 67-66-67=200−163 strokes2,000,000300,000

*The 2014 tournament was reduced to 54 holes due to unplayable conditions stemming from heavy rain,
and was held over to 27 October due to lack of daylight during the scheduled final round.

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreRound
2024 Savannah Grewal 64 (−8)3rd
2025 Rio Takeda 64 (−8)4th

References

  1. "LPGA heads back to China as international tour continues". LPGA. 20 October 2014.
  2. "2023 Blue Bay LPGA Cancelled". LPGA. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. "Blue Bay LPGA event canceled for third time in four years". ESPN. Associated Press. 31 January 2023.
  4. "Blue Bay Canceled". LPGA. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.

18°25′08″N109°57′07″E / 18.419°N 109.952°E / 18.419; 109.952