Buick Championship (Ladies European Tour)

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Buick Championship
Tournament information
Location Shanghai, China
Established2014
Course(s)Qizhong Golf Club
Par72
Tour(s) Ladies European Tour
China LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund$600,000
Month playedMay
Final year2016
Tournament record score
Aggregate271 Shanshan Feng (2015)
To par−17 as above
Final champion
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanshan Feng
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Shanghai

The Buick Championship was a golf tournament co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour and the China LPGA Tour since 2015. It was first played as the Buick Ladies Invitational on the China LPGA Tour in 2014 and was held at the Qizhong Golf Club in Shanghai, China. [1]

Winners

YearWinnerCountryScore
Buick Championship
2016 Shanshan Feng (2)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 274 (−14)*
2015 Shanshan Feng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 271 (−17) [2]
Buick Ladies Invitational
2014 Pan Yanhong Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 280 (−8)

* Won in a playoff

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References

  1. "Feng and Hull head up Buick Championship in Shanghai". Ladies European Tour. 5 May 2015.
  2. "2015 Buick Championship results". Ladies European Tour.

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