Buick LPGA Shanghai

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Buick LPGA Shanghai
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Tournament information
Location Shanghai, China
Established 2018
Course(s)Qizhong Garden Golf Club
Par72
Length6,672 yards (6,101 m)
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
China LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play – 72 holes
Prize fund $2.1 million
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Yin Ruoning (2024)
To par−25 as above
Current champion
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yin Ruoning
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Shanghai

The Buick LPGA Shanghai is a women's professional golf tournament in China co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and the China LPGA Tour. It debuted in October 2018 at Qizhong Garden Golf Club in Shanghai. [1]

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Danielle Kang won the inaugural event by two strokes over seven golfers. [2] Kang repeated as champion in 2019. [3] After three years of cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions, the tournament resumed in 2023.

Winners

YearDatesChampionCountryWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2024 10–13 Oct Yin Ruoning Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 70-66-63-64=263−256 strokes2,100,000315,000
2023 12–15 Oct Angel Yin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 70-69-65-70=274−14Playoff2,100,000315,000
2022 13–16 OctCancelled [4] 2,100,000315,000
2021 14–17 OctCancelled [5] 2,100,000315,000
2020 15–18 OctCancelled [6] 2,100,000315,000
2019 17–20 Oct Danielle Kang (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 69-67-66-70=272−161 stroke2,100,000315,000
2018 18–21 Oct Danielle Kang Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 67-68-71-69=275−132 strokes2,100,000315,000

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreRound
2024 Kim Sei-young 62 (−10)1st

References

  1. "Shanghai To Host First LPGA Event In Five-Year Deal With Buick". LPGA. 17 May 2018.
  2. "Danielle Kang finishes strong to win LPGA Shanghai by 2 shots". ESPN. Associated Press. 21 October 2018.
  3. "Danielle Kang shoots tournament record to win LPGA Shanghai". ESPN. Associated Press. 20 October 2019.
  4. "Buick LPGA Shanghai canceled for 3rd straight year due to COVID-19 restrictions in China". ESPN. 6 July 2022.
  5. "LPGA Shanghai tournament, scheduled for October, canceled amid COVID-19 travel restrictions". ESPN. Associated Press. 24 August 2021.
  6. "LPGA Shanghai tournament in October canceled due to coronavirus". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 August 2020.

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