Central Florida Championship

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Central Florida Championship
Tournament information
Location Winter Haven, Florida
Established2009
Course(s)Country Club of Winter Haven
Par72
Length6,572 yards (6,009 m)
Tour(s) Epson Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund $250,000
Month playedMarch
Current champion
Flag of the United States.svg Riley Smyth

The Central Florida Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event has been played at the Country Club of Winter Haven in Winter Haven, Florida since 2017. From 2014 to 2016, it was played at Lake Wales Country Club in Lake Wales, Florida since 2014. From 2009 to 2013, it was played at the Lake Region Yacht and Country Club in Winter Haven.

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The tournament is a 54-hole event, as are most tour tournaments, and includes pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the tour as a benefit for local charities. The current benefiting charity is the Florida's Natural Growers Foundation.

Tournament venue through the years:

Winners

YearDateChampionCountryScoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upPurse ($)Winner's
share ($)
Central Florida Championship
2025 Mar 2 Riley Smyth Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 201 (−15)Playoff Flag of Finland.svg Matilda Castren 250,00037,500
Florida's Natural Charity Classic
2024 Mar 10 Valery Plata Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 206 (−10)Playoff Flag of Slovenia.svg Ana Belac 250,00037,500
2023 Mar 5 Agathe Laisné Flag of France.svg  France 207 (−9)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Jillian Hollis
Flag of Finland.svg Kiira Riihijarvi 		200,00030,000
2022 Mar 6 Park Kum-Kang Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 207 (−9)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Frida Kinhult
Flag of the United States.svg Alana Uriell 		200,00030,000
2021 No tournament
2020 Mar 8 Janie Jackson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 206 (−10)8 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Daniela Iacobelli 125,00018,750
2019 Mar 17 Kelly Tan Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 203 (−13)Playoff [a] Flag of the United States.svg Demi Runas 125,00018,750
2018 Mar 18 Lauren Kim Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 206 (−10)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Daniela Iacobelli 125,00018,750
2017 Mar 12 Olivia Jordan-Higgins Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 206 (−10)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Christine Song
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Liu 		125,00018,750
2016 Apr 10 Samantha Richdale Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 209 (−7)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Madelene Sagström
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Ya-Chun Chang 		175,00026,250
2015 Mar 29 Sue Kim Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 211 (−5)3 strokes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brittany Henderson
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brooke Henderson (a)		125,00018,750
2014 Mar 23 Yueer Cindy Feng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 207 (−9)4 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Megan McChrystal
Flag of the United States.svg Jackie Stoelting
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maude-Aimee Leblanc 		125,00018,750
2013 Mar 24 Melissa Eaton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 206 (−10)3 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Courtney Massey
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sue Kim
Flag of the United States.svg Amelia Lewis 		125,00018,750
2012 Mar 25 Megan McChrystal Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 206 (−10)1 stroke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sara-Maude Juneau
Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Smith 		125,00018,750
2011 Mar 27 Tzu-Chi Lin Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 211 (−5)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jackie Barenborg 110,00015,400
2010 Mar 21 Angela Oh Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 137 (−7) [b] Playoff [c] Flag of the United States.svg Jane Rah 100,00014,000
Florida's Natural Growers Charity Classic
2009 Mar 22 Jean Reynolds Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 212 (−4)Playoff [d] Flag of South Korea.svg Song Yi Choi 100,00014,000
  1. ↑ Tan won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Runas.
  2. ↑ Tournament shortened to 36 holes due rain.
  3. ↑ Oh won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Rah.
  4. ↑ Reynolds won on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff over Song.

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreRoundCourse
2009 Song Yi Choi 64 (−8)1stLake Region Yacht and Country Club
2014 Emma de Groot 66 (−6)2ndLake Wales Country Club
2016 Marissa Steen 66 (−6)1stLake Wales Country Club
2016 Luciane Lee 66 (−6)3rdLake Wales Country Club
2017 Kim Welch 65 (−7)3rdCountry Club of Winter Haven
2019 Maude-Aimee Leblanc 65 (−7)1stCountry Club of Winter Haven
2019 Vicky Hurst 65 (−7)3rdCountry Club of Winter Haven
2023 Becca Huffer 65 (−7)3rdCountry Club of Winter Haven
2023 Yan Liu 65 (−7)3rdCountry Club of Winter Haven
2025 Savannah Carlson 65 (−7)1stCountry Club of Winter Haven
2025 Isabella Fierro 65 (−7)2ndCountry Club of Winter Haven
2025 Juliana Hung 65 (−7)2ndCountry Club of Winter Haven
2025 Laura Wearn 65 (−7)2ndCountry Club of Winter Haven
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