Tournament information | |
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Location | Gates, New York |
Established | 2015 |
Course(s) | Brook-Lea Country Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,406 yards (5,858 m) |
Tour(s) | Symetra Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | $175,000 |
Final year | 2021 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 266 Nanna Koerstz Madsen (2017) |
To par | −22 as above |
Final champion | |
Emma Broze |
The Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic was an event on the Symetra Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. It a part of the Symetra Tour's schedule from 2015 to 2021. It aws held at Brook-Lea Country Club, designed by Donald Ross, outside Rochester, New York.
The tournament was created to honor the legacy of Danielle Downey a native of the Rochester area who played on the LPGA Tour and died in 2014. Prior to the Danielle Downey Classic, Rochester was home to the LPGA Tour's Wegmans LPGA for more than thirty years. The tournament was a 72-hole event, unlike most Symetra Tour tournaments which are 54-holes.
Year | Date | Champion | Country | Score | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
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Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic | ||||||
2021 | Jul 18 | Emma Broze | France | 132 (−8) | 175,000 | 26,250 |
2020 | Tournament cancelled | |||||
2019 | Jul 21 | Patty Tavatanakit | Thailand | 268 (−20) | 175,000 | 26,250 |
2018 | Jul 22 | Seong Eun-jeong | South Korea | 276 (−12) | 150,000 | 22,500 |
2017 | Jul 23 | Nanna Koerstz Madsen | Denmark | 266 (−22) | 150,000 | 22,500 |
2016 | Jul 17 | Clariss Guce | Philippines | 277 (−11) | 200,000 | 30,000 |
Toyota Danielle Downey Classic | ||||||
2015 | Jul 19 | Annie Park | United States | 272 (−16) | 150,000 | 22,500 |
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