Tournament information | |
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Location | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Established | 2018 |
Course(s) | Wilshire Country Club (2018–2022) Palos Verdes Golf Club (2023–2024) |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,447 yards (5,895 m) |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play – 72 holes |
Prize fund | $2.0 million |
Month played | March |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 268 Brooke Henderson (2021) |
To par | −16 as above |
Current champion | |
Nelly Korda |
The Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship is a women's professional golf tournament held in Los Angeles, California, United States as part of the LPGA Tour. A new event in 2018, it was played at Wilshire Country Club. [1] [2] [3]
In Hancock Park, south of Hollywood and six miles (10 km) northwest of downtown, Wilshire was founded 105 years ago in 1919 and hosted the Los Angeles Open on the PGA Tour four times. [4]
In 2023, the tournament moved to Palos Verdes Golf Club in Los Angeles and the purse increased to $1,750,000. [5]
Year | Date | Champion | Country | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
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2024 | Mar 24 | Nelly Korda | United States | 275 | −9 | Playoff | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
2023 | Apr 2 | Yin Ruoning | China | 269 | −15 | 1 stroke | 1,750,000 | 262,500 |
2022 | Apr 24 | Nasa Hataoka | Japan | 269 | −15 | 5 strokes | 1,500,000 | 225,000 |
2021 | Apr 24 | Brooke Henderson | Canada | 268 | −16 | 1 stroke | 1,500,000 | 225,000 |
2020 | Tournament canceled due to coronavirus pandemic | |||||||
2019 | Apr 28 | Minjee Lee | Australia | 270 | −14 | 4 strokes | 1,500,000 | 225,000 |
2018 | Apr 22 | Moriya Jutanugarn | Thailand | 272 | −12 | 2 strokes | 1,500,000 | 225,000 |
Year | Player | Score | Round |
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2023 | Georgia Hall | 62 (−10) | 3rd |
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