Tournament information | |
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Location | Battle Creek, Michigan |
Established | 2015 |
Course(s) | Battle Creek Golf Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,598 yards (6,033 m) |
Tour(s) | Epson Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | $200,000 |
Month played | June |
Current champion | |
Cassie Porter |
The FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship is a tournament on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. It has been a part of the tour's schedule since 2014. [1]
It is held at Battle Creek Golf Club in Battle Creek, Michigan, designed by Scottish golf course architect Willie Park Jr. in 1919. [2]
Title sponsor is the FireKeepers Casino Hotel, owned and operated by the local Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi.
Year | Date | Winner | Country | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
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2024 | Jun 9 | Cassie Porter | Australia | 210 (−6) | 1 stroke | Amelia Garvey Hung Jo-Hua Brooke Matthews Anita Uwadia | 200,000 | 30,000 |
2023 | Jun 11 | Liu Siyun | China | 206 (−10) | 1 stroke | Amelia Garvey | 200,000 | 30,000 |
2022 | Jul 31 | Yin Xiaowen | China | 203 (−13) | Playoff | Gina Kim | 200,000 | 30,000 |
2021 | Aug 8 | Fernanda Lira | Mexico | 197 (−19) | 6 strokes | Isi Gabsa Daniela Iacobelli Sophia Schubert Lilia Vu | 175,000 | 26,250 |
2020 | Jul 26 | Ruixin Liu | China | 203 (−13) | 2 strokes | Bailey Tardy | 175,000 | 26,250 |
2019 | Aug 18 | Ssu-Chia Cheng | Chinese Taipei | 203 (−13) | 2 strokes | Milagros Chavez Paula Reto | 125,000 | 18,750 |
2018 | Aug 19 | Marta Sanz Barrio | Spain | 213 (−3) | 1 stroke | Augusta James | 100,000 | 15,000 |
2017 | Jul 30 | Erynne Lee | United States | 204 (−12) | 2 strokes | Benyapa Niphatsophon | 100,000 | 15,000 |
2016 | Jul 24 | Laura Gonzalez Escallon | Belgium | 129 (−15) | 6 strokes | Ally McDonald | 100,000 | 15,000 |
2015 | Jun 7 | Madeleine Sheils | United States | 206 (−10) | 2 strokes | Lindy Duncan Katelyn Sepmoree | 100,000 | 15,000 |
2014 | Jun 8 | Min Seo Kwak | South Korea | 204 (−12) | 3 strokes | Daniela Iacobelli | 100,000 | 15,000 |
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