Tournament information | |
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Location | Winter Haven, Florida |
Established | 2009 |
Course(s) | Country Club of Winter Haven |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,572 yards (6,009 m) |
Tour(s) | Epson Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | $250,000 |
Month played | March |
Current champion | |
Valery Plata |
The Florida's Natural Charity Classic is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event has been played at the Country Club of Winter Haven in Winter Haven, Florida since 2017. From 2014 to 2016, it was played at Lake Wales Country Club in Lake Wales, Florida since 2014. From 2009 to 2013, it was played at the Lake Region Yacht and Country Club in Winter Haven.
The title sponsor of the tournament is Florida's Natural Growers, an agricultural cooperative based in Lake Wales, Florida.
The tournament is a 54-hole event, as are most tour tournaments, and includes pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the tour as a benefit for local charities. The current benefiting charity is the Florida's Natural Growers Foundation.
Tournament venue through the years:
Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
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Florida's Natural Charity Classic | ||||||||
2024 | Mar 10 | Valery Plata | Colombia | 206 (−10) | Playoff | Ana Belac | 250,000 | 37,500 |
2023 | Mar 5 | Agathe Laisné | France | 207 (−9) | Playoff | Jillian Hollis Kiira Riihijarvi | 200,000 | 30,000 |
2022 | Mar 6 | Park Kum-Kang | South Korea | 207 (−9) | 2 strokes | Frida Kinhult Alana Uriell | 200,000 | 30,000 |
2021 | No tournament | |||||||
2020 | Mar 8 | Janie Jackson | United States | 206 (−10) | 8 strokes | Daniela Iacobelli | 125,000 | 18,750 |
2019 | Mar 17 | Kelly Tan | Malaysia | 203 (−13) | Playoff [lower-alpha 1] | Demi Runas | 125,000 | 18,750 |
2018 | Mar 18 | Lauren Kim | United States | 206 (−10) | 1 stroke | Daniela Iacobelli | 125,000 | 18,750 |
2017 | Mar 12 | Olivia Jordan-Higgins | Jersey | 206 (−10) | 1 stroke | Christine Song Yu Liu | 125,000 | 18,750 |
2016 | Apr 10 | Samantha Richdale | Canada | 209 (−7) | 1 stroke | Madelene Sagström Ya-Chun Chang | 175,000 | 26,250 |
2015 | Mar 29 | Sue Kim | Canada | 211 (−5) | 3 strokes | Brittany Henderson Brooke Henderson (a) | 125,000 | 18,750 |
2014 | Mar 23 | Yueer Cindy Feng | China | 207 (−9) | 4 strokes | Megan McChrystal Jackie Stoelting Maude-Aimee Leblanc | 125,000 | 18,750 |
2013 | Mar 24 | Melissa Eaton | United States | 206 (−10) | 3 strokes | Courtney Massey Sue Kim Amelia Lewis | 125,000 | 18,750 |
2012 | Mar 25 | Megan McChrystal | United States | 206 (−10) | 1 stroke | Sara-Maude Juneau Nicole Smith | 125,000 | 18,750 |
2011 | Mar 27 | Tzu-Chi Lin | Taiwan | 211 (−5) | 1 stroke | Jackie Barenborg | 110,000 | 15,400 |
2010 | Mar 21 | Angela Oh | United States | 137 (−7) [lower-alpha 2] | Playoff [lower-alpha 3] | Jane Rah | 100,000 | 14,000 |
Florida's Natural Growers Charity Classic | ||||||||
2009 | Mar 22 | Jean Reynolds | United States | 212 (−4) | Playoff [lower-alpha 4] | Song Yi Choi | 100,000 | 14,000 |
Year | Player | Score | Round | Course |
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2009 | Song Yi Choi | 64 (−8) | 1st | Lake Region Yacht and Country Club |
2014 | Emma de Groot | 66 (−6) | 2nd | Lake Wales Country Club |
2016 | Marissa Steen | 66 (−6) | 1st | Lake Wales Country Club |
2016 | Luciane Lee | 66 (−6) | 3rd | Lake Wales Country Club |
2017 | Kim Welch | 65 (−7) | 3rd | Country Club of Winter Haven |
2019 | Maude-Aimee Leblanc | 65 (−7) | 1st | Country Club of Winter Haven |
2019 | Vicky Hurst | 65 (−7) | 3rd | Country Club of Winter Haven |
2023 | Becca Huffer | 65 (−7) | 3rd | Country Club of Winter Haven |
2023 | Yan Liu | 65 (−7) | 3rd | Country Club of Winter Haven |
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