HSBC Women's Champions

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HSBC Women's World Championship
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Tournament information
Location Singapore
Established 2008
Course(s) Sentosa Golf Club
(Tanjong Course)
Par72
Length6,749 yards (6,171 m) [1]
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play (no cut)
Prize fund US$1,800,000
Month playedMarch
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Lorena Ochoa (2008)
To par−20 as above
Current champion
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hannah Green
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Sentosa GC
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Location in Singapore

The HSBC Women's World Championship is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour first held in 2008. It was played on the Garden Course of the Tanah Merah Country Club in eastern Singapore, adjacent to Singapore Changi Airport from 2008 to 2012. It is now played at the Sentosa Golf Club in Sentosa (Serapong Course from 2013 to 2016, Tanjong Course since 2017).

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In 2008 and 2009, entrance in the tournament was open to 78 of the world's top golfers, based on world rankings, recent tour wins, and other criteria. [2] The total purse in the first two years was US$2 million, with the winner's share at $300,000. In 2010, the field was reduced to 63 players and the purse reduced to $1.3 million. The purse increased to $1.4 million in 2011. [3]

The purse will increase from the $1.6 million in 2021, to $1.7 million in 2022. [4]

As a limited field tournament, there is no cut and all players in the field play all four rounds.

Hong Kong–based financial services company HSBC is the title sponsor of the tournament. HSBC also sponsors several events like the WGC-HSBC Champions, Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship and the former HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship and HSBC Brazil Cup.

2014 course layout

Sentosa Golf Club: Serapong Course [1]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Metres3541433784893753564511623673,0753513474403691403463491634552,9606,035
Yards3871564135354103894931774023,3623843804814041533783821784983,2386,600
Par434544534364454344353672

Winners

YearDateChampionCountryScoreMargin
of victory		CoursePurse
(US$)		Winner's
share
HSBC Women's World Championship
2024 3 Mar Hannah Green Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 275 (−13)1 strokeSentosa Golf Club1,800,000270,000
2023 5 Mar Ko Jin-young (2)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 271 (−17)2 strokesSentosa Golf Club1,800,000270,000
2022 6 Mar Ko Jin-young Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 271 (−17)2 strokesSentosa Golf Club1,700,000255,000
2021 2 May Kim Hyo-joo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 271 (−17)1 strokeSentosa Golf Club1,600,000240,000
2020 Tournament canceled due to coronavirus pandemic
2019 3 Mar Park Sung-hyun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 273 (−15)2 strokesSentosa Golf Club1,500,000225,000
2018 4 Mar Michelle Wie Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 271 (−17)1 strokeSentosa Golf Club1,500,000225,000
HSBC Women's Champions
2017 5 Mar Inbee Park (2)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 269 (−19)1 strokeSentosa Golf Club1,500,000225,000
2016 6 Mar Jang Ha-na Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 269 (−19)4 strokesSentosa Golf Club1,500,000225,000
2015 8 Mar Inbee Park Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 273 (−15)2 strokesSentosa Golf Club1,400,000210,000
2014 2 Mar Paula Creamer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 278 (−10)PlayoffSentosa Golf Club1,400,000210,000
2013 3 Mar Stacy Lewis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 273 (−15)1 strokeSentosa Golf Club1,400,000210,000
2012 26 Feb Angela Stanford Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 278 (−10)PlayoffTanah Merah Country Club1,400,000210,000
2011 27 Feb Karrie Webb Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 275 (−13)1 strokeTanah Merah Country Club1,400,000210,000
2010 28 Feb Ai Miyazato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 278 (−10)2 strokesTanah Merah Country Club1,300,000195,000
2009 8 Mar Jiyai Shin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 277 (−11)2 strokesTanah Merah Country Club2,000,000300,000
2008 2 Mar Lorena Ochoa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 268 (−20)11 strokesTanah Merah Country Club2,000,000300,000

Tournament record

YearPlayerScoreRoundCourse
2018 Kim Sei-young 62 (−10)4thSentosa Golf Club, Tanjong Course
2016 Karrie Webb 65 (−7)4thSentosa Golf Club, Serapong Course
2016 Brittany Lang 65 (−7)4thSentosa Golf Club, Serapong Course
2016 Jang Ha-na 65 (−7)4thSentosa Golf Club, Serapong Course
2015 Ilhee Lee 65 (−7)4thSentosa Golf Club, Serapong Course
2013 Azahara Muñoz 65 (−7)1stSentosa Golf Club, Serapong Course
2008 Lorena Ochoa 65 (−7)2ndTanah Merah Country Club, Garden Course

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References

  1. 1 2 "Course guide". HSBC Women's Champions. 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "New HSBC Women's Champions Announced for Asia". LPGA. 30 August 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
  3. ↑ Singh, Patwant (7 November 2009). "Golf: HSBC Women's Champions to return in 2010 with smaller field, reduced purse". channelnewsasia.com. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  4. ↑ "LPGA unveils 2022 schedule with 34 events, nearly $86 million in prize money". Golf Channel. 19 November 2021.

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