JTBC Classic

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JTBC Classic
Tournament information
Location Carlsbad, California, U.S.
Established 2010
Course(s)Aviara Golf Club
Par72
Length6,609 yards (6,043 m)
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund $1.5 million
Month playedMarch
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Cristie Kerr (2015)
268 Mirim Lee (2017)
To par−20 as above
Current champion
Flag of Thailand.svg Atthaya Thitikul
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The JTBC Classic (officially the JTBC Classic Presented by Barbasol) was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, held in Carlsbad, California. The tournament was held at the Aviara Golf Club.

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History

The winner of the inaugural tournament was Hee Kyung Seo, a member of the LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA). She became the 19th non-LPGA member in LPGA Tour history to win an LPGA Tournament and the first to win as a sponsor exemption since Jin Joo Hong won the KOLON-Hana Bank Championship in South Korea in October 2006. [1] With the win, Seo became immediately eligible for LPGA membership and was a rookie on the LPGA Tour in 2011.

In 2011, the event was decided by the final pairing on the final green. With both players tied at 15-under, Sandra Gal hit a wedge to within two feet (0.6 m) of the hole and Jiyai Shin was four feet (1.2 m) out. Gal made hers for birdie to win her first LPGA event by a stroke.

The event was formerly named the Kia Classic. In 2022, the title sponsor of the tournament changed to JTBC (Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company), a South Korean nationwide pay television network.

Tournament names

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Logo as the Kia Classic

Winners

YearDateChampionCountryWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		VenuePurse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2022 Mar 27 Atthaya Thitikul Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 69-70-69-64=272−16Playoff Aviara Golf Club 1,500,000225,000
2021 Mar 28 Inbee Park Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 66-69-69-70=274−145 strokesAviara Golf Club1,800,000270,000
2019 Mar 31 Nasa Hataoka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 69-70-64-67=270−183 strokesAviara Golf Club1,800,000270,000
2018 Mar 25 Ji Eun-hee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 70-68-67-67=272−162 strokesAviara Golf Club1,800,000270,000
2017 Mar 26 Mirim Lee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 68-68-67-65=268−206 strokesAviara Golf Club1,800,000270,000
2016 Mar 27 Lydia Ko Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 68-67-67-67=269−194 strokesAviara Golf Club1,700,000255,000
2015 Mar 29 Cristie Kerr Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 67-68-68-65=268−202 strokesAviara Golf Club1,700,000255,000
2014 Mar 30 Anna Nordqvist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 73-68-67-67=275−131 strokeAviara Golf Club1,700,000255,000
2013 Mar 24 Beatriz Recari Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 69-67-69-74=279−9PlayoffAviara Golf Club1,700,000255,000
2012 Mar 25 Yani Tseng Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 67-68-69-70=274−146 strokes La Costa Resort and Spa 1,700,000255,000
2011 Mar 27 Sandra Gal Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 67-68-70-71=276−161 stroke Industry Hills Golf Club 1,700,000255,000
2010 Mar 28 Hee Kyung Seo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 70-67-69-70=276−126 strokesLa Costa Resort and Spa1,700,000255,000

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreRoundCourse
2010 Inbee Park 65 (−7)4thLa Costa Resort and Spa
2011 Jiyai Shin 64 (−9)2ndIndustry Hills Golf Club
2019 Mi Jung Hur 62 (−10)3rdAviara Golf Club
2019 Kim Hyo-joo 62 (−10)4thAviara Golf Club

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kia Classic Third Round Notes and Interviews". Archived from the original on April 2, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.

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