Lotte Championship

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Lotte Championship
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Tournament information
Location ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii, U.S.
Established 2012
Course(s) Hoakalei Country Club
Par72
Length6,303 yards (5,763 m)
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund $2 million
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
Aggregate260 Lydia Ko (2021)
To par−28 as above
Current champion
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grace Kim
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Red pog.svg
ʻEwa Beach
Location on Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.

The Lotte Championship is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. It debuted in April 2012 at the Ko Olina Golf Club in Kapolei, Hawaii.

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The title sponsor of the tournament is Lotte, an industrial conglomerate based in South Korea and Japan. The presenting sponsor from 2012 to 2014 was J Golf, a Korean broadcaster. In 2012, the LPGA Lotte Championship was one of two LPGA tournaments in the United States presented by J Golf. From 2015 to 2018, the presenting sponsor was Hershey.

Ai Miyazato won the inaugural event in 2012 by four strokes for her eighth win on the LPGA Tour. [1]

In 2022, the tournament moved to the Hoakalei Country Club in ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii. [2] [3]

To accommodate Korean television, the tournament begins on Wednesday and concludes on Saturday.

Tournament names

Winners

YearDateVenueWinnerWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-upPurse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2023 Apr 15 Hoakalei CC Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grace Kim 71-67-70-68=276−12Playoff Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Liu
Flag of South Korea.svg Sung Yu-jin
2,000,000300,000
2022 Apr 16Hoakalei CC Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hyo-joo 67-67-72-71=277−112 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Hinako Shibuno 2,000,000300,000
2021 Apr 17 Kapolei GC Flag of New Zealand.svg Lydia Ko 67-63-65-65=260−287 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Sei-young
Flag of Ireland.svg Leona Maguire
Flag of the United States.svg Nelly Korda
2,000,000300,000
2020: Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Apr 20 Ko Olina GC Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brooke Henderson (2)65-68-69-70=272−164 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Ji Eun-hee 2,000,000300,000
2018 Apr 14Ko Olina GC Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brooke Henderson 68-66-73-69=276−124 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Azahara Muñoz 2,000,000300,000
2017 Apr 15Ko Olina GC Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr 71-69-62-66=268−203 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Chun In-gee
Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Su-yeon
Flag of New Zealand.svg Lydia Ko
2,000,000300,000
2016 Apr 16Ko Olina GC Flag of Australia (converted).svg Minjee Lee 68-66-74-64=272−161 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Katie Burnett
Flag of South Korea.svg Chun In-gee
1,800,000270,000
2015 Apr 18Ko Olina GC Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Sei-young 67-67-70-73=277−11Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park 1,800,000270,000
2014 Apr 19Ko Olina GC Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Wie 70-67-70-67=274−142 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Angela Stanford 1,700,000255,000
2013 Apr 20Ko Olina GC Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen 65-69-68-67=269−19Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Lizette Salas 1,700,000255,000
2012 Apr 21Ko Olina GC Flag of Japan.svg Ai Miyazato 71-65-70-70=276−124 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Meena Lee
Flag of Spain.svg Azahara Muñoz
1,700,000255,000

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreRound
2013 Lizette Salas 62 (−10)4th
2017 Cristie Kerr 62 (−10)3rd

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References

  1. "Ai Miyazato wins 8th LPGA title". ESPN. Associated Press. April 22, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  2. "Hoakalei Country Club to Host 2022 Lotte Championship". LPGA. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  3. "Hyo Joo Kim edges Hinako Shibuno for Lotte Championship win in Hawaii". Golf Channel. AP. Retrieved April 17, 2022.

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