Manulife LPGA Classic

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Manulife LPGA Classic
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Tournament information
Location Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Established 2012
Course(s) Whistle Bear Golf Club
Par72
Length6,613 yards (6,047 m)
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund US$1.7 million
Month playedJune (September in 2016)
Final year2017
Tournament record score
Aggregate258 Park Hee-young (2013)
To par−26 as above
Final champion
Flag of Thailand.svg Ariya Jutanugarn
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Whistle Bear GC
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Location in Canada
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Whistle Bear GC
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Location in Ontario

The Manulife LPGA Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. The 72-hole, full-field event was first played in June 2012 at the Grey Silo Golf Course in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. [1] The title sponsor was Manulife Financial, a global insurance company and financial services provider with headquarters in Toronto.

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At the inaugural event in 2012, Brittany Lang won her first LPGA title in a four-way sudden-death playoff. It was the first-ever win on the tour by an alumna of Duke. [2] [3] The runners-up were Hee Kyung Seo, Inbee Park, and Chella Choi. [4] After missing a birdie putt at the par-5 18th to win in regulation, Lang birdied the same hole three straight times in the playoff. [5]

In 2015, the tournament moved to Whistle Bear Golf Club in Cambridge, about 18 km south of Grey Silo GC, where it remained for 2016 and 2017. [6]

In 2017, the Manulife LPGA Classic was announced to become Manulife's final tournament as the title sponsor [7] and a new one was never found. [6]

Tournament names

Winners

YearDateChampionWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		VenuePurse
(US$) 		Winner's
share
2017 Jun 8–11 Flag of Thailand.svg Ariya Jutanugarn 67-70-65-69=271−17PlayoffWhistle Bear Golf Club1,700,000255,000
2016 Sep 1–4 Flag of Germany.svg Caroline Masson 68-69-68-67=272−161 strokeWhistle Bear Golf Club1,600,000240,000
2015 Jun 4–7 Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen 66-65-66-69=266−221 strokeWhistle Bear Golf Club1,500,000225,000
2014 Jun 5–8 Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park 69-66-65-61=261−233 strokes Grey Silo Golf Course 1,500,000225,000
2013 Jul 11–14 Flag of South Korea.svg Park Hee-young 65-67-61-65=258−26PlayoffGrey Silo Golf Course1,300,000195,000
2012 Jun 21–24 Flag of the United States.svg Brittany Lang 69-65-67-67=268−16PlayoffGrey Silo Golf Course1,300,000195,000

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreTo parRoundVenue
2013 Park Hee-young 61−103rdGrey Silo Golf Course
2014 Inbee Park 61−104thGrey Silo Golf Course
2017 Perrine Delacour 62−102ndWhistle Bear Golf Club

References

  1. ↑ "New Canadian LPGA event added for 2012". Manulife Financial LPGA Classic. AFP. June 28, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2013.[ dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Brittany Lang takes Waterloo playoff for 1st LPGA title". CBC. Canadian Press. June 24, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Lang wins her first professional tournament". Duke University Athletics. June 24, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Fourth round leaderboard, Manulife Financial LPGA Classic". LPGA. June 24, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Brittany Lang wins 1st title". ESPN. Associated Press. June 24, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "No Waterloo Region tournament on 2018 LPGA schedule". CTV Kitchener. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Future of Cambridge LPGA stop uncertain as Manulife sponsorship ends". Sportsnet. Canadian Press. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

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