Tournament information | |
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Location | Cambridge, Ontario, Canada |
Established | 2012 |
Course(s) | Whistle Bear Golf Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,613 yards (6,047 m) |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Prize fund | US$1.7 million |
Month played | June (September in 2016) |
Final year | 2017 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 258 Park Hee-young (2013) |
To par | −26 as above |
Final champion | |
Ariya Jutanugarn |
The Manulife LPGA Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. The 72-hole, full-field event was first played in June 2012 at the Grey Silo Golf Course in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. [1] The title sponsor was Manulife Financial, a global insurance company and financial services provider with headquarters in Toronto.
At the inaugural event in 2012, Brittany Lang won her first LPGA title in a four-way sudden-death playoff. It was the first-ever win on the tour by an alumna of Duke. [2] [3] The runners-up were Hee Kyung Seo, Inbee Park, and Chella Choi. [4] After missing a birdie putt at the par-5 18th to win in regulation, Lang birdied the same hole three straight times in the playoff. [5]
In 2015, the tournament moved to Whistle Bear Golf Club in Cambridge, about 18 km south of Grey Silo GC, where it remained for 2016 and 2017. [6]
In 2017, the Manulife LPGA Classic was announced to become Manulife's final tournament as the title sponsor [7] and a new one was never found. [6]
Year | Date | Champion | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Venue | Purse (US$) | Winner's share |
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2017 | Jun 8–11 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 67-70-65-69=271 | −17 | Playoff | Whistle Bear Golf Club | 1,700,000 | 255,000 |
2016 | Sep 1–4 | Caroline Masson | 68-69-68-67=272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Whistle Bear Golf Club | 1,600,000 | 240,000 |
2015 | Jun 4–7 | Suzann Pettersen | 66-65-66-69=266 | −22 | 1 stroke | Whistle Bear Golf Club | 1,500,000 | 225,000 |
2014 | Jun 5–8 | Inbee Park | 69-66-65-61=261 | −23 | 3 strokes | Grey Silo Golf Course | 1,500,000 | 225,000 |
2013 | Jul 11–14 | Park Hee-young | 65-67-61-65=258 | −26 | Playoff | Grey Silo Golf Course | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
2012 | Jun 21–24 | Brittany Lang | 69-65-67-67=268 | −16 | Playoff | Grey Silo Golf Course | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
Year | Player | Score | To par | Round | Venue |
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2013 | Park Hee-young | 61 | −10 | 3rd | Grey Silo Golf Course |
2014 | Inbee Park | 61 | −10 | 4th | Grey Silo Golf Course |
2017 | Perrine Delacour | 62 | −10 | 2nd | Whistle Bear Golf Club |
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