ShopRite LPGA Classic

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ShopRite LPGA Classic
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Tournament information
Location Galloway, New Jersey, U.S.
Established 1986
Course(s) Seaview,
Bay Course
Par71
Length6,190 yards (5,660 m) [1]
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format54 holes Stroke play
(72 holes in 1990 & 2020)
Prize fund $1.75 million
Month playedJune
Tournament record score
Aggregate196 Sörenstam (1998, 2005)
196 Nordqvist (2016)
265 Mel Reid (2020)
To par−17 Sörenstam (1998, 2005)
−17 Nordqvist (2016)
−19 Mel Reid (2020)
Current champion
Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai
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Location in the United States
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The ShopRite LPGA Classic, known in full for sponsorship reasons as The ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer, [2] is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in Galloway, New Jersey, near Atlantic City. It took place annually from 1986 through 2006 and returned to the tour schedule in 2010 at the Bay Course at the Dolce Seaview Resort, with a prize fund of $1.75 million. Purchased in September 2010, the resort is now known as Seaview, A Dolce Hotel.

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History

From 1986 through 2006, the tournament was played at two different courses near Atlantic City, with the first two and last nine years played on the Bay Course of the Seaview Marriott Resort. It was a 54-hole tournament played over three days, except for 1990 when it was a four-day, 72-hole event. For a decade (1988–97), the event was played at Greate Bay Country Club in Somers Point, known as Sands Country Club until 1991. [3]

The tournament was originally known as the Atlantic City LPGA Classic. Its name was changed in 1992 to the ShopRite LPGA Classic when Wakefern Food Corporation took over as the sponsor. [4]

In 2013, Acer, a Taiwanese computer hardware and electronics company, was added as a presenting sponsor. [2]

Starting in the 2007 season, the LPGA decided to use the traditional ShopRite Classic dates in early June for a new tournament, the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika. After being unable to agree with the LPGA on new dates, the owners decided to end the tournament. [5] ShopRite retained a presence on the LPGA Tour in 2007 as the presenting sponsor of the Sybase Classic. Under the leadership of Eiger Marketing Group in 2009, the LPGA Tour announced that the ShopRite LPGA Classic would return to the schedule in 2010, as a three-day tournament to be played at the same course. The resort on which the course sits was renamed the Dolce Seaview Resort in 2009 after Dolce Hotels took over management from Marriott. [6] Following the purchase by the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey for $20 million in September 2010, it was renamed the Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club. [7] The name of property was changed to Seaview, A Dolce Hotel, when it was purchased by KDG Capital LLC in July 2018. [8]

Multiple winners of the event are Betsy King (1987, 1995, 2001), Annika Sörenstam (1998, 2002, 2005), Juli Inkster (1986, 1988), Stacy Lewis (2012, 2014) and Anna Nordqvist (2015, 2016). There have been two playoffs, in 1988 [9] and 1992. [10]

Tournament names

Course

Bay Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3454204843603013931853194763,2833521793204054192043771155012,8726,155
Par445444345374344434353471

Source: [1]

The Bay Course was partially designed 110 years ago in 1914 by Hugh Irvine Wilson, then finished in 1915 by Donald Ross. [11] It hosted the PGA Championship in 1942, the first of seven majors won by Sam Snead. [12]

Winners

YearDatesChampionCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		VenuePurse ($)Winner's
share
2023 Jun 9–11 Ashleigh Buhai Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 69-65-65=199−141 stroke Seaview 1,750,000262,500
2022 Jun 10–12 Brooke Henderson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 67-70-64=201−12Playoff Seaview 1,750,000262,500
2021 Oct 1–3 Céline Boutier Flag of France.svg  France 66-70-63=199−141 stroke Seaview 1,750,000262,500
2020 Oct 1–4 Mel Reid Flag of England.svg  England 68-64-66-67=265−192 strokesSeaview1,300,000195,000
2019 Jun 7–9 Lexi Thompson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 64-70-67=201−121 strokeSeaview1,750,000262,500
2018 Jun 8–10 Annie Park Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 69-65-63=197−161 strokeSeaview1,750,000262,500
2017 Jun 2–4 In-Kyung Kim Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 66-67-69=202−112 strokesSeaview1,500,000225,000
2016 Jun 3–5 Anna Nordqvist (2)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 64-68-64=196−171 strokeSeaview1,500,000225,000
2015 May 29–31Anna NordqvistFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 67-69-69=205−81 strokeSeaview1,500,000225,000
2014 May 30 – Jun 1 Stacy Lewis (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 67-63-67=197−166 strokesSeaview1,500,000225,000
2013 May 31 – Jun 2 Karrie Webb Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 72-69-68=209−42 strokesSeaview1,500,000225,000
2012 Jun 1–3Stacy LewisFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 65-65-71=201−124 strokesSeaview1,500,000225,000
2011 Jun 3–5 Brittany Lincicome Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 72-64-66=202−111 strokeSeaview1,500,000225,000
2010 Jun 18–20 Ai Miyazato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 66-67-64=197−162 strokesSeaview1,500,000225,000
2007-2009 - not scheduled
2006 Jun 2–4 Seon Hwa Lee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 65-69-63=197−163 strokesSeaview1,500,000225,000
2005 Jun 3–5 Annika Sörenstam (3)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 67-65-64=196−174 strokesSeaview1,400,000210,000
2004 Jun 18–20 Cristie Kerr Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 66-68-68=202−111 strokeSeaview1,300,000195,000
2003 Jun 27–29 Angela Stanford Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 65-67-65=197−163 strokesSeaview1,300,000195,000
2002 Jun 28–30Annika Sörenstam (2)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 68-67-66=201−123 strokesSeaview1,200,000180,000
2001 Jun 29 – Jul 1 Betsy King (3)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 65-69-67=201−122 strokesSeaview1,200,000180,000
2000 Jun 30 – Jul 2 Janice Moodie Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 66-68-69=203−102 strokesSeaview1,100,000165,000
1999 Jun 18-20 Se Ri Pak Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 63-69-66=198−152 strokesSeaview1,000,000150,000
1998 Jun 26-28Annika SörenstamFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 66-65-65=196−174 strokesSeaview1,000,000150,000
1997 Jun 27-29 Michelle McGann Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 72-65-64=201−123 strokes Greate Bay 900,000135,000
1996 Jun 28-30 Dottie Pepper Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 67-66-69=202−114 strokesGreate Bay750,000112,500
1995 Jun 23-25Betsy King (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 66-71-67=204−92 strokesGreate Bay650,00097,500
1994 Jun 24-26 Donna Andrews Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 67-66-74=207−62 strokesGreate Bay500,00075,000
1993 Jun 25-27 Shelley Hamlin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 67-67-70=204−92 strokesGreate Bay450,00067,500
1992 Jun 12-14 Anne Marie Palli Flag of France.svg  France 69-69-69=207−6Playoff [10] Greate Bay400,00060,000
1991 Jun 7-9 Jane Geddes Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 71-68-69=208−51 strokeGreate Bay300,00045,000
1990 Jun 14-17 Christa Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 69-67-69-70=275−52 strokesSands300,00045,000
1989 Jul 28-30 Nancy Lopez Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 67-70-69=206−41 strokeSands225,00033,750
1988 Aug 19-21 Juli Inkster (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 72-69-65=206−7Playoff [9] Sands225,00033,750
1987 Aug 21-23Betsy KingFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 70-71-66=207−63 strokesSeaview225,00033,750
1986 Aug 22-24Juli InksterFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 67-71-71=209−43 strokesSeaview225,00033,750

Source: [13]
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.

Tournament record

YearPlayerScoreRoundCourse
2018 Kim Sei-young 61 (−10)2nd Stockton Seaview Golf Club, Bay Course
2018 Sakura Yokomine 61 (−10)3rdStockton Seaview Golf Club, Bay Course

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