The ANNIKA

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The ANNIKA
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Tournament information
Location Belleair, Florida, U.S.
Established2020
CoursePelican Golf Club
Par70
Length6,268 yards (5,731 m)
Tour LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play – 72 holes
Prize fund $3.25 million
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate261 Lilia Vu (2023)
261 Linn Grant (2025)
To par−19 as above
Current champion
Flag of Sweden.svg Linn Grant
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Belleair
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Belleair

The Annika, full name is The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican, formerly the Pelican Women's Championship, is a women's professional golf tournament in Florida on the LPGA Tour. A new event in 2020, it was played at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair near Tampa. [1]

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The 2022 event was scheduled to be held November 10–13, but the Thursday, November 10 start date was eliminated due to the approach of Hurricane Nicole with rain and strong winds, and the tournament was shortened to 54 holes. [2] The storm hit with a 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) wind, and 4.68 inches (11.9 cm) rain fell on the Tampa Bay area on Thursday. The sandy subsoil allowed for rapid drainage of the rainwater, and the golf course crew worked overnight so that play could begin as proposed at 6:55 a.m. on Friday, by which time the course was in notably good shape. [3]

In 2024, Nelly Korda earned her third title with a 3-shot victory over Charley Hull, Im Jin-hee, and Zhang Weiwei. [4] During the 2024 pro-am, Caitlin Clark, 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year played the front nine alongside Korda and the back nine with Annika Sörenstam. [5]

Tournament names

Winners

YearDateChampionCountryWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
Ref
2025 Nov 16 Linn Grant Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 68-63-65-65=261–193 strokes3,250,000487,500 [6]
2024 Nov 17 Nelly Korda (3)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 66-66-67-67=266−143 strokes3,250,000487,500 [4]
2023 Nov 12 Lilia Vu Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 67-66-62-66=261−193 strokes3,250,000487,500 [7]
2022 Nov 13 Nelly Korda (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 66-66-64=196−141 stroke2,000,000300,000 [8]
2021 Nov 14 Nelly Korda Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 65-66-63-69=263−17Playoff1,750,000262,500 [9]
2020 Nov 22 Kim Sei-young Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 67-65-64-70=266−143 strokes1,500,000225,000 [10]

Tournament record

YearPlayerScoreRound
2023 Amy Yang 61 (−9)3rd

References

  1. "LPGA schedule features 33 events and record prize money". ESPN. Associated Press. November 22, 2019.
  2. "2022 Pelican Women's Championship Shortened to 54 Holes". LPGA. November 9, 2022.
  3. "Post Hurricane Course Conditions Stuns Players". LPGA. November 11, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Nelly Korda Wins The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican to Claim Seventh 2024 Title". LPGA. November 17, 2024.
  5. "Fever's Caitlin Clark draws big crowd for LPGA pro-am". ESPN . Associated Press. November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  6. "Linn Grant Breezes to her 2nd LPGA Title at The ANNIKA". LPGA. November 16, 2025.
  7. "Lilia Vu Rallies to Win in Florida and Closes in on LPGA Player of the Year". LPGA. November 12, 2023.
  8. "Nelly Korda Rallies to Win Pelican and Returns to No. 1". LPGA. November 13, 2022.
  9. "Nelly Korda, The Fresh Princess of Belleair". LPGA. November 14, 2021.
  10. "2020 Pelican Women's Championship". LPGA. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

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