Twin Bridges Championship

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Twin Bridges Championship
Tournament information
Location Albany, New York, U.S.
Established1984
Course(s)Pinehaven Country Club
Par71
Length6,080 yards (5,560 m)
Tour(s) Epson Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund$237,500
Month playedJuly
Tournament record score
Aggregate199 Seon-Hwa Lee (2005)
199 Sadena Parks (2014)
To par−14 Seon-Hwa Lee (2005)
−14 Sadena Parks (2014)
Current champion
Flag of the United States.svg Lauren Stephenson

The Twin Bridges Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event has been played since 1984 and is held in the Albany, New York area. [1]

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In 2010 and 2011, the title sponsor was Price Chopper, a chain of supermarkets headquartered in Schenectady, New York. The presenting sponsors in 2012 were SEFCU and Sunmark, credit unions in the Albany area, and Burns-Fazzi, Brock, a credit union benefits consulting company. SEFCU became title sponsor in 2014 and in 2015 Fuccillo Kia with Billy Fuccillo stepped in. In 2019 Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, Inc. (CDPHP) became title sponsor. The venue changed to Pinehaven Country Club and the tournament purse rose to $175,000 in 2021.

The tournament was a 54-hole event, as are most Symetra Tour tournaments, and includes pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities.

Tournament names through the years:

Winners

YearDatesChampionCountryScoreTournament
location		Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2024 Jul 21 Lauren Stephenson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 204 (−9)Pinehaven Country Club237,50035,625
2023 Jul 23 Jenny Bae Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 207 (−6) [lower-alpha 1] Pinehaven Country Club200,00030,000
2022 Jul 10 Lucy Li Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 203 (−10)Pinehaven Country Club200,00030,000
2021 Jul 28 Lilia Vu Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 205 (−8)Pinehaven Country Club175,00026,250
2020 May 31Tournament cancelled [lower-alpha 2] Capital Hills at Albany125,00018,750
2019 Jul 28 Robynn Ree Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 200 (−13)Capital Hills at Albany125,00018,750
2018 Jul 29 Kendall Dye Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 132 (−10) [lower-alpha 3] Capital Hills at Albany125,00018,750
2017 Jun 4 Nanna Koerstz Madsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 205 (−8)Capital Hills at Albany125,00018,750
2016 Jun 5 Jackie Stoelting Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 204 (−9)Capital Hills at Albany125,00018,750
2015 Jul 26 Breanna Elliott Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 200 (−13)Capital Hills at Albany100,00015,000
2014 Jul 27 Sadena Parks Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 199 (−14)Capital Hills at Albany100,00015,000
2013 Jul 14 Wei-Ling Hsu Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 202 (−11)Capital Hills at Albany100,00015,000
2012 Aug 5 Jaclyn Sweeney Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 203 (−10)Capital Hills at Albany100,00015,000
2011 Sep 11 Sydnee Michaels Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 202 (−8)Capital Hills at Albany120,00016,800
2010 Sep 5 Cindy LaCrosse Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 208 (−5) [lower-alpha 1] Capital Hills at Albany120,00016,800
2009 Sep 6 Song Yi Choi Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 205 (−8)Capital Hills at Albany110,00015,400
2008 Sep 7 Sarah Jane Kenyon Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 204 (−9)Capital Hills at Albany100,00014,000
2007 Sep 9 Onnarin Sattayabanphot Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 210 (−3)Capital Hills at Albany100,00014,000
2006 Sep 10 Ji Min Jeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 206 (−7)Capital Hills at Albany85,00011,900
2005Jul 17 Seon-Hwa Lee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 199 (−14)Capital Hills at Albany70,0009,800
2004Aug 15 Nicole Perrot Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 203 (−10)Capital Hills at Albany70,0009,800
2003Jul 20 Lindsey Wright Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 205 (−8) [lower-alpha 1] Orchard Creek Golf Club60,0008,400
2002Jul 7 Miriam Nagl Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 210 (−3) [lower-alpha 1] Orchard Creek Golf Club60,0008,400
2001Jul 8 Angela Buzminski Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 208 (−8)Western Turnpike Golf Course60,0008,400
2000Jul 9 Dodie Mazzuca Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 218 (+2) [lower-alpha 1] Western Turnpike Golf Course50,0007,000
1999No tournament
1998 Michele Vinieratos Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 203 (−13)5,300
1997 Heather Daly-Donofrio Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 208 (−8)5,300
1996 Stephanie Comstock Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 212 (−4)6,000
1995 Marilyn Lovander Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 212 (−4)6,000
1994 Marilyn Lovander Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 213 (−3)3,300
1993 Jodi Renner Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 138 (−6) [lower-alpha 3] 2,600
1992 Cathy Mockett Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 213 (−3)2,600
1991 Kim Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 216 (E)2,600
1990 Kelly Holland Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 215 (−1)4,000
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Tournament won in a sudden-death playoff.
  2. ↑ Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [lower-alpha 4]
  3. 1 2 Tournament reduced to 36 holes due to adverse weather conditions.
  4. "Statement on Upcoming Symetra Tour Schedule and the LPGA Qualifying Tournament". LPGA. April 2, 2020. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreRoundCourse
2014 Kim Hye-min 62 (−9)2ndCapital Hills at Albany
2014 Sadena Parks 62 (−9)3rdCapital Hills at Albany

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References

  1. ↑ "Twin Bridges Championship - Past Winners". Symetra Tour. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
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