Tournament information | |
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Location | The Colony, Texas, U.S. |
Established | 2013, eleven years ago |
Course(s) | Old American Golf Club |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,475 yards (5,921 m) [1] |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Prize fund | $1.8 million |
Month played | October |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 266 Cheyenne Knight (2019) 266 Charley Hull (2022) |
To par | −18 as above |
Current champion | |
Kim Hyo-joo |
The Volunteers of America Classic is a women's professional golf tournament in Texas on the LPGA Tour. It debuted in April 2013 at Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, northwest of downtown Dallas.
Volunteers of America, the title sponsor, is a faith-based nonprofit organization that provides affordable housing and other assistance, primarily to low-income people, throughout the United States.
Inbee Park won the inaugural event, one stroke ahead of Carlota Ciganda, [2] and became its first multiple winner in 2015. In between, Stacy Lewis won by six strokes in 2014 and set the tournament record at 268 (−16).
In 2018, the tournament moved north to the Old American Golf Club in The Colony, along Lewisville Lake. [3]
Year | Date | Champion | Country | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
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2023 | Oct 8 | Kim Hyo-joo | South Korea | 64-68-70-69=271 | −13 | 4 strokes | 1,800,000 | 270,000 |
2022 | Oct 2 | Charley Hull | England | 67-64-71-64=266 | −18 | 1 stroke | 1,700,000 | 255,000 |
2021 | Jul 4 | Ko Jin-young | South Korea | 63-70-66-69=268 | −16 | 1 stroke | 1,500,000 | 225,000 |
2020 | Dec 6 | Angela Stanford | United States | 71-69-70-67=277 | −7 | 2 strokes | 1,750,000 | 262,500 |
2019 | Oct 6 | Cheyenne Knight | United States | 66-67-67-66=266 | −18 | 2 strokes | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
2018 | May 6 | Park Sung-hyun | South Korea | 65-66=131 | −11 | 1 stroke | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
2017 | Apr 30 | Haru Nomura | Japan | 68-65-72-76=281 | −3 | Playoff | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
2016 | May 1 | Jenny Shin | South Korea | 68-70-65-67=270 | −14 | 2 strokes | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
2015 | May 3 | Inbee Park (2) | South Korea | 69-66-69-65=269 | −15 | 3 strokes | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
2014 | May 4 | Stacy Lewis | United States | 71-64-69-64=268 | −16 | 6 strokes | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
2013 | Apr 28 | Inbee Park | South Korea | 67-70-67-67=271 | −13 | 1 stroke | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
Year | Player | Score | Round |
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2017 | Dori Carter | 63 (−8) | 2nd |
2019 | Stephanie Meadow | 63 (−8) | 1st |
2021 | Ko Jin-young | 63 (−8) | 1st |
2022 | Cheyenne Knight | 63 (−8) | 4th |
2022 | Lilia Vu | 63 (−8) | 4th |
2023 | Cheyenne Knight | 63 (–8) | 4th |
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