Volunteers of America Classic

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Volunteers of America Classic
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Tournament information
Location The Colony, Texas, U.S.
Established 2013
Course(s) Old American Golf Club
Par71
Length6,475 yards (5,921 m) [1]
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund $1.8 million
Final year2023
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Cheyenne Knight (2019)
266 Charley Hull (2022)
To par−18 as above
Final champion
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hyo-joo
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The Colony
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Old American 
Golf Club

The Volunteers of America Classic was 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.

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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]

Tournament names

Winners

YearDateChampionCountryWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Purse
($)
Winner's
share ($)
2023 Oct 8 Kim Hyo-joo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 64-68-70-69=271−134 strokes1,800,000270,000
2022 Oct 2 Charley Hull Flag of England.svg  England 67-64-71-64=266−181 stroke1,700,000255,000
2021 Jul 4 Ko Jin-young Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 63-70-66-69=268−161 stroke1,500,000225,000
2020 Dec 6 Angela Stanford Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 71-69-70-67=277−72 strokes1,750,000262,500
2019 Oct 6 Cheyenne Knight Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 66-67-67-66=266−182 strokes1,300,000195,000
2018 May 6 Park Sung-hyun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 65-66=131−111 stroke1,300,000195,000
2017 Apr 30 Haru Nomura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 68-65-72-76=281−3Playoff1,300,000195,000
2016 May 1 Jenny Shin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 68-70-65-67=270−142 strokes1,300,000195,000
2015 May 3 Inbee Park (2)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 69-66-69-65=269−153 strokes1,300,000195,000
2014 May 4 Stacy Lewis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 71-64-69-64=268−166 strokes1,300,000195,000
2013 Apr 28 Inbee Park Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 67-70-67-67=271−131 stroke1,300,000195,000

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreRound
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

References

  1. "Course Info". LPGA. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  2. "Inbee Park wins LPGA Shootout". ESPN. Associated Press. April 28, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  3. "Old American Golf Club to Host 2018 Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic". Volunteers of America. October 30, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2018.

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