Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic

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Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic
Tournament information
Location Prattville, Alabama, U.S.
Established 2007, seventeen years ago
Course(s) Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, Senator Course
Par72
Length6,607 yards (6,041 m) [1]
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund $1.3 million
Final year2016
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Mi Jung Hur (2014)
To par−21 Mi Jung Hur (2014)
Final champion
Flag of Thailand.svg Ariya Jutanugarn
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RTJ Golf Trail 
Capitol Hill 
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Location in the United States
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Location in Alabama

The Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. The 72-hole event made its debut seventeen years ago in September 2007 at the Capitol Hill location on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Prattville, Alabama, a suburb northwest of Montgomery. Maria Hjorth won the inaugural event on the Senator Course by one stroke over Stacy Prammanasudh. [2]

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Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa then won consecutive titles, in a playoff in 2008 [3] and by four strokes in 2009. [4] Katherine Hull won in 2010 by a single stroke and set the tournament scoring record at 269 (−19). [5]

The event saw the then youngest-ever winner of an LPGA event in 2011, with Lexi Thompson's five-stroke victory at age 16. [6] (Amateur Lydia Ko lowered the record to age 15 in 2012 in Canada.) In 2012, Stacy Lewis won her third event of the season by two strokes over Thompson, who carded a 63 (−9) on Thursday, but had a 74 (+2) on Saturday. [7]

The Senator Course at RTJ Capitol Hill converted its greens from bent grass to Champion Bermuda grass in the summer of 2011. [8] The title sponsor was Navistar International, a manufacturer of commercial trucks, engines, and school buses. Following the 2012 event, it elected not to continue as title sponsor, and the tournament was dropped from the schedule in 2013. [9] [10] The tournament reappeared in 2014 when the Yokohama Tire Corporation took over as the title sponsor. [11]

Formerly played later in the season, it was moved up in the schedule to May in 2016. The LPGA Tour event in Mobile, last played as the Airbus LPGA Classic in 2014, was held in May at an RTJ Golf Trail course.

Tournament names

Course layout

Capitol Hill, Senator Course (2014)

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3701653903695403851745073763,2765474003911633633891525154113,3316,607
Par434454354365443443543672

Source: [1]

Winners

YearDatesChampionCountryWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2016 May 5–8 Ariya Jutanugarn Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 70-69-63-72=274−141 stroke1,300,000195,000
2015 Aug 27–30 Kris Tamulis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 71-68-67-65=271−171 stroke1,300,000195,000
2014 Sep 18–21 Mi Jung Hur Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 64-70-67-66=267−214 strokes1,300,000195,000
2013 No tournament
2012 Sep 20–23 Stacy Lewis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 66-70-65-69=270−182 strokes1,300,000195,000
2011 Sep 15–18 Lexi Thompson 1Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 66-68-67-70=271−175 strokes1,300,000195,000
2010 Oct 7–10 Katherine Hull Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 68-67-67-67=269−191 stroke1,300,000195,000
2009 Oct 1–4 Lorena Ochoa (2)Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 66-68-66-70=270−184 strokes1,300,000195,000
2008 Sep 25–28Lorena OchoaFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 67-67-69-70=273−15Playoff 21,400,000210,000
2007 Sep 27–30 Maria Hjorth Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 70-67-70-67=274−141 stroke1,300,000195,000

1 Thompson, age 16, was not an LPGA member at the time of this win in 2011.
2 Won in a three-player sudden-death playoff in 2008 on the second extra hole.

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreRound
2007 Stacy Prammanasudh 63 (−9)1st
Amy Hung 63 (−9)4th
Angela Park 63 (−9)4th
2009 Yani Tseng 63 (−9)2nd
2010 Mika Miyazato 63 (−9)2nd
Lindsey Wright 63 (−9)4th
2012 Lexi Thompson 63 (−9)1st
2016 Ariya Jutanugarn 63 (−9)3rd

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References

  1. 1 2 "Course". Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic. 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Hjorth captures first LPGA Tour win since 1999". ESPN. Associated Press. September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ochoa nips Kung on 2nd playoff hole for Navistar Classic crown". ESPN. Associated Press. September 28, 2008. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ochoa ends 11-start skid with repeat". ESPN. Associated Press. October 4, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Katherine Hull wins second LPGA event". ESPN. Associated Press. October 10, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Lexi Thompson wins Navistar Classic". ESPN. Associated Press. September 18, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Stacy Lewis wins Navistar Classic". ESPN. Associated Press. September 23, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Senator Course Renovation Update". Navistar LPGA Classic. August 16, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  9. ↑ Baldry, Beth Ann (January 15, 2013). "LPGA builds on Lewis' success with '13 schedule". Golf Week. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  10. ↑ Mell, Randall (January 15, 2013). "LPGA releases 2013 schedule". NBC Sports. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Yokohama Tire Corporation to be Title Sponsor of LPGA Tournament in Alabama". LPGA. February 4, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.

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