LPGA International

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LPGA International
Club information
Location Daytona Beach, Florida,
United States Flag of the United States.svg
Established1994
TypePublic
Owned byForeGolf Partners
Operated byForeGolf Partners
Total holes36
Events hostedArch Wireless Championship
Sprint Titleholders Championship
NCAA Women's Championship
Website LPGA International
Champions Course
Designed by Rees Jones
Par 72
Length7088/6664/6240/5744/5131
Course rating 74.8/72.9/70.7/68.1/74.1/70.0
Legends Course
Designed by Arthur Hills
Par 72
Length6984/6594/6339/5827/5155
Course rating 74.6/73.1/71.9/69.8/73.9/69.9
Aerial LPGA International Golf.jpg
Aerial view

LPGA International is a golf club located in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida, United States, and the main golf facility used by the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). The golf club offers two 18-hole courses, Champions and Legends. In 2013, these were renamed to the Jones and Hills courses, reflecting the architects who designed them. [1]

Contents

Overview

In addition to the two Bermuda grass golf courses, the facility offers a driving range, practice putting green, and full-service restaurant. The complex is owned and operated by Fore Golf Partners.

History

When the Ladies Professional Golf Association was looking for a new headquarters in the late 1980s, the City of Daytona Beach made an effort to attract them to this city. Daytona Beach renamed Eleventh Street to LPGA Boulevard and offered to build a new golf course for the LPGA on undeveloped land near the western border of the city. Consolidated Tomoka Land Company agreed to donate 650 acres of land to the city, and the result was LPGA International. [2]

The venue has hosted the Mercury Titleholders Championship from 1995 to 2000, Arch Wireless Championship in 2000, several editions of the Symetra Tour Championship, the LPGA Tour Final Qualifying Tournament, and the 2001 and 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships.

The Courses

Jones Course

Rees Jones designed the Jones Course, which opened in 1994 and is a favorite of tour players. It offers traditional links style golf design, totaling 7,088 yards. It poses a challenge with strategic mounding, sand bunkers, natural marsh areas, beautiful lakes and undulating greens.

The Jones course has been rated as four and a half stars (out of five) on average by Golf Digest magazine readers. [3] GolfLink.com users have rated the Champion course at four stars (out of five) overall. [4] In its 2013 ranking of America's Top 50 Golf Courses for Women, Golf Digest ranked the Champions Course seventh. [5]

Champions Scorecard [6]
Tee Rating/Slope 123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Black74.8 / 145401457197363545162444383569352133841140357619146852520345235677088
Blue72.9 / 141383428174355518141413369549333033237836354815942951316844433346664
White70.7 / 137358402167328469137372360522311531235635653315139147516338831256240
SI Men's122181441661081791311551173
Par443453445364445345343672
GoldM:68.1/130
W:74.1/137
348364145321448120338325464287330534634848214333842414034528715744
Red70.0 / 1232963169424440191333275460251023132028447810833441910734026215131
SI Women's106181421681241771111559133

Hills Course

Arthur Hills designed the Hills Course, which opened in 1998 and offers a design of 6,984 yards. The course features natural wetlands, narrow pine corridors, small greens and strategically placed water hazards. The Hills course is considered to be the more challenging of the two.

The Hills course has been rated as four and a half stars (out of five) on average by Golf Digest magazine readers. [7] GolfLink.com users have rated the Legends course at three stars (out of five) overall. [8]

Legends Scorecard [9]
Tee Rating/Slope 123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Black74.6 / 148386561165371380406207532441344940641018539353119556743441435356984
Blue73.1 / 141374548140340366393195518374324837138116837851617753941939733466594
White71.9 / 137362527130325353382185509366313935637014936850216451040737432006339
SI Men's122181016864147131711515391
Par453444354364434535443672
GoldM:69.8/129
W:73.9/135
352485118302323346168479338291131432913035048214049633534029165827
Red69.9 / 119324464101280294317136443318267726231111322439712544131329224785155
SI Women's126181016482147913171155113

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References

  1. Partnership pays $18 million for 1,000 acres at LPGA site, Orlando Business Journal, October 29, 2004
  2. Daytona's new direction, Florida Trend, May 1, 1994
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  5. Golf Digest, America's Top 50 Courses for Women, July 2013
  6. The Champions course and scorecard Archived 2008-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
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  8. "LPGA International Legends Golf Course". Golf Link. 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  9. The Legends Course and Scorecard Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine

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