Sybase Classic

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Sybase Classic
Tournament information
Location Clifton, New Jersey, U.S.
Established 1990
Course(s)Upper Montclair Country Club
(2007-2009)
Par72
Length6,413 yards (5,864 m)
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund $2,000,000 in 2009
Month playedMay
Final year 2009
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Lorena Ochoa (2008)
To par–18 Lorena Ochoa (2008)
Final champion
Flag of South Korea.svg Ji Young Oh (2009)

The Sybase Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour for twenty years, from 1990 to 2009. The event was originally known as the "Big Apple Classic", but the name was dropped in 2007 when the tournament relocated from the New York City area to New Jersey. [1] From 1992 through 2006, ShopRite sponsored the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Atlantic City.

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For its first seventeen years, the event was held at the Wykagyl Country Club in the Wykagyl section of New Rochelle, New York. In 2007 the venue was changed to the Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, New Jersey. The tournament was last played in 2009, as Sybase switched its sponsorship to the Sybase Match Play Championship in 2010, also played in New Jersey. ShopRite revived its sponsorship of the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Atlantic City in 2010.

Over the years, proceeds from the event went to benefit charities such as St. Joseph's Healthcare System, Inc. and the Boys & Girls Club of Clifton.

Tournament names through the years:

Winners

YearDatesChampionCountryScoreTournament
Location
Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2009 May 14-19 Ji Young Oh Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 264 (-14) Upper Montclair Country Club 2,000,000300,000
2008 *May 15-18 Lorena Ochoa (3)Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 206 (-10)Upper Montclair Country Club2,000,000300,000
2007 May 17-20Lorena Ochoa (2)Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 270 (-18)Upper Montclair Country Club1,400,000210,000
2006 *May 18-21Lorena OchoaFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 208 (-5) Wykagyl Country Club 1,300,000195,000
2005 May 19-22 Paula Creamer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 278 (-6)Wykagyl Country Club1,250,000187,500
2004 May 20-23 Sherri Steinhauer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 272 (-12)Wykagyl Country Club950,000142,500
2003 Jul 17-20 Hee-Won Han Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 273 (-11)Wykagyl Country Club950,000142,500
2002 Jul 25-28 Gloria Park Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 270 (-14)Wykagyl Country Club950,000142,500
2001 Jul 19-22 Rosie Jones Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 272 (-12)Wykagyl Country Club950,000142,500
2000 *Jul 13-16 Annika Sörenstam (2)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 206 (-7)Wykagyl Country Club900,000135,000
1999 Jul 15-18 Sherri Steinhauer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 265 (-19)Wykagyl Country Club850,000127,500
1998 Jul 16-19Annika SörenstamFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 279 (-9)Wykagyl Country Club775,000116,250
1997 Jul 17-20 Michele Redman Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 272 (-12)Wykagyl Country Club750,000112,500
1996 Oct 3-5 Caroline Pierce Flag of England.svg  England 211 (-2)Wykagyl Country Club725,000108,750
1995 Jul 20-23 Tracy Kerdyk Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 273 (-11)Wykagyl Country Club700,000105,000
1994 Jul 14-17 Beth Daniel Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 276 (-8)Wykagyl Country Club650,00097,500
1993 Jul 15-18 Hiromi Kobayashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 278 (-6)Wykagyl Country Club600,00090,000
1992 Jul 16-19 Juli Inkster Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 273 (-11)Wykagyl Country Club500,00075,000
1991 Jul 18-21 Betsy King (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 279 (-5)Wykagyl Country Club500,00075,000
1990 Aug 16-19Betsy KingFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 273 (-15)Wykagyl Country Club400,00060,000

* The 2000, 2006 and 2008 tournaments were shortened to 54 holes because of rain.

Tournament record

YearPlayerScoreRoundCourse
1990 Betsy King 63 (-9)3rdWykagyl Country Club
2002 Gloria Park 63 (-9)3rdWykagyl Country Club
2009 Helen Alfredsson 62 (-10)1stUpper Montclair Country Club

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References

  1. "ShopeRite to be Presenting Sponsor of the Sybase Classic". LPGA. March 1, 2007. Retrieved May 13, 2008.

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