| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Albany, New York |
| Established | 2000 |
| Course(s) | Capital Hills at Albany |
| Par | 71 |
| Tour(s) | Futures Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$120,000 |
| Month played | September |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 199 Seon-Hwa Lee (2005) |
| To par | -14 Seon-Hwa Lee (2005) |
| Current champion | |
| Sydnee Michaels | |
The Price Chopper Tour Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event has been played since 2000 in the Albany, New York area.
The title sponsor since 2010 is Price Chopper, a chain of supermarkets headquartered in Schenectady, New York.
The Price Chopper Tour Championship is the final full-field tournament on the FUTURES Tour schedule and the results of this tournament etermine the final positions on the money list for the season. The top five earners of the season earn full playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for the following season. The next five players earn conditional status on the LPGA Tour, and the following earn the right to skip the first stage of the LPGA tour qualifying tournament.
The tournament is a 54-hole event, as are most FUTURES Tour tournaments, and includes pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities. The benefiting charity from the Price Chopper Tour Championship is Project Link for Kids and the Boys & Girls Club of Albany.
Tournament names through the years:
| Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Score | Tournament Location |
Purse | Winner's Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Sep 9-11 | Sydnee Michaels | United States | 202 (-8) | Capital Hills at Albany | $120,000 | $16,800 |
| 2010* | Sep 3-5 | Cindy LaCrosse | United States | 208 (-5) | Capital Hills at Albany | $120,000 | $16,800 |
| 2009 | Sep 4-6 | Song Yi Choi | South Korea | 205 (-8) | Capital Hills at Albany | $110,000 | $15,400 |
| 2008 | Sep 5-7 | Sarah-Jane Kenyon | Australia | 204 (-9) | Capital Hills at Albany | $100,000 | $14,000 |
| 2007 | Sep 7-9 | Onnarin Sattayabanphot | Thailand | 210 (-3) | Capital Hills at Albany | $100,000 | $14,000 |
| 2006 | Sep 8-10 | Ji Min Jeong | South Korea | 206 (-7) | Capital Hills at Albany | $85,000 | $11,900 |
| 2005 | Jul 15-17 | Seon Hwa Lee | South Korea | 199 (-14) | Capital Hills at Albany | $70,000 | $9,800 |
| 2004 | Aug 13-15 | Nicole Perrot | Paraguay | 203 (-10) | Capital Hills at Albany | $70,000 | $9,800 |
| 2003* | Jul 17-20 | Lindsey Wright | Australia | 205 (-8) | Orchard Creek Golf Club | $60,000 | $8,400 |
| 2002* | Jul 5-7 | Mariam Nagl | Brazil | 210 (-3) | Orchard Creek Golf Club | $60,000 | $8,400 |
| 2001 | Jul 6-8 | Angela Buzminski | Canada | 208 (-8) | Western Turnpike Golf Course | $60,000 | $8,400 |
| 2000* | Jul 7-9 | Dodie Mazzuca | United States | 218 (+2) | Western Turnpike Golf Course | $50,000 | $7,000 |
*Tournament won in a sudden-death playoff.
| Year | Player | Score | Round | Course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Meredith Ward | 63 (-8) | 2nd round | Capital Hills at Albany |