Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic

Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic
Tournament information
Location Prattville, Alabama, U.S.
Established 2007
Course(s) Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, Senator Course
Par 72
Length 6,607 yards (6,041 m)[1]
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund $1.3 million
Month played September
Tournament record score
Aggregate 267 Mi Jung Hur (2014)
To par −21 Mi Jung Hur (2014)
Current champion
South Korea Mi Jung Hur
RTJ Golf Trail
Capitol Hill
Location in the United States
RTJ Golf Trail
Capitol Hill
Location in Alabama

The Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. The 72-hole event made its debut 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]

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]

Tournament names

Course layout

Capitol Hill, Senator Course (2014)

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3701653903695403851745073763,276 5474003911633633891525154113,3316,607
Par434454354365443443543672

Source:[1]

Winners

YearDates ChampionCountryWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
2014 Sep 18–21 Mi Jung Hur  South Korea 64-70-67-66=267 −21 4 strokes 1,300,000 195,000
2013 No tournament
2012 Sep 20–23 Stacy Lewis  United States 66-70-65-69=270 −18 2 strokes 1,300,000 195,000
2011 Sep 15–18 Lexi Thompson1  United States 66-68-67-70=271 −17 5 strokes 1,300,000 195,000
2010 Oct 7–10 Katherine Hull  Australia 68-67-67-67=269 −191 stroke 1,300,000 195,000
2009 Oct 1–4 Lorena Ochoa (2)  Mexico 66-68-66-70=270 −184 strokes1,400,000 210,000
2008 Sep 25–28 Lorena Ochoa  Mexico 67-67-69-70=273−15 Playoff 21,400,000 210,000
2007 Sep 27–30 Maria Hjorth  Sweden 70-67-70-67=274 −14 1 stroke1,300,000 195,000

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

Tournament records

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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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