Tournament information | |
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Location | ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii, U.S. |
Established | 2012 |
Course(s) | Hoakalei Country Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,303 yards (5,763 m) |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Prize fund | $2 million |
Month played | April |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 260 Lydia Ko (2021) |
To par | −28 as above |
Current champion | |
Grace Kim |
The Lotte Championship is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. It debuted in April 2012 at the Ko Olina Golf Club in Kapolei, Hawaii.
The title sponsor of the tournament is Lotte, an industrial conglomerate based in South Korea and Japan. The presenting sponsor from 2012 to 2014 was J Golf, a Korean broadcaster. In 2012, the LPGA Lotte Championship was one of two LPGA tournaments in the United States presented by J Golf. From 2015 to 2018, the presenting sponsor was Hershey.
Ai Miyazato won the inaugural event in 2012 by four strokes for her eighth win on the LPGA Tour. [1]
In 2022, the tournament moved to the Hoakalei Country Club in ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii. [2] [3]
To accommodate Korean television, the tournament begins on Wednesday and concludes on Saturday.
Year | Date | Venue | Winner | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
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2023 | Apr 15 | Hoakalei CC | Grace Kim | 71-67-70-68=276 | −12 | Playoff | Yu Liu Sung Yu-jin | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
2022 | Apr 16 | Hoakalei CC | Kim Hyo-joo | 67-67-72-71=277 | −11 | 2 strokes | Hinako Shibuno | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
2021 | Apr 17 | Kapolei GC | Lydia Ko | 67-63-65-65=260 | −28 | 7 strokes | Inbee Park Kim Sei-young Leona Maguire Nelly Korda | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
2020: Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
2019 | Apr 20 | Ko Olina GC | Brooke Henderson (2) | 65-68-69-70=272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Ji Eun-hee | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
2018 | Apr 14 | Ko Olina GC | Brooke Henderson | 68-66-73-69=276 | −12 | 4 strokes | Azahara Muñoz | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
2017 | Apr 15 | Ko Olina GC | Cristie Kerr | 71-69-62-66=268 | −20 | 3 strokes | Chun In-gee Jang Su-yeon Lydia Ko | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
2016 | Apr 16 | Ko Olina GC | Minjee Lee | 68-66-74-64=272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Katie Burnett Chun In-gee | 1,800,000 | 270,000 |
2015 | Apr 18 | Ko Olina GC | Kim Sei-young | 67-67-70-73=277 | −11 | Playoff | Inbee Park | 1,800,000 | 270,000 |
2014 | Apr 19 | Ko Olina GC | Michelle Wie | 70-67-70-67=274 | −14 | 2 strokes | Angela Stanford | 1,700,000 | 255,000 |
2013 | Apr 20 | Ko Olina GC | Suzann Pettersen | 65-69-68-67=269 | −19 | Playoff | Lizette Salas | 1,700,000 | 255,000 |
2012 | Apr 21 | Ko Olina GC | Ai Miyazato | 71-65-70-70=276 | −12 | 4 strokes | Meena Lee Azahara Muñoz | 1,700,000 | 255,000 |
Year | Player | Score | Round |
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2013 | Lizette Salas | 62 (−10) | 4th |
2017 | Cristie Kerr | 62 (−10) | 3rd |
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