ShopRite LPGA Classic

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The ShopRite LPGA Classic, known in full for sponsorship reasons as The ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer,[2] is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in Galloway, New Jersey, near Atlantic City. It took place annually from 1986 through 2006 and returned to the tour schedule in 2010 at the Bay Course at the Dolce Seaview Resort, with a prize fund of $1.75 million. Purchased in September 2010, the resort is now known as Seaview, A Dolce Hotel.

ShopRite LPGA Classic
Tournament information
LocationGalloway, New Jersey, U.S.
Established1986
Course(s)Seaview,
Bay Course
Par71
Length6,190 yards (5,660 m)[1]
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Format54 holes Stroke play
(72 holes in 1990 & 2020)
Prize fund$1.75 million
Month playedJune
Tournament record score
Aggregate196 Sörenstam (1998, 2005)
196 Nordqvist (2016)
265 Mel Reid (2020)
To par−17 Sörenstam (1998, 2005)
−17 Nordqvist (2016)
−19 Mel Reid (2020)
Current champion
Sweden Linnea Ström
Galloway  is located in the United States
Galloway 
Galloway 
Galloway  is located in New Jersey
Galloway 
Galloway 

History

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From 1986 through 2006, the tournament was played at two different courses near Atlantic City, with the first two and last nine years played on the Bay Course of the Seaview Marriott Resort. It was a 54-hole tournament played over three days, except for 1990 when it was a four-day, 72-hole event. For a decade (1988–97), the event was played at Greate Bay Country Club in Somers Point, known as Sands Country Club until 1991.[3]

The tournament was originally known as the Atlantic City LPGA Classic. Its name was changed in 1992 to the ShopRite LPGA Classic when Wakefern Food Corporation took over as the sponsor.[4]

In 2013, Acer, a Taiwanese computer hardware and electronics company, was added as a presenting sponsor.[2]

Starting in the 2007 season, the LPGA decided to use the traditional ShopRite Classic dates in early June for a new tournament, the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika. After being unable to agree with the LPGA on new dates, the owners decided to end the tournament.[5] ShopRite retained a presence on the LPGA Tour in 2007 as the presenting sponsor of the Sybase Classic. Under the leadership of Eiger Marketing Group in 2009, the LPGA Tour announced that the ShopRite LPGA Classic would return to the schedule in 2010, as a three-day tournament to be played at the same course. The resort on which the course sits was renamed the Dolce Seaview Resort in 2009 after Dolce Hotels took over management from Marriott.[6] Following the purchase by the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey for $20 million in September 2010, it was renamed the Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club.[7] The name of property was changed to Seaview, A Dolce Hotel, when it was purchased by KDG Capital LLC in July 2018.[8]

Multiple winners of the event are Betsy King (1987, 1995, 2001), Annika Sörenstam (1998, 2002, 2005), Juli Inkster (1986, 1988), Stacy Lewis (2012, 2014) and Anna Nordqvist (2015, 2016). There have been two playoffs, in 1988[9] and 1992.[10]

Tournament names

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  • 1986–1987: Atlantic City LPGA Classic
  • 1988–1991: Atlantic City Classic
  • 1992–2012: ShopRite LPGA Classic (not held 2007–09)
  • 2013–present: ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer

Course

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Bay Course

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 345 420 484 360 301 393 185 319 476 3,283 352 179 320 405 419 204 377 115 501 2,872 6,155
Par 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 37 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 34 71

Source:[1]

The Bay Course was partially designed 110 years ago in 1914 by Hugh Irvine Wilson, then finished in 1915 by Donald Ross.[11] It hosted the PGA Championship in 1942, the first of seven majors won by Sam Snead.[12]

Winners

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Year Dates Champion Country Score To par Margin
of victory
Venue Purse ($) Winner's
share
2024 Jun 7–9 Linnea Ström   Sweden 69-70-60=199 −14 1 stroke Seaview 1,750,000 262,500
2023 Jun 9–11 Ashleigh Buhai   South Africa 69-65-65=199 −14 1 stroke Seaview 1,750,000 262,500
2022 Jun 10–12 Brooke Henderson   Canada 67-70-64=201 −12 Playoff Seaview 1,750,000 262,500
2021 Oct 1–3 Céline Boutier   France 66-70-63=199 −14 1 stroke Seaview 1,750,000 262,500
2020 Oct 1–4 Mel Reid   England 68-64-66-67=265 −19 2 strokes Seaview 1,300,000 195,000
2019 Jun 7–9 Lexi Thompson   United States 64-70-67=201 −12 1 stroke Seaview 1,750,000 262,500
2018 Jun 8–10 Annie Park   United States 69-65-63=197 −16 1 stroke Seaview 1,750,000 262,500
2017 Jun 2–4 In-Kyung Kim   South Korea 66-67-69=202 −11 2 strokes Seaview 1,500,000 225,000
2016 Jun 3–5 Anna Nordqvist (2)   Sweden 64-68-64=196 −17 1 stroke Seaview 1,500,000 225,000
2015 May 29–31 Anna Nordqvist   Sweden 67-69-69=205 −8 1 stroke Seaview 1,500,000 225,000
2014 May 30 – Jun 1 Stacy Lewis (2)   United States 67-63-67=197 −16 6 strokes Seaview 1,500,000 225,000
2013 May 31 – Jun 2 Karrie Webb   Australia 72-69-68=209 −4 2 strokes Seaview 1,500,000 225,000
2012 Jun 1–3 Stacy Lewis   United States 65-65-71=201 −12 4 strokes Seaview 1,500,000 225,000
2011 Jun 3–5 Brittany Lincicome   United States 72-64-66=202 −11 1 stroke Seaview 1,500,000 225,000
2010 Jun 18–20 Ai Miyazato   Japan 66-67-64=197 −16 2 strokes Seaview 1,500,000 225,000
2007-2009 - not scheduled
2006 Jun 2–4 Seon Hwa Lee   South Korea 65-69-63=197 −16 3 strokes Seaview 1,500,000 225,000
2005 Jun 3–5 Annika Sörenstam (3)   Sweden 67-65-64=196 −17 4 strokes Seaview 1,400,000 210,000
2004 Jun 18–20 Cristie Kerr   United States 66-68-68=202 −11 1 stroke Seaview 1,300,000 195,000
2003 Jun 27–29 Angela Stanford   United States 65-67-65=197 −16 3 strokes Seaview 1,300,000 195,000
2002 Jun 28–30 Annika Sörenstam (2)   Sweden 68-67-66=201 −12 3 strokes Seaview 1,200,000 180,000
2001 Jun 29 – Jul 1 Betsy King (3)   United States 65-69-67=201 −12 2 strokes Seaview 1,200,000 180,000
2000 Jun 30 – Jul 2 Janice Moodie   Scotland 66-68-69=203 −10 2 strokes Seaview 1,100,000 165,000
1999 Jun 18-20 Se Ri Pak   South Korea 63-69-66=198 −15 2 strokes Seaview 1,000,000 150,000
1998 Jun 26-28 Annika Sörenstam   Sweden 66-65-65=196 −17 4 strokes Seaview 1,000,000 150,000
1997 Jun 27-29 Michelle McGann   United States 72-65-64=201 −12 3 strokes Greate Bay 900,000 135,000
1996 Jun 28-30 Dottie Pepper   United States 67-66-69=202 −11 4 strokes Greate Bay 750,000 112,500
1995 Jun 23-25 Betsy King (2)   United States 66-71-67=204 −9 2 strokes Greate Bay 650,000 97,500
1994 Jun 24-26 Donna Andrews   United States 67-66-74=207 −6 2 strokes Greate Bay 500,000 75,000
1993 Jun 25-27 Shelley Hamlin   United States 67-67-70=204 −9 2 strokes Greate Bay 450,000 67,500
1992 Jun 12-14 Anne Marie Palli   France 69-69-69=207 −6 Playoff [10] Greate Bay 400,000 60,000
1991 Jun 7-9 Jane Geddes   United States 71-68-69=208 −5 1 stroke Greate Bay 300,000 45,000
1990 Jun 14-17 Christa Johnson   United States 69-67-69-70=275 −5 2 strokes Sands 300,000 45,000
1989 Jul 28-30 Nancy Lopez   United States 67-70-69=206 −4 1 stroke Sands 225,000 33,750
1988 Aug 19-21 Juli Inkster (2)   United States 72-69-65=206 −7 Playoff [9] Sands 225,000 33,750
1987 Aug 21-23 Betsy King   United States 70-71-66=207 −6 3 strokes Seaview 225,000 33,750
1986 Aug 22-24 Juli Inkster   United States 67-71-71=209 −4 3 strokes Seaview 225,000 33,750

Source:[13]
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.

Tournament record

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Year Player Score Round Course
2024 Linnea Ström 60 (−11) 3rd Stockton Seaview Golf Club, Bay Course

References

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  1. ^ a b "Course map" (PDF). ShopRite LPGA Classic. 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Acer Announced as ShopRite LPGA Presenting Sponsor". LPGA. January 8, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  3. ^ "Greate Bay Golf & Country Club". At the Point (blog). Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  4. ^ "ShopRight LPGA Classic History". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
  5. ^ Canavan, Tom. "ShopRite Classic folds after schedule dispute with LPGA". Associated Press. Archived from the original on November 11, 2006. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
  6. ^ "Dolce to manage historic resort Seaview". HotelWorld Network. April 29, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Stockton College closes $20 million Seaview purchase". pressofatlanticcity.com. September 1, 2010. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  8. ^ Lowe, Claire LOWE. "Stockton Seaview sold to Florida company". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  9. ^ a b White, Gordon S. Jr. (August 22, 1988). "Golf: Inkster triumphs after trailing by 10". The New York Times. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  10. ^ a b "Palli ends nine-year drought at ShopRite". Boca Raton News. Associated Press. June 15, 1992. p. 6C.
  11. ^ "ShopRite LPGA Classic (About Us)". shopritelpgaclassic. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  12. ^ "Golf courses". stocktonseaview.com. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  13. ^ "ShopRite LPGA Classic: past winners". LPGA. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
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