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.

Lotte Championship
Tournament information
LocationʻEwa Beach, Hawaii, U.S.
Established2012
Course(s)Hoakalei Country Club
Par72
Length6,303 yards (5,763 m)
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund$2 million
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
Aggregate260 Lydia Ko (2021)
To par−28 as above
Current champion
Australia Grace Kim
ʻEwa Beach is located in Hawaii
ʻEwa Beach
ʻEwa Beach
Location on Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.

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.

Tournament names edit

  • 2012–2014: LPGA Lotte Championship Presented by J Golf
  • 2015: LPGA Lotte Championship Presented by Hershey
  • 2016–2018: Lotte Championship Presented by Hershey
  • 2019–2021: Lotte Championship
  • 2022–present: Lotte Championship Presented by Hoakalei

Winners edit

Year Date Venue Winner Winning score To par Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
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

Tournament records edit

Year Player Score Round
2013 Lizette Salas 62 (−10) 4th
2017 Cristie Kerr 62 (−10) 3rd

References edit

  1. ^ "Ai Miyazato wins 8th LPGA title". ESPN. Associated Press. April 22, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  2. ^ "Hoakalei Country Club to Host 2022 Lotte Championship". LPGA. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "Hyo Joo Kim edges Hinako Shibuno for Lotte Championship win in Hawaii". Golf Channel. AP. Retrieved April 17, 2022.

External links edit

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