The BMW Ladies Championship is a women's professional golf tournament in Wonju,[1] South Korea, co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour and the LPGA Tour. It debuted in 2019.[2] It replaced the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship as the LPGA Tour's Korean stop on its Asian swing.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Gyeonggi Province, South Korea (2024) |
| Established | 2019 |
| Course(s) | Seowon Valley Country Club (2024) |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,666 yards (6,095 m) |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour LPGA of Korea Tour |
| Format | Stroke play - 72 holes, no cut |
| Prize fund | $2.2 million |
| Month played | October |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 266 Ko Jin-young (2021) |
| To par | −22 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Hannah Green | |
It is a 72-hole event with a limited field of 84 players, approximately half of a full-field event. There is no cut; all players play all four rounds
Jang Ha-na won the inaugural event in a playoff over Danielle Kang.[3]
An LPGA of Korea Tour event of the same name was played from 2015 to 2017 at the Sky 72 Golf Club, home of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship.
Lydia Ko won in 2022, at Wonju, approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) east of Seoul, her birthplace, for her 18th LPGA Tour victory.[4]
Winners
edit| Year | Tour(s) | Date | Champion | Country | Score | To par | Purse ($) |
Winner's share ($) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | LPGA | 20 Oct | Hannah Green |  Australia |
269 | −19 | 2,200,000 | 330,000 | ||
| 2023 | LPGA | 22 Oct | Minjee Lee | Australia |
272 | −16 | 2,200,000 | 330,000 | ||
| 2022 | LPGA | 23 Oct | Lydia Ko |  New Zealand |
267 | −21 | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | ||
| 2021 | LPGA, KLPGA | 24 Oct | Ko Jin-young |  South Korea |
266 | −22 | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | ||
| 2020 | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5][6] | |||||||||
| 2019 | LPGA, KLPGA | 27 Oct | Jang Ha-na | South Korea |
269 | −19 | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | ||
| Year | Tour(s) | Date | Champion | Country | Score | To par | Purse (₩) |
Winner's share (₩) | ||
| 2018 | No tournament | |||||||||
| 2017 | KLPGA | 17 Sep | Ko Jin-young | South Korea |
272 | −12 | 1,200,000,000 | 300,000,000 | ||
| 2016 | KLPGA | 17 Jul | Ko Jin-young | South Korea |
275 | −13 | 1,200,000,000 | 300,000,000 | ||
| 2015 | KLPGA | 19 Jul | Cho Yoon-ji | South Korea |
270 | −18 | 1,200,000,000 | 300,000,000 | ||
Tournament record
editAs LPGA Tour event
| Year | Player | Score | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Atthaya Thitikul | 63 (−9) | 1st |
| 2024 | Sung Yu-jin | 63 (−9) | 3rd |
References
edit- ^ "Oak Valley Country Club". Robert Trent Jones Golf Course Architects. January 1998. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ Sirak, Ron (21 October 2019). "Inaugural BMW Ladies Championship a Landmark Event for the Women's Game". LPGA.
- ^ "Ha Na Jang beats Danielle Kang in LPGA playoff in South Korea". ESPN. Associated Press. 27 October 2019.
- ^ "Lydia Ko returns to country of her birth to win BMW Ladies Championship". Golf Channel. Associated Press. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ Song, David (15 September 2020). "LPGA announces second Drive On Championship, cancels Asian swing". Golfweek.
- ^ "LPGA Announces New Drive On Championship Amid Asia Cancellations". LPGA. 15 September 2020.