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Lotte Championship

Coordinates: 21°20′20″N 158°07′12″W / 21.339°N 158.120°W / 21.339; -158.120
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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 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.

Tournament names

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  • 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

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Year Date Venue Winner Winning score To par Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
2023 Apr 15 Hoakalei CC Australia Grace Kim 71-67-70-68=276 −12 Playoff China Yu Liu
South Korea Sung Yu-jin
2,000,000 300,000
2022 Apr 16 Hoakalei CC South Korea Kim Hyo-joo 67-67-72-71=277 −11 2 strokes Japan Hinako Shibuno 2,000,000 300,000
2021 Apr 17 Kapolei GC New Zealand Lydia Ko 67-63-65-65=260 −28 7 strokes South Korea Inbee Park
South Korea Kim Sei-young
Republic of Ireland Leona Maguire
United States Nelly Korda
2,000,000 300,000
2020: Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Apr 20 Ko Olina GC Canada Brooke Henderson (2) 65-68-69-70=272 −16 4 strokes South Korea Ji Eun-hee 2,000,000 300,000
2018 Apr 14 Ko Olina GC Canada Brooke Henderson 68-66-73-69=276 −12 4 strokes Spain Azahara Muñoz 2,000,000 300,000
2017 Apr 15 Ko Olina GC United States Cristie Kerr 71-69-62-66=268 −20 3 strokes South Korea Chun In-gee
South Korea Jang Su-yeon
New Zealand Lydia Ko
2,000,000 300,000
2016 Apr 16 Ko Olina GC Australia Minjee Lee 68-66-74-64=272 −16 1 stroke United States Katie Burnett
South Korea Chun In-gee
1,800,000 270,000
2015 Apr 18 Ko Olina GC South Korea Kim Sei-young 67-67-70-73=277 −11 Playoff South Korea Inbee Park 1,800,000 270,000
2014 Apr 19 Ko Olina GC United States Michelle Wie 70-67-70-67=274 −14 2 strokes United States Angela Stanford 1,700,000 255,000
2013 Apr 20 Ko Olina GC Norway Suzann Pettersen 65-69-68-67=269 −19 Playoff United States Lizette Salas 1,700,000 255,000
2012 Apr 21 Ko Olina GC Japan Ai Miyazato 71-65-70-70=276 −12 4 strokes South Korea Meena Lee
Spain Azahara Muñoz
1,700,000 255,000

Tournament records

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

References

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  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.
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21°20′20″N 158°07′12″W / 21.339°N 158.120°W / 21.339; -158.120