Lotte Championship
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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.
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 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.