Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Prattville, Alabama, U.S. |
| Established | 2007 |
| Course(s) | Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, Senator Course |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,607 yards (6,041 m)[1] |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
| Prize fund | $1.3 million |
| Month played | September |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 267 Mi Jung Hur (2014) |
| To par | −21 Mi Jung Hur (2014) |
| Current champion | |
 Kris Tamulis |
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Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill
The Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. The 72-hole event made its debut in September 2007 at the Capitol Hill location on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Prattville, Alabama, a suburb northwest of Montgomery. Maria Hjorth won the inaugural event on the Senator Course by one stroke over Stacy Prammanasudh.[2]
Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa then won consecutive titles, in a playoff in 2008[3] and by four strokes in 2009.[4] Katherine Hull won in 2010 by a single stroke and set the tournament scoring record at 269 (−19).[5]
The event saw the then youngest-ever winner of an LPGA event in 2011, with Lexi Thompson's five-stroke victory at age 16.[6] (Amateur Lydia Ko lowered the record to age 15 in 2012 in Canada.) In 2012, Stacy Lewis won her third event of the season by two strokes over Thompson, who carded a 63 (−9) on Thursday, but had a 74 (+2) on Saturday.[7]
The Senator Course at RTJ Capitol Hill converted its greens from bent grass to Champion Bermuda grass in the summer of 2011.[8] The title sponsor was Navistar International, a manufacturer of commercial trucks, engines, and school buses. Following the 2012 event, it elected not to continue as title sponsor, and the tournament was dropped from the schedule in 2013.[9][10] The tournament reappeared in 2014 when the Yokohama Tire Corporation took over as the title sponsor.[11]
Contents
Tournament names
- 2007: Navistar LPGA Classic
- 2008: Navistar LPGA Classic Presented by MaxxForce
- 2009–11: Navistar LPGA Classic Presented by Monaco RV
- 2012: Navistar LPGA Classic
- 2014–15: Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic
Course layout
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Capitol Hill, Senator Course (2014)
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards | 370 | 165 | 390 | 369 | 540 | 385 | 174 | 507 | 376 | 3,276 | 547 | 400 | 391 | 163 | 363 | 389 | 152 | 515 | 411 | 3,331 | 6,607 |
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Source:[1]
Winners
| Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Aug 27–30 | Kris Tamulis | United States |
71-68-67-65=271 | −17 | 1 stroke | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | ||
| 2014 | Sep 18–21 | Mi Jung Hur |  South Korea |
64-70-67-66=267 | −21 | 4 strokes | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | ||
| 2013 | No tournament | |||||||||
| 2012 | Sep 20–23 | Stacy Lewis | United States |
66-70-65-69=270 | −18 | 2 strokes | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | ||
| 2011 | Sep 15–18 | Lexi Thompson1 | United States |
66-68-67-70=271 | −17 | 5 strokes | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | ||
| 2010 | Oct 7–10 | Katherine Hull |  Australia |
68-67-67-67=269 | −19 | 1 stroke | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | ||
| 2009 | Oct 1–4 | Lorena Ochoa (2) |  Mexico |
66-68-66-70=270 | −18 | 4 strokes | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | ||
| 2008 | Sep 25–28 | Lorena Ochoa | Mexico |
67-67-69-70=273 | −15 | Playoff 2 | 1,400,000 | 210,000 | ||
| 2007 | Sep 27–30 | Maria Hjorth |  Sweden |
70-67-70-67=274 | −14 | 1 stroke | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | ||
1 Thompson was not an LPGA member at the time of this win.
2 Won in a three-player sudden-death playoff on the second extra hole.
Tournament records
| Year | Player | Score | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Stacy Prammanasudh | 63 (−9) | 1st |
| Amy Hung | 63 (−9) | 4th | |
| Angela Park | 63 (−9) | 4th | |
| 2009 | Yani Tseng | 63 (−9) | 2nd |
| 2010 | Mika Miyazato | 63 (−9) | 2nd |
| Lindsey Wright | 63 (−9) | 4th | |
| 2012 | Lexi Thompson | 63 (−9) | 1st |
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External links
- Official website
- LPGA Tour - official tournament microsite
- Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail: Capitol Hill
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