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Lotte Championship
Women's golf tournament
Women's golf tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lotte Championship |
| image | Lotte Championship logo.png |
| location | ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii, U.S. |
| establishment | 2012 |
| course | Hoakalei Country Club |
| par | 72 |
| yardage | 6303 yd |
| tour | LPGA Tour |
| format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
| purse | $3 million |
| month_played | April |
| final_year | |
| aggregate | 260 Lydia Ko (2021) |
| to-par | −28 as above |
| current_champion | KOR Hwang You-min |
| final_champion |
| to-par = −28 as above |Hawaii The Lotte Championship is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. It debuted in April 2012 at the Ko Olina Golf Club in Kapolei, Hawaii.
The title sponsor of the tournament is Lotte, an industrial conglomerate based in South Korea and Japan. The presenting sponsor from 2012 to 2014 was J Golf, a Korean broadcaster. In 2012, the LPGA Lotte Championship was one of two LPGA tournaments in the United States presented by J Golf. From 2015 to 2018, the presenting sponsor was Hershey.
Ai Miyazato won the inaugural event in 2012 by four strokes for her eighth win on the LPGA Tour.
In 2022, the tournament moved to the Hoakalei Country Club in ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii.
To accommodate Korean television, the tournament begins on Wednesday and concludes on Saturday.
Tournament names
- 2012–2014: LPGA Lotte Championship Presented by J Golf
- 2015: LPGA Lotte Championship Presented by Hershey
- 2016–2018: Lotte Championship Presented by Hershey
- 2019–2021: Lotte Championship
- 2022–present: Lotte Championship Presented by Hoakalei
Winners
| Year | Date | Venue | Winner | Winning score | To par | Margin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| of victory | Runner(s)-up | Purse ($) | Winner's | ||||||
| share ($) | |||||||||
| 2025 | Oct 4 | Hoakalei CC | KOR Hwang You-min | 67-62-75-67=271 | −17 | 1 strokes | KOR Kim Hyo-joo | 3,000,000 | 450,000 |
| 2024 | Nov 9 | Hoakalei CC | KOR Kim A-lim | 66-69-67-68=270 | −18 | 2 strokes | RUS Nataliya Guseva | 3,000,000 | 450,000 |
| 2023 | Apr 15 | Hoakalei CC | AUS Grace Kim | 71-67-70-68=276 | −12 | Playoff | CHN Yu Liu | ||
| KOR Sung Yu-jin | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | |||||||
| 2022 | Apr 16 | Hoakalei CC | KOR Kim Hyo-joo | 67-67-72-71=277 | −11 | 2 strokes | JPN Hinako Shibuno | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| 2021 | Apr 17 | Kapolei GC | NZL Lydia Ko | 67-63-65-65=260 | −28 | 7 strokes | KOR Inbee Park | ||
| KOR Kim Sei-young | |||||||||
| IRL Leona Maguire | |||||||||
| USA Nelly Korda | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | |||||||
| 2020: Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
| 2019 | Apr 20 | Ko Olina GC | CAN Brooke Henderson (2) | 65-68-69-70=272 | −16 | 4 strokes | KOR Ji Eun-hee | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| 2018 | Apr 14 | Ko Olina GC | CAN Brooke Henderson | 68-66-73-69=276 | −12 | 4 strokes | ESP Azahara Muñoz | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| 2017 | Apr 15 | Ko Olina GC | USA Cristie Kerr | 71-69-62-66=268 | −20 | 3 strokes | KOR Chun In-gee | ||
| KOR Jang Su-yeon | |||||||||
| NZL Lydia Ko | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | |||||||
| 2016 | Apr 16 | Ko Olina GC | AUS Minjee Lee | 68-66-74-64=272 | −16 | 1 stroke | USA Katie Burnett | ||
| KOR Chun In-gee | 1,800,000 | 270,000 | |||||||
| 2015 | Apr 18 | Ko Olina GC | KOR Kim Sei-young | 67-67-70-73=277 | −11 | Playoff | KOR Inbee Park | 1,800,000 | 270,000 |
| 2014 | Apr 19 | Ko Olina GC | USA Michelle Wie | 70-67-70-67=274 | −14 | 2 strokes | USA Angela Stanford | 1,700,000 | 255,000 |
| 2013 | Apr 20 | Ko Olina GC | NOR Suzann Pettersen | 65-69-68-67=269 | −19 | Playoff | USA Lizette Salas | 1,700,000 | 255,000 |
| 2012 | Apr 21 | Ko Olina GC | JPN Ai Miyazato | 71-65-70-70=276 | −12 | 4 strokes | KOR Meena Lee | ||
| ESP Azahara Muñoz | 1,700,000 | 255,000 |
Tournament records
| Year | Player | Score | Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | ||||||
| 2017 | ||||||
| 2025 |
References
References
- (April 22, 2012). "Ai Miyazato wins 8th LPGA title". ESPN.
- "Hoakalei Country Club to Host 2022 Lotte Championship". LPGA.
- "Hyo Joo Kim edges Hinako Shibuno for Lotte Championship win in Hawaii". Golf Channel.
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