BMW Ladies Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | South Jeolla Province, South Korea (2025) |
| Established | 2019 |
| Course | Pine Beach Golf Links (2025) |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,785 yards (6,204 m) |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour LPGA of Korea Tour |
| Format | Stroke play - 72 holes, no cut |
| Prize fund | $2.3 million |
| Month played | October |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 264 Kim Sei-young (2025) |
| To par | −24 as above |
| Current champion | |
| South Korea Kim Sei-young | |
|long = 127.25 |caption = Location in South Korea |position = left |float = |background= |width = 238 }} --> The BMW Ladies Championship is a women's professional golf tournament in Wonju,[1] South Korea, co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour and the LPGA Tour. It debuted in 2019.[2] It replaced the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship as the LPGA Tour's Korean stop on its Asian swing.
It is a 72-hole event with a limited field of 84 players, approximately half of a full-field event. There is no cut; all players play all four rounds
Jang Ha-na won the inaugural event in a playoff over Danielle Kang.[3]
An LPGA of Korea Tour event of the same name was played from 2015 to 2017 at the Sky 72 Golf Club, home of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship.
Lydia Ko won in 2022, at Wonju, approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) east of Seoul, her birthplace, for her 18th LPGA Tour victory.[4]
Winners
[edit | edit source]| Year | Tour(s) | Date | Champion | Country | Score | To par | Purse ($) |
Winner's share ($) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | LPGA | 19 Oct | Kim Sei-young | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 264 | −24 | 2,300,000 | 345,000 | ||
| 2024 | LPGA | 20 Oct | Hannah Green | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 269 | −19 | 2,200,000 | 330,000 | ||
| 2023 | LPGA | 22 Oct | Minjee Lee | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 272 | −16 | 2,200,000 | 330,000 | ||
| 2022 | LPGA | 23 Oct | Lydia Ko | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 267 | −21 | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | ||
| 2021 | LPGA, KLPGA | 24 Oct | Ko Jin-young | File:Flag of South Korea.svg 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 | File:Flag of South Korea.svg 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 | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 272 | −12 | 1,200,000,000 | 300,000,000 | ||
| 2016 | KLPGA | 17 Jul | Ko Jin-young | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 275 | −13 | 1,200,000,000 | 300,000,000 | ||
| 2015 | KLPGA | 19 Jul | Cho Yoon-ji | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 270 | −18 | 1,200,000,000 | 300,000,000 | ||
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Tournament record
[edit | edit source]As LPGA Tour event
| Year | Player | Score | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Atthaya Thitikul | 63 (−9) | 1st |
| 2024 | Sung Yu-jin | 63 (−9) | 3rd |
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External links
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