Lotte Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Established | 2012 |
| Course | Hoakalei Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,303 yards (5,763 m) |
| Tour | LPGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
| Prize fund | $3 million |
| Month played | April |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 260 Lydia Ko (2021) |
| To par | −28 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Hwang You-min | |
The Lotte Championship is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. It debuted in April 2012 at the Ko Olina Golf Club in Kapolei, Hawaii.
The title sponsor of the tournament is Lotte, an industrial conglomerate based in South Korea and Japan. The presenting sponsor from 2012 to 2014 was J Golf, a Korean broadcaster. In 2012, the LPGA Lotte Championship was one of two LPGA tournaments in the United States presented by J Golf. From 2015 to 2018, the presenting sponsor was Hershey.
Ai Miyazato won the inaugural event in 2012 by four strokes for her eighth win on the LPGA Tour.[1]
In 2022, the tournament moved to the Hoakalei Country Club in ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii.[2][3]
To accommodate Korean television, the tournament begins on Wednesday and concludes on Saturday.
Tournament names
[edit | edit source]- 2012–2014: LPGA Lotte Championship Presented by J Golf
- 2015: LPGA Lotte Championship Presented by Hershey
- 2016–2018: Lotte Championship Presented by Hershey
- 2019–2021: Lotte Championship
- 2022–present: Lotte Championship Presented by Hoakalei
Winners
[edit | edit source]| Year | Date | Venue | Winner | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oct 4 | Hoakalei CC | Hwang You-min |
67-62-75-67=271 | −17 | 1 strokes | Kim Hyo-joo |
3,000,000 | 450,000 |
| 2024 | Nov 9 | Hoakalei CC | Kim A-lim |
66-69-67-68=270 | −18 | 2 strokes |  Nataliya Guseva |
3,000,000 | 450,000 |
| 2023 | Apr 15 | Hoakalei CC |  Grace Kim |
71-67-70-68=276 | −12 | Playoff | China Yu Liu Sung Yu-jin |
2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| 2022 | Apr 16 | Hoakalei CC | 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 | Inbee Park 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 | 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 | Chun In-gee Jang Su-yeon New Zealand Lydia Ko |
2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| 2016 | Apr 16 | Ko Olina GC | Minjee Lee |
68-66-74-64=272 | −16 | 1 stroke | United States Katie Burnett Chun In-gee |
1,800,000 | 270,000 |
| 2015 | Apr 18 | Ko Olina GC | Kim Sei-young |
67-67-70-73=277 | −11 | Playoff | 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 | Meena Lee Spain Azahara Muñoz |
1,700,000 | 255,000 |
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Tournament records
[edit | edit source]| Year | Player | Score | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Lizette Salas | 62 (−10) | 4th |
| 2017 | Cristie Kerr | 62 (−10) | 3rd |
| 2025 | Hwang You-min | 62 (−10) | 2nd |
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External links
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