Florida's Natural Charity Classic
The Florida's Natural Charity Classic is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event has been played at the Country Club of Winter Haven in Winter Haven, Florida since 2017. From 2014 to 2016, it was played at Lake Wales Country Club in Lake Wales, Florida since 2014. From 2009 to 2013, it was played at the Lake Region Yacht and Country Club in Winter Haven.
The title sponsor of the tournament is Florida's Natural Growers, an agricultural cooperative based in Lake Wales, Florida.
The tournament is a 54-hole event, as are most tour tournaments, and includes pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the tour as a benefit for local charities. The current benefiting charity is the Florida's Natural Growers Foundation.
Tournament names through the years:
- 2009: Florida's Natural Growers Charity Classic
- 2010–2022: Florida's Natural Charity Classic
Winners[]
Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Score | Location | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
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2022 | Mar 4–6 | Country Club of Winter Haven | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
2021 | No tournament | ||||||
2020 | Mar 6–8 | United States | 206 (−10) | Country Club of Winter Haven | 125,000 | 18,750 | |
2019 | Mar 15–17 | Kelly Tan | Malaysia | 203 (−13) | Country Club of Winter Haven | 125,000 | 18,750 |
2018 | Mar 16–18 | United States | 206 (−10) | Country Club of Winter Haven | 125,000 | 18,750 | |
2017 | Mar 10–12 | Jersey | 206 (−10) | Country Club of Winter Haven | 125,000 | 18,750 | |
2016 | Apr 8–10 | Canada | 209 (−7) | Lake Wales Country Club | 175,000 | 26,250 | |
2015 | Mar 27–29 | Canada | 211 (−5) | Lake Wales Country Club | 125,000 | 18,750 | |
2014 | Mar 21–23 | China | 207 (−9) | Lake Wales Country Club | 125,000 | 18,750 | |
2013 | Mar 22–24 | United States | 206 (−10) | Lake Region Yacht and Country Club | 125,000 | 18,750 | |
2012 | Mar 23–25 | United States | 206 (−10) | Lake Region Yacht and Country Club | 125,000 | 18,750 | |
2011 | Mar 25–27 | Taiwan | 211 (−5) | Lake Region Yacht and Country Club | 110,000 | 15,400 | |
2010 | Mar 19–21 | Angela Oh | United States | 137 (−7)* | Lake Region Yacht and Country Club | 100,000 | 14,000 |
2009 | Mar 20–22 | ** | United States | 212 (−4) | Lake Region Yacht and Country Club | 100,000 | 14,000 |
* Tournament shortened to 36 holes due rain. Oh won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over .
** Tournament won on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff over .
Tournament records[]
Year | Player | Score | Round | Course |
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2009 | 64 (−8) | 1st | Lake Region Yacht and Country Club | |
2014 | 66 (−6) | 2nd | Lake Wales Country Club | |
2016 | 66 (−6) | 1st | Lake Wales Country Club | |
2016 | 66 (−6) | 3rd | Lake Wales Country Club | |
2017 | 65 (−7) | 3rd | Country Club of Winter Haven | |
2019 | 65 (−7) | 1st | Country Club of Winter Haven | |
2019 | Vicky Hurst | 65 (−7) | 3rd | Country Club of Winter Haven |
External links[]
- Symetra Tour events
- Golf in Florida
- Recurring sporting events established in 2009
- 2009 establishments in Florida