BMW Ladies Championship

BMW Ladies Championship
Tournament information
LocationGyeonggi Province, South Korea (2024)
Established2019
Course(s)Seowon Valley Country Club (2024)
Par72
Length6,666 yards (6,095 m)
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
LPGA of Korea Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes, no cut
Prize fund$2.2 million
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Ko Jin-young (2021)
To par−22 as above
Current champion
Australia Hannah Green
Gyeonggi Province is located in South Korea
Gyeonggi Province
Gyeonggi Province
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Location in South Korea

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

Year Tour(s) Date Champion Country Score To par Purse
($)		 Winner's
share ($)
2024 LPGA 20 Oct Hannah Green  Australia 269 −19 2,200,000 330,000
2023 LPGA 22 Oct Minjee Lee  Australia 272 −16 2,200,000 330,000
2022 LPGA 23 Oct Lydia Ko  New Zealand 267 −21 2,000,000 300,000
2021 LPGA, KLPGA 24 Oct Ko Jin-young  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  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  South Korea 272 −12 1,200,000,000 300,000,000
2016 KLPGA 17 Jul Ko Jin-young  South Korea 275 −13 1,200,000,000 300,000,000
2015 KLPGA 19 Jul Cho Yoon-ji  South Korea 270 −18 1,200,000,000 300,000,000

Tournament record

As LPGA Tour event

Year Player Score Round
2022 Atthaya Thitikul 63 (−9) 1st
2024 Sung Yu-jin 63 (−9) 3rd

References

  1. ^ "Oak Valley Country Club". Robert Trent Jones Golf Course Architects. January 1998. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  2. ^ Sirak, Ron (21 October 2019). "Inaugural BMW Ladies Championship a Landmark Event for the Women's Game". LPGA.
  3. ^ "Ha Na Jang beats Danielle Kang in LPGA playoff in South Korea". ESPN. Associated Press. 27 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Lydia Ko returns to country of her birth to win BMW Ladies Championship". Golf Channel. Associated Press. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  5. ^ Song, David (15 September 2020). "LPGA announces second Drive On Championship, cancels Asian swing". Golfweek.
  6. ^ "LPGA Announces New Drive On Championship Amid Asia Cancellations". LPGA. 15 September 2020.

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