Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic

The Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. The 72-hole event made its debut thirteen years ago in September 2007 at the Capitol Hill location on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Prattville, Alabama, a suburb northwest of Montgomery. Maria Hjorth won the inaugural event on the Senator Course by one stroke over Stacy Prammanasudh.[2]

Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic
Tournament information
LocationPrattville, Alabama, U.S.
Established2007, thirteen years ago
Course(s)Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, Senator Course
Par72
Length6,607 yards (6,041 m)[1]
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund$1.3 million
Month playedMay (formerly August, September, October)
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Mi Jung Hur (2014)
To par−21 Mi Jung Hur (2014)
Current champion
Ariya Jutanugarn
RTJ Golf Trail 
Capitol Hill 
Location in the United States
RTJ Golf Trail 
Capitol Hill 
Location in Alabama

Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa then won consecutive titles, in a playoff in 2008[3] and by four strokes in 2009.[4] Katherine Hull won in 2010 by a single stroke and set the tournament scoring record at 269 (−19).[5]

The event saw the then youngest-ever winner of an LPGA event in 2011, with Lexi Thompson's five-stroke victory at age 16.[6] (Amateur Lydia Ko lowered the record to age 15 in 2012 in Canada.) In 2012, Stacy Lewis won her third event of the season by two strokes over Thompson, who carded a 63 (−9) on Thursday, but had a 74 (+2) on Saturday.[7]

The Senator Course at RTJ Capitol Hill converted its greens from bent grass to Champion Bermuda grass in the summer of 2011.[8] The title sponsor was Navistar International, a manufacturer of commercial trucks, engines, and school buses. Following the 2012 event, it elected not to continue as title sponsor, and the tournament was dropped from the schedule in 2013.[9][10] The tournament reappeared in 2014 when the Yokohama Tire Corporation took over as the title sponsor.[11]

Formerly played later in the season, it was moved up in the schedule to May in 2016. The LPGA Tour event in Mobile, last played as the Airbus LPGA Classic in 2014, was held in May at an RTJ Golf Trail course.

Tournament names
  • 2007: Navistar LPGA Classic
  • 2008: Navistar LPGA Classic Presented by MaxxForce
  • 2009–11: Navistar LPGA Classic Presented by Monaco RV
  • 2012: Navistar LPGA Classic
  • 2014–16: Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic

Course layout
Main article: Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail

Capitol Hill, Senator Course (2014)

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3701653903695403851745073763,2765474003911633633891525154113,3316,607
Par434454354365443443543672

Source:[1]

Winners
YearDatesChampionCountryWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2017No tournament
2016May 5–8Ariya Jutanugarn Thailand70-69-63-72=274−141 stroke1,300,000195,000
2015Aug 27–30Kris Tamulis United States71-68-67-65=271−171 stroke1,300,000195,000
2014Sep 18–21Mi Jung Hur South Korea64-70-67-66=267−214 strokes1,300,000195,000
2013No tournament
2012Sep 20–23Stacy Lewis United States66-70-65-69=270−182 strokes1,300,000195,000
2011Sep 15–18Lexi Thompson1 United States66-68-67-70=271−175 strokes1,300,000195,000
2010Oct 7–10Katherine Hull Australia68-67-67-67=269−191 stroke1,300,000195,000
2009Oct 1–4Lorena Ochoa (2) Mexico66-68-66-70=270−184 strokes1,300,000195,000
2008Sep 25–28Lorena Ochoa Mexico67-67-69-70=273−15Playoff 21,400,000210,000
2007Sep 27–30Maria Hjorth Sweden70-67-70-67=274−141 stroke1,300,000195,000

1 Thompson, age 16, was not an LPGA member at the time of this win in 2011.
2 Won in a three-player sudden-death playoff in 2008 on the second extra hole.

Tournament records
YearPlayerScoreRound
2007Stacy Prammanasudh63 (−9)1st
Amy Hung63 (−9)4th
Angela Park63 (−9)4th
2009Yani Tseng63 (−9)2nd
2010Mika Miyazato63 (−9)2nd
Lindsey Wright63 (−9)4th
2012Lexi Thompson63 (−9)1st
2016Ariya Jutanugarn63 (−9)3rd

References
  1. "Course". Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic. 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  2. "Hjorth captures first LPGA Tour win since 1999". ESPN. Associated Press. September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  3. "Ochoa nips Kung on 2nd playoff hole for Navistar Classic crown". ESPN. Associated Press. September 28, 2008. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  4. "Ochoa ends 11-start skid with repeat". ESPN. Associated Press. October 4, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  5. "Katherine Hull wins second LPGA event". ESPN. Associated Press. October 10, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  6. "Lexi Thompson wins Navistar Classic". ESPN. Associated Press. September 18, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  7. "Stacy Lewis wins Navistar Classic". ESPN. Associated Press. September 23, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  8. "Senator Course Renovation Update". Navistar LPGA Classic. August 16, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  9. Baldry, Beth Ann (January 15, 2013). "LPGA builds on Lewis' success with '13 schedule". Golf Week. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  10. Mell, Randall (January 15, 2013). "LPGA releases 2013 schedule". NBC Sports. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  11. "Yokohama Tire Corporation to be Title Sponsor of LPGA Tournament in Alabama". LPGA. February 4, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.

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