Florida's Natural Growers Charity Classic
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The Florida's Natural Charity Classic is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour
, the LPGA
's developmental tour. The event has been played since 2009 at the Lake Region Yacht and Country Club in Winter Haven, Florida
.
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 FUTURES 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 of the Florida's Natural Growers Charity Classic is the Florida's Natural Growers Foundation.
Tournament names through the years:
* Tournament shortened to 36 holes due rain. Oh won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Jane Rah.
** Tournament won on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff over Song Yi Choi.
FUTURES Tour
The LPGA Futures Tour, previously styled in uppercase as FUTURES Tour and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed FUTURES Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour...
, the LPGA
LPGA
The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...
's developmental tour. The event has been played since 2009 at the Lake Region Yacht and Country Club in Winter Haven, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Winter Haven is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 26,487 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 estimates, the city had a population of 32,577, making it the second most populated city in Polk County...
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The title sponsor of the tournament is Florida's Natural Growers
Florida's Natural Growers
Florida's Natural Growers is an agricultural cooperative based in Lake Wales, Florida. It is currently owned by over 1,100 grower members.-History:...
, an agricultural cooperative based in Lake Wales, Florida
Lake Wales, Florida
Lake Wales is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 10,194 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 11,802 . It is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area...
.
The Tournament is a 54-hole event, as are most FUTURES 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 of the Florida's Natural Growers Charity Classic is the Florida's Natural Growers Foundation.
Tournament names through the years:
- 2009: Florida's Natural Growers Charity Classic
- 2010-present: Florida's Natural Charity Classic
Winners
| Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Score | Tournament Location |
Purse | Winner's Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 2011 in golf -Men's professional golf:Major championships*7–10 April: The Masters - South African Charl Schwartzel won his first major title with a two stroke margin over Australians Adam Scott and Jason Day.*16–19 June: U.S... |
Mar 25-27 | Tzu-Chi Lin | 206 (-10) | Lake Region Yacht and Country Club | $110,000 | $15,400 | |
| 2010 2010 in golf -Men's professional golf:Major championships*8–11 April: The Masters - American Phil Mickelson defeated Englishman Lee Westwood by three strokes. The event also marked Tiger Woods' return from a self-imposed absence after revelations of marital infidelity; he finished tied for fourth.*17–20 June: U.S... |
Mar 19-21 | Angela Oh | 137 (-7) | Lake Region Yacht and Country Club | $100,000 | $14,000 | |
| 2009 2009 in golf -Men's professional golf:Major championships*9–12 April: The Masters - Argentina's Ángel Cabrera won his second major in a sudden death playoff over Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell .*18–22 June: U.S... |
Mar 20-22 | Jean Reynolds | 212 (-4) ) | Lake Region Yacht and Country Club | $100,000 | $14,000 | |
Tournament records
| Year | Player | Score | Round | Course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Song Yi Choi | 64 (-8) | 1st round | Lake Region Yacht and Country Club, par 72 |