Volunteers of America Classic

The Volunteers of America Classic is a women's professional golf tournament in Texas on the LPGA Tour. It debuted in April 2013 at Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, northwest of downtown Dallas.

Volunteers of America Classic
Tournament information
LocationThe Colony, Texas, U.S.
Established2013, eleven years ago
Course(s)Old American Golf Club
Par71
Length6,475 yards (5,921 m)[1]
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund$1.8 million
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Cheyenne Knight (2019)
266 Charley Hull (2022)
To par−18 as above
Current champion
South Korea Kim Hyo-joo
The Colony is located in the United States
The Colony
The Colony
Old American  Golf Club is located in Texas
Old American  Golf Club
Old American 
Golf Club

Volunteers of America, the title sponsor, is a faith-based nonprofit organization that provides affordable housing and other assistance, primarily to low-income people, throughout the United States.

Inbee Park won the inaugural event, one stroke ahead of Carlota Ciganda,[2] and became its first multiple winner in 2015. In between, Stacy Lewis won by six strokes in 2014 and set the tournament record at 268 (−16).

In 2018, the tournament moved north to the Old American Golf Club in The Colony, along Lewisville Lake.[3]

Tournament names

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  • 2013–2014: North Texas LPGA Shootout
  • 2015: Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout Presented by JTBC
  • 2016–2017: Volunteers of America Texas Shootout Presented by JTBC
  • 2018: Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic
  • 2019–2021: Volunteers of America Classic
  • 2022–present: The Ascendant LPGA benefitting Volunteers of America

Winners

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Year Date Champion Country Winning score To par Margin
of victory
Purse
($)
Winner's
share ($)
2023 Oct 8 Kim Hyo-joo   South Korea 64-68-70-69=271 −13 4 strokes 1,800,000 270,000
2022 Oct 2 Charley Hull   England 67-64-71-64=266 −18 1 stroke 1,700,000 255,000
2021 Jul 4 Ko Jin-young   South Korea 63-70-66-69=268 −16 1 stroke 1,500,000 225,000
2020 Dec 6 Angela Stanford   United States 71-69-70-67=277 −7 2 strokes 1,750,000 262,500
2019 Oct 6 Cheyenne Knight   United States 66-67-67-66=266 −18 2 strokes 1,300,000 195,000
2018 May 6 Park Sung-hyun   South Korea 65-66=131 −11 1 stroke 1,300,000 195,000
2017 Apr 30 Haru Nomura   Japan 68-65-72-76=281 −3 Playoff 1,300,000 195,000
2016 May 1 Jenny Shin   South Korea 68-70-65-67=270 −14 2 strokes 1,300,000 195,000
2015 May 3 Inbee Park (2)   South Korea 69-66-69-65=269 −15 3 strokes 1,300,000 195,000
2014 May 4 Stacy Lewis   United States 71-64-69-64=268 −16 6 strokes 1,300,000 195,000
2013 Apr 28 Inbee Park   South Korea 67-70-67-67=271 −13 1 stroke 1,300,000 195,000

Tournament records

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Year Player Score Round
2017 Dori Carter 63 (−8) 2nd
2019 Stephanie Meadow 63 (−8) 1st
2021 Ko Jin-young 63 (−8) 1st
2022 Cheyenne Knight 63 (−8) 4th
2022 Lilia Vu 63 (−8) 4th
2023 Cheyenne Knight 63 (–8) 4th

References

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  1. ^ "Course Info". LPGA. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "Inbee Park wins LPGA Shootout". ESPN. Associated Press. April 28, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  3. ^ "Old American Golf Club to Host 2018 Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic". Volunteers of America. October 30, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
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