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{{Short description|Golf tournament in Florida}}
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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]].
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{{Infobox golf tournament
| name = Central Florida Championship
| image =
| location = [[Winter Haven, Florida]]
| establishment = 2009
| course = Country Club of Winter Haven
| par = 72
| yardage = {{convert|6,572|yd|m}}
| tour = [[Epson Tour]]
| format = [[Stroke play]]
| purse = [[United States dollar|$]]250,000
| month_played = March
| final_year =
| aggregate =
| to-par =
| current_champion = {{flagicon|COL}} [[Valery Plata]]
}}
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The '''Central Florida Championship''' 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 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.
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:
Tournament venue through the years:
*2009–2013: Lake Region Yacht and Country Club

*2014–2016: Lake Wales Country Club
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* 2009: '''Florida's Natural Growers Charity Classic'''
*2017–2025: Country Club of Winter Haven
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* 2010: '''Florida's Natural Charity Classic'''


==Winners==
==Winners==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Year||Dates||Champion||Country||Score||Tournament<br>Location||Purse||Winner's<br>Share
!Year || Dates || Champion || Country || Score || Margin of<br>victory || Runner(s)-up || Purse ($) || Winner's<br>share ($)
|-
|-
!colspan=9|Central Florida Championship
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|[[2011 in golf|2011]]|| Mar 25-27|| [[Tzu-Chi Lin]] || {{TWN}} || 206 (-10) || Lake Region Yacht and Country Club ||$110,000 || $15,400
|-
|-
|[[2010 in golf|2010]]'''<nowiki>*</nowiki>'''|| Mar 19-21|| [[Angela Oh]] || {{USA}} || 137 (-7) || Lake Region Yacht and Country Club ||$100,000 || $14,000
|[[2025 Epson Tour|2025]] || Mar 2 || || || || |||| align=center|250,000 || align=center|37,500
|-
|-
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!colspan=9|Florida's Natural Charity Classic
|[[2009 in golf|2009]]'''<nowiki>**</nowiki>'''|| Mar 20-22|| [[Jean Reynolds ]] || {{USA}} || 212 (-4) ) || Lake Region Yacht and Country Club ||$100,000 || $14,000
|-
|-
|[[2024 Epson Tour|2024]] || Mar 10 || [[Valery Plata]] || {{COL}} || 206 (−10) || Playoff || {{flagicon|SVN}} [[Ana Belac]] || align=center|250,000 || align=center|37,500
|-
|[[2023 Epson Tour|2023]] || Mar 5 || [[Agathe Laisné]] || {{FRA}} || 207 (−9) || Playoff || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jillian Hollis]]<br>{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kiira Riihijarvi]] || align=center|200,000 || align=center|30,000
|-
|[[2022 Epson Tour|2022]] || Mar 6 || [[Park Kum-Kang]] || {{KOR}} || 207 (−9) || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frida Kinhult]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alana Uriell]] || align=center|200,000 || align=center|30,000
|-
|[[2021 Symetra Tour|2021]] || colspan=8 align=center|''No tournament''
|-
|[[2020 Symetra Tour|2020]] || Mar 8 || [[Janie Jackson]] || {{USA}} || 206 (−10) || 8 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Daniela Iacobelli]] || align=center|125,000 || align=center|18,750
|-
|[[2019 Symetra Tour|2019]] || Mar 17 || [[Kelly Tan]] || {{MYS}} || 203 (−13) || Playoff{{efn|Tan won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Runas.}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Demi Runas]] || align=center|125,000 || align=center|18,750
|-
|[[2018 Symetra Tour|2018]] || Mar 18 || [[Lauren Kim]] || {{USA}} || 206 (−10) || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Daniela Iacobelli]] || align=center|125,000 || align=center|18,750
|-
|[[2017 Symetra Tour|2017]] || Mar 12 || [[Olivia Jordan-Higgins]] || {{JEY}} || 206 (−10) || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Christine Song]]<br>{{flagicon|PRC}} [[Yu Liu (golfer)|Yu Liu]] || align=center|125,000 || align=center|18,750
|-
|[[2016 Symetra Tour|2016]] || Apr 10 || [[Samantha Richdale]] || {{CAN}} || 209 (−7) || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Madelene Sagström]]<br>{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Ya-Chun Chang]] || align=center|175,000 || align=center|26,250
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|[[2015 Symetra Tour|2015]] || Mar 29 || [[Sue Kim]] || {{CAN}} || 211 (−5) || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Brittany Henderson]]<br>{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Brooke Henderson]] (a) || align=center|125,000 || align=center|18,750
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|[[2014 Symetra Tour|2014]] || Mar 23 || [[Yueer Cindy Feng]] || {{CHN}} || 207 (−9) || 4 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Megan McChrystal]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jackie Stoelting]]<br>{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Maude-Aimee Leblanc]] || align=center|125,000 || align=center|18,750
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|[[2013 Symetra Tour|2013]] || Mar 24 || [[Melissa Eaton]] || {{USA}} || 206 (−10) || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Courtney Massey]]<br>{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Sue Kim]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Amelia Lewis]] || align=center|125,000 || align=center|18,750
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|[[2012 Symetra Tour|2012]] || Mar 25 || [[Megan McChrystal]] || {{USA}} || 206 (−10) || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Sara-Maude Juneau]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Nicole Smith (golfer)|Nicole Smith]] || align=center|125,000 || align=center|18,750
|-
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|[[2011 LPGA Futures Tour|2011]] || Mar 27 || [[Tzu-Chi Lin]] || {{TWN}} || 211 (−5) || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jackie Barenborg]] || align=center|110,000 || align=center|15,400
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|[[2010 Duramed Futures Tour|2010]] || Mar 21 || [[Angela Oh (golfer)|Angela Oh]] || {{USA}} || 137 (−7){{efn|Tournament shortened to 36 holes due rain.}} || Playoff{{efn|Oh won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Rah.}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jane Rah]] || align=center|100,000 || align=center|14,000
|-
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!colspan=9|Florida's Natural Growers Charity Classic
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|[[2009 Duramed Futures Tour|2009]] || Mar 22 || [[Jean Reynolds (golfer)|Jean Reynolds]] || {{USA}} || 212 (−4) || Playoff{{efn|Reynolds won on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff over Song.}} || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Song Yi Choi]] || align=center|100,000 || align=center|14,000
|}
|}
{{notelist}}

'''<nowiki>*</nowiki>'''Tournament shortened to 36 holes due rain. Oh won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over [[Jane Rah]].<br />
'''<nowiki>**</nowiki>'''Tournament won on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff over [[Song Yi Choi]].


==Tournament records==
==Tournament records==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Year||Player||Score||Round||Course
!Year || Player || Score || Round || Course
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|2009 || [[Song Yi Choi]] || 64 (−8) || align=center|1st || Lake Region Yacht and Country Club
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|2014 || [[Emma de Groot]] || 66 (−6) || align=center|2nd || Lake Wales Country Club
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|2016 || [[Marissa Steen]] || 66 (−6) || align=center|1st || Lake Wales Country Club
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|2016 || [[Luciane Lee]] || 66 (−6) || align=center|3rd || Lake Wales Country Club
|-
|2017 || [[Kim Welch]] || 65 (−7) || align=center|3rd || Country Club of Winter Haven
|-
|2019 || [[Maude-Aimee Leblanc]] || 65 (−7) || align=center|1st || Country Club of Winter Haven
|-
|2019 || [[Vicky Hurst]] || 65 (−7) || align=center|3rd || Country Club of Winter Haven
|-
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|2009|| [[Song Yi Choi ]] || 64 (-8) || 1st round || Lake Region Yacht and Country Club, par 72
|2023 || [[Becca Huffer]] || 65 (−7) || align=center|3rd || Country Club of Winter Haven
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|2023 || [[Yan Liu (golfer)|Yan Liu]] || 65 (−7) || align=center|3rd || Country Club of Winter Haven
|}
|}


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.epsontour.com/tournaments/floridasnaturalcharityclassic/overview Coverage on the Epson Tour's official site]
*[http://www.floridasnaturalcharityclassic.com/ Official website]
*[http://www.duramedfuturestour.com/ FUTURES Tour official website]


[[Category:Futures Tour events]]
[[Category:Epson Tour events]]
[[Category:Golf in Florida]]
[[Category:Golf tournaments in Florida]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2009]]
[[Category:2009 establishments in Florida]]

Latest revision as of 12:50, 23 December 2024

Central Florida Championship
Tournament information
LocationWinter Haven, Florida
Established2009
Course(s)Country Club of Winter Haven
Par72
Length6,572 yards (6,009 m)
Tour(s)Epson Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund$250,000
Month playedMarch
Current champion
Colombia Valery Plata

The Central Florida Championship 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 venue through the years:

  • 2009–2013: Lake Region Yacht and Country Club
  • 2014–2016: Lake Wales Country Club
  • 2017–2025: Country Club of Winter Haven

Winners

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Year Dates Champion Country Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
Central Florida Championship
2025 Mar 2 250,000 37,500
Florida's Natural Charity Classic
2024 Mar 10 Valery Plata  Colombia 206 (−10) Playoff Slovenia Ana Belac 250,000 37,500
2023 Mar 5 Agathe Laisné  France 207 (−9) Playoff United States Jillian Hollis
Finland Kiira Riihijarvi		 200,000 30,000
2022 Mar 6 Park Kum-Kang  South Korea 207 (−9) 2 strokes Sweden Frida Kinhult
United States Alana Uriell		 200,000 30,000
2021 No tournament
2020 Mar 8 Janie Jackson  United States 206 (−10) 8 strokes United States Daniela Iacobelli 125,000 18,750
2019 Mar 17 Kelly Tan  Malaysia 203 (−13) Playoff[a] United States Demi Runas 125,000 18,750
2018 Mar 18 Lauren Kim  United States 206 (−10) 1 stroke United States Daniela Iacobelli 125,000 18,750
2017 Mar 12 Olivia Jordan-Higgins  Jersey 206 (−10) 1 stroke United States Christine Song
China Yu Liu		 125,000 18,750
2016 Apr 10 Samantha Richdale  Canada 209 (−7) 1 stroke Sweden Madelene Sagström
Chinese Taipei Ya-Chun Chang		 175,000 26,250
2015 Mar 29 Sue Kim  Canada 211 (−5) 3 strokes Canada Brittany Henderson
Canada Brooke Henderson (a)		 125,000 18,750
2014 Mar 23 Yueer Cindy Feng  China 207 (−9) 4 strokes United States Megan McChrystal
United States Jackie Stoelting
Canada Maude-Aimee Leblanc		 125,000 18,750
2013 Mar 24 Melissa Eaton  United States 206 (−10) 3 strokes Australia Courtney Massey
Canada Sue Kim
United States Amelia Lewis		 125,000 18,750
2012 Mar 25 Megan McChrystal  United States 206 (−10) 1 stroke Canada Sara-Maude Juneau
United States Nicole Smith		 125,000 18,750
2011 Mar 27 Tzu-Chi Lin  Taiwan 211 (−5) 1 stroke United States Jackie Barenborg 110,000 15,400
2010 Mar 21 Angela Oh  United States 137 (−7)[b] Playoff[c] United States Jane Rah 100,000 14,000
Florida's Natural Growers Charity Classic
2009 Mar 22 Jean Reynolds  United States 212 (−4) Playoff[d] South Korea Song Yi Choi 100,000 14,000
  1. ^ Tan won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Runas.
  2. ^ Tournament shortened to 36 holes due rain.
  3. ^ Oh won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Rah.
  4. ^ Reynolds won on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff over Song.

Tournament records

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Year Player Score Round Course
2009 Song Yi Choi 64 (−8) 1st Lake Region Yacht and Country Club
2014 Emma de Groot 66 (−6) 2nd Lake Wales Country Club
2016 Marissa Steen 66 (−6) 1st Lake Wales Country Club
2016 Luciane Lee 66 (−6) 3rd Lake Wales Country Club
2017 Kim Welch 65 (−7) 3rd Country Club of Winter Haven
2019 Maude-Aimee Leblanc 65 (−7) 1st Country Club of Winter Haven
2019 Vicky Hurst 65 (−7) 3rd Country Club of Winter Haven
2023 Becca Huffer 65 (−7) 3rd Country Club of Winter Haven
2023 Yan Liu 65 (−7) 3rd Country Club of Winter Haven
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