Central Florida Championship
The Florida's Natural Charity Classic is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Symetra 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 Symetra 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 |
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2012 | Mar 23-25 | Megan McChrystal | United States | 206 (-10) | Lake Region Yacht and Country Club | $125,000 | $18,750 |
2011 | Mar 25-27 | Tzu-Chi Lin | Taiwan | 211 (-5) | Lake Region Yacht and Country Club | $110,000 | $15,400 |
2010* | Mar 19-21 | Angela Oh | United States | 137 (-7) | Lake Region Yacht and Country Club | $100,000 | $14,000 |
2009** | Mar 20-22 | Jean Reynolds | United States | 212 (-4) ) | Lake Region Yacht and Country Club | $100,000 | $14,000 |
*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.
Tournament records
Year | Player | Score | Round | Course |
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2009 | Song Yi Choi | 64 (-8) | 1st round | Lake Region Yacht and Country Club, par 72 |