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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 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 Location Purse Winner's
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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
2009 Song Yi Choi 64 (–8) 1st