Tournament information | |
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Location | Cambridge, Ontario, Canada |
Established | 2012 |
Course(s) | Whistle Bear Golf Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,613 yards (6,047 m) |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Prize fund | US$1.7 million |
Month played | June (September in 2016) |
Final year | 2017 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 258 Park Hee-young (2013) |
To par | −26 as above |
Final champion | |
Ariya Jutanugarn |
The Manulife LPGA Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. The 72-hole, full-field event was first played in June 2012 at the Grey Silo Golf Course in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.[1] The title sponsor was Manulife Financial, a global insurance company and financial services provider with headquarters in Toronto.
At the inaugural event in 2012, Brittany Lang won her first LPGA title in a four-way sudden-death playoff. It was the first-ever win on the tour by an alumna of Duke.[2][3] The runners-up were Hee Kyung Seo, Inbee Park, and Chella Choi.[4] After missing a birdie putt at the par-5 18th to win in regulation, Lang birdied the same hole three straight times in the playoff.[5]
In 2015, the tournament moved to Whistle Bear Golf Club in Cambridge, about 18 km south of Grey Silo GC, where it remained for 2016 and 2017.[6]
In 2017, the Manulife LPGA Classic was announced to become Manulife's final tournament as the title sponsor[7] and a new one was never found.[6]