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Mizuho Americas Open

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Mizuho Americas Open
Tournament information
LocationJersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Established2023
Course(s)Liberty National Golf Club
Par72[1]
Length6,677 yards (6,105 m)[1]
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Format72 holes Stroke play
Prize fundUS$3,000,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate274 Nelly Korda
To par−14 as above
Current champion
United States Nelly Korda
Location map
Liberty National GC is located in the United States
Liberty National GC
Liberty National GC
Location in United States
Liberty National GC is located in New Jersey
Liberty National GC
Liberty National GC
Location in New Jersey

The Mizuho Americas Open is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour held at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey. It features 120 LPGA players competing alongside 24 top-ranked junior girls on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Tour. The inaugural tournament took place in 2023, and it has a prize fund of $3 million, among the highest on tour for a non-major event.[2]

History

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The inaugural tournament in June 2023 was won by Rose Zhang, who in her first tournament as a professional defeated Jennifer Kupcho on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.[3] Zhang became the first player to win in her professional debut on the LPGA Tour since Beverly Hanson in 1951[4] and the most recent non-member to win in her first LPGA event since Hinako Shibuno in 2019.[5]

Title sponsor is Mizuho Financial Group, a Japanese financial services conglomerate.

Course

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Liberty National Golf Club sits adjacent to Liberty State Park on the Upper New York Bay. It has previously hosted PGA Tour Playoff events and the 2017 Presidents Cup.[6]

Winners

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Year Dates Champion Country Score To par Margin
of victory
Runner-up Purse ($) Winner's
share
2024 May 16–19 Nelly Korda  United States 70-68-65-71=274 −14 1 stroke Australia Hannah Green 3,000,000 450,000
2023 Jun 1–4 Rose Zhang  United States 70-69-66-74=279 −9 Playoff United States Jennifer Kupcho 2,750,000 412,500

Source:[7]

Tournament records

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Year Player Score Round[8]
2024 Hannah Green 63 (−9) 3rd

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tournament Program Map Spread" (pdf). mizuhoamericasopen. May 3, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  2. ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (June 4, 2023). "2023 Mizuho Americas Open prize money payouts for each LPGA player". Golfweek. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "Rose Zhang becomes first LPGA player since 1951 to win pro debut". The Japan Times. June 5, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  4. ^ Young, Ryan (June 4, 2023). "Rose Zhang hangs on to win Mizuho Americas Open in a playoff in historic LPGA Tour start". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  5. ^ "Rose Zhang - Bio". LPGA. 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  6. ^ "Mizuho Americas Open - Course info". LPGA Tour. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  7. ^ "Mizuho Americas Open: past winners". LPGA. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  8. ^ "Hannah Green Has Herself A Moving Day at the Mizuho Americas Open". LPGA. May 18, 2024.
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