JTBC Founders Cup

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JTBC Founders Cup
Tournament information
Location Phoenix, Arizona
Established 2011
Course(s) Wildfire Golf Club
(Palmer/Faldo)
Par 72
Length 6,568 yd (6,006 m)[1]
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
(54 holes in 2011)
Prize fund $1.5 million
Month played March
Tournament record score
Aggregate 265 Stacy Lewis (2013)
To par −23 Stacy Lewis (2013)
Current champion
South Korea Kim Hyo-joo
WildfireGolf Club is located in United States
WildfireGolf Club
Wildfire
Golf Club
Location in the United States
WildfireGolf Club is located in Arizona
WildfireGolf Club
Wildfire
Golf Club
Location in Arizona

The JTBC Founders Cup is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. It debuted in 2011 at the Wildfire Golf Club at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. The tournament is designed as a tribute to the founders of the LPGA.

The current title sponsor of the tournament is JTBC, a South Korean nationwide general cable TV network and broadcasting company.[2]

In 2011, using a unique format conducted for the first time in LPGA history, the players did not receive a cash payout. Instead, the tournament donated half of the $1 million tournament purse to charity and the other half to individual charities chosen by the top-10 finishers. All players who made the cut received a portion of the purse in the form of virtual earnings that were attributed to them for purposes of the LPGA official money list.[2]

In 2012, the tournament expanded from three days to four days, and an actual cash purse was instituted.

Tournament names[edit]

2012–13 course layout[edit]

Course Palmer (back nine) Faldo (back nine)
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total [1]
Yards 385 550 385 175 510 185 355 400 405 3,350 390 547 438 310 168 485 307 153 420 3,218 6,568
Par 4 5 4 3 5 3 4 4 4 36 4 5 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 36 72

Winners[edit]

Year Dates Champion Country Winning score To par Margin
of victory
Purse ($)1 Winner's
share ($)
Results
2015 Mar 19–22 Kim Hyo-joo  South Korea 65-69-66-67=267 −21 3 strokes 1,500,000 225,000
2014 Mar 20–23 Karrie Webb  Australia 66-71-69-63=269 −19 1 stroke 1,500,000 225,000 [1]
2013 Mar 14–17 Stacy Lewis  United States 68-65-68-64=265 −23 3 strokes 1,500,000 225,000 [2]
2012 Mar 15–18 Yani Tseng  Taiwan 65-70-67-68=270 −18 1 stroke 1,500,000 225,000 [3]
2011 Mar 18–20 Karrie Webb  Australia 71-67-66=204 −12 1 stroke 1,000,000 200,000 [4]

1In 2011, $500,000 of the purse went LPGA-USGA Girls Golf and $500,000 went to the top-10 finishers’ designated charities. All winnings were attributed to the players for purposes of the 2011 LPGA Official money list.

Tournament records[edit]

Year Player Score Round
2013 Ai Miyazato 63 (−9) 1st
2014 Cristie Kerr 63 (−9) 3rd
2014 Hee-Won Han 63 (−9) 4th
2014 Karrie Webb 63 (−9) 4th
2015 Alison Lee 63 (−9) 3rd

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup – Course info". LPGA. Retrieved March 12, 2013. 
  2. ^ a b "JTBC Named Title Sponsor of LPGA Founders Cup in Phoenix". LPGA. March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.  Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "format" defined multiple times with different content (see ) (see the ).
  3. ^ "Google Maps image". Google maps.com. Retrieved February 26, 2012. 
  4. ^ "36-hole course map" (PDF). Wildfire Golf Club. Retrieved March 12, 2013. 
  5. ^ "Scorecards" (PDF). Wildfire Golf Club. Retrieved March 12, 2013. 

External links[edit]

Coordinates: 33°41′06″N 111°57′50″W / 33.685°N 111.964°W / 33.685; -111.964