Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship

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Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship
Tournament information
LocationLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Established2018
Course(s)Wilshire Country Club (2018–2022)
Palos Verdes Golf Club (2023–2024)
Par71
Length6,447 yards (5,895 m)
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play – 72 holes
Prize fund$2.0 million
Month playedMarch
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Brooke Henderson (2021)
To par−16 as above
Current champion
United States Nelly Korda
Los Angeles is located in the United States
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is located in California
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The Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship is a women's professional golf tournament held in Los Angeles, California, United States as part of the LPGA Tour. A new event in 2018, it was played at Wilshire Country Club.[1][2][3]

In Hancock Park, south of Hollywood and six miles (10 km) northwest of downtown, Wilshire was founded 105 years ago in 1919 and hosted the Los Angeles Open on the PGA Tour four times.[4]

In 2023, the tournament moved to Palos Verdes Golf Club in Los Angeles and the purse increased to $1,750,000.[5]

Tournament names[edit]

  • 2018: Hugel-JTBC LA Open
  • 2019–2021: Hugel-Air Premia LA Open
  • 2022–2023: DIO Implant LA Open
  • 2024–present: Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship

Winners[edit]

Year Date Champion Country Winning
score
To par Margin
of victory
Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
2024 Mar 24 Nelly Korda  United States 275 −9 Playoff 2,000,000 300,000
2023 Apr 2 Yin Ruoning  China 269 −15 1 stroke 1,750,000 262,500
2022 Apr 24 Nasa Hataoka  Japan 269 −15 5 strokes 1,500,000 225,000
2021 Apr 24 Brooke Henderson  Canada 268 −16 1 stroke 1,500,000 225,000
2020 Tournament canceled due to coronavirus pandemic
2019 Apr 28 Minjee Lee  Australia 270 −14 4 strokes 1,500,000 225,000
2018 Apr 22 Moriya Jutanugarn  Thailand 272 −12 2 strokes 1,500,000 225,000

Tournament records[edit]

Year Player Score Round
2023 Georgia Hall 62 (−10) 3rd

References[edit]

  1. ^ "LPGA Returns to Los Angeles for the Hugel-JTBC Open". LPGA. January 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "LPGA adding two new California tournaments in 2018". ESPN. Associated Press. December 13, 2017.
  3. ^ Loumena, Dan (January 17, 2018). "Wilshire Country Club to host LPGA event in April". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  4. ^ Hoffarth, Tom (January 17, 2018). "After a 13-year absence, LPGA returns to L.A. with an April stop at Wilshire Country Club". Orange County Register. (California). Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  5. ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (October 26, 2022). "LPGA's LA Open moves to Palos Verdes in 2023, with Los Angeles events now held one month apart". Golfweek.

External links[edit]

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