Florida's Natural Charity Classic

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 is has been played at the Lake Wales Country Club in Lake Wales, Florida since 2014. From 2009 to 2013 it was played 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:

Winners

Year Dates Champion Country Score Location Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
2016 Apr 8–10 Samantha Richdale  Canada 209 (−7) Lake Wales Country Club 175,000 26,250
2015 Mar 27–29 Sue Kim  Canada 211 (−5) Lake Wales Country Club 125,000 18,750
2014 Mar 21–23 Yueer Cindy Feng  China 207 (−9) Lake Wales Country Club 125,000 18,750
2013 Mar 22–24 Melissa Eaton  United States 206 (−10) Lake Region Yacht and Country Club 125,000 18,750
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 Course
2009 Song Yi Choi 64 (−8) 1st Lake Region Yacht and Country Club
2014 Emma de Groot 66 (−6) 2nd Lake Wales Country Club
2016 Marissa Steen 66 (−6) 1st Lake Wales Country Club
2016 Luciane Lee 66 (−6) 3rd Lake Wales Country Club

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