Volunteers of America Texas Shootout

Volunteers of America
Texas Shootout
Tournament information
Location Irving, Texas, U.S.
Established 2013, three years ago
Course(s) Las Colinas Country Club
Par 71
Length 6,462 yards (5,909 m)
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund $1.3 million
Month played April / May
Tournament record score
Aggregate 268 Stacy Lewis (2014)
To par −16 Stacy Lewis (2014)
Current champion
South Korea Jenny Shin
Las Colinas  
Country Club
Location in the United States
Las Colinas  
Country Club
Location in Texas

The Volunteers of America Texas Shootout is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. It debuted in April 2013 at Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, Texas.

Volunteers of America, the title sponsor, is a religious-based nonprofit organization that provides affordable housing and other assistance, primarily to low-income people, throughout the United States.

Inbee Park won the inaugural event, one stroke ahead of Carlota Ciganda,[1] and became its first multiple winner in 2015. In between, Stacy Lewis won by six strokes in 2014 and set the tournament record at 268 (–16).

Tournament names

2016 course layout

Las Colinas Country Club

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4263325211653501855404034153,337 5101753961354163904051805183,1256,462
Par445343544365343444353571

Source:[2]

Winners

Year Dates Champion Country Winning score To par Margin
of victory
Purse
($)
Winner's
share ($)
2016 Apr 28 – May 1 Jenny Shin  South Korea 68-70-65-67=270 −14 2 strokes 1,300,000 195,000
2015 Apr 30 – May 3 Inbee Park (2)  South Korea 69-66-69-65=269 −15 3 strokes 1,300,000 195,000
2014 May 1–4 Stacy Lewis  United States 71-64-69-64=268 −16 6 strokes 1,300,000 195,000
2013 Apr 25–28 Inbee Park  South Korea 67-70-67-67=271 −13 1 stroke 1,300,000 195,000

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreRound
2013 Caroline Masson 64 (−7) 1st
Hee-Young Park 64 (−7) 4th
2014 Meena Lee 64 (−7) 2nd
Stacy Lewis 64 (−7) 2nd
64 (−7) 4th
2015 Karrie Webb 64 (−7) 3rd

References

  1. "Inbee Park wins LPGA Shootout". ESPN. Associated Press. April 28, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  2. "Volunteers of America Texas Shootout". LPGA. Course information. Retrieved April 26, 2016.

External links

Coordinates: 32°51′40″N 96°56′49″W / 32.861°N 96.947°W / 32.861; -96.947

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