- Navistar LPGA Classic
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Navistar LPGA Classic Tournament information Location Prattville, Alabama Established 2007 Course(s) Robert Trent Jones Trail's Capitol Hill
Senator CoursePar 72 Length 6,460 yards (5,910 m) Tour(s) LPGA Tour Format Stroke play - 72 holes Prize fund $1,300,000 Month played September Tournament record score Aggregate 269 Katherine Hull (2010) To par -19 Katherine Hull (2010) Current champion 
Lexi ThompsonThe Navistar LPGA Classic Presented by Monaco RV is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. The 72-hole event made its debut in September 2007 at the Capitol Hill location on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Prattville, Alabama. Maria Hjorth won the inaugural event on the Senator Course by one stroke over runner-up Stacy Prammanasudh. Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa then won consecutive titles, in a playoff in 2008 and by four strokes in 2009. Katherine Hull won in 2010 by a single stroke and set the tournament scoring record at 269 (-19).
The title sponsor is Navistar, a manufacturer of commercial trucks, engines, and school buses. The Senator Course at RTJ Capitol Hill converted its greens from bent grass to Champion Bermuda grass in the summer of 2011.[1]
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Tournament names
- 2007: Navistar LPGA Classic
- 2008: Navistar LPGA Classic Presented by MaxxForce
- 2009-11: Navistar LPGA Classic Presented by Monaco RV
Winners
Year Dates Champion Country Winning score To par Margin
of victoryPurse ($) Winner's
share ($)2011 Sep 15-18 Lexi Thompson2 United States66-68-67-70=271 -17 5 strokes 1,300,000 195,000 2010 Oct 7-10 Katherine Hull 
Australia68-67-67-67=269 -19 1 stroke 1,300,000 195,000 2009 Oct 1-4 Lorena Ochoa (2) 
Mexico66-68-66-70=270 -18 4 strokes 1,400,000 210,000 2008 Sep 25-28 Lorena Ochoa Mexico67-67-69-70=273 -15 Playoff1 1,400,000 210,000 2007 Sep 27-30 Maria Hjorth 
Sweden70-67-70-67=274 -14 1 stroke 1,300,000 195,000 1 Won in a three-player sudden-death playoff on the second extra hole.
2 Thompson was not an LPGA member at the time this win and it is not counted as an official LPGA win.Tournament records
Year Player Score Round Course 2007 Stacy Prammanasudh 63 (-9) 1st round Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, The Senator 2007 Amy Hung 63 (-9) 4th round Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, The Senator 2007 Angela Park 63 (-9) 4th round Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, The Senator 2009 Yani Tseng 63 (-9) 2nd round Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, The Senator 2010 Mika Miyazato 63 (-9) 2nd round Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, The Senator 2010 Lindsey Wright 63 (-9) 4th round Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, The Senator References
- ^ navistarlpgaclassic.com - Senator Course Renovation Update - 2011-08-16 - accessed 2011-09-08
External links
- Official website
- LPGA.com - official tournament microsite
Coordinates: 32°26′44″N 86°23′45″W / 32.445682°N 86.395841°W
LPGA Tour events Major championships Other tournaments Honda LPGA Thailand · HSBC Women's Champions · RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup · Kia Classic · Tres Marias Championship · Avnet LPGA Classic · Sybase Match Play Championship · ShopRite LPGA Classic · LPGA State Farm Classic · Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic · Evian Masters · Safeway Classic · CN Canadian Women's Open · Walmart NW Arkansas Championship · Navistar LPGA Classic · LPGA Hana Bank Championship · Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia · Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship · Mizuno Classic · Lorena Ochoa Invitational · CME Group TitleholdersTeam events Solheim Cup (odd-numbered years)Unofficial events HSBC Brazil Cup · Wendy's 3-Tour ChallengeOther Former eventsAll events listed in chronological order.Categories:- LPGA Tour events
- Golf in Alabama
- Sports in Montgomery, Alabama
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