Location | Cambridge, Ontario, Canada |
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Established | 2012 |
Course(s) | Whistle Bear Golf Club |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,613 yards (6,047 m) |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Prize fund | US$1.6 million |
Month played | September (in 2016) |
Aggregate | 258 Hee-Young Park (2013) |
To par | −26 Hee-Young Park (2013) |
Caroline Masson |
The Manulife LPGA Classic is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. The 72-hole, full-field event was first played in June 2012 at the Grey Silo Golf Course in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The title sponsor is Manulife Financial, a global insurance company and financial services provider with headquarters in Toronto.
At the inaugural event in 2012, Brittany Lang won her first LPGA title in a four-way sudden-death playoff. It was the first-ever win on the tour by an alumna of Duke. The runners-up were Hee Kyung Seo, Inbee Park, and Chella Choi. After missing a birdie putt at the par-5 18th to win in regulation, Lang birdied the same hole three straight times in the playoff.
In 2015, the tournament moved to Whistle Bear Golf Club in Cambridge.
Coordinates: 43°22′05″N 80°24′00″W / 43.368°N 80.400°W