BMW Ladies Championship | |
Location: | Gyeonggi Province, South Korea (2024) |
Establishment: | 2019 |
Course: | Seowon Valley Country Club (2024) |
Par: | 72 |
Tour: | LPGA Tour LPGA of Korea Tour |
Format: | Stroke play - 72 holes, no cut |
Purse: | $2.2 million |
Month Played: | October |
Aggregate: | 266 Ko Jin-young (2021) |
To-Par: | −22 as above |
Current Champion: | ![]() |
The BMW Ladies Championship is a women's professional golf tournament in Wonju,[1] South Korea, co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour and the LPGA Tour. It debuted in 2019.[2] It replaced the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship as the LPGA Tour's Korean stop on its Asian swing.
It is a 72-hole event with a limited field of 84 players, approximately half of a full-field event. There is no cut; all players play all four rounds
Jang Ha-na won the inaugural event in a playoff over Danielle Kang.[3]
An LPGA of Korea Tour event of the same name was played from 2015 to 2017 at the Sky 72 Golf Club, home of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship.
Lydia Ko won in 2022, at Wonju, approximately east of Seoul, her birthplace, for her 18th LPGA Tour victory.[4]
Year | Tour(s) | Date | Champion | Country | Score | To par | Winner's share ($) | ||
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2024 | 20 Oct | 269 | −19 | 2,200,000 | 330,000 | ||||
2023 | 22 Oct | 272 | −16 | 2,200,000 | 330,000 | ||||
2022 | 23 Oct | 267 | −21 | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | ||||
2021 | 24 Oct | 266 | −22 | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | ||||
2020 | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5] [6] | ||||||||
2019 | 27 Oct | 269 | −19 | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | ||||
Year | Tour(s) | Date | Champion | Country | Score | To par | Purse (₩) | Winner's share (₩) | |
2018 | No tournament | ||||||||
2017 | 17 Sep | 272 | −12 | 1,200,000,000 | 300,000,000 | ||||
2016 | 17 Jul | 275 | −13 | 1,200,000,000 | 300,000,000 | ||||
2015 | 19 Jul | 270 | −18 | 1,200,000,000 | 300,000,000 |
As LPGA Tour event
Year | Player | Score | Round | |
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2022 | 63 (−9) | 1st | ||
2024 | 63 (−9) | 3rd |