Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship Explained

Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship
Location:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Establishment:2018
Course:Wilshire Country Club (2018–2022)
Palos Verdes Golf Club (2023–2024)
Par:71
Yardage:6447yd
Tour:LPGA Tour
Format:Stroke play – 72 holes
Purse:$2.0 million
Month Played:March
Aggregate:268 Brooke Henderson (2021)
To-Par:−16 as above
Current Champion: Nelly Korda

The Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship is a women's professional golf tournament held in Los Angeles, California, United States as part of the LPGA Tour. A new event in 2018, it was played at Wilshire Country Club.[1] [2] [3]

In Hancock Park, south of Hollywood and 6miles northwest of downtown, Wilshire was founded in 1919 and hosted the Los Angeles Open on the PGA Tour four times.[4]

In 2023, the tournament moved to Palos Verdes Golf Club in Los Angeles and the purse increased to $1,750,000.[5]

Tournament names

Winners

Year Date Champion Country Winning
score
To par Margin
of victory
Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
Mar 24 275 −9 Playoff 2,000,000 300,000
Apr 2 269 −15 1 stroke 1,750,000 262,500
Apr 24 269 −15 5 strokes 1,500,000 225,000
Apr 24 268 −16 1 stroke 1,500,000 225,000
align=center colspan=8Tournament canceled due to coronavirus pandemic
Apr 28 270 −14 4 strokes 1,500,000 225,000
Apr 22 272 −12 2 strokes 1,500,000 225,000

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreRound
2023 62 (−10) 3rd

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: LPGA Returns to Los Angeles for the Hugel-JTBC Open . LPGA . January 17, 2018.
  2. News: LPGA adding two new California tournaments in 2018 . ESPN . Associated Press . December 13, 2017.
  3. News: Wilshire Country Club to host LPGA event in April . Los Angeles Times . Loumena . Dan . January 17, 2018 . April 20, 2018.
  4. News: After a 13-year absence, LPGA returns to L.A. with an April stop at Wilshire Country Club . Orange County Register . (California). Hoffarth . Tom . January 17, 2018 . April 20, 2018.
  5. LPGA's LA Open moves to Palos Verdes in 2023, with Los Angeles events now held one month apart . Golfweek . Beth Ann . Nichols . October 26, 2022.