Florida's Natural Charity Classic Explained

Florida's Natural Charity Classic
Location:Winter Haven, Florida
Establishment:2009
Course:Country Club of Winter Haven
Par:72
Yardage:6572yd
Tour:Epson Tour
Format:Stroke play
Purse:$200,000
Month Played:March
Current Champion: Valery Plata

The Florida's Natural Charity Classic is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event has been played at the Country Club of Winter Haven in Winter Haven, Florida since 2017. From 2014 to 2016, it was played at Lake Wales Country Club in Lake Wales, Florida since 2014. From 2009 to 2013, it was played at the Lake Region Yacht and Country Club in Winter Haven.

The title sponsor of the tournament is Florida's Natural Growers, an agricultural cooperative based in Lake Wales, Florida.

The tournament is a 54-hole event, as are most tour tournaments, and includes pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the tour as a benefit for local charities. The current benefiting charity is the Florida's Natural Growers Foundation.

Tournament venue through the years:

Winners

Year Dates Champion Country Score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
Florida's Natural Charity Classic
Mar 10 206 (−10) Playoff 250,000 37,500
Mar 5 207 (−9) Playoff 200,000 30,000
Mar 6 207 (−9) 2 strokes 200,000 30,000
No tournament
Mar 8 206 (−10) 8 strokes 125,000 18,750
Mar 17 203 (−13) Playoff 125,000 18,750
Mar 18 206 (−10) 1 stroke 125,000 18,750
Mar 12 206 (−10) 1 stroke 125,000 18,750
Apr 10 209 (−7) 1 stroke 175,000 26,250
Mar 29 211 (−5) 3 strokes Brittany Henderson
Brooke Henderson (a)
125,000 18,750
Mar 23 207 (−9) 4 strokes 125,000 18,750
Mar 24 206 (−10) 3 strokes 125,000 18,750
Mar 25 206 (−10) 1 stroke 125,000 18,750
Mar 27 211 (−5) 1 stroke 110,000 15,400
Mar 21 137 (−7) Playoff 100,000 14,000
Florida's Natural Growers Charity Classic
Mar 22 212 (−4) Playoff 100,000 14,000

Tournament records

Year Player Score Round Course
2009 64 (−8) 1st Lake Region Yacht and Country Club
2014 66 (−6) 2nd Lake Wales Country Club
2016 66 (−6) 1st Lake Wales Country Club
2016 66 (−6) 3rd Lake Wales Country Club
2017 65 (−7) 3rd Country Club of Winter Haven
2019 65 (−7) 1st Country Club of Winter Haven
2019 65 (−7) 3rd Country Club of Winter Haven
2023 65 (−7) 3rd Country Club of Winter Haven
2023 65 (−7) 3rd Country Club of Winter Haven

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