Sybase Classic
Template:Infobox golf tournament The Sybase Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour for twenty years, from 1990 to 2009. The event was originally known as the "Big Apple Classic", but the name was dropped in 2007 when the tournament relocated from the New York City area to New Jersey.[1] From 1992 through 2006, ShopRite sponsored the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Atlantic City.
For its first seventeen years, the event was held at the Wykagyl Country Club in the Wykagyl section of New Rochelle, New York. In 2007 the venue was changed to the Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, New Jersey. The tournament was last played in 2009, as Sybase switched its sponsorship to the Sybase Match Play Championship in 2010, also played in New Jersey. ShopRite revived its sponsorship of the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Atlantic City in 2010.
Over the years, proceeds from the event went to benefit charities such as St. Joseph's Healthcare System, Inc. and the Boys & Girls Club of Clifton.
Tournament names through the years:
- 1990-1998: JAL Big Apple Classic presented by GOLF Magazine
- 1999-2000: Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic presented by GOLF Magazine
- 2001-2002: Sybase Big Apple Classic presented by GOLF Magazine
- 2003: Sybase Big Apple Classic presented by Lincoln Mercury
- 2004-2006: Sybase Classic presented by Lincoln Mercury
- 2007-2009: Sybase Classic presented by ShopRite
Winners
| Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Score | Tournament Location |
Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | May 14-19 | Ji Young Oh | Script error: No such module "flag". | 264 (-14) | Upper Montclair Country Club | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| 2008* | May 15-18 | Lorena Ochoa (3) | Script error: No such module "flag". | 206 (-10) | Upper Montclair Country Club | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| 2007 | May 17-20 | Lorena Ochoa (2) | Script error: No such module "flag". | 270 (-18) | Upper Montclair Country Club | 1,400,000 | 210,000 |
| 2006* | May 18-21 | Lorena Ochoa | Script error: No such module "flag". | 208 (-5) | Wykagyl Country Club | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| 2005 | May 19-22 | Paula Creamer | Script error: No such module "flag". | 278 (-6) | Wykagyl Country Club | 1,250,000 | 187,500 |
| 2004 | May 20-23 | Sherri Steinhauer | Script error: No such module "flag". | 272 (-12) | Wykagyl Country Club | 950,000 | 142,500 |
| 2003 | Jul 17-20 | Hee-Won Han | Script error: No such module "flag". | 273 (-11) | Wykagyl Country Club | 950,000 | 142,500 |
| 2002 | Jul 25-28 | Gloria Park | Script error: No such module "flag". | 270 (-14) | Wykagyl Country Club | 950,000 | 142,500 |
| 2001 | Jul 19-22 | Rosie Jones | Script error: No such module "flag". | 272 (-12) | Wykagyl Country Club | 950,000 | 142,500 |
| 2000* | Jul 13-16 | Annika Sörenstam (2) | Script error: No such module "flag". | 206 (-7) | Wykagyl Country Club | 900,000 | 135,000 |
| 1999 | Jul 15-18 | Sherri Steinhauer | Script error: No such module "flag". | 265 (-19) | Wykagyl Country Club | 850,000 | 127,500 |
| 1998 | Jul 16-19 | Annika Sörenstam | Script error: No such module "flag". | 279 (-9) | Wykagyl Country Club | 775,000 | 116,250 |
| 1997 | Jul 17-20 | Michele Redman | Script error: No such module "flag". | 272 (-12) | Wykagyl Country Club | 750,000 | 112,500 |
| 1996 | Oct 3-5 | Caroline Pierce | Script error: No such module "flag". | 211 (-2) | Wykagyl Country Club | 725,000 | 108,750 |
| 1995 | Jul 20-23 | Tracy Kerdyk | Script error: No such module "flag". | 273 (-11) | Wykagyl Country Club | 700,000 | 105,000 |
| 1994 | Jul 14-17 | Beth Daniel | Script error: No such module "flag". | 276 (-8) | Wykagyl Country Club | 650,000 | 97,500 |
| 1993 | Jul 15-18 | Hiromi Kobayashi | Script error: No such module "flag". | 278 (-6) | Wykagyl Country Club | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| 1992 | Jul 16-19 | Juli Inkster | Script error: No such module "flag". | 273 (-11) | Wykagyl Country Club | 500,000 | 75,000 |
| 1991 | Jul 18-21 | Betsy King (2) | Script error: No such module "flag". | 279 (-5) | Wykagyl Country Club | 500,000 | 75,000 |
| 1990 | Aug 16-19 | Betsy King | Script error: No such module "flag". | 273 (-15) | Wykagyl Country Club | 400,000 | 60,000 |
* The 2000, 2006 and 2008 tournaments were shortened to 54 holes because of rain.
Tournament record
| Year | Player | Score | Round | Course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Betsy King | 63 (-9) | 3rd | Wykagyl Country Club |
| 2002 | Gloria Park | 63 (-9) | 3rd | Wykagyl Country Club |
| 2009 | Helen Alfredsson | 62 (-10) | 1st | Upper Montclair Country Club |
References
External links
- LPGA Official tournament microsite
- Wykagyl Country Club website
- newrochellenews.info - Wykagyl Golf History
- Upper Montclair Country Club website
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- Former LPGA Tour events
- Golf tournaments in New York (state)
- Golf tournaments in New Jersey
- Women's sports in New York (state)
- Women's sports in New Jersey
- Sports in New Rochelle, New York
- Recurring sporting events established in 1990
- Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2009
- 1990 establishments in New York (state)
- 2009 disestablishments in New Jersey