The Casella Golf Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event has been played since 1984 and is held in the Albany, New York area.
In 2010 and 2011, the title sponsor was Price Chopper, a chain of supermarkets headquartered in Schenectady, New York. The presenting sponsors in 2012 were SEFCU and Sunmark, credit unions in the Albany area, and Burns-Fazzi, Brock, a credit union benefits consulting company. SEFCU became title sponsor in 2014 and in 2015 Fuccillo Kia with Billy Fuccillo stepped in. In 2019 Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, Inc. (CDPHP) became title sponsor. The venue changed to Pinehaven Country Club and the tournament purse rose to $175,000 in 2021.
The tournament was a 54-hole event, as are most Symetra Tour tournaments, and includes pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities.
Tournament names through the years: 2000–2002: Capital Region Futures Classic 2003: GE Futures Professional Golf Classic 2004–2005: The Albany Futures Golf Classic 2006–2009: ILOVENY Championship 2010–2011: Price Chopper Tour Championship 2012: The Credit Union Challenge presented by SEFCU, Sunmark, and BFB Benefits 2013: Credit Union Challenge 2014: SEFCU Championship at Capital Hills 2015–2016: Fuccillo Kia Championship at Capital Hills 2017–2018: Fuccillo Kia Classic of NY 2019–2020: The CDPHP Open 2021–2024: Twin Bridges Championship 2025: Casella Golf Championship
Winners Year Dates Champion Country Score Tournamentlocation Purse ($) Winner'sshare ($)2025 Jul 20 Briana Chacon 204 (−9) Pinehaven Country Club 200,000 30,0002024 Jul 21 Lauren Stephenson 204 (−9) Pinehaven Country Club 237,500 35,6252023 Jul 23 Jenny Bae 207 (−6) Pinehaven Country Club 200,000 30,0002022 Jul 10 Lucy Li 203 (−10) Pinehaven Country Club 200,000 30,0002021 Jul 28 Lilia Vu 205 (−8) Pinehaven Country Club 175,000 26,2502020 May 31 Tournament cancelled Capital Hills at Albany 125,000 18,7502019 Jul 28 Robynn Ree 200 (−13) Capital Hills at Albany 125,000 18,7502018 Jul 29 Kendall Dye 132 (−10) Capital Hills at Albany 125,000 18,7502017 Jun 4 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 205 (−8) Capital Hills at Albany 125,000 18,7502016 Jun 5 Jackie Stoelting 204 (−9) Capital Hills at Albany 125,000 18,7502015 Jul 26 Breanna Elliott 200 (−13) Capital Hills at Albany 100,000 15,0002014 Jul 27 Sadena Parks 199 (−14) Capital Hills at Albany 100,000 15,0002013 Jul 14 Wei-Ling Hsu 202 (−11) Capital Hills at Albany 100,000 15,0002012 Aug 5 Jaclyn Sweeney 203 (−10) Capital Hills at Albany 100,000 15,0002011 Sep 11 Sydnee Michaels 202 (−8) Capital Hills at Albany 120,000 16,8002010 Sep 5 Cindy LaCrosse 208 (−5) Capital Hills at Albany 120,000 16,8002009 Sep 6 Song Yi Choi 205 (−8) Capital Hills at Albany 110,000 15,4002008 Sep 7 Sarah Jane Kenyon 204 (−9) Capital Hills at Albany 100,000 14,0002007 Sep 9 Onnarin Sattayabanphot 210 (−3) Capital Hills at Albany 100,000 14,0002006 Sep 10 Ji Min Jeong 206 (−7) Capital Hills at Albany 85,000 11,9002005 Jul 17 Seon-Hwa Lee 199 (−14) Capital Hills at Albany 70,000 9,8002004 Aug 15 Nicole Perrot 203 (−10) Capital Hills at Albany 70,000 9,8002003 Jul 20 Lindsey Wright 205 (−8) Orchard Creek Golf Club 60,000 8,4002002 Jul 7 Miriam Nagl 210 (−3) Orchard Creek Golf Club 60,000 8,4002001 Jul 8 Angela Buzminski 208 (−8) Western Turnpike Golf Course 60,000 8,4002000 Jul 9 Dodie Mazzuca 218 (+2) Western Turnpike Golf Course 50,000 7,0001999 No tournament1998 Michele Vinieratos 203 (−13) 5,3001997 Heather Daly-Donofrio 208 (−8) 5,3001996 Stephanie Comstock 212 (−4) 6,0001995 Marilyn Lovander 212 (−4) 6,0001994 Marilyn Lovander 213 (−3) 3,3001993 Jodi Renner 138 (−6) 2,6001992 Cathy Mockett 213 (−3) 2,6001991 Kim Williams 216 (E) 2,6001990 Kelly Holland 215 (−1) 4,000
Tournament records YearPlayerScoreRoundCourse2014 Kim Hye-min 62 (−9) 2nd Capital Hills at Albany2014 Sadena Parks 62 (−9) 3rd Capital Hills at Albany
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External links
Coverage on Epson Tour website Capital Hills at Albany official website Western Turnpike Golf Course official website Orchard Creek Golf Club official website