The Volunteers of America Classic was a women's professional golf tournament in Texas on the LPGA Tour. It debuted in April 2013 at Las Colinas Country Club in Irving, northwest of downtown Dallas.
Volunteers of America, the title sponsor, is a faith-based nonprofit organization that provides affordable housing and other assistance, primarily to low-income people, throughout the United States.
Inbee Park won the inaugural event, one stroke ahead of Carlota Ciganda, and became its first multiple winner in 2015. In between, Stacy Lewis won by six strokes in 2014 and set the tournament record at 268 (−16).
In 2018, the tournament moved north to the Old American Golf Club in The Colony, along Lewisville Lake.
Tournament names 2013–2014: North Texas LPGA Shootout 2015: Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout Presented by JTBC 2016–2017: Volunteers of America Texas Shootout Presented by JTBC 2018: Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic 2019–2021: Volunteers of America Classic 2022–2023: The Ascendant LPGA benefitting Volunteers of America
Winners Year Date Champion Country Winning score To par Marginof victory Purse($) Winner'sshare ($)2023 Oct 8 Kim Hyo-joo 64-68-70-69=271 −13 4 strokes 1,800,000 270,0002022 Oct 2 Charley Hull 67-64-71-64=266 −18 1 stroke 1,700,000 255,0002021 Jul 4 Ko Jin-young 63-70-66-69=268 −16 1 stroke 1,500,000 225,0002020 Dec 6 Angela Stanford 71-69-70-67=277 −7 2 strokes 1,750,000 262,5002019 Oct 6 Cheyenne Knight 66-67-67-66=266 −18 2 strokes 1,300,000 195,0002018 May 6 Park Sung-hyun 65-66=131 −11 1 stroke 1,300,000 195,0002017 Apr 30 Haru Nomura 68-65-72-76=281 −3 Playoff 1,300,000 195,0002016 May 1 Jenny Shin 68-70-65-67=270 −14 2 strokes 1,300,000 195,0002015 May 3 Inbee Park (2) 69-66-69-65=269 −15 3 strokes 1,300,000 195,0002014 May 4 Stacy Lewis 71-64-69-64=268 −16 6 strokes 1,300,000 195,0002013 Apr 28 Inbee Park 67-70-67-67=271 −13 1 stroke 1,300,000 195,000
Tournament records YearPlayerScoreRound2017 Dori Carter 63 (−8) 2nd2019 Stephanie Meadow 63 (−8) 1st2021 Ko Jin-young 63 (−8) 1st2022 Cheyenne Knight 63 (−8) 4th2022 Lilia Vu 63 (−8) 4th2023 Cheyenne Knight 63 (–8) 4th
References
External links
Coverage on LPGA Tour official site Old American Golf Club Las Colinas Country Club – former host