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Central Florida Championship

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Central Florida Championship
Tournament information
LocationWinter Haven, Florida
Established2009
Course(s)Country Club of Winter Haven
Par72
Length6,572 yards (6,009 m)
Tour(s)Epson Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund$250,000
Month playedMarch
Current champion
Colombia Valery Plata

The Central Florida Championship 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:

  • 2009–2013: Lake Region Yacht and Country Club
  • 2014–2016: Lake Wales Country Club
  • 2017–2025: Country Club of Winter Haven

Winners

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Year Dates Champion Country Score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
Central Florida Championship
2025 Mar 2 250,000 37,500
Florida's Natural Charity Classic
2024 Mar 10 Valery Plata  Colombia 206 (−10) Playoff Slovenia Ana Belac 250,000 37,500
2023 Mar 5 Agathe Laisné  France 207 (−9) Playoff United States Jillian Hollis
Finland Kiira Riihijarvi
200,000 30,000
2022 Mar 6 Park Kum-Kang  South Korea 207 (−9) 2 strokes Sweden Frida Kinhult
United States Alana Uriell
200,000 30,000
2021 No tournament
2020 Mar 8 Janie Jackson  United States 206 (−10) 8 strokes United States Daniela Iacobelli 125,000 18,750
2019 Mar 17 Kelly Tan  Malaysia 203 (−13) Playoff[a] United States Demi Runas 125,000 18,750
2018 Mar 18 Lauren Kim  United States 206 (−10) 1 stroke United States Daniela Iacobelli 125,000 18,750
2017 Mar 12 Olivia Jordan-Higgins  Jersey 206 (−10) 1 stroke United States Christine Song
China Yu Liu
125,000 18,750
2016 Apr 10 Samantha Richdale  Canada 209 (−7) 1 stroke Sweden Madelene Sagström
Chinese Taipei Ya-Chun Chang
175,000 26,250
2015 Mar 29 Sue Kim  Canada 211 (−5) 3 strokes Canada Brittany Henderson
Canada Brooke Henderson (a)
125,000 18,750
2014 Mar 23 Yueer Cindy Feng  China 207 (−9) 4 strokes United States Megan McChrystal
United States Jackie Stoelting
Canada Maude-Aimee Leblanc
125,000 18,750
2013 Mar 24 Melissa Eaton  United States 206 (−10) 3 strokes Australia Courtney Massey
Canada Sue Kim
United States Amelia Lewis
125,000 18,750
2012 Mar 25 Megan McChrystal  United States 206 (−10) 1 stroke Canada Sara-Maude Juneau
United States Nicole Smith
125,000 18,750
2011 Mar 27 Tzu-Chi Lin  Taiwan 211 (−5) 1 stroke United States Jackie Barenborg 110,000 15,400
2010 Mar 21 Angela Oh  United States 137 (−7)[b] Playoff[c] United States Jane Rah 100,000 14,000
Florida's Natural Growers Charity Classic
2009 Mar 22 Jean Reynolds  United States 212 (−4) Playoff[d] South Korea Song Yi Choi 100,000 14,000
  1. ^ Tan won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Runas.
  2. ^ Tournament shortened to 36 holes due rain.
  3. ^ Oh won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Rah.
  4. ^ Reynolds won on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff over Song.

Tournament records

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Year Player Score Round Course
2009 Song Yi Choi 64 (−8) 1st Lake Region Yacht and Country Club
2014 Emma de Groot 66 (−6) 2nd Lake Wales Country Club
2016 Marissa Steen 66 (−6) 1st Lake Wales Country Club
2016 Luciane Lee 66 (−6) 3rd Lake Wales Country Club
2017 Kim Welch 65 (−7) 3rd Country Club of Winter Haven
2019 Maude-Aimee Leblanc 65 (−7) 1st Country Club of Winter Haven
2019 Vicky Hurst 65 (−7) 3rd Country Club of Winter Haven
2023 Becca Huffer 65 (−7) 3rd Country Club of Winter Haven
2023 Yan Liu 65 (−7) 3rd Country Club of Winter Haven
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