Casella Golf Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Albany, New York, U.S. |
| Established | 1984 |
| Course(s) | Pinehaven Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,080 yards (5,560 m) |
| Tour(s) | Epson Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | $237,500 |
| Month played | July |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 199 Seon-Hwa Lee (2005) 199 Sadena Parks (2014) |
| To par | −14 Seon-Hwa Lee (2005) −14 Sadena Parks (2014) |
| Current champion | |
 Lauren Stephenson | |
The Twin Bridges 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.[1]
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 $175,000 in 2021.
The tournament was a 54-hole event, as are most Symetra Tour tournaments, and includes pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities.
Tournament names through the years:
- 2000–2002: Capital Region Futures Classic
- 2003: GE Futures Professional Golf Classic
- 2004–2005: The Albany Futures Golf Classic
- 2006–2009: ILOVENY Championship
- 2010–2011: Price Chopper Tour Championship
- 2012: The Credit Union Challenge presented by SEFCU, Sunmark, and BFB Benefits
- 2013: Credit Union Challenge
- 2014: SEFCU Championship at Capital Hills
- 2015–2016: Fuccillo Kia Championship at Capital Hills
- 2017–2018: Fuccillo Kia Classic of NY
- 2019–2020: The CDPHP Open
- 2021–2024: Twin Bridges Championship
Winners
[edit]| Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Score | Tournament location |
Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jul 21 | Lauren Stephenson |  United States |
204 (−9) | Pinehaven Country Club | 237,500 | 35,625 |
| 2023 | Jul 23 | Jenny Bae | United States |
207 (−6)[a] | Pinehaven Country Club | 200,000 | 30,000 |
| 2022 | Jul 10 | Lucy Li | United States |
203 (−10) | Pinehaven Country Club | 200,000 | 30,000 |
| 2021 | Jul 28 | Lilia Vu | United States |
205 (−8) | Pinehaven Country Club | 175,000 | 26,250 |
| 2020 | May 31 | Tournament cancelled[b] | Capital Hills at Albany | 125,000 | 18,750 | ||
| 2019 | Jul 28 | Robynn Ree | United States |
200 (−13) | Capital Hills at Albany | 125,000 | 18,750 |
| 2018 | Jul 29 | Kendall Dye | United States |
132 (−10)[c] | Capital Hills at Albany | 125,000 | 18,750 |
| 2017 | Jun 4 | Nanna Koerstz Madsen |  Denmark |
205 (−8) | Capital Hills at Albany | 125,000 | 18,750 |
| 2016 | Jun 5 | Jackie Stoelting | United States |
204 (−9) | Capital Hills at Albany | 125,000 | 18,750 |
| 2015 | Jul 26 | Breanna Elliott |  Australia |
200 (−13) | Capital Hills at Albany | 100,000 | 15,000 |
| 2014 | Jul 27 | Sadena Parks | United States |
199 (−14) | Capital Hills at Albany | 100,000 | 15,000 |
| 2013 | Jul 14 | Wei-Ling Hsu |  Taiwan |
202 (−11) | Capital Hills at Albany | 100,000 | 15,000 |
| 2012 | Aug 5 | Jaclyn Sweeney | United States |
203 (−10) | Capital Hills at Albany | 100,000 | 15,000 |
| 2011 | Sep 11 | Sydnee Michaels | United States |
202 (−8) | Capital Hills at Albany | 120,000 | 16,800 |
| 2010 | Sep 5 | Cindy LaCrosse | United States |
208 (−5)[a] | Capital Hills at Albany | 120,000 | 16,800 |
| 2009 | Sep 6 | Song Yi Choi |  South Korea |
205 (−8) | Capital Hills at Albany | 110,000 | 15,400 |
| 2008 | Sep 7 | Sarah Jane Kenyon | Australia |
204 (−9) | Capital Hills at Albany | 100,000 | 14,000 |
| 2007 | Sep 9 | Onnarin Sattayabanphot |  Thailand |
210 (−3) | Capital Hills at Albany | 100,000 | 14,000 |
| 2006 | Sep 10 | Ji Min Jeong | South Korea |
206 (−7) | Capital Hills at Albany | 85,000 | 11,900 |
| 2005 | Jul 17 | Seon-Hwa Lee | South Korea |
199 (−14) | Capital Hills at Albany | 70,000 | 9,800 |
| 2004 | Aug 15 | Nicole Perrot |  Chile |
203 (−10) | Capital Hills at Albany | 70,000 | 9,800 |
| 2003 | Jul 20 | Lindsey Wright | Australia |
205 (−8)[a] | Orchard Creek Golf Club | 60,000 | 8,400 |
| 2002 | Jul 7 | Miriam Nagl |  Brazil |
210 (−3)[a] | Orchard Creek Golf Club | 60,000 | 8,400 |
| 2001 | Jul 8 | Angela Buzminski |  Canada |
208 (−8) | Western Turnpike Golf Course | 60,000 | 8,400 |
| 2000 | Jul 9 | Dodie Mazzuca | United States |
218 (+2)[a] | Western Turnpike Golf Course | 50,000 | 7,000 |
| 1999 | No tournament | ||||||
| 1998 | Michele Vinieratos | United States |
203 (−13) | 5,300 | |||
| 1997 | Heather Daly-Donofrio | United States |
208 (−8) | 5,300 | |||
| 1996 | Stephanie Comstock | United States |
212 (−4) | 6,000 | |||
| 1995 | Marilyn Lovander | United States |
212 (−4) | 6,000 | |||
| 1994 | Marilyn Lovander | United States |
213 (−3) | 3,300 | |||
| 1993 | Jodi Renner | United States |
138 (−6)[c] | 2,600 | |||
| 1992 | Cathy Mockett | United States |
213 (−3) | 2,600 | |||
| 1991 | Kim Williams | United States |
216 (E) | 2,600 | |||
| 1990 | Kelly Holland | United States |
215 (−1) | 4,000 | |||
Tournament records
[edit]| Year | Player | Score | Round | Course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Kim Hye-min | 62 (−9) | 2nd | Capital Hills at Albany |
| 2014 | Sadena Parks | 62 (−9) | 3rd | Capital Hills at Albany |
References
[edit]- ^ "Twin Bridges Championship - Past Winners". Symetra Tour. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Statement on Upcoming Symetra Tour Schedule and the LPGA Qualifying Tournament". LPGA. April 2, 2020. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2021.