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Jun 6-9
Pittsford, NY
Purse: $2,250,000
History: This event began in 1955 and is one of the five majors on the LPGA Tour.
Format: 72 holes
Charity: United Way's Graduation is the Goal
In 2012, 22-year-old Shanshan Feng made history on Sunday as the first player from the mainland China to win on the LPGA Tour, capturing a two-shot victory at the 2012 Wegmans LPGA Championship. Feng shot a 5-under-par 67, the lowest round of the week, in the final round of the LPGA's second major championship to come from three shots back and finish the week at 6-under-par 282.
| Year | Player | Scores |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Shanshan Feng | 72 - 73 - 70 - 67 = 282 (-6) |
| 2011 | Yani Tseng | 66 - 70 - 67 - 66 = 269 (-19) |
| 2010 | Cristie Kerr | 68 - 66 - 69 - 66 = 269 (-19) |
| 2009 | Anna Nordqvist | 66 - 70 - 69 - 68 = 273 (-15) |
| 2008 | Yani Tseng | 73 - 70 - 65 - 68 = 276 (-12) |
| 2007 | Suzann Pettersen | 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 = 274 (274) |
| 2006 | Se Ri Pak | 71 - 69 - 71 - 69 = 280 (-8) |
| 2005 | Annika Sorenstam | 68 - 67 - 69 - 73 = 277 (-11) |
| 2004 | Annika Sorenstam | 68 - 67 - 64 - 72 = 271 (-13) |
| 2003 | Annika Sorenstam | 70 - 64 - 72 - 72 = 278 (-6) |
| 2002 | Se Ri Pak | 71 - 70 - 68 - 70 = 279 (-5) |
| 2001 | Karrie Webb | 67 - 64 - 70 - 69 = 270 (-14) |
| 2000 | Juli Inkster | 72 - 69 - 65 - 75 = 281 (-3) |
| 1999 | Juli Inkster | 68 - 66 - 69 - 65 = 268 (-16) |
| 1998 | Se Ri Pak | 65 - 68 - 72 - 68 = 273 (-11) |
| 1997 | Christa Johnson | 68 - 73 - 69 - 71 = 281 (-3) |
| 1996 | Laura Davies | 72 - 71 - 70 - 0 = 213 (0) |
| 1995 | Kelly Robbins | 66 - 68 - 72 - 68 = 274 (-10) |
| 1994 | Laura Davies | 70 - 72 - 69 - 68 = 279 (-5) |
| 1993 | Patty Sheehan | 68 - 68 - 70 - 69 = 275 (-9) |
| 1992 | Betsy King | 68 - 66 - 67 - 66 = 267 (-17) |
| 1991 | Meg Mallon | 68 - 68 - 71 - 67 = 274 (-10) |
| 1990 | Beth Daniel | 71 - 73 - 70 - 66 = 280 (-4) |
| 1989 | Nancy Lopez | 71 - 69 - 68 - 66 = 274 (-14) |
| 1988 | Sherri Turner | 70 - 71 - 73 - 67 = 281 (-7) |
| 1987 | Jane Geddes | 72 - 68 - 68 - 67 = 275 (-13) |
| 1986 | Pat Bradley | 67 - 72 - 70 - 68 = 277 (-11) |
| 1985 | Nancy Lopez | 65 - 71 - 72 - 65 = 273 (-15) |
| 1984 | Patty Sheehan | 71 - 70 - 63 - 68 = 272 (-16) |
| 1983 | Patty Sheehan | 68 - 71 - 74 - 66 = 279 (-9) |
| 1982 | Jan Stephenson | 69 - 69 - 70 - 71 = 279 (-9) |
| 1981 | Donna Caponi | 69 - 68 - 70 - 73 = 280 (-8) |
| 1980 | Sally Little | 69 - 70 - 73 - 73 = 285 (-3) |
| 1979 | Donna Caponi | 69 - 70 - 70 - 70 = 279 (-9) |
| 1978 | Nancy Lopez | 71 - 65 - 69 - 70 = 275 (-13) |
| 1977 | Chako Higuchi | 71 - 67 - 72 - 69 = 279 (-9) |
| 1976 | Betty Burfeindt | 71 - 72 - 73 - 71 = 287 (-5) |
| 1975 | Kathy Whitworth | 70 - 70 - 75 - 73 = 288 (-4) |
| 1974 | Sandra Haynie | 69 - 73 - 73 - 73 = 288 (-4) |
| 1973 | Mary Mills | 73 - 73 - 72 - 70 = 288 (-4) |
| 1972 | Kathy Ahern | 75 - 73 - 76 - 69 = 293 (1) |
| 1971 | Kathy Whitworth | 71 - 73 - 70 - 74 = 288 (-4) |
| 1970 | Shirley Englehorn | 70 - 70 - 75 - 70 = 285 (-7) |
| 1969 | Betsy Rawls | 71 - 72 - 79 - 71 = 293 (1) |
| 1968 | Sandra Post | 72 - 75 - 74 - 73 = 294 (2) |
| 1967 | Kathy Whitworth | 69 - 74 - 72 - 69 = 284 (-8) |
| 1966 | Gloria Ehret | 70 - 70 - 67 - 65 = 282 (-2) |
| 1965 | Sandra Haynie | 70 - 68 - 69 - 72 = 279 (-9) |
| 1964 | Mary Mills | 68 - 69 - 72 - 69 = 278 (-6) |
| 1963 | Mickey Wright | 72 - 82 - 70 - 70 = 294 (2) |
Today, on National Golf Day, Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY) introduced a resolution to commemorate both the Professional Golf Association (PGA) and Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Championships being held in the Rochester area this summer.
The LPGA today announced the Wegmans LPGA Championship will return to Rochester, N.Y.at Locust Hill Country Club the week of June 3-9, 2013, marking the fourth-straight year the major championship has been played at Locust Hill Country Club and 37th-consecutive summer the LPGA has played in the Rochester suburb of Pittsford.
Two-time defending Walmart NW Arkansas Champion and the No.1 ranked player in the world, Yani Tseng, visited Pinnacle Country Club yesterday as part of media day for this year’s event. The Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G will return to Rogers June 25-July 1.
Jun 6 - GC 12:30 PM-3:00 PM EST
Jun 7 - GC 12:30 PM-3:00 PM EST
Jun 8 - GC 3:00 PM-7:00 PM EST
Jun 9 - GC 3:00 PM-7:00 PM EST
