The Florida's Natural Charity Championship Hosted by Nancy Lopez was a golf tournament for professional female golfers that was part of the

LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekl ...

from 1992 through 2006. For most of those years it was known as the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship. It was played annually at the Eagle's Landing Country Club in

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. The title sponsor from 1995 to 2005 was

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, a fast-food restaurant chain headquartered in

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, that specializes in chicken sandwiches. In 2006, Florida's Natural, a cooperative of Florida citrus growers took over title sponsorship. It was announced in August 2006 that the tournament had been cancelled because of the lack of a sponsor for 2007. LPGA Hall of Famer

Nancy Lopez Nancy Marie Lopez (born January 6, 1957) is an American former professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events, including three major championships. Amateur career Lopez won the New Mexico Women's ...

was associated with the tournament as its official host. She presented the Nancy Lopez Award to the world's best female amateur golfer at a banquet held each year during the tournament week. It is unclear where the Nancy Lopez Award ceremony will now be held. Tournament names through the years: *1992: SEGA Women's Championship *1993-1994: Atlanta Women's Championship *1995-2005: Chick-fil-A Charity Championship *2006: Florida's Natural Charity Championship Hosted by Nancy Lopez The last tournament was held from April 17 through April 23, 2006.

Winners

1997 and 2002 tournaments were shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

Tournament record

References

External links

LPGA tournament microsite
{{Former LPGA Tour Events Former LPGA Tour events Golf in Georgia (U.S. state) Recurring sporting events established in 1992 Stockbridge, Georgia History of women in Georgia (U.S. state)