The LPGA Corning Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on 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 week ...
. It took place every year from 1979 through 2009 at the
Corning Country Club in
Corning, New York
Corning is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 10,551 at the 2020 census. It is named for Erastus Corning, an Albany financier and railroad executive who was an investor in the company t ...
.
It was one of the longest running tournaments on the LPGA Tour and the longest with a single sponsor. The title sponsor since the beginning was
Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated is an American multinational technology company that specializes in specialty glass, ceramics, and related materials and technologies including advanced optics, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The co ...
, an American manufacturer of glass, ceramics and related materials, primarily for industrial and scientific applications.
Production and operation of the tournament was a large community effort by the citizens of Corning. As with most tournaments on the LPGA Tour, proceeds went to charity.
[http://www.stargazette.com/article/20090526/NEWS01/905260372/1117/Classic+officials+++We+went+out+on+top+] Beneficiaries of the Corning Classic were local hospitals and camps for disabled children. Net charitable proceeds since 1979 exceeded $5 million.
On April 20, 2009, the Classic's title sponsor, Corning Incorporated, announced it would not be able to sponsor the tournament after the 2009 tournament. The tournament's executives confirmed that efforts to secure additional sponsors had been unsuccessful and that the tournament would not continue after 2009.
Tournament names through the years:
*1979-1983: Corning Classic
*1984-2009: LPGA Corning Classic
Winners
* Championship won in sudden-death playoff.
Tournament record
References
External links
Tournament results (1979-2009) at GolfObserver.comLPGA official tournament microsite
{{Former LPGA Tour Events
Former LPGA Tour events
Golf in New York (state)
Corning, New York
Recurring sporting events established in 1979
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2009
1979 establishments in New York (state)
2009 disestablishments in New York (state)
History of women in New York (state)