The Meijer LPGA Classic is a women's professional golf tournament in

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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 weekl ...

. Founded in

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, it is played at Blythefield Country Club in Belmont, a suburb northeast of

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Mirim Lee Mirim Lee (born 25 October 1990), also known as Lee Mi-rim, is a South Korean professional golfer. Lee turned professional in 2009. She has played on the LPGA of Korea Tour since 2010 and has won three events on that tour. She began playing on th ...

won the inaugural tournament in a playoff with

Inbee Park Inbee Park (, or ; born 12 July 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour. She has been the number one ranked player in the Women's World Golf Rankings for four separate runs: April 201 ...

for her first LPGA Tour win.

Nelly Korda Nelly Korda (born July 28, 1998) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour, where she has won seven times and reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Korda won the Olympic gold medal at the women's individual ...

won her second LPGA tournament in 2021, finishing with a new Meijer record of 263, winning by two strokes over

Leona Maguire Leona Maguire (born 30 November 1994) is an Irish professional golfer. She was ranked 1st in the world on the women's World Amateur Golf Ranking from May 2015 until May 2016 and then from August 2016 until February 2018. Maguire's 135 weeks a ...

. A round record, which tied two others in past years, of 62 on Saturday gave her a three-stroke lead (196 to 199) from her 62 to Maguire's 70, after trailing Maguire by five strokes (134 to 129) after the second round. Korda was ranked #4 in the world, won her fifth LPGA title. Korda eagled the par-5 14th hole, to go with six birdies and three bogeys. In the final round, Korda led by just one stroke going to the 18th hole, which she birdied for her two-stroke win. Her 263 for the 72 holes also set a new tournament record as was her 25 strokes below par. Tournament names through the years: *2014–2015: Meijer LPGA Classic presented by Kraft *2016–2018: Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give

Course

Winners

''* Par for rounds 3 and 4 in 2017 lowered to 69 due to course flooding;
5th hole was converted from a par 5 to a par 3.''

Tournament records

References

External links

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Coverage on the LPGA Tour's official siteBlythefield Country Club
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