The Manulife LPGA Classic was a women's professional
golf
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tournament on the
LPGA Tour
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. The 72-hole, full-field event was first played in June
2012
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at the
Grey Silo Golf Course in
Waterloo, Ontario
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,
Canada
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.
The title sponsor was
Manulife Financial, a global insurance company and financial services provider with headquarters in
Toronto
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.
At the inaugural event in 2012,
Brittany Lang won her first LPGA title in a four-way sudden-death playoff. It was the first-ever win on the tour by an alumna of
Duke
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.
The runners-up were
Hee Kyung Seo,
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 2013 ...
, and
Chella Choi.
After missing a birdie putt at the par-5 18th to win in regulation, Lang birdied the same hole three straight times in the playoff.
In 2015, the tournament moved to Whistle Bear Golf Club in
Cambridge
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, about 18
km south of Grey Silo GC, where it remained for 2016 and 2017.
In 2017, the Manulife LPGA Classic was announced to become Manulife's final tournament as the title sponsor
and a new one was never found.
Tournament names
*2012–2014: Manulife Financial LPGA Classic
*2015–2017: Manulife LPGA Classic
Winners
Tournament records
References
External links
*
LPGA.com tournament micrositeWhistle Bear Golf ClubGrey Silo Golf Course
– (2012–2014)
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Former LPGA Tour events
Women's golf tournaments in Canada
Sport in Waterloo, Ontario
Sport in Cambridge, Ontario
Women in Ontario