Tres Marias Championship

Tres Marias Championship
Tournament information
Location Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Established 2005
Course(s) Tres Marias Residential Golf Club
Par 73
Length 6,539 yards (5,979 m)
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund US$1,300,000
Month played April
Final year 2010
Tournament record score
Aggregate 267 - Lorena Ochoa
(2008, 2009)
To par -25 - Lorena Ochoa
(2008, 2009)
Final champion
Japan Ai Miyazato

The Tres Marias Championship was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played from 2005 to 2010, at Tres Marias Residential Golf Club in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.

From 2005 through 2009 the title sponsor of the tournament was Mexican beer Corona. Lorena Ochoa of Mexico won the event three times: 2006, 2008, and 2009.

The 2011 tournament was originally scheduled for April 21-24. On February 2, the LPGA announced that the tournament had been canceled because of concerns about violence in the Mexican state of Michoacan.[1]

The tournament was not scheduled in 2012.

Tournament names

Winners

YearDatesChampionCountryWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Tournament
Location
Purse
(US$)
Winner's
share
2011Apr 21-24Tournament canceled in February due to security concerns
2010Apr 29-May 2 Ai Miyazato  Japan 63-72-71-67=273 –19 1 strokeTres Marias
Residential
Golf Club
1,300,000 195,000
2009Apr 23-26 Lorena Ochoa (3) Mexico69-64-67-68=267 ––25 1 stroke1,300,000 195,000
2008Apr 10-13 Lorena Ochoa (2) Mexico66-66-66-69=267 –25 11 strokes 1,300,000 195,000
2007Apr 26-29 Silvia Cavalleri  Italy 69-68-68-66=272 –20 2 strokes 1,300,000 195,000
2006Oct 5-8Lorena Ochoa  Mexico 71-64-68-69=272 –20 5 strokes 1,000,000 150,000
2005Apr 21-24Carin Koch  Sweden68-69-71-71=279 –9 6 strokes 1,000,000 150,000

Tournament record

YearPlayerScoreRound
2010 Ai Miyazato 63 (–10) 1st

References

  1. USA Today, LPGA cancels a Mexico event due to safety concerns 2011-02-03. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
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