LPGA Tour News: This Week on the LPGA Tour – 2023 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions

This Week on the LPGA Tour

Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions

Lake Nona Golf and Country Club | Orlando, Fla. | Jan. 19-22, 2023

COMPETITION FORMAT

Professionals: 29 players; 72 holes, stroke play, no cut

Celebrities and amateurs: 53 players; 72 holes, Modified Stableford scoring format, no cut

MODIFIED STABLEFORD SCORING FORMAT

Double bogey – 0
Bogey – 1
Par – 2
Birdie – 3
Eagle – 5
Hole-in-One – 8
Double Eagle – 10

PURSE

Professionals: $1.5 million; winner’s portion is $225,000

Celebrities and amateurs: $500,000; winner’s portion is $100,000

AON RISK REWARD CHALLENGE HOLE

No. 15, par 5

SOCIAL MEDIA

Tournament: @HiltonGrandVac (Twitter), @HiltonGrandVacations (Instagram), #HGVLPGA

LPGA: @LPGA, @LPGAMedia (Twitter), @lpga_tour (Instagram)

TV TIMES (all times Eastern)

Thursday, Jan. 19 – 12-3 p.m., Golf Channel

Friday, Jan. 20 – 12-3 p.m., Golf Channel

Saturday, Jan. 21 – 2-3 p.m., Golf Channel; 3-5 p.m., NBC

Sunday, Jan. 23 – 2-3 p.m., Golf Channel; 3-5 p.m., NBC

WHITELINE PAR AND YARDAGE

36-36–72, 6,608 yards (par and yardage are subject to change through the start of the tournament)

LAST FOUR LPGA TOUR CHAMPIONS AND RUNNERS-UP

2022: Danielle Kang, 272 (-16); Brooke Henderson, 275

2021: Jessica Korda, 260 (-24); defeated Danielle Kang with a birdie on the first playoff hole

2020: Gaby Lopez, 271 (-13); defeated Nasa Hataoka and Inbee Park in a seven-hole playoff (Lopez won with birdie; Park eliminated after three holes)

2019: Eun-Hee Ji, 270 (-14); Mirim Lee, 272

LAST THREE CELEBRITY CHAMPIONS AND RUNNERS-UP

2022: Derek Lowe, +138; defeated Annika Sorenstam with a par on the first playoff hole

2021: Mardy Fish, +158; Chad Pfeifer, +147

2020: John Smoltz, +150; Mardy Fish, +141

2019: John Smoltz, +149; Mark Mulder, +146

TOURNAMENT SCORING RECORDS

18 holes: 60, Jessica Korda, third round, 2021

36 holes: 129, Danielle Kang, 2021

54 holes: 192, Danielle Kang, 2021

72 holes: 260, Jessica Korda, 2021

WHO’S IN THE DIAMOND RESORTS TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS FIELD

Past Champions

Gaby Lopez (2020), Danielle Kang (2022)

29 LPGA Tour Winners from 2021 and 2022

Marina Alex (2022 Palos Verdes Championship presented by Bank of America), Pajaree Anannarukarn (2021 ISPS Handa World Invitational), Celine Boutier (2021 ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer), Ashleigh Buhai (2022 AIG Women’s Open), Matilda Castren (2021 LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship), Gemma Dryburgh (2022 TOTO Japan Classic), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (2022 LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship), Ally Ewing (2021 Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play presented by MGM Rewards, 2022 Kroger Queen City Championship), Ayaka Furue (2022 Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open), Nasa Hataoka (2021 Greater Toledo LPGA Classic Open, 2021 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, 2022 DIO Implant LA Open), Brooke Henderson (2021 DIO Implant LA Open, 2022 ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer, 2022 Amundi Evian Championship), Wei-Ling Hsu (2021 Pure Silk Championship), Charley Hull (2022 The Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America), Ariya Jutanugarn (2021 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational), Moriya Jutanugarn (2021 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational), Danielle Kang (2022 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions), Nanna Koerstz Madsen (2022 Honda LPGA Thailand), Nelly Korda (2021 Gainbridge LPGA at Lake Nona, 2021 Meijer LPGA Classic, 2021 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, 2021 The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican, 2022 The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican), Jennifer Kupcho (2022 Chevron Championship, 2022 Meijer LPGA Classic, 2022 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational), Andrea Lee (2022 Portland Classic), Gaby Lopez (2022 Greater Toledo LPGA Classic), Leona Maguire (2022 LPGA Drive On Championship at Crown Colony), Anna Nordqvist (2021 AIG Women’s Open), Ryann O’Toole (2021 Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open), Paula Reto (2022 CP Women’s Open), Lizette Salas (2022 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational), Yuka Saso (2021 U.S. Women’s Open presented by ProMedica), Maja Stark (2022 ISPS Handa World Invitational), Patty Tavatanakit (2021 Chevron Championship)

53 Celebrities

Wells Adams, Marcus Allen, Maurice Allen, Robbie Amell, Brian Baumgartner, Josh Beckett, Lee Brice,  Joe Carter, Vince Carter, Roger Clemens, Victor Cruz, Kira Dixon, Josh Donaldson, Dylan Dreyer, Mardy Fish, Larry Fitzgerald, Mike Flaskey, Dwight Freeney, Barstool’s Fore Play (Trent, Riggs, Frankie and Dan Rapaport), Evan Geiselman, Tom Glavine, Ian Happ, Chris Harrison, Ben Higgins, Steel Lafferty, Chris Lane, Courtney Lee, Jon Lester, Derek Lowe, Greg Maddux, Brian McCann, Kevin Millar, Mark Mulder, Blair O’Neal, Michael Pena, Chad Pfeifer, A.J. Pierzynski, Michael Ray, Tuukka Rask, Alfonso Ribeiro, Jeremy Roenick, Sterling Sharpe, Emmitt Smith, John Smoltz, Annika Sorenstam, James “Bubba” Stewart, Taylor Twellman, Larry the Cable Guy, Brian Urlacher, Shane Victorino, Jack Wagner, Michael Waltrip, Charles Woodson

COURTESY LPGA TOUR