Casella Golf Championship

{{Short description|Golf tournament}}

{{Infobox golf tournament

| name = Casella Golf Championship

| image =

| location = Albany, New York, U.S.

| establishment = 1984

| course = Pinehaven Country Club

| par = 71

| yardage = {{convert|6080|yd|m}}

| tour = Epson Tour

| format = Stroke play

| purse = $237,500

| month_played = July

| final_year =

| aggregate = 199 Seon-Hwa Lee (2005)
199 Sadena Parks (2014)

| to-par = −14 Seon-Hwa Lee (2005)
−14 Sadena Parks (2014)

| current_champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Lauren Stephenson

| final_champion =

}}

The Casella Golf Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event has been played since 1984 and is held in the Albany, New York area.{{cite web |title=Twin Bridges Championship - Past Winners |url=https://www.epsontour.com/tournaments/twin-bridges-championship/past-winners |publisher=Symetra Tour |access-date=7 October 2021}}

In 2010 and 2011, the title sponsor was Price Chopper, a chain of supermarkets headquartered in Schenectady, New York. The presenting sponsors in 2012 were SEFCU and Sunmark, credit unions in the Albany area, and Burns-Fazzi, Brock, a credit union benefits consulting company. SEFCU became title sponsor in 2014 and in 2015 Fuccillo Kia with Billy Fuccillo stepped in. In 2019 Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, Inc. (CDPHP) became title sponsor. The venue changed to Pinehaven Country Club and the tournament purse rose to $175,000 in 2021.

The tournament was a 54-hole event, as are most Symetra Tour tournaments, and includes pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities.

Tournament names through the years:

  • 2000–2002: Capital Region Futures Classic
  • 2003: GE Futures Professional Golf Classic
  • 2004–2005: The Albany Futures Golf Classic
  • 2006–2009: ILOVENY Championship
  • 2010–2011: Price Chopper Tour Championship
  • 2012: The Credit Union Challenge presented by SEFCU, Sunmark, and BFB Benefits
  • 2013: Credit Union Challenge
  • 2014: SEFCU Championship at Capital Hills
  • 2015–2016: Fuccillo Kia Championship at Capital Hills
  • 2017–2018: Fuccillo Kia Classic of NY
  • 2019–2020: The CDPHP Open
  • 2021–2024: Twin Bridges Championship
  • 2025: Casella Golf Championship

Winners

class="wikitable"

!Year

DatesChampionCountryScoreTournament
location
Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2025Jul 20Pinehaven Country Clubalign=center|200,000align=center|30,000
2024Jul 21Lauren Stephenson{{USA}}204 (−9)Pinehaven Country Clubalign=center|237,500align=center|35,625
2023Jul 23Jenny Bae{{USA}}207 (−6){{efn|name=po}}Pinehaven Country Clubalign=center|200,000align=center|30,000
2022Jul 10Lucy Li{{USA}}203 (−10)Pinehaven Country Clubalign=center|200,000align=center|30,000
2021Jul 28Lilia Vu{{USA}}205 (−8)Pinehaven Country Clubalign=center|175,000align=center|26,250
2020May 31colspan=3 align=center| Tournament cancelled{{efn|name=pandemic}}Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|125,000align=center|18,750
2019Jul 28Robynn Ree{{USA}}200 (−13)Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|125,000align=center|18,750
2018Jul 29Kendall Dye{{USA}}132 (−10){{efn|name=weather}}Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|125,000align=center|18,750
2017Jun 4Nanna Koerstz Madsen{{DNK}}205 (−8)Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|125,000align=center|18,750
2016Jun 5Jackie Stoelting{{USA}}204 (−9)Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|125,000align=center|18,750
2015Jul 26Breanna Elliott{{AUS}}200 (−13)Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|100,000align=center|15,000
2014Jul 27Sadena Parks{{USA}}199 (−14)Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|100,000align=center|15,000
2013Jul 14Wei-Ling Hsu{{TWN}}202 (−11)Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|100,000align=center|15,000
2012Aug 5Jaclyn Sweeney{{USA}}203 (−10)Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|100,000align=center|15,000
2011Sep 11Sydnee Michaels{{USA}}202 (−8)Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|120,000align=center|16,800
2010Sep 5Cindy LaCrosse{{USA}}208 (−5){{efn|name=po}}Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|120,000align=center|16,800
2009Sep 6Song Yi Choi{{KOR}}205 (−8)Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|110,000align=center|15,400
2008Sep 7Sarah Jane Kenyon{{AUS}}204 (−9)Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|100,000align=center|14,000
2007Sep 9Onnarin Sattayabanphot {{THA}}210 (−3)Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|100,000align=center|14,000
2006Sep 10Ji Min Jeong{{KOR}}206 (−7)Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|85,000align=center|11,900
2005Jul 17Seon-Hwa Lee{{KOR}}199 (−14)Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|70,000align=center|9,800
2004Aug 15Nicole Perrot{{CHL}}203 (−10)Capital Hills at Albanyalign=center|70,000align=center|9,800
2003Jul 20Lindsey Wright{{AUS}}205 (−8){{efn|name=po}}Orchard Creek Golf Clubalign=center|60,000align=center|8,400
2002Jul 7Miriam Nagl{{BRA}}210 (−3){{efn|name=po}}Orchard Creek Golf Clubalign=center|60,000align=center|8,400
2001Jul 8Angela Buzminski{{CAN}}208 (−8)Western Turnpike Golf Coursealign=center|60,000align=center|8,400
2000Jul 9Dodie Mazzuca{{USA}}218 (+2){{efn|name=po}}Western Turnpike Golf Coursealign=center|50,000align=center|7,000
1999colspan=7 align=center| No tournament
1998Michele Vinieratos{{USA}}203 (−13)align=center|align=center|5,300
1997Heather Daly-Donofrio{{USA}}208 (−8)align=center|align=center|5,300
1996Stephanie Comstock{{USA}}212 (−4)align=center|align=center|6,000
1995Marilyn Lovander{{USA}}212 (−4)align=center|align=center|6,000
1994Marilyn Lovander{{USA}}213 (−3)align=center|align=center|3,300
1993Jodi Renner{{USA}}138 (−6){{efn|name=weather}}align=center|align=center|2,600
1992Cathy Mockett{{USA}}213 (−3)align=center|align=center|2,600
1991Kim Williams{{USA}}216 (E)align=center|align=center|2,600
1990Kelly Holland{{USA}}215 (−1)align=center|align=center|4,000

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{{efn|name=pandemic|Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |title=Statement on Upcoming Symetra Tour Schedule and the LPGA Qualifying Tournament |url=https://www.symetratour.com/news/2020/2020-symetra-tour-april-2nd-statement-on-upcoming-schedule |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925033633/https://www.symetratour.com/news/2020/2020-symetra-tour-april-2nd-statement-on-upcoming-schedule |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |publisher=LPGA |date=April 2, 2020 |accessdate=October 7, 2021}}}}

{{efn|name=weather|Tournament reduced to 36 holes due to adverse weather conditions.}}

{{efn|name=po|Tournament won in a sudden-death playoff.}}

}}

Tournament records

class="wikitable"

!Year

PlayerScoreRoundCourse
2014Kim Hye-min62 (−9)2ndCapital Hills at Albany
2014Sadena Parks62 (−9)3rdCapital Hills at Albany

References

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