Sybase Classic

The Sybase Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour for twenty years, from 1990 to 2009. The event was originally known as the "Big Apple Classic", but the name was dropped in 2007 when the tournament relocated from the New York City area to New Jersey.[1] From 1992 through 2006, ShopRite sponsored the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Atlantic City.

Sybase Classic
Tournament information
LocationClifton, New Jersey, U.S.
Established1990
Course(s)Upper Montclair Country Club
(2007-2009)
Par72
Length6,413 yards (5,864 m)
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund$2,000,000 in 2009
Month playedMay
Final year2009
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Lorena Ochoa (2008)
To par–18 Lorena Ochoa (2008)
Final champion
South Korea Ji Young Oh (2009)

For its first seventeen years, the event was held at the Wykagyl Country Club in the Wykagyl section of New Rochelle, New York. In 2007 the venue was changed to the Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, New Jersey. The tournament was last played in 2009, as Sybase switched its sponsorship to the Sybase Match Play Championship in 2010, also played in New Jersey. ShopRite revived its sponsorship of the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Atlantic City in 2010.

Over the years, proceeds from the event went to benefit charities such as St. Joseph's Healthcare System, Inc. and the Boys & Girls Club of Clifton.

Tournament names through the years:

  • 1990-1998: JAL Big Apple Classic presented by GOLF Magazine
  • 1999-2000: Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic presented by GOLF Magazine
  • 2001-2002: Sybase Big Apple Classic presented by GOLF Magazine
  • 2003: Sybase Big Apple Classic presented by Lincoln Mercury
  • 2004-2006: Sybase Classic presented by Lincoln Mercury
  • 2007-2009: Sybase Classic presented by ShopRite

Winners
YearDatesChampionCountryScoreTournament
Location		Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2009May 14-19Ji Young Oh South Korea264 (-14)Upper Montclair Country Club2,000,000300,000
2008*May 15-18Lorena Ochoa (3) Mexico206 (-10)Upper Montclair Country Club2,000,000300,000
2007May 17-20Lorena Ochoa (2) Mexico270 (-18)Upper Montclair Country Club1,400,000210,000
2006*May 18-21Lorena Ochoa Mexico208 (-5)Wykagyl Country Club1,300,000195,000
2005May 19-22Paula Creamer United States278 (-6)Wykagyl Country Club1,250,000187,500
2004May 20-23Sherri Steinhauer United States272 (-12)Wykagyl Country Club950,000142,500
2003Jul 17-20Hee-Won Han South Korea273 (-11)Wykagyl Country Club950,000142,500
2002Jul 25-28Gloria Park South Korea270 (-14)Wykagyl Country Club950,000142,500
2001Jul 19-22Rosie Jones United States272 (-12)Wykagyl Country Club950,000142,500
2000*Jul 13-16Annika Sörenstam (2) Sweden206 (-7)Wykagyl Country Club900,000135,000
1999Jul 15-18Sherri Steinhauer United States265 (-19)Wykagyl Country Club850,000127,500
1998Jul 16-19Annika Sörenstam Sweden279 (-9)Wykagyl Country Club775,000116,250
1997Jul 17-20Michele Redman United States272 (-12)Wykagyl Country Club750,000112,500
1996Oct 3-5Caroline Pierce England211 (-2)Wykagyl Country Club725,000108,750
1995Jul 20-23Tracy Kerdyk United States273 (-11)Wykagyl Country Club700,000105,000
1994Jul 14-17Beth Daniel United States276 (-8)Wykagyl Country Club650,00097,500
1993Jul 15-18Hiromi Kobayashi Japan278 (-6)Wykagyl Country Club600,00090,000
1992Jul 16-19Juli Inkster United States273 (-11)Wykagyl Country Club500,00075,000
1991Jul 18-21Betsy King (2) United States279 (-5)Wykagyl Country Club500,00075,000
1990Aug 16-19Betsy King United States273 (-15)Wykagyl Country Club400,00060,000

* The 2000, 2006 and 2008 tournaments were shortened to 54 holes because of rain.

Tournament record
YearPlayerScoreRoundCourse
1990Betsy King63 (-9)3rdWykagyl Country Club
2002Gloria Park63 (-9)3rdWykagyl Country Club
2009Helen Alfredsson62 (-10)1stUpper Montclair Country Club

References
  1. "ShopeRite to be Presenting Sponsor of the Sybase Classic". LPGA. March 1, 2007. Retrieved May 13, 2008.

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