Casella Golf Championship

Casella Golf Championship
Tournament information
LocationAlbany, New York, U.S.
Established1984
Course(s)Pinehaven Country Club
Par71
Length6,080 yards (5,560 m)
Tour(s)Epson Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund$237,500
Month playedJuly
Tournament record score
Aggregate199 Seon-Hwa Lee (2005)
199 Sadena Parks (2014)
To par−14 Seon-Hwa Lee (2005)
−14 Sadena Parks (2014)
Current champion
United States Lauren Stephenson

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.[1]

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

Year Dates Champion Country Score Tournament
location		 Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
2025 Jul 20 Pinehaven Country Club 200,000 30,000
2024 Jul 21 Lauren Stephenson  United States 204 (−9) Pinehaven Country Club 237,500 35,625
2023 Jul 23 Jenny Bae  United States 207 (−6)[a] Pinehaven Country Club 200,000 30,000
2022 Jul 10 Lucy Li  United States 203 (−10) Pinehaven Country Club 200,000 30,000
2021 Jul 28 Lilia Vu  United States 205 (−8) Pinehaven Country Club 175,000 26,250
2020 May 31 Tournament cancelled[b] Capital Hills at Albany 125,000 18,750
2019 Jul 28 Robynn Ree  United States 200 (−13) Capital Hills at Albany 125,000 18,750
2018 Jul 29 Kendall Dye  United States 132 (−10)[c] Capital Hills at Albany 125,000 18,750
2017 Jun 4 Nanna Koerstz Madsen  Denmark 205 (−8) Capital Hills at Albany 125,000 18,750
2016 Jun 5 Jackie Stoelting  United States 204 (−9) Capital Hills at Albany 125,000 18,750
2015 Jul 26 Breanna Elliott  Australia 200 (−13) Capital Hills at Albany 100,000 15,000
2014 Jul 27 Sadena Parks  United States 199 (−14) Capital Hills at Albany 100,000 15,000
2013 Jul 14 Wei-Ling Hsu  Taiwan 202 (−11) Capital Hills at Albany 100,000 15,000
2012 Aug 5 Jaclyn Sweeney  United States 203 (−10) Capital Hills at Albany 100,000 15,000
2011 Sep 11 Sydnee Michaels  United States 202 (−8) Capital Hills at Albany 120,000 16,800
2010 Sep 5 Cindy LaCrosse  United States 208 (−5)[a] Capital Hills at Albany 120,000 16,800
2009 Sep 6 Song Yi Choi  South Korea 205 (−8) Capital Hills at Albany 110,000 15,400
2008 Sep 7 Sarah Jane Kenyon  Australia 204 (−9) Capital Hills at Albany 100,000 14,000
2007 Sep 9 Onnarin Sattayabanphot  Thailand 210 (−3) Capital Hills at Albany 100,000 14,000
2006 Sep 10 Ji Min Jeong  South Korea 206 (−7) Capital Hills at Albany 85,000 11,900
2005 Jul 17 Seon-Hwa Lee  South Korea 199 (−14) Capital Hills at Albany 70,000 9,800
2004 Aug 15 Nicole Perrot  Chile 203 (−10) Capital Hills at Albany 70,000 9,800
2003 Jul 20 Lindsey Wright  Australia 205 (−8)[a] Orchard Creek Golf Club 60,000 8,400
2002 Jul 7 Miriam Nagl  Brazil 210 (−3)[a] Orchard Creek Golf Club 60,000 8,400
2001 Jul 8 Angela Buzminski  Canada 208 (−8) Western Turnpike Golf Course 60,000 8,400
2000 Jul 9 Dodie Mazzuca  United States 218 (+2)[a] Western Turnpike Golf Course 50,000 7,000
1999 No tournament
1998 Michele Vinieratos  United States 203 (−13) 5,300
1997 Heather Daly-Donofrio  United States 208 (−8) 5,300
1996 Stephanie Comstock  United States 212 (−4) 6,000
1995 Marilyn Lovander  United States 212 (−4) 6,000
1994 Marilyn Lovander  United States 213 (−3) 3,300
1993 Jodi Renner  United States 138 (−6)[c] 2,600
1992 Cathy Mockett  United States 213 (−3) 2,600
1991 Kim Williams  United States 216 (E) 2,600
1990 Kelly Holland  United States 215 (−1) 4,000
  1. ^ a b c d e Tournament won in a sudden-death playoff.
  2. ^ Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
  3. ^ a b Tournament reduced to 36 holes due to adverse weather conditions.

Tournament records

Year Player Score Round Course
2014 Kim Hye-min 62 (−9) 2nd Capital Hills at Albany
2014 Sadena Parks 62 (−9) 3rd Capital Hills at Albany

References

  1. ^ "Twin Bridges Championship - Past Winners". Symetra Tour. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Statement on Upcoming Symetra Tour Schedule and the LPGA Qualifying Tournament". LPGA. April 2, 2020. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2021.