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Safeco Classic
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location |
Kent, Washington 23x15px United States |
| Established | 1982 |
| Course(s) | Meridian Valley C.C. |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | Script error: No such module "convert". |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
| Prize fund | $650,000 |
| Month played | September |
| Final year | 1999 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 270 Patty Sheehan (1990) |
| To par | -18 Patty Sheehan (1990) |
| Final champion | |
| 23x15px Maria Hjorth | |
The Safeco Classic (often styled as the SAFECO Classic) was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in the Seattle area, sponsored by Safeco Insurance. It was played 18 times, from 1982 to 1999, at Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent, Washington, usually in mid-September, the week following the Safeway Classic in Portland.[1][2] With the opening of the Seattle Mariners' Safeco Field in Seattle in July 1999, Safeco entered a 20 year, $40 million agreement for the naming rights of the new baseball stadium. Safeco ended its sponsorship of the LPGA event in October 1999 and a new sponsor did not emerge.[3]
Multiple winners of the 72-hole event were Patty Sheehan (1982, 1990, 1995), Juli Inkster (1983, 1988), and Karrie Webb (1995, 1996).
Winners
| Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Sep 16-19 | Maria Hjorth | 23x15px Sweden | 271 | -17 | 2 strokes | 650,000 | 97,500 |
| 1998 | Sep 10-13 | Annika Sörenstam | 23x15px Sweden | 273 | -15 | 5 strokes | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| 1997 | Sep 11-14 | Karrie Webb (2) | 23x15px Australia | 272 | -16 | 1 stroke | 550,000 | 82,500 |
| 1996 | Sep 12-15 | Karrie Webb | 23x15px Australia | 277 | -11 | 2 strokes | 550,000 | 82,500 |
| 1995 | Sep 14-17 | Patty Sheehan (3) | 23x15px United States | 274 | -14 | 2 strokes | 500,000 | 75,000 |
| 1994 | Sep 15-18 | Deb Richard | 23x15px United States | 276 | -12 | 1 stroke | 500,000 | 75,000 |
| 1993 | Sep 16-19 | Brandie Burton | 23x15px United States | 274 | -14 | 1 stroke | 450,000 | 67,500 |
| 1992 | Sep 17-20 | Colleen Walker | 23x15px United States | 277 | -11 | 2 strokes | 450,000 | 67,500 |
| 1991 | Sep 19-22 | Pat Bradley | 23x15px United States | 280 | -8 | Playoff | 400,000 | 60,000 |
| 1990 | Sep 13-16 | Patty Sheehan (2) | 23x15px United States | 270 | -18 | 9 strokes | 300,000 | 45,000 |
| 1989 | Sep 14-17 | Beth Daniel | 23x15px United States | 273 | -15 | 6 strokes | 300,000 | 45,000 |
| 1988 | Sep 15-18 | Juli Inkster (2) | 23x15px United States | 278 | -10 | 3 strokes | 225,000 | 33,750 |
| 1987 | Sep 17-20 | Jan Stephenson | 23x15px Australia | 277 | -11 | 1 stroke | 225,000 | 33,750 |
| 1986 | Sep 11-14 | Judy Dickinson | 23x15px United States | 274 | -14 | 4 strokes | 200,000 | 30,000 |
| 1985 | Sep 12-15 | Joanne Carner | 23x15px United States | 279 | -9 | 2 strokes | 200,000 | 30,000 |
| 1984 | Sep 13-16 | Kathy Whitworth | 23x15px United States | 279 | -9 | 2 strokes | 175,000 | 26,250 |
| 1983 | Sep 15-18 | Juli Inkster | 23x15px United States | 283 | -6 | 1 stroke | 175,000 | 26,250 |
| 1982 | Sep 23-26 | Patty Sheehan | 23x15px United States | 276 | -12 | 1 stroke | 175,000 | 26,250 |
References
- ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989
- ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-1999
- ^ The Seattle Times - Safeco Ends Sponsorship -- 18-Year association with LPGA Tour ends - 1999-10-06
External links
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