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Tournament information | |
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Location | Midland, Michigan, U.S. |
Established | 2019 |
Course(s) | Midland Country Club |
Par | 70 |
Length | 6,256 yards (5,720 m) |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Team stroke play – 72 holes |
Prize fund | $3 million |
Month played | June |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 253 Clanton & Suwannapura (2019) |
To par | −27 as above |
Current champion | |
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The Dow Championship is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour that is played in Michigan. A new event in 2019, it is held at Midland Country Club in Midland, Michigan. [1] It is a team event, similar to the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on the PGA Tour, [2] with alternate shot ( foursome) in the first and third rounds and better ball ( fourball) for the second and fourth rounds. [3] Dow Chemical Company is the title sponsor. [1]
The 2020 edition was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] For the 2021 edition, the purse was increased to $2.3 million, with the first-place team splitting $559,000.
For 2022, the purse was increased to $2.5 million, with the first-place team splitting $603,172. [5] [6]
In 2023, the 70 two-woman teams are set featuring foursomes and fourballs in alternating days, including a 36-hole cut, to determine the winning team. [7] The purse was increased to $2.7 million, with the first-place team splitting $656,230. [8]
Year | Date | Players | Country | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Purse ( $) | Winner's share ($) |
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Dow Championship | ||||||||
2024 | Jun 30 |
Atthaya Thitikul and Yin Ruoning |
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64-66-66-62=258 | −22 | 1 stroke | 3,000,000 | 366,082 (each) [9] |
Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational | ||||||||
2023 | Jul 22 |
Cheyenne Knight and Elizabeth Szokol |
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69-61-62-65=257 | −23 | 1 stroke | 2,700,000 | 328,115 (each) [10] |
2022 | Jul 16 |
Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas |
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68-61-64-61=254 | −26 | 5 strokes | 2,500,000 | 301,586 (each) [11] |
2021 | Jul 17 |
Ariya Jutanugarn and Moriya Jutanugarn |
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67-59-71-59=256 | −24 | 3 strokes | 2,300,000 | 279,500 (each) |
2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
2019 | Jul 20 |
Cydney Clanton and Thidapa Suwannapura |
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67-64-63-59=253 | −27 | 6 strokes | 2,000,000 | 241,269 (each) |