LPGA International

LPGA International is a golf club located in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida, United States, and the main golf facility used by the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). The golf facilities are owned by the City of Daytona Beach and operated under agreement with the LPGA. The golf club offers two 18-hole courses, Champions and Legends. In 2013, these were renamed to the Jones and Hills courses, reflecting the architects who designed them.[1]

LPGA International
Club information
LocationDaytona Beach, Florida,
United States
Established1994
TypePublic
Owned byCity of Daytona Beach [1]
Operated byClubCorp
Total holes36
Tournaments hostedArch Wireless Championship
Sprint Titleholders Championship
NCAA Women's Championship
WebsiteLPGA International
Champions Course
Designed byRees Jones
Par72
Length7088/6664/6240/5744/5131
Course rating74.8/72.9/70.7/68.1/74.1/70.0
Legends Course
Designed byArthur Hills
Par72
Length6984/6594/6339/5827/5155
Course rating74.6/73.1/71.9/69.8/73.9/69.9
Aerial view

Overview

In addition to the two Bermuda grass golf courses, the facility offers a driving range, practice putting green, and full-service restaurant. The complex is owned and operated by Fore Golf Partners.

History

When the Ladies Professional Golf Association was looking for a new headquarters in the late 1980s, the City of Daytona Beach made an effort to attract them to this city. Daytona Beach renamed Eleventh Street to LPGA Boulevard and offered to build a new golf course for the LPGA on undeveloped land near the western border of the city. Consolidated Tomoka Land Company agreed to donate 650 acres of land to the City, and the result was LPGA International.[2]

The venue has hosted the Mercury Titleholders Championship from 1995 to 2000, Arch Wireless Championship in 2000, several editions of the Symetra Tour Championship, the LPGA Tour Final Qualifying Tournament, and the 2001 and 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships.

The Courses

Jones Course

Rees Jones designed the Jones Course, which opened in 1994 and is a favorite of tour players. It offers traditional links style golf design, totaling 7,088 yards. It poses a challenge with strategic mounding, sand bunkers, natural marsh areas, beautiful lakes and undulating greens.

The Jones course has been rated as four and a half stars (out of five) on average by Golf Digest magazine readers.[3] GolfLink.com users have rated the Champion course at four stars (out of five) overall.[4] In its 2013 ranking of America's Top 50 Golf Courses for Women, Golf Digest ranked the Champions Course seventh. [5]

Champions Scorecard [6]
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Black 74.8 / 145 4014571973635451624443835693521 33841140357619146852520345235677088
Blue 72.9 / 141 3834281743555181414133695493330 33237836354815942951316844433346664
White 70.7 / 137 3584021673284691373723605223115 31235635653315139147516338831256240
Handicap Men's 12218144166108 1791311551173
Par 44345344536 4445345343672
Gold M:68.1/130
W:74.1/137		 3483641453214481203383254642873 30534634848214333842414034528715744
Red 70.0 / 123 29631694244401913332754602510 23132028447810833441910734026215131
Handicap Women's 10618142168124 1771111559133

Hills Course

Arthur Hills designed the Hills Course, which opened in 1998 and offers a design of 6,984 yards. The course features natural wetlands, narrow pine corridors, small greens and strategically placed water hazards. The Hills course is considered to be the more challenging of the two.

The Hills course has been rated as four and a half stars (out of five) on average by Golf Digest magazine readers.[7] GolfLink.com users have rated the Legends course at three stars (out of five) overall.[8]

Legends Scorecard [9]
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Black 74.6 / 148 3865611653713804062075324413449 40641018539353119556743441435356984
Blue 73.1 / 141 3745481403403663931955183743248 37138116837851617753941939733466594
White 71.9 / 137 3625271303253533821855093663139 35637014936850216451040737432006339
Handicap Men's 12218101686414 7131711515391
Par 45344435436 4434535443672
Gold M:69.8/129
W:73.9/135		 3524851183023233461684793382911 31432913035048214049633534029165827
Red 69.9 / 119 3244641012802943171364433182677 26231111322439712544131329224785155
Handicap Women's 12618101648214 7913171155113

References
  1. Partnership pays $18 million for 1,000 acres at LPGA site, Orlando Business Journal, October 29, 2004
  2. Daytona's new direction, Florida Trend, May 1, 1994
  3. "Course Details, LPGA International Champions". Golf Digest. January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  4. "LPGA International Champions Golf Course". Golf Link. 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  5. Golf Digest, America's Top 50 Courses for Women, July 2013
  6. The Champions course and scorecard Archived 2008-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Course Details, LPGA International Hills". Golf Digest. January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  8. "LPGA International Legends Golf Course". Golf Link. 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  9. The Legends Course and Scorecard Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine

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