Central Florida Championship

The Central Florida Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event has been played at the Country Club of Winter Haven in Winter Haven, Florida since 2017. From 2014 to 2016, it was played at Lake Wales Country Club in Lake Wales, Florida since 2014. From 2009 to 2013, it was played at the Lake Region Yacht and Country Club in Winter Haven.

Central Florida Championship

Tournament information
Location	Winter Haven, Florida
Established	2009
Course(s)	Country Club of Winter Haven
Par	72
Length	6,572 yards (6,009 m)
Tour(s)	Epson Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	$250,000
Month played	March
Current champion
Riley Smyth

The tournament is a 54-hole event, as are most 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. The current benefiting charity is the Florida's Natural Growers Foundation.

Tournament venue through the years:

• 2009–2013: Lake Region Yacht and Country Club
• 2014–2016: Lake Wales Country Club
• 2017–2025: Country Club of Winter Haven

Winners

Year	Date	Champion	Country	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
Central Florida Championship
2025	Mar 2	Riley Smyth	United States	201 (−15)	Playoff	Matilda Castren	250,000	37,500
Florida's Natural Charity Classic
2024	Mar 10	Valery Plata	Colombia	206 (−10)	Playoff	Ana Belac	250,000	37,500
2023	Mar 5	Agathe Laisné	France	207 (−9)	Playoff	Jillian Hollis Kiira Riihijarvi	200,000	30,000
2022	Mar 6	Park Kum-Kang	South Korea	207 (−9)	2 strokes	Frida Kinhult Alana Uriell	200,000	30,000
2021	No tournament
2020	Mar 8	Janie Jackson	United States	206 (−10)	8 strokes	Daniela Iacobelli	125,000	18,750
2019	Mar 17	Kelly Tan	Malaysia	203 (−13)	Playoff[a]	Demi Runas	125,000	18,750
2018	Mar 18	Lauren Kim	United States	206 (−10)	1 stroke	Daniela Iacobelli	125,000	18,750
2017	Mar 12	Olivia Jordan-Higgins	Jersey	206 (−10)	1 stroke	Christine Song Yu Liu	125,000	18,750
2016	Apr 10	Samantha Richdale	Canada	209 (−7)	1 stroke	Madelene Sagström Ya-Chun Chang	175,000	26,250
2015	Mar 29	Sue Kim	Canada	211 (−5)	3 strokes	Brittany Henderson Brooke Henderson (a)	125,000	18,750
2014	Mar 23	Yueer Cindy Feng	China	207 (−9)	4 strokes	Megan McChrystal Jackie Stoelting Maude-Aimee Leblanc	125,000	18,750
2013	Mar 24	Melissa Eaton	United States	206 (−10)	3 strokes	Courtney Massey Sue Kim Amelia Lewis	125,000	18,750
2012	Mar 25	Megan McChrystal	United States	206 (−10)	1 stroke	Sara-Maude Juneau Nicole Smith	125,000	18,750
2011	Mar 27	Tzu-Chi Lin	Taiwan	211 (−5)	1 stroke	Jackie Barenborg	110,000	15,400
2010	Mar 21	Angela Oh	United States	137 (−7)[b]	Playoff[c]	Jane Rah	100,000	14,000
Florida's Natural Growers Charity Classic
2009	Mar 22	Jean Reynolds	United States	212 (−4)	Playoff[d]	Song Yi Choi	100,000	14,000

1. Tan won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Runas.
2. Tournament shortened to 36 holes due rain.
3. Oh won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Rah.
4. Reynolds won on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff over Song.

Tournament records

Year	Player	Score	Round	Course
2009	Song Yi Choi	64 (−8)	1st	Lake Region Yacht and Country Club
2014	Emma de Groot	66 (−6)	2nd	Lake Wales Country Club
2016	Marissa Steen	66 (−6)	1st	Lake Wales Country Club
2016	Luciane Lee	66 (−6)	3rd	Lake Wales Country Club
2017	Kim Welch	65 (−7)	3rd	Country Club of Winter Haven
2019	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	65 (−7)	1st	Country Club of Winter Haven
2019	Vicky Hurst	65 (−7)	3rd	Country Club of Winter Haven
2023	Becca Huffer	65 (−7)	3rd	Country Club of Winter Haven
2023	Liu Yan	65 (−7)	3rd	Country Club of Winter Haven
2025	Savannah Carlson	65 (−7)	1st	Country Club of Winter Haven
2025	Isabella Fierro	65 (−7)	2nd	Country Club of Winter Haven
2025	Juliana Hung	65 (−7)	2nd	Country Club of Winter Haven
2025	Laura Wearn	65 (−7)	2nd	Country Club of Winter Haven

External links

• Coverage on the Epson Tour's official site