The Chevron Championship: Past winners at the LPGA’s first major of the year

The Chevron Championship: Past winners at the LPGA’s first major of the year
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The LPGA’s first major of the year will be contested April 18-21 on the Jack Nicklaus Signature Course at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas.

The Chevron Championship is the first of five majors on the LPGA schedule (click here for the full list in 2024). It has been contested since 1972 and has had major status since 1983. Carlton Woods will play host for the second consecutive year, after moving from Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, where it had been played since its inception.

Here’s a year-by-year look at players who have won this championship.

YEAR CHAMPION
2023 Lilia Vu
2022 Jennifer Kupcho
2021 Patty Tavatanakit
2020 Mirim Lee
2019 Jin Young Ko
2018 Pernilla Lindberg
2017 So Yeon Ryu
2016 Lydia Ko
2015 Brittany Lincicome (2)
2014 Lexi Thompson
2013 Inbee Park
2012 Sun Young Yoo
2011 Stacy Lewis
2010 Yani Tseng
2009 Brittany Lincicome
2008 Lorena Ochoa
2007 Morgan Pressel
2006 Karrie Webb (2)
2005 Annika Sorenstam (3)
2004 Grace Park
2003 Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
2002 Annika Sorenstam (2)
2001 Annika Sorenstam
2000 Karrie Webb
1999 Dottie Pepper (2)
1998 Pat Hurst
1997 Betsy King (3)
1996 Patty Sheehan
1995 Nanci Bowen
1994 Donna Andrews
1993 Helen Alfredsson
1992 Dottie Mochrie (Pepper)
1991 Amy Alcott (3)
1990 Betsy King (2)
1989 Juli Inkster (2)
1988 Amy Alcott (2)
1987 Betsy King
1986 Pat Bradley
1985 Alice Miller
1984 Juli Inkster
1983 Amy Alcott

Prior to becoming a major:

YEAR CHAMPION
1982 Sally Little
1981 Nancy Lopez
1980 Donna Caponi
1979 Sandra Post (2)
1978 Sandra Post
1977 Kathy Whitworth
1976 Judy Rankin
1975 Sandra Palmer
1974 Jo Ann Prentice
1973 Mickey Wright
1972 Jane Blalock





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