Pure Silk Championship
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For the men's tournament, see Michelob Championship at Kingsmill.
The Pure Silk Championship was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played in Williamsburg, Virginia. The 72-hole tournament was held on the par-71 River Course at Kingsmill Resort, set at 6,340 yards (5,797 m) in 2013.[1]
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Tournament information | |
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Location | Williamsburg, Virginia |
Established | 2003, twenty-one years ago |
Course(s) | Kingsmill Resort, River Course |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,379 yards (5,833 m) |
Organized by | Kingsmill Resort |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Prize fund | $1.3 million |
Month played | May |
Final year | 2021 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 264 Lexi Thompson (2017) |
To par | −20 as above |
Current champion | |
Hsu Wei-ling |
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Previously known as the "Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill," the tournament was founded twenty-one years ago in 2003 and played for seven seasons. Absent in 2010 and 2011, it returned for the 2012 season in early September, and switched to early May in 2013.[2]
The LPGA event succeeded the Michelob Championship at Kingsmill, an annual PGA Tour event held for 22 years, from 1981 through 2002.