Indy Women in Tech Championship

Indy Women in Tech Championship
Tournament information
Location Speedway, Indiana
Established 1968 (restarted 2017)
Course(s) Brickyard Crossing
Par 72
Length 6,621 yards (6,054 m)
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund $2,000,000
Month played September
Tournament record score
Aggregate 212 Mickey Wright (1968)
To par −4 Mickey Wright (1968)
Current champion
United States Mickey Wright (1968)
Indianapolis
Location in the United States
Indianapolis
Location in Indiana

The Indy Women in Tech Championship is a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played originally as the 500 Ladies Classic for one appearance in 1968 [1] at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway golf course in Speedway, Indiana.

Mickey Wright won the 1968 event by three strokes over Kathy Whitworth.

On September 27, 2016, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced that the LPGA will return to the Speedway with a tournament at the now Pete Dye-designed Brickyard Crossing. Guggenheim Life and Annuity is named the sponsor of the Indy Women in Tech Championship, with the schedule from September 7–10, 2017.[2]

Winners

Year Dates Champion Country Winning score To par Margin
of victory
Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
Indy Women in Tech Championship
2017 Sep 7–10 2,000,000 300,000
YearWinnerCountry
500 Ladies Classic
1968 Mickey Wright  United States

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Coordinates: 39°28′N 86°08′W / 39.47°N 86.13°W / 39.47; -86.13

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