PING/Welch's Championship
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The PING/Welch's Championship was an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. Founded in 1980 as the Boston Five Classic, it took place every year in the Boston, Massachusetts area from 1980 through 1997.
The tournament has had a variety of sponsors during its history. Its last title sponsor was PING, a brand of golf equipment and Welch's, a North American producer of fruit juices.
Tournament names through the years:
- 1980-1990: The Boston Five Classic
- 1991: Bay State Classic
- 1992: Welch's Classic
- 1993-1997: PING/Welch's Championship
[edit] Winners
| Year | Champion | Country | Score | Tournament Location |
Purse | Winner's Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Liselotte Neumann |  Sweden |
276 (-12) | Blue Hill Country Club | $550,000 | $82,500 |
| 1996 | Emilee Klein |  United States |
277 (-15) | Blue Hill Country Club | $500,000 | $75,000 |
| 1995 | Beth Daniel | United States |
271 (-17) | Blue Hill Country Club | $450,000 | $67,500 |
| 1994 | Helen Alfredsson | Sweden |
274 (-14) | Blue Hill Country Club | $450,000 | $67,500 |
| 1993 | Missie Berteotti | United States |
276 (-12) | Blue Hill Country Club | $450,000 | $67,500 |
| 1992 | Dottie Pepper | United States |
278 (-10) | Blue Hill Country Club | $425,000 | $63,750 |
| 1991 | Juli Inkster | United States |
275 (-13) | Blue Hill Country Club | $400,000 | $60,000 |
| 1990 | Barb Mucha | United States |
277 (-11) | Tara Ferncroft Country Club | $350,000 | $52,500 |
| 1989 | Amy Alcott | United States |
272 (-16) | Tara Ferncroft Country Club | $350,000 | $52,500 |
| 1988 | Colleen Walker | United States |
274 (-14) | Tara Ferncroft Country Club | $300,000 | $45,000 |
| 1987 | Jane Geddes | United States |
Tara Ferncroft Country Club | |||
| 1986 | Jane Geddes | United States |
Tara Ferncroft Country Club | |||
| 1985 | Judy Dickinson | United States |
Tara Ferncroft Country Club | |||
| 1984 | Laurie Rinker | United States |
Tara Ferncroft Country Club | |||
| 1983 | Patti Rizzo | United States |
Tara Ferncroft Country Club | |||
| 1982 | Sandra Palmer | United States |
Tara Ferncroft Country Club | |||
| 1981 | Donna Caponi | United States |
Tara Ferncroft Country Club | |||
| 1980 | Dale Lundquis | United States |
Tara Ferncroft Country Club |
