Youngstown Ultra Trail Classic

The Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic was a 72-hole women’s professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in Prattville, Alabama, northwest of Montgomery. It was played at the Senator Course at Capitol Hill, part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, on a par-72 layout measuring 6,607 yards. The event started with Navistar sponsorship, then returned with Yokohama Tire as title sponsor after a one-season absence, and later moved to a May date near the end of its existence. The golf was often close: Maria Hjorth won the first edition by one shot, Katherine Hull also won by one and set an early scoring record, and the last champion, Ariya Jutanugarn, finished one stroke ahead. Lorena Ochoa won consecutive titles, first in a playoff and then by four shots. The tournament’s notable moment occurred when Lexi Thompson won at age 16, becoming the youngest LPGA winner at the time. Mi Jung Hur later set the tournament record at 267, 21 under par, while the Senator Course itself evolved during the event’s history when its greens were converted from bent grass to Champion Bermuda grass.