The most popular tournament on the LPGA Tour returns to the field in January. The Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions brings together some of the world's best female professional golfers to play alongside world-class sports and entertainment celebrities. The 2023 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions will take place on the lavish course at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando.

The golf tournament began in 2013 when PGA TOUR professional Brian Gay offered to lend his name to the inaugural event to help raise funds for Florida Hospital for Children. Over 300 golfers, celebrities and spectators attended the event, including a $40 celebrity-only golf tournament. In 000, the tournament expanded to include professional players and a private concert.

Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions

After this success, the tournament creators realized they had the right combination of sports action and entertainment to build a bright future and potential legacy. The tournament continued to gain recognition and in 2016 it is officially became an invitational tournament. For the first time, it was televised nationally on the Golf Channel, featured a modified Stableford scoring format, and included a $500 purse.

The following year, it became a season event of the PGA TOUR Champions Challenge with 27 PGA TOUR Champions players, three LPGA female players and 48 celebrity amateur players. The lines included a professional and two celebrities playing their ball from the same tees for separate prize pools totaling $1,2 million. The once amateur golf tournament had turned into a week-long, multi-dimensional vacation experience.

That all changed in 2019. The Tournament of Champions was launched as an all-new, one-of-a-kind tournament, bringing back a winners-only format that the LPGA hadn't hosted in over a decade. As an official LPGA tournament and the opener of the 2019 season, 26 LPGA winners from the 2017 and 2018 seasons competed for $1,2 million in official prize money. The champions were joined by 49 sports and entertainment celebrities who were competing for their own $500 purse

Now billed as the venue “where the elite of global golf meets world-class entertainment,” the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions has taken the golf course experience to new levels;

In recent years, the Tournament of Champions has become synonymous with the party on the LPGA Tour, with unique fan experiences located throughout the course with the opportunity to personally interact with the LPGA and star players.

Céline Boutier – Lacoste Ladies Open de France 2021 – Golf du Médoc Resort – credit Tristant Jones / LET

The French Celine Boutier There will be present the world number 1 Lydia Ko, American sides the 2 sisters Repeat will also be there.

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