JAL_Big_Apple_Classic
Sybase Classic
Golf tournament formerly on the LPGA Tour
The Sybase Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour for twenty years, from 1990 to 2009. The event was originally known as the "Big Apple Classic", but the name was dropped in 2007 when the tournament relocated from the New York City area to New Jersey.[1] From 1992 through 2006, ShopRite sponsored the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Atlantic City.
For its first seventeen years, the event was held at the Wykagyl Country Club in the Wykagyl section of New Rochelle, New York. In 2007 the venue was changed to the Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, New Jersey. The tournament was last played in 2009, as Sybase switched its sponsorship to the Sybase Match Play Championship in 2010, also played in New Jersey. ShopRite revived its sponsorship of the ShopRite LPGA Classic in Atlantic City in 2010.
Over the years, proceeds from the event went to benefit charities such as St. Joseph's Healthcare System, Inc. and the Boys & Girls Club of Clifton.
Tournament names through the years:
- 1990-1998: JAL Big Apple Classic presented by GOLF Magazine
- 1999-2000: Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic presented by GOLF Magazine
- 2001-2002: Sybase Big Apple Classic presented by GOLF Magazine
- 2003: Sybase Big Apple Classic presented by Lincoln Mercury
- 2004-2006: Sybase Classic presented by Lincoln Mercury
- 2007-2009: Sybase Classic presented by ShopRite
