Arts, Music, and Recreation Sports ShopRite LPGA Classic Tournament winners, plus history and trivia for the LPGA Tour stop Share Flipboard Email Print Anna Nordqvist's 'selfie' with the trophy after winning the 2015 ShopRite Classic. Hunter Martin/Getty Images Sports Golf Tours & Competitions Basics History Gear & Equipment Golf Courses Famous Golfers Baseball Basketball Bicycling Billiards Bodybuilding Bowling Boxing Car Racing Cheerleading Climbing Cricket Diving Extreme Sports Football Gymnastics Ice Hockey Martial Arts Professional Wrestling Skateboarding Skating Skiing Snowboarding Soccer Surfing Swimming Table Tennis Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Other Sports & Activities View More by Brent Kelley Brent Kelley is an award-winning sports journalist and golf expert with over 30 years in print and online journalism. Updated December 02, 2018 The ShopRite LPGA Classic returned to the LPGA Tour in 2010 following a 3-year absence. It returned to its traditional venue outside Atlantic City, N.J., and to its traditional early June dates on the LPGA schedule. 2019 Tournament When: June 6-9, 2019Where: Seaview Hotel and Golf Club in Galloway, N.J. 2018 ShopRite ClassicAnnie Park began the final round tied for fourth, but finished it in first place after firing a 63. Park's winning total of 197 was just one stroke off tying the tournament's 54-hole record. Two golfers did break the tournament's 18-hole record, however: Sei Young Kim in the second round at Sakura Yokomine in the final round both shots 61s. Yokomine finished as runner-up. 2017 TournamentI.K. Kim turned back Anna Nordqvist's attempt to win this tournament for the third consecutive time. Kim finished at 202 in the victory, beating runner-up Nordqvist - the 2015 and 2016 champ - by two shots. It was Kim's fourth career win on the LPGA Tour. Official WebsiteLPGA Tournament site ShopRite LPGA Classic Records: 18 holes: 61 - Sakura Yokomine, 2018; Sei Young Kim, 201854 holes: 196 - Annika Sorenstam, 1998; Annika Sorenstam, 2005; Anna Nordqvist, 2016 ShopRite LPGA Classic Golf Courses: The tournament is currently played at the Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club in Gallaway, N.J., outside Atlantic City. The tournament takes place on the resort's Bay Course. The same resort (but a different course) was the site of the first playing of this event in 1986, when the facility was called the Marriott Seaview Country Club & Resort. Later, the facility went by the name Seaview Marriott Resort, and this tournament has most often taken place at this facility. It has also been played at Sands Country Club and Great Bay Resort & Country Club. ShopRite LPGA Classic Trivia and Notes: The tournament was first played in 1986, with Juli Inkster as the first winner. Inkster won again in 1988.The ShopRite LPGA Classic was played yearly on the LPGA schedule from 1986 through 2006, but then was discontinued. It rejoined the LPGA schedule beginning in 2010.The tournament has been 54 holes in length for all but one year of its history. In 1990, Chris Johnson won the only 72-hole version of the ShopRite LPGA Classic.Betsy King and Annika Sorenstam share the tournament record for most victories, with three wins each here.Speaking of King, her 30th career LPGA victory happened at the 1995 tournament, which, under the LPGA's Hall of Fame requirements, automatically qualified King for induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame.And more King: Her 34th and final LPGA win happened at the 2001 ShopRite LPGA Classic.There has been only one playoff in tournament history. That happened in 1988 when Juli Inkster defeated Beth Daniel in extra holes.Anna Nordqvist won in 2015, then won again in 2016 - becoming the tournament's first-ever repeat champion. Going for three in a row in 2017, Nordqvist finished second. Winners of the ShopRite LPGA Classic (p-won playoff) ShopRite LPGA Classic2018 - Annie Park, 1972017 - I.K. Kim, 2022016 - Anna Nordqvist, 1962015 - Anna Nordqvist, 2052014 - Stacy Lewis, 1972013 - Karrie Webb, 2092012 - Stacy Lewis, 2012011 - Brittany Lincicome, 2022010 - Ai Miyazato, 1972007-09 - Not played2006 - Seon Hwa Lee, 1972005 - Annika Sorenstam, 1962004 - Cristie Kerr, 2022003 - Angela Stanford, 1972002 - Annika Sorenstam, 2012001 - Betsy King, 2012000 - Janice Moodie, 2031999 - Se Ri Pak, 1981998 - Annika Sorenstam, 1961997 - Michelle McGann, 2011996 - Dottie Pepper, 2021995 - Betsy King, 2041994 - Donna Andrews, 2071993 - Shelley Hamlin, 2041992 - Anne Marie Palli, 207 Atlantic City Classic1991 - Jane Geddes, 2081990 - Chris Johnson, 275 (72 holes)1989 - Nancy Lopez, 2061988 - Juli Inkster-p, 206 Atlantic City LPGA Classic1987 - Betsy King, 2071986 - Juli Inkster, 209 Continue Reading