Safeway Classic Presented by Coca-Cola

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The Safeway Classic is an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. Founded in 1972, it takes place every year in Portland, Oregon. It is the oldest continuous event on the LPGA Tour. Tournament Golf Foundation has managed the tournament since its start and also manages the Safeway International Tournament on the LPGA Tour. The 2008 Safeway International Presented by Coca-Cola will mark the conclusion of Safeway's sponsorship of the Phoenix area LPGA event.

Proceeds from the event are donated to local children's charities. To date, over $9 million has been raised.

The tournament has had a variety of sponsors during its history. Its current title sponsor is Safeway Inc., North America's third largest supermarket chain.

Tournament names through the years:

* 1972: Portland Ladies Classic
* 1973: Portland Ladies Open
* 1974-1975: Portland Ladies Classic
* 1976: Portland Classic
* 1977: LPGA National Team Championship
* 1978: Ping Classic Team Championship
* 1979-1982: Portland Ping Team Championship
* 1983-1985: Portland Ping Championship
* 1986-1989: Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
* 1990: Ping-Cellular One Golf Championship
* 1991–1994: Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
* 1995: Ping-AT&T Wireless Services LPGA Golf Championship
* 1996-2000: Safeway LPGA Golf Championship
* 2001–2002: Safeway Classic
* 2003-2008: Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi
* 2009-present: Safeway Classic Presented by Coca-Cola

 

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Past Winners

Safeway Classic Presented by Coca-Cola

M. J. Hur

Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi

2008 Cristie Kerr
2007 Lorena Ochoa
2006 Pat Hurst
2005 Soo-Yun Kang
2004 Hee-Won Han
2003 Annika Sörenstam

Safeway Classic

2002 Annika Sörenstam
2001 Tournament cancelled due to events of September 11

Safeway LPGA Golf Championship

2000 Mi Hyun Kim
1999 Juli Inkster
1998 Danielle Ammaccapane
1997 Christa Johnson
1996 Dottie Pepper

Ping Wireless Services LPGA Golf Championship

1995 Alison Nicholas

Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship

1994 Missie McGeorge
1993 Donna Andrews
1992 Nancy Lopez
1991 Michelle Estill

Ping-Cellular One Golf Championship

1990 Patty Sheehan

Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship

1989 Muffin Spencer-Devlin
1988 Betsy King
1987 Nancy Lopez
1986 Ayako Okamoto

Portland Ping Championship

1985 Nancy Lopez
1984 Amy Alcott
1983 JoAnne Carner

Portland Ping Team Championship

1982 Sandra Haynie & Kathy McMullen
1981 Donna Caponi & Kathy Whitworth
1980 Donna Caponi & Kathy Whitworth
1979 Nancy Lopez & Jo Ann Washam


Ping Classic Team Championship

1978 Donna Caponi & Kathy Whitworth

LPGA National Team Championship

1977 JoAnne Carner & Judy Rankin

Portland Classic

1976 Donna Caponi

Portland Ladies Classic

1975 Jo Ann Washam
1974 JoAnne Carner

Portland Ladies Open

1973 Kathy Whitworth

Portland Ladies Classic

1972 Kathy Whitworth