Chevron Championship Winners and History
The Chevron Championship is the latest incarnation of the “Dinah Shore,” a major on the LPGA Tour since 1983.
The Chevron Championship began as a 54-hole tournament in 1972, and was known as the Colgate Dinah Shore Tournament. It was held at the Old Course at Mission Hills Country Club from 1972 to 2023. In 2024, it moved to The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. The inaugural event was won by Jane Blalock.
Nabisco became the sponsor in 1982. That year, the Dinah Shore was the first LPGA event to have all four rounds broadcast on national television (by ABC—always a friend to golf). The tournament was designed a “Major” by the LGPA the following year.
For those who are not old enough to remember, Dinah Shore was a singer, actress and pioneering television talk show host. Beginning her career in radio as a singer, she had her own program by 1943. During the Second World War, Shore was the first woman to visit troops at the front. After the war, she recorded more than 70 songs, including one called “Dinah”, which gave her the nickname (her real name was Frances Rose). She had her own television variety and talk show starting in 1951. In the late ‘60s and ‘70s, the show was called “Dinah!” and was enormously popular (my mother watched it religiously). She certainly was the pioneer who made Oprah! possible. Shore died in 1994.
For the LPGA, Shore was a tireless promoter—kind of the Bob Hope of women’s golf. Dinah Shore is the first—and only—honorary member of the LPGA Hall of Fame. She was awarded the Patty Berg Award for her contributions to women’s golf. It’s a shame that Dinah Shore’s name no longer is associated with the tournament she started.
Shore also left her mark in the traditional celebratory swim after the event. In 1991, she joined Amy Alcott for the dunk—the “swim at the Shore.” ANA Inspiration winners now make it an annual tradition.
The “Dinah Shore” was also for many years (and may still be) known as the “Lesbian Spring Break. Read the full story at the link.
Over the years, the tournament has been sponsored by Colgate, Nabisco, Kraft, ANA, and now, Chevron.
Years | Tournament name |
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1972–1980 | Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner’s Circle |
1981 | Colgate-Dinah Shore |
1982 | Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational |
1983–1999 | Nabisco Dinah Shore |
2000–2001 | Nabisco Championship |
2002–2014 | Kraft Nabisco Championship |
2015–2021 | ANA Inspiration |
2022 | Chevron |
The tournament has played at Mission Hills. It plays as a 6,569 yard par 72 for the tournament. The course was designed by Desmond Muirhead. The signature is the 531 yard par 5, with an island green sitting right in front of the clubhouse.
The list of Chevron Championship Winners follows:
Year | Champion | Score | Total | To par | Margin |
2024 | Nelly Korda | 68-69-69-690 | 275 | -13 | 2 strokes |
2023 | Lilia Vu | 68-69-73-68 | 278 | -10 | playoff |
2022 | Jennifer Kupcho | 66-70-64-74 | 274 | -14 | 2 strokes |
2021 | Patty Tavatanakit | 66-69-67-68 | 279 | -18 | 2 strokes |
2020 | Mirim Lee | 70-65-71-67 | 273 | -18 | 2 strokes |
2019 | Ko Jin-young | 69-71-68-70 | 278 | -10 | 3 Strokes |
2018 | Pernilla Lindberg | 65-67-70-71 | 273 | −15 | Playoff |
2017 | Ryu So-yeon | 68-69-69-68 | 274 | −14 | Playoff |
2016 | Lydia Ko | 70-68-69-69 | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke |
2015 | Brittany Lincicome (2) | 72-68-70-69 | 279 | −9 | Playoff |
2014 | Lexi Thompson | 73-64-69-68 | 274 | −14 | 3 strokes |
2013 | Inbee Park | 70-67-67-69 | 273 | −15 | 4 strokes |
2012 | Sun-Young Yoo | 69-69-72-69 | 279 | −9 | Playoff |
2011 | Stacy Lewis | 66-69-71-69 | 275 | −13 | 3 strokes |
2010 | Yani Tseng | 69-71-67-68 | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke |
2009 | Brittany Lincicome | 66-74-70-69 | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke |
2008 | Lorena Ochoa | 68-71-71-67 | 277 | −11 | 5 strokes |
2007 | Morgan Pressel | 74-72-70-69 | 285 | −3 | 1 stroke |
2006 | Karrie Webb (2) | 70-68-76-65 | 279 | −9 | Playoff |
2005 | Annika Sörenstam (3) | 70-69-66-68 | 273 | −15 | 8 strokes |
2004 | Grace Park | 72-69-67-69 | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke |
2003 | Patricia Meunier-Lebouc | 70-68-70-73 | 281 | −7 | 1 stroke |
2002 | Annika Sörenstam (2) | 70-71-71-68 | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke |
2001 | Annika Sörenstam | 72-70-70-69 | 281 | −7 | 3 strokes |
2000 | Karrie Webb | 67-70-67-70 | 274 | −14 | 10 strokes |
1999 | Dottie Pepper (2) | 70-66-67-66 | 269 | −19 | 6 strokes |
1998 | Pat Hurst | 68-72-70-71 | 281 | −7 | 1 stroke |
1997 | Betsy King (3) | 71-67-67-71 | 276 | −12 | 2 strokes |
1996 | Patty Sheehan | 71-72-67-71 | 281 | −7 | 1 stroke |
1995 | Nanci Bowen | 69-75-71-70 | 285 | −3 | 1 stroke |
1994 | Donna Andrews | 70-69-67-70 | 276 | −12 | 2 strokes |
1993 | Helen Alfredsson | 69-71-72-72 | 284 | −4 | 2 strokes |
1992 | Dottie Mochrie | 69-71-70-69 | 279 | −9 | Playoff |
1991 | Amy Alcott (3) | 67-70-68-68 | 273 | −15 | 8 strokes |
1990 | Betsy King (2) | 69-70-69-75 | 283 | −5 | 2 strokes |
1989 | Juli Inkster (2) | 66-69-73-71 | 279 | −9 | 5 strokes |
1988 | Amy Alcott (2) | 71-66-66-71 | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes |
1987 | Betsy King | 68-75-72-68 | 283 | −5 | Playoff |
1986 | Pat Bradley | 68-72-69-71 | 280 | −8 | 2 strokes |
1985 | Alice Miller | 70-68-70-67 | 275 | −13 | 3 strokes |
1984 | Juli Inkster | 70-73-69-68 | 280 | −8 | Playoff |
1983 | Amy Alcott | 70-70-70-72 | 282 | −6 | 2 strokes |
ANA Inspiration Winners Prior To Major Status
Year | Champion | Score | Total | To par | Margin |
1982 | Sally Little | 76-67-71-64 | 278 | −10 | 3 strokes |
1981 | Nancy Lopez | 71-73-69-64 | 277 | −11 | 2 strokes |
1980 | Donna Caponi | 71-67-66-71 | 275 | −13 | 2 strokes |
1979 | Sandra Post (2) | 68-70-68-70 | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke |
1978 | Sandra Post | 65-75-72-72 | 283 | −5 | Playoff |
1977 | Kathy Whitworth | 76-70-72-71 | 289 | 1 | 1 stroke |
1976 | Judy Rankin | 74-72-71-68 | 285 | −3 | 3 strokes |
1975 | Sandra Palmer | 70-70-70-73 | 283 | −5 | 1 stroke |
1974 | Jo Ann Prentice | 71-71-74-73 | 289 | 1 | Playoff |
1973 | Mickey Wright | 71-74-71-68 | 284 | −4 | 2 strokes |
1972 | Jane Blalock | 71-70-72 | 213 | −3 | 3 strokes |
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