Ping/Welch's Championship, Former LPGA Tournament

The Ping/Welch's Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played in the Boston area from 1980 through the late 1990s. Boston Five Classic was another of its well-known names.

Donna Caponi's final LPGA victory happened in this event in 1981. Something else that happened in that 1981 tournament: a player won a hole-in-one prize despite acing the wrong hole. The only multiple champion was Jane Geddes, who won consecutive titles in 1986-87.

First played: 1980

Last played: 1997

Also known as: Welch's Championship, Welch's Classic, LPGA Bay State Classic, Boston Five Classic

1997 — Liselotte Neumann
1996 — Emilee Klein
1995 — Beth Daniel
1994 — Helen Alfredsson
1993 — Missie Berteotti
1992 — Dottie Pepper
1991 — Juli Inkster
1990 — Barb Mucha
1989 — Amy Alcott
1988 — Colleen Walker
1987 — Jane Geddes
1986 — Jane Geddes
1985 — Judy Clark
1984 — Laurie Rinker
1983 — Patti Rizzo
1982 — Sandra Palmer
1981 — Donna Caponi
1980 — Dale Lundquist

Golf Courses: Ferncroft Country Club in Danvers, Mass., and Blue Hill Country Club in Canton, Mass.