Major Champions, Past Champions and World's Top-Ranked Players Headline Field at the 2025 Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, June 12-15 at Blythefield Country Club

Defending Champion Lilia Vu, 2015 Champion Lexi Thompson and Two-Time Champion Brooke Henderson Headline Past Champions Returning to Blythefield CC

 

LPGA Tour Winner Maria Fassi, 2025 Inkster Award winner Carolina Lopez-Chacarra and JOHN SHIPPEN Women’s Invitation Winner Bailey Davis Announced as Sponsor Exemptions

 

Final Two Spots to be Determined Today (Monday) Via Monday Qualifier at Blythefield CC

 

Tickets on Sale at www.MeijerLPGAClassic.com

 

Entries are now closed for the 2025 Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, featuring a world-class field of major champions, past champions and the world’s top-ranked players. The Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give will take place June 12-15 at Blythefield Country Club in Belmont, Michigan.

 

The tournament field is headlined by defending champion and World No. 7 Lilia Vu, who captured her fifth LPGA Tour victory in 2024 via a playoff over 2015 champion Lexi Thompson. Both are entered into the championship this week.

 

Tournament officials also announced the 2025 sponsor exemptions:

 

Maria Fassi. A two-time Olympian representing Mexico and All-American from the University of Arkansas. She finished runner-up to Jennifer Kupcho in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur in 2019. She turned professional in 2019 following graduation and has competed full-time on the LPGA Tour.

 

Carolina Lopez-Chacarra. The 2025 Inkster Award presented Workday winner, awarded to the highest-ranked women’s Division I (DI) collegiate golfer in her final year of eligibility for the 2024-2025 college golf season. The award is named after Juli Inkster, a World Golf Hall of Fame member and LPGA legend who was a three-time All-American at San Jose State (1979-1982). Lopez-Chacarra, a fourth-year senior, finished the season as the top-ranked DI women’s college golfer in her senior season, finishing sixth overall in the country.

 

Bailey Davis. A 22-year old graduating senior from the University of Tennessee and a four-year member of the Lady Vols golf program, Davis earned a tournament sponsor exemption via winning the JOHN SHIPPEN Women’s Invitational presented by Dow, which took place last week at Plum Hollow Country Club in Southfield, Michigan. Daily turned in rounds of 68 and 76 to earn a four-stroke victory. Davis was the first amateur to win THE JOHN SHIPPEN Women’s Invitational in its five-year history. The JOHN SHIPPEN National Invitational is a series of competitions created to provide playing opportunities on the LPGA and PGA TOUR for the nation’s top Black amateur and professional female and male golfers.

 

They will join a 144-player field that also features:

 

-        Five past champions of the Meijer LPGA Classic, including defending Vu, Leona Maguire (2023), Brooke Henderson (2017, 2019), Thompson (2015) and Mirim Lee (2014).

-        24 major champions, including fan favorites Hannah Green, Danielle Kang, Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome and Anna Nordqvist.

-        Five World No. 1 players (current and former): Jin Young Ko, Stacy Lewis, Sung Hyun Park, Yani Tseng and Lilia Vu.

-        Seven winners on the LPGA Tour in 2025.

 

The final two spots will be determined today (Monday) via the Monday Qualifier taking place at Blythefield Country Club. For a complete list of tournament entries, click HERE.

 

About the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give: The Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give is an official LPGA Tour event featuring 144 of the top female players in the world for a four-day, 72-hole stroke play competition at Blythefield Country Club in Belmont, Mich. In partnership with Meijer, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer that operates more than 500 supercenters, Meijer Grocery, neighborhood markets and Express locations throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin, this premier golf tournament combines world-class competition with community giving through the retailer’s Simply Give hunger relief program, which supports local food pantries across the Midwest. As one of the top LPGA tournaments for families and food enthusiasts, the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give represents both elite competition and its ongoing commitment to making a positive impact in the community. For more information, visit meijerlpgaclassic.com and follow the tournament on Instagram and X at @MeijerLPGA.

 

About Blythefield Country Club: Located just north of Grand Rapids, Blythefield has been providing families the best golf and social experience in West Michigan since 1928. With the Rogue River flowing through, Blythefield boasts one of the most beautiful championship layouts in Michigan. Previously, Blythefield has hosted the 1953 Western Amateur, the 1961 Western Open, won by Arnold Palmer, and the 2005 Western Junior won by Rickie Fowler. Beginning in 2014, Blythefield is honored to host the Meijer LPGA Classic. Learn more about Blythefield Country Club at www.blythefieldcc.org.

 

About the LPGA: The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is the world’s premier women’s professional golf organization. Created in 1950 by 13 pioneering female Founders, the LPGA, whose Members now represent nearly 40 countries, is the longest- standing professional women’s sports organization. Through the LPGA Tour, the Epson Tour, the LPGA Professionals, and a joint venture with the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA provides female professionals the opportunity to pursue their dreams in the game of golf at the highest level. In addition to its professional tours and teaching accreditation programs, the LPGA features a fully integrated Foundation, which provides best-in-class programming for female golfers through its junior golf programming, and its LPGA Amateurs division, which offers its members playing and learning opportunities around the world. The LPGA aims to use its unique platform to inspire, transform and advance opportunities for girls and women, on and off the golf course.

 

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About the LPGA Tour: The LPGA Tour is the world’s leading competitive destination for the best female professional golfers in the world. The Tour hosts more than 32 annual events across 12 countries for over 200 athletes, awarding total prize funds exceeding $129 million and reaching television audiences in more than 220 countries. Follow the LPGA Tour on its U.S. television home, Golf Channel.