LPGA Tour 2021 0 2021-07-11 2021-07-11 https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/kprscf1611662500.jpg https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/poster/4qrwq31611662478.jpg The Marathon Classic, in full the Marathon Classic Presented by Dana, is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. It was founded 37 years ago in 1984 and has been played yearly, except in 1986 and 2011, in Sylvania, Ohio, a suburb northwest of Toledo. The tournament was founded after PGA Tour caddie Judd Silverman, a Toledo native, sought to bring a ladies professional golf tournament to his hometown. He contacted sponsors and actor Jamie Farr, also a Toledo native, brought his name and several of his celebrity friends to the tournament. Throughout the history of the event, children's charities in Northwest Ohio and Southern Michigan have been the charitable beneficiaries of the tournament. They have received more than $6.2 million during the event's history. The event takes place Jul 08-11 and has a prize fund of $2,000,000. The 2021 Marathon LPGA Classic was shortened to 54 holes after a full day of rain left the course unplayable. Japan’s Nasa Hataoka, who held a six-stroke lead after three rounds, was named the winner, earning her fourth LPGA Tour victory. Americans Elizabeth Szokol and Mina Harigae tied for second at -13, with both players earning the best finishes of their LPGA Tour careers. 1083957