The PING/Welch's Championship was an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. Founded in 1980 as the Boston Five Classic, it took place every year in the Greater Boston area from 1980 through 1997. It was played at the Ferncroft Country Club in Danvers from 1980 to 1990 and at the Blue Hill Country Club in Canton from 1991 to 1997.
The tournament has had a variety of sponsors during its history. Its last title sponsors were Ping, a brand of golf equipment and Welch's, a North American producer of fruit juices.
Tournament names through the years:
- 1980-1990: Boston Five Classic
- 1991: LPGA Bay State Classic
- 1992: Welch's Classic
- 1993-1996: PING/Welch's Championship
- 1997: Welch's Championship
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Winners
| Year | Champion | Country | Score | Tournament Location |
Purse | Winner's Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Liselotte Neumann |  Sweden |
276 (-12) | Blue Hill Country Club | $550,000 | $82,500 |
| 1996 | Emilee Klein |  United States |
277 (-15) | Blue Hill Country Club | $500,000 | $75,000 |
| 1995 | Beth Daniel | United States |
271 (-17) | Blue Hill Country Club | $450,000 | $67,500 |
| 1994 | Helen Alfredsson | Sweden |
274 (-14) | Blue Hill Country Club | $450,000 | $67,500 |
| 1993 | Missie Berteotti | United States |
276 (-12) | Blue Hill Country Club | $450,000 | $67,500 |
| 1992 | Dottie Pepper | United States |
278 (-10) | Blue Hill Country Club | $425,000 | $63,750 |
| 1991 | Juli Inkster | United States |
275 (-13) | Blue Hill Country Club | $400,000 | $60,000 |
| 1990 | Barb Mucha | United States |
277 (-11) | Ferncroft Country Club | $350,000 | $52,500 |
| 1989 | Amy Alcott | United States |
272 (-16) | Ferncroft Country Club | $350,000 | $52,500 |
| 1988 | Colleen Walker | United States |
274 (-14) | Ferncroft Country Club | $300,000 | $45,000 |
| 1987 | Jane Geddes | United States |
277 (-11) | Ferncroft Country Club | $300,000 | $45,000 |
| 1986 | Jane Geddes | United States |
281 (-17) | Ferncroft Country Club | $275,000 | $41,250 |
| 1985 | Judy Clark | United States |
280 (-8) | Ferncroft Country Club | $225,000 | $33,750 |
| 1984 | Laurie Rinker | United States |
286 (-2) | Ferncroft Country Club | $225,000 | $33,750 |
| 1983 | Patti Rizzo | United States |
277 (-11) | Ferncroft Country Club | $175,000 | $26,250 |
| 1982 | Sandra Palmer | United States |
281 (-7) | Ferncroft Country Club | $175,000 | $26,250 |
| 1981 | Donna Caponi | United States |
276 (-12) | Ferncroft Country Club | $150,000 | $22,500 |
| 1980 | Dale Lundquist | United States |
276 (-12) | Ferncroft Country Club | $150,000 | $22,500 |
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