The Kathy Ireland Championship was a golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1999 to 2001. It was played at Onion Creek Club in Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

. Kathy Ireland

Kathy Ireland

Kathleen Marie "Kathy" Ireland is an American former model, actress, and entrepreneur. She is the CEO and designer of her eponymous brand product marketing company, Kathy Ireland Worldwide.-Life and career:...

 was the title sponsor of the 2001 edition and all three editions were held in honor of Harvey Penick

Harvey Penick

Harvey Morrison Penick was an American golf professional and coach, who coached many Hall of Fame players. Late in life, he became a best-selling writer. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002, seven years after his death.-Golf career:Penick was born in Austin, Texas...

, an Austin native and World Golf Hall of Fame

World Golf Hall of Fame

The World Golf Hall of Fame is located at World Golf Village near St. Augustine, Florida, in the United States, and it is unusual among sports halls of fame in that a single site serves both men and women. It is supported by a consortium of 26 golf organizations from all over the world.The Hall of...

 golf instructor.

Winners

Kathy Ireland Championship Honoring Harvey Penick

• 2001 Rosie Jones
  Rosie Jones
  Rosie Jones is an American professional golfer, with 13 LPGA Tour career victories and nearly $8.4 million in tournament earnings.-Amateur career:Jones was born in Santa Ana, California...
  
  

The Philips Invitational Honoring Harvey Penick

• 2000 Laura Davies
  Laura Davies
  Laura Jane Davies CBE is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list...
  
  
• 1999 Akiko Fukushima
  Akiko Fukushima
  Akiko Fukushima is a Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Fukushima won 24 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour.Fukushima won twice on the LPGA Tour both in 1999.-LPGA Tour wins :-LPGA of Japan Tour wins :...