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2024 Women's PGA Championship

The 2024 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 70th Women's PGA Championship. It was played June 20–23 at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle. It was the third of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2024 season.

2024 KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 20–23, 2024
LocationSammamish, Washington
47°38′06″N 122°03′25″W / 47.635°N 122.057°W / 47.635; -122.057
CoursesSahalee Country Club
(South & North nines)
Organized byPGA of America
TourLPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,731 yards (6,155 m)
Field156 players,
73 after cut
Cut149 (+5)
Prize fund$10,400,000[1]
Winner's share$1,560,000
Champion
South Korea Amy Yang
281 (−7)
Sahalee is located in the United States
Sahalee
Sahalee
Location in the United States
Sahalee is located in Washington (state)
Sahalee
Sahalee
Location in Washington
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Sahalee hosted the PGA Championship in 1998, the U.S. Senior Open in 2010, and the Women's PGA Championship in 2016, where Brooke Henderson won in a playoff over Lydia Ko.

Amy Yang won her first major by three strokes over Ko Jin-young, Lilia Vu, and Miyū Yamashita.[2]

Course layout

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Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3845073883901704964194331733,3603975434331553703963791815173,3716,731
Par454435443364543444353672
  • South and North nines

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The course was 6,624 yards (6,057 m), par 71 in 2016; the 18th hole was a par 4 at 421 yards (385 m).

Field

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The field included 156 players who met one or more of the selection criteria and commit to participate by a designated deadline.[3][4]

1. Active LPGA and/or World Golf Hall of Fame members[a]

2. Past winners of the Women's PGA Championship

3. Professionals who have won an LPGA major championship in the previous five years and during the current year

4. Professionals who have won an official LPGA tournament in the previous two calendar years and during the current year

5. Winners of the 2023 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational

6. Order of Merit winners from the Ladies European Tour, LPGA of Japan Tour, and LPGA of Korea Tour

7. Professionals who finished top-10 and ties at the previous year's Women's PGA Championship

8. Professionals ranked No. 1–60 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of May 20, 2024

9. The top eight finishers at the 2023 LPGA Professionals National Championship

10. The top finisher (not otherwise qualified via the 2023 LPGA Professionals National Championship) at the 2024 PGA Women's Stroke Play Championship

11. Sponsor invitations[b]

12. Any player who did not compete in the 2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship due to maternity[c]

13. LPGA members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2024 CME Globe Points list

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, June 20, 2024

Lexi Thompson shot a 4-under-par round of 68 to take a one stroke lead over world number one Nelly Korda and Patty Tavatanakit. Defending champion Yin Ruoning was three strokes back at 71.[5]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Lexi Thompson68−4
T2United States Nelly Korda69−3
Thailand Patty Tavatanakit
T4France Céline Boutier70−2
United States Allisen Corpuz
England Charley Hull
United States Caroline Inglis
Japan Akie Iwai
Republic of Ireland Leona Maguire
Sweden Madelene Sagström
Japan Mao Saigo
Japan Hinako Shibuno
South Korea Amy Yang
Thailand Arpichaya Yubol

Second round

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Friday, June 21, 2024

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Sarah Schmelzel71-67=138−6
South Korea Amy Yang70-68=138
T3South Korea Ko Jin-young72-68=140−4
Japan Hinako Shibuno70-70=140
United States Lexi Thompson68-72=140
T6Republic of Ireland Leona Maguire70-71=141−3
South Korea Ryu Hae-ran74-67=141
Japan Miyū Yamashita71-70=141
T9United States Ally Ewing72-70=142−2
United States Lauren Hartlage73-69=142
Sweden Madelene Sagström70-72=142

Third round

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Saturday, June 22, 2024

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1South Korea Amy Yang70-68-71=209−7
T2United States Lauren Hartlage73-69-69=211−5
Japan Miyū Yamashita71-70-70=211
4United States Sarah Schmelzel71-67-74=212−4
T5United States Caroline Inglis70-74-69=213−3
South Korea Ko Jin-young72-68-73=213
Japan Hinako Shibuno70-70-73=213
United States Lexi Thompson68-72-73=213
United States Lilia Vu75-70-68=213
T10United States Ally Ewing72-70-72=214−2
Mexico Gaby López73-72-69=214

Final round

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Sunday, June 23, 2024

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1South Korea Amy Yang70-68-71-72=281−71,560,000
T2South Korea Ko Jin-young72-68-73-71=284−4702,478
United States Lilia Vu75-70-68-71=284
Japan Miyū Yamashita71-70-70-73=284
T5United States Ally Ewing72-70-72-71=285−3378,447
United States Lauren Hartlage73-69-69-74=285
T7Japan Mao Saigo70-76-73-67=286−2267,437
Japan Hinako Shibuno70-70-73-73=286
T9Sweden Linn Grant73-74-70-70=287−1192,046
United States Caroline Inglis70-74-69-74=287
South Korea Ryu Hae-ran74-67-75-71=287
United States Sarah Schmelzel71-67-74-75=287
United States Lexi Thompson68-72-73-74=287

Scorecard

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Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454435443454344435
South Korea A.Yang−8−8−7−7−8−8−8−9−9−8−9−9−10−10−10−9−7−7
South Korea Ko−3−3−3−3−4−4−3−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−2−3−3−4
United States Vu−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−2−3−4−5−5−4−3−3−3−4
Japan Yamashita−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−4−4−4−5−4−4−4−3−3−3−4
United States Ewing−2−2−3−3−3−4−4−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−3
United States Hartlage−5−6−6−6−7−7−5−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−2−3−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[6]

Notes

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  1. ↑ To be considered active, an LPGA and/or World Golf Hall of Fame member must have participated in 10 official LPGA tournaments within the 12 months prior to the commitment deadline.
  2. ↑ Maximum of two
  3. ↑ As approved by the Women’s PGA Championship in conjunction with the player’s home tour, provided she was otherwise qualified to compete in the 2023 Women’s PGA Championship.

References

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  1. ↑ "KPMG Women's PGA Championship Purse Increases to $10.4 Million". LPGA. June 19, 2024. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Amy Yang wins Women's PGA; oldest major winner since '18". ESPN. Associated Press. June 23, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "2024 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Fact Sheet.pdf". Google Docs. Archived from the original on June 17, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Field List Announced for 2024 KPMG Women's PGA Championship". Women's PGA Championship. June 13, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Thompson 1 ahead of Korda, Tavatanakit at Women's PGA". ESPN. Associated Press. June 20, 2024.
  6. ↑ "KPMG Women's PGA Championship – Results". LPGA. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
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