2017 Women's PGA Championship

The 2017 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 63rd Women's PGA Championship, played June 29 – July 2 at Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Illinois, a suburb south of Chicago. Known as the LPGA Championship through 2014, it was the second of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2017 season.

2017 Women's PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 29 – July 2, 2017
LocationOlympia Fields, Illinois
41°31′16″N 87°41′13″W / 41.521°N 87.687°W / 41.521; -87.687
Course(s)Olympia Fields Country Club
North Course [1]
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par71
Length6,588 yards (6,024 m)[2]
Field156 players,
74 after cut
Cut144 (+2)
Prize fund$3.5 million
Winner's share$525,000
Champion
United States Danielle Kang
271 (−13)
Location map
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Location in the United States
Olympia Fields is located in Illinois
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Danielle Kang won the championship for her first professional win, one stroke ahead of defending champion Brooke Henderson.[3]

Olympia Fields hosted the PGA Championship in 1925 and 1961, and the U.S. Open in 1928 and 2003. It has also been the site of the U.S. Senior Open (1997) and the U.S. Amateur (2015).[4]

Golf Channel and NBC Sports televised the Women's PGA for the third consecutive year.

Field

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The field included 156 players who meet one or more of the selection criteria and commit to participate by a designated deadline.

Qualified players

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Players who qualified for the Championship are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified; additional qualifying categories are shown in parentheses. Players were eligible based on the following criteria:

1. Active LPGA Hall of Fame members

Karrie Webb (2,12)

2. Past winners of the Women's PGA Championship

Laura Davies, Shanshan Feng (4,6,12), Brooke Henderson (4,5,6,12), Cristie Kerr (4,6,10,12), Anna Nordqvist (4,5,6,10,12), Inbee Park (3,4,6,7,12), Suzann Pettersen (3,4,6,10,12), Yani Tseng

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

Choi Na-yeon (4,12), Chun In-gee (4,6,12), Ariya Jutanugarn (4,5,6,12), Kim Hyo-joo (4,12), Lydia Ko (4,5,6,12), Brittany Lang (4,6,10,12), Stacy Lewis (6,10,12), Brittany Lincicome (4,10,12), Mo Martin (12), Ryu So-yeon (4,5,6,12), Jiyai Shin (6), Lexi Thompson (4,6,10,12), Michelle Wie (10,12), Yoo Sun-young (12)

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

Chella Choi (5,12), Carlota Ciganda (6,10,12), Charley Hull (6,10,12), In-Kyung Kim (6,12), Kim Sei-young (6,12), Jessica Korda (6,12), Minjee Lee (6,12), Mirim Lee (5,6,12), Caroline Masson (10,12), Haru Nomura (6,12), Jenny Shin (12), Kris Tamulis (12), Amy Yang (5,6,12)

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

Su-Hyun Oh (12), Park Hee-young (12)

6. Professionals ranked No. 1-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of June 5, 2017

M. J. Hur (12), Park Sung-hyun (12), Gerina Piller (10,12)

7. Gold Medal winner at the 2016 Rio Olympics

8. The top eight finishers at the 2016 LPGA T&CP National Championship

Jean Bartholomew, Jessica Carafiello, Wendy Doolan, Lisa Grimes, Amanda McCurdy, Karen Paolozzi, Hillery Sence, Kristin Walla

9. The top finisher (not otherwise qualified via the 2016 LPGA T&CP National Championship) at the 2017 PGA Women's Stroke Play Championship

Alison Curdt

10. Members of the European and United States Solheim Cup teams in 2015

Paula Creamer (12), Sandra Gal (12), Caroline Hedwall (12), Karine Icher (12), Alison Lee (12), Catriona Matthew (12), Azahara Muñoz (12), Gwladys Nocera, Morgan Pressel (12), Melissa Reid (12), Lizette Salas (12), Angela Stanford (12)

11. Maximum of two sponsor invites

Georgia Hall, Klára Spilková

12. LPGA members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2017 official money list through the conclusion of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship

Marina Alex, Beth Allen, Brittany Altomare, Aditi Ashok, Laetitia Beck, Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, Katie Burnett, Dori Carter, Sandra Changkija, Pei-Yun Chien, Karen Chung, Cydney Clanton, Holly Clyburn, Jacqui Concolino, Perrine Delacour, Lindy Duncan, Austin Ernst, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Simin Feng, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Jaye Marie Green, Mina Harigae, Nasa Hataoka, Céline Herbin, Dani Holmqvist, Wei-Ling Hsu, Vicky Hurst, Eun-Hee Ji, Tiffany Joh, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Haeji Kang, Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, Katherine Kirk, Joanna Klatten, Nelly Korda, Olafia Kristinsdottir, Candie Kung, Min Seo Kwak, Bronte Law, Ilhee Lee, Lee Jeong-eun, Lee Mi-hyang, Min Lee, Amelia Lewis, Lin Xiyu, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby López, Lee Lopez, Ally McDonald, Stephanie Meadow, Wichanee Meechai, Ai Miyazato, Giulia Molinaro, Becky Morgan, Belen Mozo, Therese O'Hara, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Brooke Pancake, Annie Park, Jane Park, Sadena Parks, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Katherine Perry, Pornanong Phatlum, Beatriz Recari, Paula Reto, Demi Runas, Madelene Sagström, Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong, Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Nontaya Srisawang, Marissa Steen, Jackie Stoelting, Thidapa Suwannapura, Kelly Tan, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Cheyenne Woods, Jing Yan, Angel Yin, Sakura Yokomine, Pavarisa Yoktuan

13. The remainder of the field will be filled by members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2017 LPGA Priority List as of the commitment deadline

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, June 29, 2017
Friday, June 30, 2017

Place Player Score To par
1   Amy Yang 65 −6
2   Chella Choi 66 −5
3   Brittany Altomare 67 −4
T4   Brooke Henderson 68 −3
  Kim Kaufman
  Alison Lee
  Gaby López
  Su-Hyun Oh
  Emily Kristine Pedersen
  Michelle Wie

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Second round

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Friday, June 30, 2017

Place Player Score To par
T1   Danielle Kang 69-66=135 −7
  Kim Sei-young 69-66=135
T3   Chella Choi 66-70=136 −6
  Jodi Ewart Shadoff 70-66=136
  Lee Mi-hyang 69-67=136
  Brittany Lincicome 70-66=136
  Amy Yang 65-71=136
T8   Brooke Henderson 68-69=137 −5
  Moriya Jutanugarn 69-68=137
  Ryu So-yeon 69-68=137
  Sarah Jane Smith 70-67=137

Third round

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Saturday, July 1, 2017

Place Player Score To par
T1   Chella Choi 66-70-67=203 −10
  Danielle Kang 69-66-68=203
3   Jiyai Shin 70-71-64=205 −8
4   Brooke Henderson 68-69-69=206 −7
T5   Kim Sei-young 69-66-72=207 −6
  Amy Yang 65-71-71=207
T7   Moriya Jutanugarn 69-68-71=208 −5
  Kim Kaufman 68-71-69=208
  Candie Kung 71-68-69=208
  Lee Mi-hyang 69-67-72=208
  Park Sung-hyun 71-70-67=208
  Gerina Piller 73-66-69=208
  Ryu So-yeon 69-68-71=208
  Madelene Sagström 70-72-66=208
  Lexi Thompson 70-69-69=208
  Michelle Wie 68-70-70=208

Final round

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Sunday, July 2, 2017

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Danielle Kang 69-66-68-68=271 −13 525,000
2   Brooke Henderson 68-69-69-66=272 −12 322,446
3   Chella Choi 66-70-67-71=274 −10 233,911
T4   Kim Sei-young 69-66-72-68=275 −9 148,585
  Lee Mi-hyang 69-67-72-67=275
  Amy Yang 65-71-71-68=275
T7   Inbee Park 73-67-69-68=277 −7 93,565
  Lexi Thompson 70-69-69-69=277
T9   Stacy Lewis 74-67-70-67=278 −6 75,029
  Kelly Shon 77-63-71-67=278

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Scorecard

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Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 5 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 5
  Kang −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −10 −11 −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −13
  Henderson −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12
  Choi −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10
  Kim −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9
  Lee −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9
  Yang −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9
  Shin −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

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References

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  1. ^ "Olympia Fields Country Club (North)". Golf Digest. January 4, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "KPMG Women's PGA Championship". ESPN. (leaderboard). June 29, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  3. ^ "Danielle Kang edges defending champion Brooke Henderson to win KPMG Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. July 2, 2017.
  4. ^ Arvia, Phil (June 20, 2016). "Olympia Fields CC counting down to 2017 PGA Women's Championship". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "KPMG Women's PGA Championship". LPGA. (results). July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
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