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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
Course(s)Sahalee Country Club
(South & North nines)
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)LPGA 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)
Location map
Sahalee is located in the United States
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Sahalee
Location in the United States
Sahalee is located in Washington (state)
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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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Main article: Sahalee Country Club
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 384 507 388 390 170 496 419 433 173 3,360 397 543 433 155 370 396 379 181 517 3,371 6,731
Par 4 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 3 36 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 5 36 72
  • South and North nines

Source:[3]

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]

Place Player Score To par
1   Lexi Thompson 68 −4
T2   Nelly Korda 69 −3
  Patty Tavatanakit
T4   Céline Boutier 70 −2
  Allisen Corpuz
  Charley Hull
  Caroline Inglis
  Akie Iwai
  Leona Maguire
  Madelene Sagström
  Mao Saigo
  Hinako Shibuno
  Amy Yang
  Arpichaya Yubol

Second round

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Friday, June 21, 2024

Place Player Score To par
T1   Sarah Schmelzel 71-67=138 −6
  Amy Yang 70-68=138
T3   Ko Jin-young 72-68=140 −4
  Hinako Shibuno 70-70=140
  Lexi Thompson 68-72=140
T6   Leona Maguire 70-71=141 −3
  Ryu Hae-ran 74-67=141
  Miyū Yamashita 71-70=141
T9   Ally Ewing 72-70=142 −2
  Lauren Hartlage 73-69=142
  Madelene Sagström 70-72=142

Third round

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Saturday, June 22, 2024

Place Player Score To par
1   Amy Yang 70-68-71=209 −7
T2   Lauren Hartlage 73-69-69=211 −5
  Miyū Yamashita 71-70-70=211
4   Sarah Schmelzel 71-67-74=212 −4
T5   Caroline Inglis 70-74-69=213 −3
  Ko Jin-young 72-68-73=213
  Hinako Shibuno 70-70-73=213
  Lexi Thompson 68-72-73=213
  Lilia Vu 75-70-68=213
T10   Ally Ewing 72-70-72=214 −2
  Gaby López 73-72-69=214

Final round

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Sunday, June 23, 2024

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Amy Yang 70-68-71-72=281 −7 1,560,000
T2   Ko Jin-young 72-68-73-71=284 −4 702,478
  Lilia Vu 75-70-68-71=284
  Miyū Yamashita 71-70-70-73=284
T5   Ally Ewing 72-70-72-71=285 −3 378,447
  Lauren Hartlage 73-69-69-74=285
T7   Mao Saigo 70-76-73-67=286 −2 267,437
  Hinako Shibuno 70-70-73-73=286
T9   Linn Grant 73-74-70-70=287 −1 192,046
  Caroline Inglis 70-74-69-74=287
  Ryu Hae-ran 74-67-75-71=287
  Sarah Schmelzel 71-67-74-75=287
  Lexi Thompson 68-72-73-74=287

Scorecard

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 5
  A.Yang −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −7 −7
  Ko −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −3 −3 −4
  Vu −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −4 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4
  Yamashita −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −4 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4
  Ewing −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3
  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. ^ a b "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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