2015 Women's PGA Championship


The 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 61st Women's PGA Championship, held June 11–14 at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, New York, a suburb northeast of New York City.
The 2015 edition saw major changes to the event, due to a new partnership between the LPGA and the PGA of America. The event was renamed from the "LPGA Championship" to the "Women's PGA Championship", and its purse was increased from $2.25 million to $3.5 million. KPMG also became the new title sponsor of the event, replacing Wegmans.

Field

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

Qualified players

Players who have 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.
1. Active LPGA Hall of Fame members
Juli Inkster, Se Ri Pak, Karrie Webb
2. Past winners of the LPGA Championship
Laura Davies, Shanshan Feng, Cristie Kerr, Anna Nordqvist, Inbee Park, Suzann Pettersen, Yani Tseng
3. Professionals who have won an LPGA major championship in the previous five years and during the current year
Na Yeon Choi, Paula Creamer, Kim Hyo-joo, Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome, Mo Martin, So Yeon Ryu, Lexi Thompson, Michelle Wie, Sun-Young Yoo
Jiyai Shin did not play
4. Professionals who have won an official LPGA tournament in the previous two calendar years and during the current year
Baek Kyu-jung, Austin Ernst, Mi Jung Hur, Jennifer Johnson, Christina Kim, Kim Sei-young, Lydia Ko, Jessica Korda, Ilhee Lee, Mi Hyang Lee, Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Lee-Anne Pace, Hee-Young Park, Beatriz Recari, Lizette Salas, Amy Yang
Teresa Lu did not play
5. Professionals who finished top-10 and ties at the previous year's LPGA Championship
Julieta Granada, Azahara Muñoz
6. Professionals ranked in the top 30 of the Women's World Golf Rankings as of May 12, 2015
Chella Choi, Jang Ha-na, Pornanong Phatlum, Morgan Pressel, Angela Stanford
Ahn Sun-ju, Chun In-gee, Ko Jin-young, and Lee Bo-Mee did not play
7. The top eight finishers at the 2014 LPGA T&CP National Championship
Jean Bartholomew, Elizabeth Caron, Alison Curdt, Lisa Grimes, Amanda Moore, Karen Paolozzi, Laurie Rinker, Charlotta Sörenstam
Anne Marie Goslak, and Ashley Grier did not play
8. Members of the European and United States Solheim Cup Teams in 2013
Carlota Ciganda, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Caroline Hedwall, Charley Hull, Karine Icher, Brittany Lang, Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Gerina Piller
Giulia Sergas did not play
9. Maximum of two sponsor invites
Brooke Henderson, Gwladys Nocera
10. LPGA members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2015 official money list through the conclusion of the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic
Marina Alex, Amy Anderson, Karlin Beck, Laetitia Beck, Christel Boeljon, Danah Bordner, Katie Burnett, Dori Carter, Sandra Changkija, Jacqui Concolino, Perrine Delacour, Laura Diaz, Kendall Dye, Paz Echeverria, Victoria Elizabeth, Simin Feng, Yueer Cindy Feng, Lisa Ferrero, Sandra Gal, Jaye Marie Green, Natalie Gulbis, Mina Harigae, María Hernández, Wei-Ling Hsu, Pat Hurst, Eun-Hee Ji, Tiffany Joh, Felicity Johnson, Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Haeji Kang, Kim Kaufman, Sarah Kemp, I.K. Kim, SooBin Kim, Sue Kim, Katherine Kirk, Joanna Klatten, Therese Koelbaek, P.K. Kongkraphan, Candie Kung, Min Seo Kwak, Alison Lee, Jee Young Lee, Meena Lee, Min Lee, Rebecca Lee-Bentham, Amelia Lewis, Xi Yu Lin, Pernilla Lindberg, Alejandra Llaneza, Maria McBride, Lisa McCloskey, Kristy McPherson, Stephanie Meadow, Sydnee Michaels, Mika Miyazato, Becky Morgan, Belén Mozo, Haru Nomura, Ji Young Oh, Ryann O'Toole, Brooke Pancake, Jane Park, Sadena Parks, Sophia Popov, Jane Rah, Paula Reto, Jennifer Rosales, Demi Runas, Dewi Claire Schreefel, Hee-Kyung Seo, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin, Kelly Shon, Ashleigh Simon, Karin Sjödin, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Marissa Steen, Jackie Stoelting, Jenny Suh, Thidapa Suwannapura, Kris Tamulis, Kelly Tan, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Alison Walshe, Cheyenne Woods, Jing Yan, Julie Yang, Sakura Yokomine
Cydney Clanton, Rachel Hetherington, Seon-Hwa Lee, Ai Miyazato, Giulia Molinaro, and Line Vedel qualified for the tournament but did not play.
11. 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 2015 LPGA Priority List as of the commitment deadline

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Course layout

West Course
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards1803954364105451403284214753,3302964244733791544922163745323,3406,670
Par344453445364454353453773

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 11, 2015
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jenny Shin66−7
2Brooke Henderson67−6
T3Charley Hull68−5
T3Moriya Jutanugarn68−5
T3Karrie Webb68−5
T6Simin Feng69−4
T6Karine Icher69−4
T8Chella Choi70−3
T8Sandra Gal70−3
T8Christie Kerr70−3
T8Kim Hyo-joo70−3
T8Kim Sei-young70−3
T8Joanna Klatten70−3
T8Jessica Korda70−3
T8Candie Kung70−3
T8Min Lee70−3
T8Stacy Lewis70−3
T8Brittany Lincicome70−3
T8Azahara Muñoz70−3
T8Jane Rah70−3
T8Jennifer Song70−3
T8Lexi Thompson70−3

Second round

Friday, June 12, 2015
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Kim Sei-young70-68=138−8
T2Inbee Park71-68=139−7
T2Karrie Webb68-71=139−7
T4Brooke Henderson67-73=140−6
T4Suzann Pettersen74-66=140−6
T6Stacy Lewis70-71=141−5
T6Jenny Shin66-75=141−5
T8Caroline Hedwall71-71=142−4
T8Charley Hull68-74=142−4
T8Cristie Kerr70-72=142−4
T8Candie Kung70-72=142−4
T8Gerina Piller72-70=142−4
T8Lexi Thompson70-72=142−4

Third round

Saturday, June 13, 2015
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Inbee Park71-68-66=205−14
2Kim Sei-young70-68-69=207−12
T3Brooke Henderson67-73-71=211−8
T3Suzann Pettersen74-66-71=211−8
T3Karrie Webb68-71-72=211−8
6Morgan Pressel73-70-69=212−7
T7Shanshan Feng73-72-68=213−6
T7Kim Hyo-joo70-74-69=213−6
T7Brittany Lincicome70-74-69=213−6
T10Julieta Granada72-71-71=214−5
T10Stacy Lewis70-71-73=214−5
T10Anna Nordqvist71-73-70=214−5
T10Lexi Thompson70-72-72=214−5
T10Sakura Yokomine74-71-69=214−5

Final round

Sunday, June 14, 2015
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Inbee Park71-68-66-68=273−19525,000
2Kim Sei-young70-68-69-71=278−14323,230
3Lexi Thompson70-72-72-66=280−12234,480
4Brittany Lincicome70-74-69-68=281−11181,389
T5Brooke Henderson67-73-71-71=282−10132,725
T5Morgan Pressel73-70-69-70=282−10132,725
T7Suzann Pettersen74-66-71-72=283−993,793
T7Karrie Webb68-71-72-72=283−993,793
T9Kim Hyo-joo70-74-69-71=284−872,261
T9Anna Nordqvist71-73-70-70=284−872,261
T9Gerina Piller72-70-73-69=284−872,261

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par344453445445435345
Park−14−15−15−15−15−15−16−16−17−18−18−18−18−18−18−18−18−19
Kim−12−13−12−11−12−13−14−15−13−14−14−15−14−14−14−14−14−14
Thompson−6−6−6−7−7−7−8−9−10−11−11−12−13−13−13−12−12−12
Lincicome−5−6−6−5−6−6−6−6−7−8−8−9−9−9−10−11−10−11
Henderson−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−10−10−10
Pressel−7−7−7−7−8−8−7−5−5−6−7−8−9−9−10−10−9−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par