2016 Women's PGA Championship


The 2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 62nd Women's PGA Championship, played June 9–12 at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle. Brooke Henderson, 18, won her first major title with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with top-ranked Lydia Ko. It was the second win in a major by a Canadian and the first in 48 years. Henderson and Ko both had bogey-free final rounds with scores of 65 and 67, respectively.
Known as the LPGA Championship through 2014, it was the second of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2016 season. This was the second year that the championship was organized by the PGA of America.
Sahalee hosted the PGA Championship in 1998, the first of three majors won by Vijay Singh. It was scheduled to host again in 2010, but the PGA of America reversed its decision and moved it to Whistling Straits in Wisconsin. The USGA helped fill that void with a senior major at Sahalee, the U.S. Senior Open in 2010, won by Bernhard Langer.
The Seattle area is an annual stop on the PGA Tour Champions with the Boeing Classic at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge in late August. The area formerly hosted the Safeco Classic, an LPGA Tour event from 1982 through 1999, held in September at Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent, southeast of Seattle.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3845073883901634964194331733,3533975434321523703963791814213,2716,624
Par454435443364543444343571

The field included 156 players who meet one or more of the selection criteria and commit to participate by a designated deadline.
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.
Players were eligible based on the following criteria:
1. Active LPGA Hall of Fame members
Juli Inkster, Se Ri Pak, Karrie Webb
2. Past winners of the Women's PGA 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
Choi Na-yeon, Chun In-gee, Kim Hyo-joo, Lydia Ko, Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome, Mo Martin, Ryu So-yeon, Lexi Thompson, Michelle Wie, Yoo Sun-young
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, Chella Choi, Paula Creamer, Austin Ernst, Brooke Henderson, M. J. Hur, Jang Ha-na, Ariya Jutanugarn, Christina Kim, Kim Sei-young, Jessica Korda, Lee Mi-hyang, Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Haru Nomura, Lee-Anne Pace, Lizette Salas, Jenny Shin, Kris Tamulis, Amy Yang
Ahn Sun-ju did not play.
5. Professionals who finished top-10 and ties at the previous year's Women's PGA Championship
Gerina Piller, Morgan Pressel
6. Professionals ranked No. 1–30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of May 17, 2016
Charley Hull, Alison Lee
Lee Bo-mee, Teresa Lu, and Park Sung-hyun did not play.
7. The top eight finishers at the 2015 LPGA T&CP National Championship
Jean Bartholomew, Jennifer Bermingham, Jessica Carafiello, Elizabeth Caron, Lisa Grimes, Karen Paolozzi, Laurie Rinker, Hillery Wilson
8. Members of the European and United States Solheim Cup teams in 2015
Carlota Ciganda, Sandra Gal, Caroline Hedwall, Karine Icher, Brittany Lang, Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Azahara Muñoz, Gwladys Nocera, Melissa Reid, Angela Stanford
9. Maximum of two sponsor invites
Nicole Broch Larsen, Klára Spilková
10. LPGA members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2016 official money list through the conclusion of the ShopRite LPGA Classic
Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Amy Anderson, Laetitia Beck, Christel Boeljon, Katie Burnett, Dori Carter, Sandra Changkija, Ssu-Chia Cheng, Cydney Clanton, Holly Clyburn, Jacqui Concolino, Brianna Do, Lindy Duncan, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Simin Feng, Julieta Granada, Jaye Marie Green, Casey Grice, Mina Harigae, Céline Herbin, Nannette Hill, Wei-Ling Hsu, Vicky Hurst, Daniela Iacobelli, Ji Eun-hee, Tiffany Joh, Felicity Johnson, Jennifer Johnson, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Haeji Kang, Kim Kaufman, Sarah Kemp, Megan Khang, In-Kyung Kim, SooBin Kim, Katherine Kirk, P.K. Kongkraphan, Stephanie Kono, Candie Kung, Min Seo Kwak, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, Ilhee Lee, Min Lee, Amelia Lewis, Xi Yu Lin, Pernilla Lindberg, Alejandra Llaneza, Gaby López, Lee Lopez, Briana Mao, Sydnee Michaels, Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato, Giulia Molinaro, Becky Morgan, Belen Mozo, Benyapa Niphatsophon, Su-Hyun Oh, Oh Ji-young, Ryann O'Toole, Annie Park, Park Hee-young, Jane Park, Sadena Parks, Pornanong Phatlum, Beatriz Recari, Paula Reto, Samantha Richdale, Marion Ricordeau, Rachel Rohanna, Giulia Sergas, Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, Ashleigh Simon, Sarah Jane Smith, Christine Song, Jennifer Song, Nontaya Srisawang, Bertine Strauss, Budsabakorn Sukapan, Kelly Tan, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Cheyenne Woods, Jing Yan, Julie Yang, Sakura Yokomine
Joanna Klatten and Perrine Delacour 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 2016 LPGA Priority List as of the commitment deadline
None needed

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 9, 2016
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Brooke Henderson67−4
T2Christina Kim69−2
T2In-Kyung Kim69−2
T4Tiffany Joh70−1
T4Ariya Jutanugarn70−1
T4Minjee Lee70−1
T4Park Hee-young70−1
T4Suzann Pettersen70−1
T4Ashleigh Simon70−1
T10Chella Choi71E
T10Chun In-gee71E
T10Austin Ernst71E
T10Katherine Kirk71E
T10Lydia Ko71E
T10Mirim Lee71E
T10Brittany Lincicome71E
T10Jennifer Song71E
T10Budsabakorn Sukapan71E
T10Kris Tamulis71E

Second round

Friday, June 10, 2016
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Brooke Henderson67-73=140−2
T1Mirim Lee71-69=140−2
T3Lydia Ko71-70=141−1
T3Brittany Lincicome71-70=141−1
T3Gerina Piller72-69=141−1
T6Tiffany Joh70-72=142E
T6In-Kyung Kim69-73=142E
T6Ai Miyazato72-70=142E
T6Su-Hyun Oh73-69=142E
T6Ryu So-yeon72-70=142E

Third round

Saturday, June 11, 2016
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lydia Ko71-70-70=211−2
T2Brittany Lincicome71-70-71=212−1
T2Gerina Piller72-69-71=212−1
T4Chella Choi71-73-69=213E
T4Brooke Henderson67-73-73=213E
T4Ariya Jutanugarn70-75-68=213E
T4Mirim Lee71-69-73=213E
T4Anna Nordqvist73-71-69=213E
T4Amy Yang74-73-66=213E
T10Tiffany Joh70-72-72=214+1
T10In-Kyung Kim69-73-72=214+1
T10Catriona Matthew76-67-71=214+1
T10Su-Hyun Oh73-69-72=214+1
T10Suzann Pettersen70-73-71=214+1

Final round

Sunday, June 12, 2016
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Brooke Henderson67-73-73-65=278−6Playoff
T1Lydia Ko71-70-70-67=278−6Playoff
3Ariya Jutanugarn70-75-68-66=279−5233,352
T4Mirim Lee71-69-73-69=282−2148,230
T4Park Hee-young70-74-72-66=282−2148,230
T4Ryu So-yeon72-70-73-67=282−2148,230
7Amy Yang74-73-66-70=283−199,505
T8Chella Choi71-73-69-71=284E78,959
T8Anna Nordqvist73-71-69-71=284E78,959
T8Su-Hyun Oh73-69-72-70=284E78,959

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454435443454344434
HendersonE−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−6
Ko−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6
JutanugarnEEEEE−1−1−1−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−4−5−5
LeeEE−1−1−2−3−2−2−1−2−2−2−2−2−1−2−2−2
Park+2+2+2+2+2EE−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2
Ryu+1EE−1−1−1−1EEE−2−1−1−1−1−1−2−2
Piller−1−2−2−2−2−2−3−2−2−1−1EEEEE+2+2
Lincicome−1−1−1E−1EE+1+1+3+2+2+3+4+4+4+5+5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey

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Playoff

The sudden-death playoff lasted one hole, played on the par-4 18th hole, an uphill dogleg left at. Both players hit the green with their approach shots from the fairway. Ko had a putt of about that slipped by the left side. Henderson's birdie putt from less than three feet won the title.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Brooke Henderson3−1525,000
2Lydia Ko4E321,675