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.
Danielle Kang won the championship for her first professional win, one stroke ahead of defending champion Brooke Henderson.
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 and the U.S. Amateur.
Golf Channel and NBC Sports televised the Women's PGA for the third consecutive year.

Field

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

Qualified players

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. Past winners of the Women's PGA Championship
Laura Davies, Shanshan Feng, Brooke Henderson, 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, Ariya Jutanugarn, Kim Hyo-joo, Lydia Ko, Brittany Lang, Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome, Mo Martin, Ryu So-yeon, Jiyai Shin, Lexi Thompson, Michelle Wie, Yoo Sun-young
4. Professionals who have won an official LPGA tournament in the previous two calendar years and during the current year
Chella Choi, Carlota Ciganda, Charley Hull, In-Kyung Kim, Kim Sei-young, Jessica Korda, Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Caroline Masson, Haru Nomura, Jenny Shin, Kris Tamulis, Amy Yang
5. Professionals who finished top-10 and ties at the previous year's Women's PGA Championship
Su-Hyun Oh, Park Hee-young
6. Professionals ranked No. 1-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of June 5, 2017
M. J. Hur, Park Sung-hyun, Gerina Piller
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 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, Sandra Gal, Caroline Hedwall, Karine Icher, Alison Lee, Catriona Matthew, Azahara Muñoz, Gwladys Nocera, Morgan Pressel, Melissa Reid, Lizette Salas, Angela Stanford
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

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Friday, June 30, 2017
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Amy Yang65−6
2Chella Choi66−5
3Brittany Altomare67−4
T4Brooke Henderson68−3
T4Kim Kaufman68−3
T4Alison Lee68−3
T4Gaby López68−3
T4Su-Hyun Oh68−3
T4Emily Kristine Pedersen68−3
T4Michelle Wie68−3

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Second round

Friday, June 30, 2017
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Danielle Kang69-66=135−7
T1Kim Sei-young69-66=135−7
T3Chella Choi66-70=136−6
T3Jodi Ewart Shadoff70-66=136−6
T3Lee Mi-hyang69-67=136−6
T3Brittany Lincicome70-66=136−6
T3Amy Yang65-71=136−6
T8Brooke Henderson68-69=137−5
T8Moriya Jutanugarn69-68=137−5
T8Ryu So-yeon69-68=137−5
T8Sarah Jane Smith70-67=137−5

Third round

Saturday, July 1, 2017
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Chella Choi66-70-67=203−10
T1Danielle Kang69-66-68=203−10
3Jiyai Shin70-71-64=205−8
4Brooke Henderson68-69-69=206−7
T5Kim Sei-young69-66-72=207−6
T5Amy Yang65-71-71=207−6
T7Moriya Jutanugarn69-68-71=208−5
T7Kim Kaufman68-71-69=208−5
T7Candie Kung71-68-69=208−5
T7Lee Mi-hyang69-67-72=208−5
T7Park Sung-hyun71-70-67=208−5
T7Gerina Piller73-66-69=208−5
T7Ryu So-yeon69-68-71=208−5
T7Madelene Sagström70-72-66=208−5
T7Lexi Thompson70-69-69=208−5
T7Michelle Wie68-70-70=208−5

Final round

Sunday, July 2, 2017
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Danielle Kang69-66-68-68=271−13525,000
2Brooke Henderson68-69-69-66=272−12322,446
3Chella Choi66-70-67-71=274−10233,911
T4Kim Sei-young69-66-72-68=275−9148,585
T4Lee Mi-hyang69-67-72-67=275−9148,585
T4Amy Yang65-71-71-68=275−9148,585
T7Inbee Park73-67-69-68=277−793,565
T7Lexi Thompson70-69-69-69=277−793,565
T9Stacy Lewis74-67-70-67=278−675,029
T9Kelly Shon77-63-71-67=278−675,029

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par544345344444443435
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
BirdieBogey

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