2019 Women's PGA Championship explained

2019 Women's
PGA Championship
Dates:June 20–23, 2019
Location:Chaska, Minnesota
Course:Hazeltine National Golf Club
Org:PGA of America
Tour:LPGA Tour
Par:72
Field:156 players, 80 after cut
Format:Stroke play - 72 holes
Cut:149 (+5)
Purse:$3.85 million
Winners Share:$577,500
Champion: Hannah Green
Score:279 (−9)
Previous:2018
Next:2020
Map:USA#USA Minnesota
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Hazeltine
Coordinates:44.834°N -93.591°W

The 2019 Women's PGA Championship (branded as the 2019 KPMG Women's PGA Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 65th Women's PGA Championship, played June 20–23 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. It was the third of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2019 season.

Australian Hannah Green won by one stroke over defending champion Park Sung-hyun, in her first victory in both a women's major and the LPGA Tour. It was the first wire-to-wire win at the Women's PGA Championship since Yani Tseng in 2011 and the first major win by an Australian since Karrie Webb at the 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship.[1]

Field

The field includes 156 players who met one or more of the selection criteria and commit to participate by a designated deadline. Players who qualified for the Championship are listed below.[2] 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

Laura Davies (2), Karrie Webb (2,12)

2. Past winners of the Women's PGA Championship

Shanshan Feng (4,6,12), Brooke Henderson (3,4,5,6,12), Danielle Kang (3,4,6,9,12), Cristie Kerr (4,9,12), Anna Nordqvist (3,4,9,12), Inbee Park (3,4,6,12), Park Sung-hyun (3,4,5,6,12)

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

Chun In-gee (4,6,12), Georgia Hall (4,6,9,12), Ariya Jutanugarn (4,6,12), Kim Hyo-joo (12), In-Kyung Kim (4,5,6,12), Ko Jin-young (4,6,12), Lydia Ko (4,6,12), Brittany Lang (9,12), Lee Jeong-eun (4,6,12), Pernilla Lindberg (4,12), Ryu So-yeon (4,5,6,12), Angela Stanford (4,12), Lexi Thompson (4,6,9,12), Michelle Wie (4,9,12)

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

Marina Alex (6,12), Céline Boutier (12), Nasa Hataoka (5,6,12), Ji Eun-hee (6,12), Moriya Jutanugarn (6,12), Kim Sei-young (6,12), Katherine Kirk (12), Jessica Korda (5,6,12), Nelly Korda (6,12), Bronte Law (12), Lee Mi-hyang (12), Minjee Lee (6,12), Mirim Lee (12), Stacy Lewis (9,12), Gaby López (12), Haru Nomura (12), Annie Park (12), Amy Yang (6,12)

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

Jacqui Concolino (12), Charley Hull (6,9,12), Lizette Salas (6,9,12), Angel Yin (9,12)

6. Professionals ranked No. 1-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of May 21, 2019

Carlota Ciganda (9,12)

7. The top eight finishers at the 2018 LPGA T&CP National Championship

Joanna Coe, Alison Curdt, Wendy Doolan, Stephanie Eiswerth, Ashley Grier, Nicole Jeray, Kang Ji-min, Seul-Ki Park

8. The top finisher (not otherwise qualified via the 2018 LPGA T&CP National Championship) at the 2019 PGA Women's Stroke Play Championship

Brittany Kelly

9. Members of the European and United States Solheim Cup teams in 2017

Paula Creamer (12), Austin Ernst (12), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (12), Karine Icher, Caroline Masson (12), Catriona Matthew, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Gerina Piller (12), Mel Reid (12), Madelene Sagström (12)

10. Maximum of two sponsor invites

Nuria Iturrioz, Leona Maguire[3]

11. Any player who did not compete in the 2018 KPMG Women's PGA Championship due to maternity, provided she was otherwise qualified to compete.

12. LPGA members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2019 official money list through the conclusion of the Meijer LPGA Classic

Brittany Altomare, Pajaree Anannarukarn, Dottie Ardina, Aditi Ashok, Laetitia Beck, Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, Sarah Burnham, Tiffany Chan, Pei-Yun Chien, Chella Choi, Choi Na-yeon, Karen Chung, Daniela Darquea, Brianna Do, Gemma Dryburgh, Lindy Duncan, Kendall Dye, María Fassi, Dana Finkelstein, Isi Gabsa, Sandra Gal, Kristen Gillman, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Hannah Green, Jaye Marie Green, Clariss Guce, Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, Daniela Holmqvist, Wei-Ling Hsu, M. J. Hur, Tiffany Joh, Haeji Kang, Kim Kaufman, Sarah Kemp, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, Cheyenne Knight, P.K. Kongkraphan, Jennifer Kupcho, Alison Lee, Jaclyn Lee, Lee Jeong-eun, Lin Xiyu, Yu Liu, Lee Lopez, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Ally McDonald, Stephanie Meadow, Wichanee Meechai, Giulia Molinaro, Azahara Muñoz, Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Park Hee-young, Jane Park, Katherine Perry, Pornanong Phatlum, Morgan Pressel, Louise Ridderstrom, Sarah Schmelzel, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin, Luna Sobrón Galmés, Jennifer Song, Klára Spilková, Mariah Stackhouse, Marissa Steen, Lauren Stephenson, Linnea Strom, Thidapa Suwannapura, Elizabeth Szokol, Emma Talley, Kris Tamulis, Anne-Catherine Tanguay, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Charlotte Thomas, Maria Torres, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Anne Van Dam, Lindsey Weaver, Suzuka Yamaguchi, Jing Yan, 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 2019 LPGA Priority List as of the commitment deadline

None needed

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Hannah Green shot a 4-under-par 68 to take a one stroke lead over Kim Hyo-joo and Mel Reid. Changing weather conditions led to only 16 players breaking par and 20 players shooting scores in the 80s.[4]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 68 −4
align=center rowspan=2T2 align=center rowspan=269 align=center rowspan=2−3
Mel Reid
align=center rowspan=6T4 align=center rowspan=670 align=center rowspan=6−2
In-Kyung Kim
Lin Xiyu
Annie Park
Park Sung-hyun
Amy Yang
align=center rowspan=7T10 align=center rowspan=771 align=center rowspan=7−1
Carlota Ciganda
Moriya Jutanugarn
Lydia Ko
Mirim Lee
Ryu So-yeon
Angel Yin

Second round

Friday, June 21, 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 68-69=137 −7
2 70-70=140 −4
align=center rowspan=2T3 71-70=141 align=center rowspan=2−3
70-71=141
align=center rowspan=2T5 72-70=142 align=center rowspan=2−2
71-71=142
align=center rowspan=9T7 72-71=143 align=center rowspan=9−1
73-70=143
71-72=143
73-70=143
69-74=143
70-73=143
72-71=143
72-71=143
72-71=143

Third round

Saturday, June 22, 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 68-69-70=207 −9
2 70-70-68=208 −8
align=center rowspan=2T3 72-70-69=211 align=center rowspan=2−5
72-71-68=211
align=center rowspan=2T5 73-72-67=212 align=center rowspan=2−4
70-71-71=212
align=center rowspan=5T7 75-70-68=213 align=center rowspan=5−3
72-73-68=213
72-73-68=213
70-74-69=213
71-71-71=213

Final round

Sunday, June 23, 2019

Final round ratings

718 thousand on NBC, in the USA[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Green, 22, hangs on to win her 1st LPGA major . ESPN . Associated Press . June 24, 2019.
  2. Web site: Qualification Criteria for 2019 Championship . KPMG Women's PGA Championship . January 3, 2019 . May 3, 2019 . September 28, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180928102313/http://www.kpmgwomenspgachampionship.com/news-and-media/news/qualification-criteria . dead .
  3. Web site: Ireland's Leona Maguire Accepts Special Exemption . KPMG Women's PGA Championship . April 16, 2019 .
  4. News: Green putts her way to lead at Women's PGA . ESPN . Associated Press . June 20, 2019.
  5. Web site: Women's PGA Championship final round ratings. https://web.archive.org/web/20190626032510/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekly-sports-tv-ratings-6-17-6-23-2019.html. dead. 26 June 2019. ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. 25 June 2019.