2020 Women's PGA Championship

2020 KPMG Women's
PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesOctober 8–11, 2020
LocationNewtown Square, Pennsylvania
40°00′14″N 75°14′36″W / 40.0040°N 75.2432°W / 40.0040; -75.2432
Course(s)Aronimink Golf Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,831 yards (6,246 m)
Field132 players, 75 after cut
Cut146 (+6)
Prize fund$4.3 million
Winner's share$645,000
Champion
South Korea Kim Sei-young
266 (−14)
Location map
Aronimink is located in the United States
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Location in the United States
Aronimink is located in Pennsylvania
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The 2020 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 66th Women's PGA Championship. It was originally scheduled to be played June 25–28 at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. It was rescheduled to October 8–11 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Known as the LPGA Championship through 2014, it was the third of four major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2020 season.

Kim Sei-young won with a record low aggregate of 266, 14 under par, after a final round 63. She finished five strokes ahead of Inbee Park, who had a last round of 65.[1]

Field

The field included 132 players who met one or more of the selection criteria and commit to participate by a designated deadline.[2] With the exception of one place reserved for the winner of the ShopRite LPGA Classic, the final field was set on September 22.[3]

Leading contenders were expected to include world number two Nelly Korda, 2017 winner and world number three Danielle Kang, world number four and 2020 ANA Inspiration runner-up Brooke Henderson, and 2018 winner and world number six Park Sung-hyun. Several top-ranked South Koreans did not play, including world number one Ko Jin-young, Ryu So-yeon, Kim Hyo-joo and Lee Jeong-eun. Also in the field were six club professionals. Sandra Gal and Julia Engström were the recipients of the two sponsors invites.[4]

Qualification criteria

  1. Active LPGA Hall of Fame members
  2. Past winners of the Women's PGA Championship
  3. Professionals who have won an LPGA major championship since the start of 2015
  4. Professionals who have won an official LPGA tournament since the start of 2018
  5. Winner of the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational in 2019
  6. Professionals who finished in the top-10 and ties at the previous year's Women's PGA Championship
  7. Professionals ranked No. 1-40 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of March 16, 2020
  8. Professionals ranked No. 1-40 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of September 15, 2020
  9. The top-8 finishers at the 2019 LPGA T&CP National Championship
  10. The top finisher (not otherwise qualified via the 2019 LPGA T&CP National Championship) at the 2020 PGA Women's Stroke Play Championship
  11. Members of the European and United States Solheim Cup teams in 2019
  12. Maximum of two sponsor invites
  13. Any player who did not compete in the 2019 KPMG Women's PGA Championship due to maternity, provided she was otherwise qualified to compete.
  14. LPGA members ranked in the order of their position on the 2020 official money list as of the commitment deadline
  15. 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 2020 LPGA Priority List as of the commitment deadline

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, October 8, 2020

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Brittany Lincicome 67 −3
Malaysia Kelly Tan
T3 Spain Carlota Ciganda 68 −2
United States Cydney Clanton
United States Danielle Kang
New Zealand Lydia Ko
Mexico Gaby López
Sweden Linnea Ström
T9 Finland Matilda Castren 69 −1
Sweden Pernilla Lindberg
Sweden Anna Nordqvist
South Korea Amy Yang

Second round

Friday, October 9, 2020

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Kim Sei-young 71-65=136 −4
T2 Spain Carlota Ciganda 68-69=137 −3
United States Danielle Kang 68-69=137
United States Jennifer Kupcho 72-65=137
Sweden Anna Nordqvist 69-68=137
T6 South Africa Ashleigh Buhai 70-68=138 −2
New Zealand Lydia Ko 68-70=138
United States Lauren Stephenson 70-68=138
Sweden Linnea Ström 68-70=138
Malaysia Kelly Tan 67-71=138

Third round

Saturday, October 10, 2020

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Kim Sei-young 71-65-67=203 −7
T2 Canada Brooke Henderson 71-69-65=205 −5
Sweden Anna Nordqvist 69-68-68=205
4 South Korea Inbee Park 70-70-66=206 −4
5 Philippines Bianca Pagdanganan 77-65-65=207 −3
T6 Spain Carlota Ciganda 68-69-71=208 −2
United States Mina Harigae 74-68-66=208
United States Jennifer Kupcho 72-65-71=208
Mexico Gaby López 68-72-68=208
10 Japan Nasa Hataoka 72-69-68=209 −1

Final round

Sunday, October 11, 2020

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 South Korea Kim Sei-young 71-65-67-63=266 −14 645,000
2 South Korea Inbee Park 70-70-66-65=271 −9 388,569
T3 Spain Carlota Ciganda 68-69-71-65=273 −7 249,967
Japan Nasa Hataoka 72-69-68-64=273
5 Sweden Anna Nordqvist 69-68-68-71=276 −4 175,511
6 Canada Brooke Henderson 71-69-65-72=277 −3 143,599
T7 England Charley Hull 70-71-69-69=279 −1 112,752
United States Jennifer Kupcho 72-65-71-71=279
T9 United States Brittany Lincicome 67-72-72-69=280 E 83,765
Mexico Gaby López 68-72-68-72=280
Philippines Bianca Pagdanganan 77-65-65-73=280
United States Lauren Stephenson 70-68-74-68=280

References

  1. ^ "Sei Young Kim fires 63 to seal KPMG Women's PGA, first major win". ESPN. Associated Press. October 11, 2020.
  2. ^ "Qualification criteria". KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Rogers, Amy (September 23, 2020). "Sandra Gal and Julia Engstrom receive sponsor invites to KPMG Women's PGA Championship". KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  4. ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (September 28, 2020). "KPMG Women's PGA field nearly set, Haley Moore in favorable position to take final spot". Golfweek. USA Today. Retrieved October 6, 2020.