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.
Field The field included 132 players who met one or more of the selection criteria and commit to participate by a designated deadline. With the exception of one place reserved for the winner of the ShopRite LPGA Classic, the final field was set on September 22.
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.
Qualification criteria Active LPGA Hall of Fame members Past winners of the Women's PGA Championship Professionals who have won an LPGA major championship since the start of 2015 Professionals who have won an official LPGA tournament since the start of 2018 Winner of the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational in 2019 Professionals who finished in the top-10 and ties at the previous year's Women's PGA Championship Professionals ranked No. 1-40 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of March 16, 2020 Professionals ranked No. 1-40 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of September 15, 2020 The top-8 finishers at the 2019 LPGA T&CP National Championship The top finisher (not otherwise qualified via the 2019 LPGA T&CP National Championship) at the 2020 PGA Women's Stroke Play Championship Members of the European and United States Solheim Cup teams in 2019 Maximum of two sponsor invites Any player who did not compete in the 2019 KPMG Women's PGA Championship due to maternity, provided she was otherwise qualified to compete. LPGA members ranked in the order of their position on the 2020 official money list as of the commitment deadline 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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Brittany Lincicome 67 −3 Kelly Tan T3 Carlota Ciganda 68 −2 Cydney Clanton Danielle Kang Lydia Ko Gaby López Linnea StrömT9 Matilda Castren 69 −1 Pernilla Lindberg Anna Nordqvist Amy Yang
Second round Friday, October 9, 2020 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Kim Sei-young 71-65=136 −4T2 Carlota Ciganda 68-69=137 −3 Danielle Kang 68-69=137 Jennifer Kupcho 72-65=137 Anna Nordqvist 69-68=137T6 Ashleigh Buhai 70-68=138 −2 Lydia Ko 68-70=138 Lauren Stephenson 70-68=138 Linnea Ström 68-70=138 Kelly Tan 67-71=138
Third round Saturday, October 10, 2020 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Kim Sei-young 71-65-67=203 −7T2 Brooke Henderson 71-69-65=205 −5 Anna Nordqvist 69-68-68=2054 Inbee Park 70-70-66=206 −45 Bianca Pagdanganan 77-65-65=207 −3T6 Carlota Ciganda 68-69-71=208 −2 Mina Harigae 74-68-66=208 Jennifer Kupcho 72-65-71=208 Gaby López 68-72-68=20810 Nasa Hataoka 72-69-68=209 −1
Final round Sunday, October 11, 2020 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Kim Sei-young 71-65-67-63=266 −14 645,0002 Inbee Park 70-70-66-65=271 −9 388,569T3 Carlota Ciganda 68-69-71-65=273 −7 249,967 Nasa Hataoka 72-69-68-64=2735 Anna Nordqvist 69-68-68-71=276 −4 175,5116 Brooke Henderson 71-69-65-72=277 −3 143,599T7 Charley Hull 70-71-69-69=279 −1 112,752 Jennifer Kupcho 72-65-71-71=279T9 Brittany Lincicome 67-72-72-69=280 E 83,765 Gaby López 68-72-68-72=280 Bianca Pagdanganan 77-65-65-73=280 Lauren Stephenson 70-68-74-68=280
References
External links
Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site