The 2022 Chevron Championship was the 51st Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament, held March 31 through April 3 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. The tournament was in its first year with Chevron Corporation as the title sponsor and its 40th as a major championship. The Golf Channel televised the event for the 12th consecutive year.
Jennifer Kupcho won her first LPGA tournament with a total of 274 (–14), two strokes ahead of runner-up Jessica Korda. This was the final playing of the tournament at Mission Hills; the tournament moved to Texas in 2023 as part of a new title sponsorship agreement.
Field Players who have qualified for the event are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified; additional qualifying categories are shown in parentheses.
1. Active LPGA Tour Hall of Fame members (must have participated in ten official LPGA Tour tournaments within the 12 months prior to the commitment deadline)
Inbee Park (2,3,4,5,7,8)
2. Winners of all previous Chevron Championship
Ko Jin-young (3,4,5,7,8) Lydia Ko (4,5,7,8) Mirim Lee (4,5) Stacy Lewis (4,7) Brittany Lincicome (7) Pernilla Lindberg (5) Ryu So-yeon (7,8) Patty Tavatanakit (4,5,6,7,8,11) Lexi Thompson (4,6,7,8,10)
Yani Tseng, Karrie Webb did not play
3. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, Women's British Open, and The Evian Championship in the previous five years
Hannah Green (4,5,7,8) Georgia Hall (4,6,7,8,10) Ariya Jutanugarn (4,7,8) Danielle Kang (4,5,6,7,8,10) Kim A-lim (7) In-Kyung Kim Kim Sei-young (4,5,7,8) Lee Jeong-eun (6,7,8) Minjee Lee (4,6,7,8) Anna Nordqvist (6,7,8,10) Park Sung-hyun (4) Sophia Popov (7,10) Yuka Saso (6,7,8) Hinako Shibuno Angela Stanford (4,7)
Nelly Korda (4,5,6,7,8,10) did not play
4. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2019 ANA Inspiration through the week immediately preceding the 2022 Chevron Championship
Pajaree Anannarukarn (7) Céline Boutier (7,8,10) Matilda Castren (7,10) Austin Ernst (7,10) Ally Ewing (5,7,8,10) Nasa Hataoka (6,7,8) Brooke Henderson (5,7,8) Hsu Wei-ling (7) Moriya Jutanugarn (5,7) Kim Hyo-joo (6,7,8) Cheyenne Knight Jessica Korda (7,8,10) Bronte Law Gaby López (7) Nanna Koerstz Madsen (5,6,7,10) Leona Maguire (7,8,10) Ryann O'Toole (5,7) Park Hee-young Mel Reid (5,7) Madelene Sagström (6,7) Atthaya Thitikul (6,8,9-LET)
Ai Suzuki, M. J. Hur, Jang Ha-na (8) did not play
5. All players who finished in the top-20 in the previous year's Chevron Championship
Charley Hull (7,10) Megan Khang (6,7,10) Christina Kim Lee Mi-hyang Yu Liu (7) Stephanie Meadow Gabriela Ruffels
6. All players who finished in the top-5 of the previous year's U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, Women's British Open and The Evian Championship
Ayaka Furue (8,9-JLPGA) Giulia Molinaro (7) Yealimi Noh (7,10) Lizette Salas (7,8,10)
Shanshan Feng (7) did not play
7. Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour Race to the CME Globe points list
Marina Alex Brittany Altomare (10) Aditi Ashok Ashleigh Buhai Chella Choi Chun In-gee (8) Carlota Ciganda (10) Cydney Clanton Jenny Coleman Perrine Delacour Jaye Marie Green Mina Harigae (10) Esther Henseleit Ji Eun-hee Sarah Kemp Jennifer Kupcho (10) Alison Lee Lee Jeong-eun Min Lee Lin Xiyu Caroline Masson Wichanee Meechai Su-Hyun Oh Amy Olson Sarah Schmelzel Jenny Shin Jennifer Song Lauren Stephenson Thidapa Suwannapura Emma Talley Albane Valenzuela Lindsey Weaver-Wright Amy Yang Angel Yin
Elizabeth Szokol did not play
8. Top-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 7, 2022
Mone Inami (9-JLPGA), Park Min-ji (9-KLPGA) did not play
9. Top-2 players from the previous year's season-ending Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, LPGA of Japan Tour Order of Merit and LPGA of Korea Tour money list
Pia Babnik Lim Hee-jeong
10. Members of the European and United States Solheim Cup teams in 2021
Emily Kristine Pedersen
11. Top-15 players plus ties on the current year LPGA Tour Race to the CME Globe points list at the end of the last official tournament prior to the current Chevron Championship, not otherwise qualified above, provided such players are within the top-80 positions on the list at the beginning of the tournament competition
An Na-rin Choi Hye-jin Allison Emrey Jodi Ewart Shadoff Yaeeun Hong Janie Jackson Maude-Aimee Leblanc Annie Park Pornanong Phatlum Paula Reto Pauline Roussin-Bouchard Kelly Tan Alana Uriell Lilia Vu
12. Previous year's Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year
13. Previous year's U.S. Women's Amateur champion, provided she is still an amateur at the beginning of tournament competition
14. Any LPGA Member who did not compete in the previous year's Chevron Championship major due to injury, illness or maternity, who subsequently received a medical/maternity extension of membership from the LPGA in the previous calendar year, provided they were otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's Chevron Championship
Charlotte Thomas Sakura Yokomine
15. Up to six sponsor invitations for top-ranked amateur players
Isabella Fierro (a) Gurleen Kaur (a) Natasha Andrea Oon (a) Bohyun Park (a) Brooke Seay (a)
Round summaries First round Thursday, March 31, 2022
Jennifer Kupcho and Minjee Lee shared the lead with opening rounds of 66, 6-under-par. Defending champion Patty Tavatanakit was a stroke behind in third place, with a group of six players a further shot behind on 68.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Jennifer Kupcho 66 −6 Minjee Lee3 Patty Tavatanakit 67 −5T4 Pajaree Anannarukarn 68 −4 Georgia Hall Lydia Ko Caroline Masson Anna Nordqvist Gabriela RuffelsT10 Annie Park 69 −3 Pauline Roussin-Bouchard Sarah Schmelzel Hinako Shibuno Lauren Stephenson Lexi Thompson Second round Friday, April 1, 2022
Hinako Shibuno scored a second-round 66 to lead after 36 holes on 135, 9-under-par. Jennifer Kupcho, Annie Park and Patty Tavatanakit were a stroke behind, tied for second place.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Hinako Shibuno 69-66=135 −9T2 Jennifer Kupcho 66-70=136 −8 Annie Park 69-67=136 Patty Tavatanakit 67-69=136T5 Kim Hyo-joo 70-67=137 −7 Kim Sei-young 70-67=137T7 Ally Ewing 70-68=138 −6 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 71-67=138T9 Pajaree Anannarukarn 68-71=139 −5 Céline Boutier 70-69=139 Georgia Hall 68-71=139 Minjee Lee 66-73=139 Caroline Masson 68-71=139 Gabriela Ruffels 68-71=139 Lexi Thompson 69-70=139
Third round Saturday, April 2, 2022
Jennifer Kupcho set a 54-hole record in the tournament in having a 16-under-par total (200) with her eight-under-par 64. She beat the previous total by two strokes. She led by six strokes over defending champion Patty Tavatanakit at 206.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jennifer Kupcho 66-70-64=200 −162 Patty Tavatanakit 67-69-70=206 −103 Jessica Korda 71-69-67=207 −94 Annie Park 69-67-73=209 −7T5 Hannah Green 70-72-68=210 −6 Brooke Henderson 72-71-67=210 Kim Hyo-joo 70-67-73=210 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 71-67-72=210 Gabriela Ruffels 68-71-71=210 Lexi Thompson 69-70-71=210
Final round Sunday, April 3, 2022
Jennifer Kupcho won the tournament with a 14-under-par total of 274, for her first LPGA Tour win. Her final round of 74 included bogeys at the last two holes. Jessica Korda finished second after a final round of 69, while Pia Babnik rose to third place after a 6-under-par 66.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parPrize money ($)1 Jennifer Kupcho 66-70-64-74=274 −14 750,0002 Jessica Korda 71-69-67-69=276 −12 461,7573 Pia Babnik 70-70-71-66=277 −11 334,972T4 Céline Boutier 70-69-72-67=278 −10 195,295 Hinako Shibuno 69-66-77-66=278 Patty Tavatanakit 67-69-70-72=278 Lexi Thompson 69-70-71-68=278T8 Hannah Green 70-72-68-70=280 −8 108,708 Kim Hyo-joo 70-67-73-70=280 Alison Lee 71-70-72-67=280 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 71-67-72-70=280
References
External links
Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site