The 2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 69th Women's PGA Championship. It was played June 22–25, 2023 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey. Known as the LPGA Championship through 2014, it was the second of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2023 season.
It was won by Yin Ruoning with an aggregate of 276, eight under par. She finished one stroke ahead of Yuka Saso.
Field The field included 156 players who met one or more of the selection criteria and commit to participate by a designated deadline.
1. Sponsor invitations
Gabriela Ruffels Mariah Stackhouse
2. Past winners of the Women's PGA Championship
Chun In-gee (3,6,7,10) Laura Davies Hannah Green (3,4,6,7,10) Brooke Henderson (3,4,7,10) Danielle Kang (4,7,10) Cristie Kerr Kim Sei-young (3,6,7,10) Nelly Korda (3,4,7,10) Anna Nordqvist (3,4,7,10) Park Sung-hyun (3,10)
Shanshan Feng, Inbee Park (4), and Yani Tseng did not play
3. Professionals who have won an LPGA major championship in the previous five years and during the current year
Ashleigh Buhai (4,7,10) Georgia Hall (7,10) Ariya Jutanugarn (4,10) Kim A-lim (7,10) Ko Jin-young (4,7,10) Jennifer Kupcho (4,7,10) Lee Jeong-eun (10) Minjee Lee (4,6,7,10) Pernilla Lindberg (10) Yuka Saso (4,7,10) Hinako Shibuno (7,10) Angela Stanford Patty Tavatanakit (4,10) Lilia Vu (4,6,7,10)
Mirim Lee and Sophia Popov did not play
4. Professionals who have won an official LPGA tournament in the previous two calendar years and during the current year
Marina Alex (10) Pajaree Anannarukarn (10) Céline Boutier (7,10) Matilda Castren (10) Gemma Dryburgh (10) Jodi Ewart Shadoff (7,10) Ally Ewing (7,10) Austin Ernst Ayaka Furue (7,10) Nasa Hataoka (6,7,10) Hsu Wei-ling (10) Charley Hull (7,10) Ji Eun-hee (6,10) Grace Kim (10) Kim Hyo-joo (6,7,10) Lydia Ko (7,10) Andrea Lee (7,10) Gaby López (7,10) Nanna Koerstz Madsen (10) Leona Maguire (7,10) Ryann O'Toole (10) Paula Reto (10) Lizette Salas (10) Maja Stark (7,10) Atthaya Thitikul (6,7,10) Yin Ruoning (7,10) Rose Zhang (10)
Jessica Korda (6,7,10) did not play
5. Order of Merit winners from the Ladies European Tour, LPGA of Japan Tour, and LPGA of Korea Tour Linn Grant (LET,7,10)
Park Min-ji (KLPGA,7) and Miyū Yamashita (JLPGA,7) did not play
6. Professionals who finished top-10 and ties at the previous year's Women's PGA Championship
Jennifer Chang (10) Choi Hye-jin (7,10) Stephanie Kyriacou (10) Stephanie Meadow (10) Lexi Thompson (7,10)
7. Professionals ranked No. 1–50 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of May 22, 2023
Carlota Ciganda (10) Allisen Corpuz (10) Megan Khang (10) Cheyenne Knight (10) Lin Xiyu (10) Yuna Nishimura (10) Ryu Hae-ran (10) Madelene Sagström (10) Mao Saigo Angel Yin (10)
Kim Su-ji, Lee Ye-won, Park Ji-young, Jiyai Shin did not play
8. The top eight finishers at the 2022 LPGA T&CP National Championship
Sandra Changkija Joanna Coe Stephanie Connelly Eiswerth Allie Knight Emily Miller Samantha Morrell Alisa Rodriguez Amy Ruengmateekhun
9. The top finisher (not otherwise qualified via the 2022 LPGA T&CP National Championship) at the 2023 PGA Women's Stroke Play Championship Loretta Giovannettone
10. LPGA members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2023 CME Globe Points list
Brittany Altomare An Na-rin Aditi Ashok Jaravee Boonchant Celine Borge Peiyun Chien Chella Choi Lauren Coughlin Daniela Darquea Karis Davidson Perrine Delacour Brianna Do Amanda Doherty Allison Emrey Dana Fall María Fassi Mina Harigae Lauren Hartlage Esther Henseleit Daniela Holmqvist Yu-Sang Hou Joo Soo-bin Moriya Jutanugarn Haeji Kang Minami Katsu Sarah Kemp Christina Kim Gina Kim Kim In-Kyung Frida Kinhult Aline Krauter Ines Laklalech Bronte Law Alison Lee Lee Mi-hyang Min Lee Stacy Lewis Lucy Li Brittany Lincicome Liu Yan Wichanee Meechai Morgane Métraux Azahara Muñoz Yealimi Noh Haru Nomura Su-Hyun Oh Lee-Anne Pace Alexa Pano Annie Park Emily Kristine Pedersen Pornanong Phatlum Mel Reid Sarah Schmelzel Sophia Schubert Jenny Shin Jennifer Song Marissa Steen Lauren Stephenson Linnea Ström Thidapa Suwannapura Maddie Szeryk Elizabeth Szokol Emma Talley Bailey Tardy Gabriella Then Charlotte Thomas Mariajo Uribe Albane Valenzuela Natthakritta Vongtaveelap Samantha Wagner Lindsey Weaver-Wright Dewi Weber Jing Yan Amy Yang Yin Xiaowen Pavarisa Yoktuan Yu Liu Arpichaya Yubol
Round summaries First round Thursday, June 22, 2023
Lee-Anne Pace shot a 5-under-par round of 66 to take a one stroke lead over Brooke Henderson, Lin Xiyu, and Yin Ruoning. Defending champion Chun In-gee shot 74 while world number 1 Ko Jin-young shot 72.
PlacePlayerScoreTo Par1 Lee-Anne Pace 66 −5T2 Brooke Henderson 67 −4 Lin Xiyu Yin Ruoning5 Wichanee Meechai 68 −3T6 Celine Borge 69 −2 Ayaka Furue Esther Henseleit Leona Maguire Yuka Saso Jenny Shin
Second round Friday, June 23, 2023
PlacePlayerScoreTo Par1 Leona Maguire 69-68=137 −5T2 Celine Borge 69-69=138 −4 Lin Xiyu 67-71=138 Mel Reid 71-67=138T5 Minjee Lee 72-67=139 −3 Lee-Anne Pace 66-73=139 7 Yin Ruoning 67-73=140 −2 T8 Céline Boutier 70-71=141 −1 Allisen Corpuz 70-71=141 Brooke Henderson 67-74=141 Gina Kim 72-69=141 Ko Jin-young 72-69=141 Stephanie Meadow 73-68=141 Jenny Shin 69-72=141
Third round Saturday, June 24, 2023
PlacePlayerScoreTo Par1 Leona Maguire 69-68-69=206 −72 Jenny Shin 69-72-66=207 −63 Stephanie Meadow 73-68-67=208 −5T4 Lee-Anne Pace 66-73-70=209 −4 Yin Ruoning 67-73-69=209T6 Lauren Coughlin 75-67-68=210 −3 Ko Jin-young 72-69-69=210T8 Mina Harigae 73-68-70=211 −2 Megan Khang 74-70-67=211 Lin Xiyu 67-71-73=211 Yuka Saso 69-73-69=211
Final round Sunday, June 25, 2023
PlacePlayerScoreTo ParPrize money ($)1 Yin Ruoning 67-73-69-67=276 −8 1,500,0002 Yuka Saso 69-73-69-66=277 −7 875,130T3 Carlota Ciganda 72-73-69-64=278 −6 423,070 Megan Khang 74-70-67-67=278 Lin Xiyu 67-71-73-67=278 Stephanie Meadow 73-68-67-70=278 Anna Nordqvist 74-73-66-65=278T8 Ayaka Furue 69-75-69-66=279 −5 214,811 Jenny Shin 69-72-66-72=279 Rose Zhang 70-74-68-67=279
References
External links Coverage on the LPGA Tour's official site