The 2024 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 70th Women's PGA Championship. It was played June 20–23 at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle. It was the third of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2024 season.
Sahalee hosted the PGA Championship in 1998, the U.S. Senior Open in 2010, and the Women's PGA Championship in 2016, where Brooke Henderson won in a playoff over Lydia Ko.
Amy Yang won her first major by three strokes over Ko Jin-young, Lilia Vu, and Miyū Yamashita.
Course layout
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards3845073883901704964194331733,3603975434331553703963791815173,3716,731Par454435443364543444353672 South and North nines Source:
The course was , par 71 in 2016; the 18th hole was a par 4 at .
Field The field included 156 players who met one or more of the selection criteria and commit to participate by a designated deadline.
1. Active LPGA and/or World Golf Hall of Fame members
2. Past winners of the Women's PGA Championship
Hannah Green (3,4,8,13) Brooke Henderson (3,4,8,13) Danielle Kang (4,13) Cristie Kerr Kim Sei-young (3,8) Nelly Korda (3,4,8,13) Anna Nordqvist (3,7,13) Yani Tseng Yin Ruoning (3,4,7,8,13)
Chun In-gee (3,4,13), Laura Davies, Shanshan Feng, Inbee Park, Park Sung-hyun did not play.
3. Professionals who have won an LPGA major championship in the previous five years and during the current year
Céline Boutier (4,8,13) Ashleigh Buhai (4,8,13) Allisen Corpuz (4,8,13) Kim A-lim (8,13) Ko Jin-young (4,8,13) Jennifer Kupcho (4,8,13) Lee Jeong-eun (13) Minjee Lee (4,8,13) Sophia Popov (13) Yuka Saso (4,7,8,13) Hinako Shibuno (13) Patty Tavatanakit (4,8,13) Lilia Vu (4,8,13)
Mirim Lee 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 (13) Pajaree Anannarukarn (13) Gemma Dryburgh (13) Jodi Ewart Shadoff (13) Ally Ewing (8,13) Ayaka Furue (7,8,13) Linn Grant (8,13) Nasa Hataoka (8,13) Charley Hull (8,13) Mone Inami (13) Ji Eun-hee (13) Megan Khang (7,8,13) Grace Kim (13) Kim Hyo-joo (8,13) Lydia Ko (8,13) Andrea Lee (8,13) Gaby López (13) Nanna Koerstz Madsen (13) Leona Maguire (8,13) Alexa Pano (13) Paula Reto (13) Ryu Hae-ran (8,13) Maja Stark (8,13) Linnea Ström (13) Bailey Tardy (13) Atthaya Thitikul (8,13) Chanettee Wannasaen (8,13) Amy Yang (8,13) Angel Yin (8,13) Rose Zhang (7,8,13)
5. Winners of the 2023 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational
Cheyenne Knight (13) Elizabeth Szokol (13)
6. Order of Merit winners from the Ladies European Tour, LPGA of Japan Tour, and LPGA of Korea Tour
Trichat Cheenglab (LET) Miyū Yamashita (8) (JLPGA)
Lee Ye-won (KLPGA,8) did not play.
7. Professionals who finished top-10 and ties at the previous year's Women's PGA Championship
Carlota Ciganda (8,13) Lin Xiyu (8,13) Stephanie Meadow (13) Jenny Shin (8,13)
8. Professionals ranked No. 1–60 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of May 20, 2024
Aditi Ashok (13) Choi Hye-jin (13) Lauren Coughlin (13) Alexandra Försterling (13) Georgia Hall (13) Im Jin-hee (13) Akie Iwai Chisato Iwai Ariya Jutanugarn (13) Alison Lee (13) Gabriela Ruffels (13) Madelene Sagström (13) Mao Saigo (13) Jiyai Shin Rio Takeda Lexi Thompson (13)
Bang Shin-sil, Hwang You-min, Sakura Koiwai, Park Hyun-kyung, Park Ji-young, Park Min-ji, Ai Suzuki did not play.
9. The top eight finishers at the 2023 LPGA Professionals National Championship
Jennifer Borocz Sandra Changkija Stephanie Connelly Eiswerth Allie Knight Samantha Morrell Wendy Ward Allie White
Joanna Coe did not play.
10. The top finisher (not otherwise qualified via the 2023 LPGA Professionals National Championship) at the 2024 PGA Women's Stroke Play Championship Kim Paez
11. Sponsor invitations
Bronte Law Mariah Stackhouse
12. Any player who did not compete in the 2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship due to maternity
13. LPGA members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2024 CME Globe Points list
An Na-rin Dottie Ardina Celine Borge Ssu-Chia Cheng Pei-Yun Chien Robyn Choi Cydney Clanton Olivia Cowan Perrine Delacour Lindy Duncan María Fassi Isabella Fierro Kristen Gillman Savannah Grewal Nataliya Guseva Mina Harigae Lauren Hartlage Esther Henseleit Hsu Wei-ling Caroline Inglis Jang Hyo-joon Jeon Ji-won Moriya Jutanugarn Haeji Kang Kang Min-ji Minami Katsu Sarah Kemp Auston Kim Frida Kinhult Aline Krauter Stephanie Kyriacou Lee Mi-hyang Lee So-mi Stacy Lewis Lucy Li Brittany Lincicome Pernilla Lindberg Roberta Liti Mary Liu Ruixin Liu Liu Yan Polly Mack Caroline Masson Wichanee Meechai Morgane Métraux Azahara Muñoz Malia Nam Hira Naveed Yuna Nishimura Yealimi Noh Ryann O'Toole Bianca Pagdanganan Kaitlyn Papp Budde Park Hee-young Emily Kristine Pedersen Pornanong Phatlum Ren Yue Lizette Salas Sarah Schmelzel Alena Sharp Jennifer Song Angela Stanford Sung Yu-jin Thidapa Suwannapura Albane Valenzuela Lindsey Weaver-Wright Yin Xiaowen Arpichaya Yubol Yu Liu Zhang Weiwei
Round summaries First round Thursday, June 20, 2024
Lexi Thompson shot a 4-under-par round of 68 to take a one stroke lead over world number one Nelly Korda and Patty Tavatanakit. Defending champion Yin Ruoning was three strokes back at 71.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Lexi Thompson 68 −4T2 Nelly Korda 69 −3 Patty TavatanakitT4 Céline Boutier 70 −2 Allisen Corpuz Charley Hull Caroline Inglis Akie Iwai Leona Maguire Madelene Sagström Mao Saigo Hinako Shibuno Amy Yang Arpichaya Yubol
Second round Friday, June 21, 2024
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Sarah Schmelzel 71-67=138 −6 Amy Yang 70-68=138T3 Ko Jin-young 72-68=140 −4 Hinako Shibuno 70-70=140 Lexi Thompson 68-72=140T6 Leona Maguire 70-71=141 −3 Ryu Hae-ran 74-67=141 Miyū Yamashita 71-70=141T9 Ally Ewing 72-70=142 −2 Lauren Hartlage 73-69=142 Madelene Sagström 70-72=142
Third round Saturday, June 22, 2024
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Amy Yang 70-68-71=209 −7T2 Lauren Hartlage 73-69-69=211 −5 Miyū Yamashita 71-70-70=2114 Sarah Schmelzel 71-67-74=212 −4T5 Caroline Inglis 70-74-69=213 −3 Ko Jin-young 72-68-73=213 Hinako Shibuno 70-70-73=213 Lexi Thompson 68-72-73=213 Lilia Vu 75-70-68=213T10 Ally Ewing 72-70-72=214 −2 Gaby López 73-72-69=214
Final round Sunday, June 23, 2024
Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Amy Yang 70-68-71-72=281 −7 1,560,000T2 Ko Jin-young 72-68-73-71=284 −4 702,478 Lilia Vu 75-70-68-71=284 Miyū Yamashita 71-70-70-73=284T5 Ally Ewing 72-70-72-71=285 −3 378,447 Lauren Hartlage 73-69-69-74=285T7 Mao Saigo 70-76-73-67=286 −2 267,437 Hinako Shibuno 70-70-73-73=286T9 Linn Grant 73-74-70-70=287 −1 192,046 Caroline Inglis 70-74-69-74=287 Ryu Hae-ran 74-67-75-71=287 Sarah Schmelzel 71-67-74-75=287 Lexi Thompson 68-72-73-74=287 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T14 Esther Henseleit 74-73-69-72=288 E 150,871 Gaby López 73-72-69-74=288T16 Choi Hye-jin 75-70-72-72=289 +1 131,531 Charley Hull 70-73-72-74=289 Kim Hyo-joo 71-76-72-70=289T19 Céline Boutier 70-73-75-72=290 +2 116,057 Allisen Corpuz 70-75-73-72=290 Ayaka Furue 71-74-75-70=290T22 Brooke Henderson (c) 73-72-73-73=291 +3 105,966 Madelene Sagström 70-72-73-76=291T24 Lauren Coughlin 74-71-72-75=292 +4 91,079 Hannah Green (c) 71-77-73-71=292 Minjee Lee 74-72-72-74=292 Leona Maguire 70-71-75-76=292 Patty Tavatanakit 69-75-73-75=292 Yin Ruoning (c) 71-77-71-73=292T30 Kim A-lim 76-73-73-71=293 +5 77,707 Lin Xiyu 74-72-70-77=293T32 Akie Iwai 70-76-71-77=294 +6 70,136 Ariya Jutanugarn 72-73-73-76=294 Rio Takeda 77-70-73-74=294T35 Aditi Ashok 72-77-72-74=295 +7 58,365 Pei-Yun Chien 72-75-73-75=295 Jennifer Kupcho 73-71-73-78=295 Sung Yu-jin 73-73-73-76=295 Lindsey Weaver-Wright 74-69-74-78=295 Rose Zhang 76-72-75-72=295T41 Lindy Duncan 76-73-73-74=296 +8 46,524 Jeon Ji-won 76-71-72-77=296 Minami Katsu 72-73-74-77=296 Lee Mi-hyang 73-75-74-74=296 Bianca Pagdanganan 72-72-74-78=296T46 An Na-rin 76-72-73-76=297 +9 37,675 Celine Borge 71-73-79-74=297 Cheyenne Knight 73-76-74-74=297 Lydia Ko 75-73-76-73=297 Gabriela Ruffels 74-74-76-73=297 Arpichaya Yubol 70-77-74-76=297T52 Pajaree Anannarukarn 73-73-77-75=298 +10 29,771 Ashleigh Buhai 73-75-75-75=298 Georgia Hall 74-72-73-79=298 Stephanie Kyriacou 74-69-78-77=298 Malia Nam 74-71-76-77=298 Yealimi Noh 73-76-74-75=298 Elizabeth Szokol 74-72-77-75=298 Atthaya Thitikul 74-74-78-72=298T60 María Fassi 76-73-75-75=299 +11 23,969 Moriya Jutanugarn 74-75-77-73=299 Grace Kim 73-75-77-74=299 Paula Reto 77-71-74-77=299 Mariah Stackhouse 75-74-72-78=299 Maja Stark 72-71-77-79=299T66 Aline Krauter 72-71-77-80=300 +12 21,951 Lizette Salas 74-73-77-76=30068 Yuka Saso 74-75-77-75=301 +13 21,18969 Frida Kinhult 75-73-74-80=302 +14 20,688T70 Morgane Métraux 72-75-79-77=303 +15 20,061 Azahara Muñoz 73-74-81-75=30372 Angel Yin 74-75-82-74=305 +17 19,67573 Ruixin Liu 72-74-82-78=306 +18 19,424CUT Alexandra Försterling 73-77=150 +6 Nataliya Guseva 77-73=150 Im Jin-hee 76-74=150 Kang Min-ji 75-75=150 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 76-74=150 Nelly Korda (c) 69-81=150 Mary Liu 77-73=150 Anna Nordqvist (c) 73-77=150 Alexa Pano 72-78=150 Kaitlyn Papp Budde 78-72=150 Emily Kristine Pedersen 77-73=150 Pornanong Phatlum 76-74=150 Robyn Choi 75-76=151 +7 Cydney Clanton 75-76=151 Perrine Delacour 76-75=151 Mina Harigae 73-78=151 Nasa Hataoka 77-74=151 Jang Hyo-joon 76-75=151 Haeji Kang 76-75=151 Sarah Kemp 75-76=151 Kim Sei-young (c) 76-75=151 Andrea Lee 77-74=151 Yu Liu 78-73=151 Polly Mack 75-76=151 Caroline Masson 79-72=151 Wichanee Meechai 78-73=151 Yuna Nishimura 75-76=151 Park Hee-young 78-73=151 Jennifer Song 75-76=151 Albane Valenzuela 78-73=151 Trichat Cheenglab 77-75=152 +8 Olivia Cowan 73-79=152 Isabella Fierro 75-77=152 Savannah Grewal 78-74=152 Hsu Wei-ling 76-76=152 Danielle Kang (c) 78-74=152 Lee Jeong-eun 72-80=152 Sophia Popov 79-73=152 Dottie Ardina 75-78=153 +9 Carlota Ciganda 78-75=153 Gemma Dryburgh 76-77=153 Chisato Iwai 77-76=153 Ji Eun-hee 79-74=153 Kim Paez 77-76=153 Jiyai Shin 75-78=153 Yin Xiaowen 77-76=153 Zhang Weiwei 79-74=153 Marina Alex 78-76=154 +10 Ssu-Chia Cheng 79-75=154 Cristie Kerr (c) 75-79=154 Auston Kim 77-77=154 Bronte Law 75-79=154 Ren Yue 79-75=154 Jenny Shin 76-78=154 Bailey Tardy 78-76=154 Yani Tseng (c) 79-75=154 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 72-83=155 +11 Stacy Lewis 81-74=155 Brittany Lincicome 76-79=155 Roberta Liti 78-77=155 Stephanie Meadow 77-78=155 Ryann O'Toole 75-80=155 Thidapa Suwannapura 80-75=155 Lee So-mi 76-80=156 +12 Megan Khang 81-76=157 +13 Pernilla Lindberg 81-76=157 Allie White 81-76=157 Kristen Gillman 80-78=158 +14 Lucy Li 84-74=158 Chanettee Wannasaen 73-85=158 Stephanie Connelly Eiswerth 78-81=159 +15 Alison Lee 81-78=159 Samantha Morrell 81-78=159 Alena Sharp 79-80=159 Angela Stanford 75-84=159 Linnea Ström 81-78=159 Liu Yan 87-73=160 +16 Sandra Changkija 83-80=163 +19 Jennifer Borocz 84-80=164 +20 Hira Naveed 82-83=165 +21 Allie Knight 82-87=169 +25 Wendy Ward 84-85=169 Mone Inami 81 +9
Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454435443454344435 A.Yang −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −7 −7 Ko −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −3 −3 −4 Vu −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −4 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 Yamashita −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −4 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 Ewing −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 Hartlage −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −5 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −3
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- | style="background:Pink; width:10px;"| |Birdie | style="background:PaleGreen; width:10px;"| |Bogey | style="background:Green; width:10px;"| |Double bogey
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Notes
References
External links Coverage on the LPGA Tour's official site