2020 Women's PGA Championship

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.

2020 KPMG Women's
PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesOctober 8–11, 2020
LocationNewtown Square, Pennsylvania
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
Kim Sei-young
266 (−14)
Location Map
Aronimink
Location in the United States
Aronimink
Location in Pennsylvania

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

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Inbee Park South Korea2013, 2014, 201570706665271−92
Anna Nordqvist Sweden200969686871276−45
Brooke Henderson Canada201671696572277−36
Park Sung-hyun South Korea201871716971282+217
Hannah Green Australia201979667267284+4T23
Danielle Kang United States201768697376286+6T33
Cristie Kerr United States201071747270287+7T37
Laura Davies England1994, 199675707575295+1572

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, October 8, 2020

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Brittany Lincicome United States67−3
Kelly Tan Malaysia
T3Carlota Ciganda Spain68−2
Cydney Clanton United States
Danielle Kang United States
Lydia Ko New Zealand
Gaby López Mexico
Linnea Ström Sweden
T9Matilda Castren Finland69−1
Pernilla Lindberg Sweden
Anna Nordqvist Sweden
Amy Yang South Korea

Second round

Friday, October 9, 2020

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Kim Sei-young South Korea71-65=136−4
T2Carlota Ciganda Spain68-69=137−3
Danielle Kang United States68-69=137
Jennifer Kupcho United States72-65=137
Anna Nordqvist Sweden69-68=137
T6Ashleigh Buhai South Africa70-68=138−2
Lydia Ko New Zealand68-70=138
Lauren Stephenson United States70-68=138
Linnea Ström Sweden68-70=138
Kelly Tan Malaysia67-71=138

Third round

Saturday, October 10, 2020

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Kim Sei-young South Korea71-65-67=203−7
T2Brooke Henderson Canada71-69-65=205−5
Anna Nordqvist Sweden69-68-68=205
4Inbee Park South Korea70-70-66=206−4
5Bianca Pagdanganan Philippines77-65-65=207−3
T6Carlota Ciganda Spain68-69-71=208−2
Mina Harigae United States74-68-66=208
Jennifer Kupcho United States72-65-71=208
Gaby López Mexico68-72-68=208
10Nasa Hataoka Japan72-69-68=209−1

Final round

Sunday, October 11, 2020

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Kim Sei-young South Korea71-65-67-63=266−14645,000
2Inbee Park South Korea70-70-66-65=271−9388,569
T3Carlota Ciganda Spain68-69-71-65=273−7249,967
Nasa Hataoka Japan72-69-68-64=273
5Anna Nordqvist Sweden69-68-68-71=276−4175,511
6Brooke Henderson Canada71-69-65-72=277−3143,599
T7Charley Hull England70-71-69-69=279−1112,752
Jennifer Kupcho United States72-65-71-71=279
T9Brittany Lincicome United States67-72-72-69=280E83,765
Gaby López Mexico68-72-68-72=280
Bianca Pagdanganan Philippines77-65-65-73=280
Lauren Stephenson United States70-68-74-68=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.
Preceded by
2020 ANA Inspiration
Major Championships Succeeded by
2020 U.S. Women's Open
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