2017 Women's PGA Championship

2017 Women's PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	June 29 – July 2, 2017
Location	Olympia Fields, Illinois 41.521°N 87.687°W / 41.521; -87.687
Course(s)	Olympia Fields Country Club North Course
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,588 yards (6,024 m)
Field	156 players, 74 after cut
Cut	144 (+2)
Prize fund	$3.5 million
Winner's share	$525,000
Champion
Danielle Kang
271 (−13)
Location map
Olympia Fields Location in the United States Olympia Fields Location in Washington

The 2017 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 63rd Women's PGA Championship, played June 29 – July 2 at Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Illinois, a suburb south of Chicago. Known as the LPGA Championship through 2014, it was the second of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2017 season.

Danielle Kang won the championship for her first professional win, one stroke ahead of defending champion Brooke Henderson.

Olympia Fields hosted the PGA Championship in 1925 and 1961, and the U.S. Open in 1928 and 2003. It has also been the site of the U.S. Senior Open (1997) and the U.S. Amateur (2015).

Golf Channel and NBC Sports televised the Women's PGA for the third consecutive year.

Field

The field included 156 players who meet one or more of the selection criteria and commit to participate by a designated deadline.

Qualified players

Players who qualified for the Championship are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified; additional qualifying categories are shown in parentheses. Players were eligible based on the following criteria:

1. Active LPGA Hall of Fame members

Karrie Webb (2,12)

• Juli Inkster (2,12) did not play

2. Past winners of the Women's PGA Championship

Laura Davies, Shanshan Feng (4,6,12), Brooke Henderson (4,5,6,12), Cristie Kerr (4,6,10,12), Anna Nordqvist (4,5,6,10,12), Inbee Park (3,4,6,7,12), Suzann Pettersen (3,4,6,10,12), Yani Tseng

• Pak Se-ri did not play

3. Professionals who have won an LPGA major championship in the previous five years and during the current year

Choi Na-yeon (4,12), Chun In-gee (4,6,12), Ariya Jutanugarn (4,5,6,12), Kim Hyo-joo (4,12), Lydia Ko (4,5,6,12), Brittany Lang (4,6,10,12), Stacy Lewis (6,10,12), Brittany Lincicome (4,10,12), Mo Martin (12), Ryu So-yeon (4,5,6,12), Jiyai Shin (6), Lexi Thompson (4,6,10,12), Michelle Wie (10,12), Yoo Sun-young (12)

4. Professionals who have won an official LPGA tournament in the previous two calendar years and during the current year

Chella Choi (5,12), Carlota Ciganda (6,10,12), Charley Hull (6,10,12), In-Kyung Kim (6,12), Kim Sei-young (6,12), Jessica Korda (6,12), Minjee Lee (6,12), Mirim Lee (5,6,12), Caroline Masson (10,12), Haru Nomura (6,12), Jenny Shin (12), Kris Tamulis (12), Amy Yang (5,6,12)

• Ahn Sun-ju and Jang Ha-na (12) did not play

5. Professionals who finished top-10 and ties at the previous year's Women's PGA Championship

Su-Hyun Oh (12), Park Hee-young (12)

6. Professionals ranked No. 1-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of June 5, 2017

M. J. Hur (12), Park Sung-hyun (12), Gerina Piller (10,12)

• Kim Ha-neul, Lee Bo-mee, and Teresa Lu did not play

7. Gold Medal winner at the 2016 Rio Olympics

8. The top eight finishers at the 2016 LPGA T&CP National Championship

Jean Bartholomew, Jessica Carafiello, Wendy Doolan, Lisa Grimes, Amanda McCurdy, Karen Paolozzi, Hillery Sence, Kristin Walla

9. The top finisher (not otherwise qualified via the 2016 LPGA T&CP National Championship) at the 2017 PGA Women's Stroke Play Championship

Alison Curdt

10. Members of the European and United States Solheim Cup teams in 2015

Paula Creamer (12), Sandra Gal (12), Caroline Hedwall (12), Karine Icher (12), Alison Lee (12), Catriona Matthew (12), Azahara Muñoz (12), Gwladys Nocera, Morgan Pressel (12), Melissa Reid (12), Lizette Salas (12), Angela Stanford (12)

11. Maximum of two sponsor invites

Georgia Hall, Klára Spilková

12. LPGA members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2017 official money list through the conclusion of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship

Marina Alex, Beth Allen, Brittany Altomare, Aditi Ashok, Laetitia Beck, Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, Katie Burnett, Dori Carter, Sandra Changkija, Pei-Yun Chien, Karen Chung, Cydney Clanton, Holly Clyburn, Jacqui Concolino, Perrine Delacour, Lindy Duncan, Austin Ernst, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Simin Feng, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Jaye Marie Green, Mina Harigae, Nasa Hataoka, Céline Herbin, Dani Holmqvist, Wei-Ling Hsu, Vicky Hurst, Eun-Hee Ji, Tiffany Joh, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Haeji Kang, Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, Katherine Kirk, Joanna Klatten, Nelly Korda, Olafia Kristinsdottir, Candie Kung, Min Seo Kwak, Bronte Law, Ilhee Lee, Lee Jeong-eun, Lee Mi-hyang, Min Lee, Amelia Lewis, Lin Xiyu, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby López, Lee Lopez, Ally McDonald, Stephanie Meadow, Wichanee Meechai, Ai Miyazato, Giulia Molinaro, Becky Morgan, Belen Mozo, Therese O'Hara, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Brooke Pancake, Annie Park, Jane Park, Sadena Parks, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Katherine Perry, Pornanong Phatlum, Beatriz Recari, Paula Reto, Demi Runas, Madelene Sagström, Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong, Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Nontaya Srisawang, Marissa Steen, Jackie Stoelting, Thidapa Suwannapura, Kelly Tan, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Cheyenne Woods, Jing Yan, Angel Yin, Sakura Yokomine, Pavarisa Yoktuan

• Maude-Aimee Leblanc and Mika Miyazato did not play

13. 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 2017 LPGA Priority List as of the commitment deadline

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 29, 2017
Friday, June 30, 2017

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Amy Yang	65	−6
2	Chella Choi	66	−5
3	Brittany Altomare	67	−4
T4	Brooke Henderson	68	−3
	Kim Kaufman
	Alison Lee
	Gaby López
	Su-Hyun Oh
	Emily Kristine Pedersen
	Michelle Wie

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Second round

Friday, June 30, 2017

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Danielle Kang	69-66=135	−7
	Kim Sei-young	69-66=135
T3	Chella Choi	66-70=136	−6
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	70-66=136
	Lee Mi-hyang	69-67=136
	Brittany Lincicome	70-66=136
	Amy Yang	65-71=136
T8	Brooke Henderson	68-69=137	−5
	Moriya Jutanugarn	69-68=137
	Ryu So-yeon	69-68=137
	Sarah Jane Smith	70-67=137

Third round

Saturday, July 1, 2017

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Chella Choi	66-70-67=203	−10
	Danielle Kang	69-66-68=203
3	Jiyai Shin	70-71-64=205	−8
4	Brooke Henderson	68-69-69=206	−7
T5	Kim Sei-young	69-66-72=207	−6
	Amy Yang	65-71-71=207
T7	Moriya Jutanugarn	69-68-71=208	−5
	Kim Kaufman	68-71-69=208
	Candie Kung	71-68-69=208
	Lee Mi-hyang	69-67-72=208
	Park Sung-hyun	71-70-67=208
	Gerina Piller	73-66-69=208
	Ryu So-yeon	69-68-71=208
	Madelene Sagström	70-72-66=208
	Lexi Thompson	70-69-69=208
	Michelle Wie	68-70-70=208

Final round

Sunday, July 2, 2017

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Danielle Kang	69-66-68-68=271	−13	525,000
2	Brooke Henderson	68-69-69-66=272	−12	322,446
3	Chella Choi	66-70-67-71=274	−10	233,911
T4	Kim Sei-young	69-66-72-68=275	−9	148,585
	Lee Mi-hyang	69-67-72-67=275
	Amy Yang	65-71-71-68=275
T7	Inbee Park	73-67-69-68=277	−7	93,565
	Lexi Thompson	70-69-69-69=277
T9	Stacy Lewis	74-67-70-67=278	−6	75,029
	Kelly Shon	77-63-71-67=278

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Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	5	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	5
Kang	−10	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−11	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12	−13
Henderson	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12
Choi	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10
Kim	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9
Lee	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9
Yang	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9
Shin	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

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External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site