2020 Women's PGA Championship

2020 KPMG Women's
PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates	October 8–11, 2020
Location	Newtown Square, Pennsylvania; 40°00′14″N 75°14′36″W / 40.0040°N 75.2432°W
Course(s)	Aronimink Golf Club
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,831 yards (6,246 m)
Field	132 players, 75 after cut
Cut	146 (+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
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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.

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

Active LPGA Hall of Fame members
Past winners of the Women's PGA Championship
Professionals who have won an LPGA major championship since the start of 2015
Professionals who have won an official LPGA tournament since the start of 2018
Winner of the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational in 2019
Professionals who finished in the top-10 and ties at the previous year's Women's PGA Championship
Professionals ranked No. 1-40 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of March 16, 2020
Professionals ranked No. 1-40 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of September 15, 2020
The top-8 finishers at the 2019 LPGA T&CP National Championship
The top finisher (not otherwise qualified via the 2019 LPGA T&CP National Championship) at the 2020 PGA Women's Stroke Play Championship
Members of the European and United States Solheim Cup teams in 2019
Maximum of two sponsor invites
Any player who did not compete in the 2019 KPMG Women's PGA Championship due to maternity, provided she was otherwise qualified to compete.
LPGA members ranked in the order of their position on the 2020 official money list as of the commitment deadline
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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, October 8, 2020

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Brittany Lincicome	67	−3
T1	Kelly Tan	67	−3
T3	Carlota Ciganda	68	−2
	Cydney Clanton
	Danielle Kang
	Lydia Ko
	Gaby López
	Linnea Ström
T9	Matilda Castren	69	−1
	Pernilla Lindberg
	Anna Nordqvist
	Amy Yang

Second round

Friday, October 9, 2020

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Kim Sei-young	71-65=136	−4
T2	Carlota Ciganda	68-69=137	−3
	Danielle Kang	68-69=137
	Jennifer Kupcho	72-65=137
	Anna Nordqvist	69-68=137
T6	Ashleigh Buhai	70-68=138	−2
	Lydia Ko	68-70=138
	Lauren Stephenson	70-68=138
	Linnea Ström	68-70=138
	Kelly Tan	67-71=138

Third round

Saturday, October 10, 2020

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Kim Sei-young	71-65-67=203	−7
T2	Brooke Henderson	71-69-65=205	−5
T2	Anna Nordqvist	69-68-68=205	−5
4	Inbee Park	70-70-66=206	−4
5	Bianca Pagdanganan	77-65-65=207	−3
T6	Carlota Ciganda	68-69-71=208	−2
	Mina Harigae	74-68-66=208
	Jennifer Kupcho	72-65-71=208
	Gaby López	68-72-68=208
10	Nasa Hataoka	72-69-68=209	−1

Final round

Sunday, October 11, 2020

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Kim Sei-young	71-65-67-63=266	−14	645,000
2	Inbee Park	70-70-66-65=271	−9	388,569
T3	Carlota Ciganda	68-69-71-65=273	−7	249,967
T3	Nasa Hataoka	72-69-68-64=273	−7	249,967
5	Anna Nordqvist	69-68-68-71=276	−4	175,511
6	Brooke Henderson	71-69-65-72=277	−3	143,599
T7	Charley Hull	70-71-69-69=279	−1	112,752
T7	Jennifer Kupcho	72-65-71-71=279	−1	112,752
T9	Brittany Lincicome	67-72-72-69=280	E	83,765
	Gaby López	68-72-68-72=280
	Bianca Pagdanganan	77-65-65-73=280
	Lauren Stephenson	70-68-74-68=280

References

^ "Sei Young Kim fires 63 to seal KPMG Women's PGA, first major win". ESPN. Associated Press. October 11, 2020.
^ "Qualification criteria". KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
^ 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.
^ 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.

External links

[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.

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