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2024 Chevron Championship

The 2024 Chevron Championship was the 53rd Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament, held April 18–21 in Texas at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, a suburb north of Houston. In its third year with Chevron Corporation as the title sponsor, it was the tournament's 42nd year as a major championship. The Golf Channel televised the event for the 14th consecutive year, with coverage on NBC Sports for the second consecutive year.

2024 Chevron Championship
Tournament information
DatesApril 18–21, 2024
LocationThe Woodlands, Texas
30°11′35″N 95°33′00″W / 30.193°N 95.550°W / 30.193; -95.550
Course(s)The Club at Carlton Woods
Jack Nicklaus Signature Course
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,824 yards (6,240 m)
Field132 players, 73 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fundUS$7,900,000
Winner's share$1,200,000
Champion
United States Nelly Korda
275 (−13)
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Location in the United States
2024 Chevron Championship is located in Texas
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Nelly Korda won her second major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Maja Stark, and equaled an LPGA record with five consecutive wins, tying Nancy Lopez (1978)[1][2] and Annika Sörenstam (2004–05).[3][4]

Field

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Players for the event are listed under the first category in which they qualified;[5] additional categories are in parentheses.

1. Winners of all previous Chevron Championships

2. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, Women's British Open, and The Evian Championship in the previous five years

3. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2021 ANA Inspiration through the week immediately preceding the 2024 Chevron Championship

4. All players who finished in the top-10 in the previous year's Chevron Championship

5. Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour Race to the CME Globe points list

6. Top-40 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 25, 2024

7. Top-2 players from the previous year's season-ending Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, LPGA of Japan Tour Order of Merit and LPGA of Korea Tour money list

8. Any LPGA Member who did not compete in the previous year's Chevron Championship major due to injury, illness or maternity, who subsequently received a medical/maternity extension of membership from the LPGA in the previous calendar year, provided they were otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's Chevron Championship

9. Amateur exemptions

10. Sponsor invitations

11. Top players on the current year LPGA Tour Race to the CME Globe points list at the end of the last official tournament prior to the current Chevron Championship, not otherwise qualified above

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Lauren Coughlin shot a 6-under-par 66 to lead by two strokes after the first round. Nelly Korda, trying to tie a LPGA record by recording her fifth straight victory, was one of three golfers tied for second place along with Marina Alex and Minami Katsu. Defending champion Lilia Vu withdrew before the start of her round with a back injury.[6]

Place Player Score To par
1   Lauren Coughlin 66 −6
T2   Marina Alex 68 −4
  Minami Katsu
  Nelly Korda
T5   Lydia Ko 69 −3
  Im Jin-hee
  Lin Xiyu
  Gabriela Ruffels
  Atthaya Thitikul
T10   Lindy Duncan 70 −2
  Jodi Ewart Shadoff
  Kristen Gillman
  Georgia Hall
  Sarah Kemp
  Anna Nordqvist
  Jenny Shin
  Maja Stark

Second round

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Friday, April 19, 2024

Place Player Score To par
T1   Im Jin-hee 69-67=136 −8
  Atthaya Thitikul 69-67=136
3   Nelly Korda 68-69=137 −7
4   Ryu Hae-ran 72-66=138 −6
T5   Bang Shin-sil 74-65=139 −5
  Lauren Coughlin 66-73=139
  Minami Katsu 68-71=139
  Maja Stark 70-69=139
  Zhang Weiwei 72-67=139
T10   Jodi Ewart Shadoff 70-70=140 −4
  Lydia Ko 69-71=140
  Andrea Lee 71-69=140
  Lin Xiyu 69-71=140
  Yealimi Noh 71-69=140
  Anna Nordqvist 70-70=140
  Lottie Woad (a) 71-69=140

Third round

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Saturday, April 20, 2024
Sunday, April 21, 2024

Place Player Score To par
1   Ryu Hae-ran 72-66-67=205 −11
T2   Brooke Henderson 71-71-64=206 −10
  Nelly Korda 68-69-69=206
T4   Im Jin-hee 69-67-72=208 −8
  Maja Stark 70-69-69=208
  Atthaya Thitikul 69-67-72=208
7   Minami Katsu 68-71-70=209 −7
T8   Carlota Ciganda 75-67-68=210 −6
  Lauren Coughlin 66-73-71=210
  Nasa Hataoka 71-71-68=210

Final round

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Sunday, April 21, 2024

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Nelly Korda 68-69-69-69=275 −13 1,200,000
2   Maja Stark 70-69-69-69=277 −11 666,834
T3   Lauren Coughlin 66-73-71-68=278 −10 428,976
  Brooke Henderson 71-71-64-72=278
5   Ryu Hae-ran 72-66-67-74=279 −9 301,199
6   Carlota Ciganda 75-67-68-70=280 −8 246,434
7   Esther Henseleit 72-72-67-70=281 −7 206,275
8   Im Jin-hee 69-67-72-74=282 −6 180,721
T9   Minami Katsu 68-71-70-74=283 −5 149,077
  Kim A-lim 72-70-70-71=283
  Yealimi Noh 71-69-71-72=283

Notes

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  1. ^ Yin withdrew after her round on Thursday due to an ankle injury.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Lopez does it again with just a little help". Lakeland Ledger. (Florida). Associated Press. June 19, 1978. p. 1C.
  2. ^ "Lopez does it; wins fifth straight tourney". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). UPI. June 19, 1978. p. 24.
  3. ^ "Nelly Korda takes Chevron, ties LPGA mark with 5th win in row". ESPN. April 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "Sorenstam wins fifth straight tournament". Lakeland Ledger. (Florida). Associated Press. March 28, 2005. p. 62.
  5. ^ "The Chevron Championship – Tournament Entries". LPGA.
  6. ^ "Nelly Korda opens 2 back at Chevron in bid for record win streak". ESPN. Associated Press. April 18, 2024.
  7. ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (April 18, 2024). "Angel Yin withdraws from LPGA's Chevron Championship with ankle injury". Golfweek. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
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