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2015 Women's PGA Championship

Coordinates: 41°00′N 73°42′W / 41.0°N 73.7°W / 41.0; -73.7
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2015 Women's PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 11–14, 2015
LocationHarrison, New York, U.S.
41°00′N 73°42′W / 41.0°N 73.7°W / 41.0; -73.7
Course(s)Westchester Country Club,
West Course
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par73
Length6,670 yards (6,099 m)
Field156 players,
73 after cut
Cut147 (+1)
Prize fund$3.5 million
Winner's share$525,000
Champion
South Korea Inbee Park
273 (−19)
Location map
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Location in the United States
Westchester is located in New York
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The 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 61st Women's PGA Championship, held June 11–14 at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, New York, a suburb northeast of New York City.

The 2015 edition saw major changes to the event, due to a new partnership between the LPGA and the PGA of America. The event was renamed from the "LPGA Championship" to the "Women's PGA Championship" (making it a sister event to the men's PGA Championship), and its purse was increased from $2.25 million to $3.5 million. KPMG also became the new title sponsor of the event, replacing Wegmans.[1]

Field

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The field included 156 players who met one or more of the selection criteria and committed to participate by a designated deadline.[2]

Qualified players

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Players who have 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.[3]

1. Active LPGA Hall of Fame members

Juli Inkster (2,10), Se Ri Pak (2,10), Karrie Webb (2,4,6,10)

2. Past winners of the LPGA Championship

Laura Davies (10), Shanshan Feng (3,4,5,6,10), Cristie Kerr (3,4,6,8,10), Anna Nordqvist (4,5,6,8,10), Inbee Park (3,4,5,6,10), Suzann Pettersen (3,4,5,6,8,10), Yani Tseng (3,10)

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

Na Yeon Choi (4,6,10), Paula Creamer (4,8,10), Kim Hyo-joo (4,6,10), Stacy Lewis (4,5,6,8,10), Brittany Lincicome (5,6,8,10), Mo Martin (4,10), So Yeon Ryu (4,6,10), Lexi Thompson (4,6,8,10), Michelle Wie (4,6,8,10), Sun-Young Yoo (10)

Jiyai Shin (4) did not play

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

Baek Kyu-jung (6,10), Austin Ernst (10), Mi Jung Hur (10), Jennifer Johnson (10), Christina Kim (10), Kim Sei-young (6,10), Lydia Ko (5,6,10), Jessica Korda (6,8,10), Ilhee Lee (10), Mi Hyang Lee (10), Minjee Lee (10), Mirim Lee (5,6,10), Lee-Anne Pace (10), Hee-Young Park (10), Beatriz Recari (8,10), Lizette Salas (8,10), Amy Yang (6,10)

Teresa Lu (6) did not play

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

Julieta Granada (10), Azahara Muñoz (6,8,10)

6. Professionals ranked in the top 30 of the Women's World Golf Rankings as of May 12, 2015

Chella Choi (10), Jang Ha-na (10), Pornanong Phatlum (10), Morgan Pressel (8,10), Angela Stanford (8,10)

Ahn Sun-ju, Chun In-gee, Ko Jin-young, and Lee Bo-Mee did not play

7. The top eight finishers at the 2014 LPGA T&CP National Championship

Jean Bartholomew, Elizabeth Caron, Alison Curdt, Lisa Grimes, Amanda Moore, Karen Paolozzi, Laurie Rinker, Charlotta Sörenstam

Anne Marie Goslak, and Ashley Grier did not play

8. Members of the European and United States Solheim Cup Teams in 2013

Carlota Ciganda (10), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (10), Caroline Hedwall (10), Charley Hull, Karine Icher (10), Brittany Lang (10), Caroline Masson (10), Catriona Matthew (10), Gerina Piller (10)

Giulia Sergas (10) did not play

9. Maximum of two sponsor invites

Brooke Henderson,[4] Gwladys Nocera[5]

10. LPGA members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2015 official money list through the conclusion of the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic

Marina Alex, Amy Anderson, Karlin Beck, Laetitia Beck, Christel Boeljon, Danah Bordner, Katie Burnett, Dori Carter, Sandra Changkija, Jacqui Concolino, Perrine Delacour, Laura Diaz, Kendall Dye, Paz Echeverria, Victoria Elizabeth, Simin Feng, Yueer Cindy Feng, Lisa Ferrero, Sandra Gal, Jaye Marie Green, Natalie Gulbis, Mina Harigae, María Hernández, Wei-Ling Hsu, Pat Hurst, Eun-Hee Ji, Tiffany Joh, Felicity Johnson, Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Haeji Kang, Kim Kaufman, Sarah Kemp, I.K. Kim, SooBin Kim, Sue Kim, Katherine Kirk, Joanna Klatten, Therese Koelbaek, P.K. Kongkraphan, Candie Kung, Min Seo Kwak, Alison Lee, Jee Young Lee, Meena Lee, Min Lee, Rebecca Lee-Bentham, Amelia Lewis, Xi Yu Lin, Pernilla Lindberg, Alejandra Llaneza, Maria McBride, Lisa McCloskey, Kristy McPherson, Stephanie Meadow, Sydnee Michaels, Mika Miyazato, Becky Morgan, Belén Mozo, Haru Nomura, Ji Young Oh, Ryann O'Toole, Brooke Pancake, Jane Park, Sadena Parks, Sophia Popov, Jane Rah, Paula Reto, Jennifer Rosales, Demi Runas, Dewi Claire Schreefel, Hee-Kyung Seo, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin, Kelly Shon, Ashleigh Simon, Karin Sjödin, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Marissa Steen, Jackie Stoelting, Jenny Suh, Thidapa Suwannapura, Kris Tamulis, Kelly Tan, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Alison Walshe, Cheyenne Woods, Jing Yan, Julie Yang, Sakura Yokomine

Cydney Clanton, Rachel Hetherington, Seon-Hwa Lee, Ai Miyazato, Giulia Molinaro, and Line Vedel qualified for the tournament but did not play.

11. 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 2015 LPGA Priority List as of the commitment deadline

Course layout

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West Course

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 180 395 436 410 545 140 328 421 475 3,330 296 424 473 379 154 492 216 374 532 3,340 6,670
Par 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 5 36 4 4 5 4 3 5 3 4 5 37 73

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Jenny Shin 66 −7
2 Canada Brooke Henderson 67 −6
T3 England Charley Hull 68 −5
Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn
Australia Karrie Webb
T6 China Simin Feng 69 −4
France Karine Icher
T8 South Korea Chella Choi 70 −3
Germany Sandra Gal
United States Christie Kerr
South Korea Kim Hyo-joo
South Korea Kim Sei-young
France Joanna Klatten
United States Jessica Korda
Taiwan Candie Kung
Taiwan Min Lee
United States Stacy Lewis
United States Brittany Lincicome
Spain Azahara Muñoz
United States Jane Rah
United States Jennifer Song
United States Lexi Thompson

Second round

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Friday, June 12, 2015

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Kim Sei-young 70-68=138 −8
T2 South Korea Inbee Park 71-68=139 −7
Australia Karrie Webb 68-71=139
T4 Canada Brooke Henderson 67-73=140 −6
Norway Suzann Pettersen 74-66=140
T6 United States Stacy Lewis 70-71=141 −5
South Korea Jenny Shin 66-75=141
T8 Sweden Caroline Hedwall 71-71=142 −4
England Charley Hull 68-74=142
United States Cristie Kerr 70-72=142
Taiwan Candie Kung 70-72=142
United States Gerina Piller 72-70=142
United States Lexi Thompson 70-72=142

Third round

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Saturday, June 13, 2015

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Inbee Park 71-68-66=205 −14
2 South Korea Kim Sei-young 70-68-69=207 −12
T3 Canada Brooke Henderson 67-73-71=211 −8
Norway Suzann Pettersen 74-66-71=211
Australia Karrie Webb 68-71-72=211
6 United States Morgan Pressel 73-70-69=212 −7
T7 China Shanshan Feng 73-72-68=213 −6
South Korea Kim Hyo-joo 70-74-69=213
United States Brittany Lincicome 70-74-69=213
T10 Paraguay Julieta Granada 72-71-71=214 −5
United States Stacy Lewis 70-71-73=214
Sweden Anna Nordqvist 71-73-70=214
United States Lexi Thompson 70-72-72=214
Japan Sakura Yokomine 74-71-69=214

Final round

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Sunday, June 14, 2015

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 South Korea Inbee Park 71-68-66-68=273 −19 525,000
2 South Korea Kim Sei-young 70-68-69-71=278 −14 323,230
3 United States Lexi Thompson 70-72-72-66=280 −12 234,480
4 United States Brittany Lincicome 70-74-69-68=281 −11 181,389
T5 Canada Brooke Henderson 67-73-71-71=282 −10 132,725
United States Morgan Pressel 73-70-69-70=282
T7 Norway Suzann Pettersen 74-66-71-72=283 −9 93,793
Australia Karrie Webb 68-71-72-72=283
T9 South Korea Kim Hyo-joo 70-74-69-71=284 −8 72,261
Sweden Anna Nordqvist 71-73-70-70=284
United States Gerina Piller 72-70-73-69=284

Scorecard

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Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 3 5 3 4 5
South Korea Park −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −17 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −19
South Korea Kim −12 −13 −12 −11 −12 −13 −14 −15 −13 −14 −14 −15 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14
United States Thompson −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12
United States Lincicome −5 −6 −6 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −10 −11
Canada Henderson −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10
United States Pressel −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −5 −5 −6 −7 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −9 −10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[6]

References

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  1. ^ Sirak, Ron. "LPGA joins forces with PGA of America, will rebrand the LPGA Championship the Women's PGA". Golf Digest. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "Eligibility Criteria Announced For 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship". KPMG Women's PGA Championship. March 3, 2015. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  3. ^ Qualified Players Archived March 27, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Updated April 21, 2015.
  4. ^ "Brooke Henderson, 17, to compete in first LPGA major since turning pro". ESPN. Associated Press. May 11, 2015.
  5. ^ "Nocera accepts sponsor exemption for 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship". PGA of America. June 4, 2015.
  6. ^ "KPMG Women's PGA Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
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