2019 Women's PGA Championship


The 2019 Women's PGA Championship was the 65th Women's PGA Championship, played June 20–23 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. It was the third of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2019 season.
Australian Hannah Green won by one stroke over defending champion Park Sung-hyun, in her first victory in both a women's major and the LPGA Tour. It was the first wire-to-wire win at the Women's PGA Championship since Yani Tseng in 2011 and the first major win by an Australian since Karrie Webb at the 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship.

Field

The field includes 156 players who met one or more of the selection criteria and commit to participate by a designated deadline. 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.
1. Active LPGA Hall of Fame members
Laura Davies, Karrie Webb
2. Past winners of the Women's PGA Championship
Shanshan Feng, Brooke Henderson, Danielle Kang, Cristie Kerr, Anna Nordqvist, Inbee Park, Park Sung-hyun
3. Professionals who have won an LPGA major championship in the previous five years and during the current year
Chun In-gee, Georgia Hall, Ariya Jutanugarn, Kim Hyo-joo, In-Kyung Kim, Ko Jin-young, Lydia Ko, Brittany Lang, Lee Jeong-eun, Pernilla Lindberg, Ryu So-yeon, Angela Stanford, Lexi Thompson, Michelle Wie
4. Professionals who have won an official LPGA tournament in the previous two calendar years and during the current year
Marina Alex, Céline Boutier, Nasa Hataoka, Ji Eun-hee, Moriya Jutanugarn, Kim Sei-young, Katherine Kirk, Jessica Korda, Nelly Korda, Bronte Law, Lee Mi-hyang, Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Stacy Lewis, Gaby López, Haru Nomura, Annie Park, Amy Yang
5. Professionals who finished top-10 and ties at the previous year's Women's PGA Championship
Jacqui Concolino, Charley Hull, Lizette Salas, Angel Yin
6. Professionals ranked No. 1-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of May 21, 2019
Carlota Ciganda
7. The top eight finishers at the 2018 LPGA T&CP National Championship
Joanna Coe, Alison Curdt, Wendy Doolan, Stephanie Eiswerth, Ashley Grier, Nicole Jeray, Kang Ji-min, Seul-Ki Park
8. The top finisher at the 2019 PGA Women's Stroke Play Championship
Brittany Kelly
9. Members of the European and United States Solheim Cup teams in 2017
Paula Creamer, Austin Ernst, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Karine Icher, Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Gerina Piller, Melissa Reid, Madelene Sagström
10. Maximum of two sponsor invites
Nuria Iturrioz, Leona Maguire
11. Any player who did not compete in the 2018 KPMG Women's PGA Championship due to maternity, provided she was otherwise qualified to compete.
12. LPGA members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2019 official money list through the conclusion of the Meijer LPGA Classic
Brittany Altomare, Pajaree Anannarukarn, Dottie Ardina, Aditi Ashok, Laetitia Beck, Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, Sarah Burnham, Tiffany Chan, Pei-Yun Chien, Chella Choi, Choi Na-yeon, Karen Chung, Daniela Darquea, Brianna Do, Gemma Dryburgh, Lindy Duncan, Kendall Dye, Maria Fassi, Dana Finkelstein, Isi Gabsa, Sandra Gal, Kristen Gillman, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Hannah Green, Jaye Marie Green, Clariss Guce, Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, Daniela Holmqvist, Wei-Ling Hsu, M. J. Hur, Tiffany Joh, Haeji Kang, Kim Kaufman, Sarah Kemp, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, Cheyenne Knight, P.K. Kongkraphan, Jennifer Kupcho, Alison Lee, Jaclyn Lee, Lee Jeong-eun, Lin Xiyu, Yu Liu, Lee Lopez, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Ally McDonald, Stephanie Meadow, Wichanee Meechai, Giulia Molinaro, Azahara Muñoz, Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Park Hee-young, Jane Park, Katherine Perry, Pornanong Phatlum, Morgan Pressel, Louise Ridderstrom, Sarah Schmelzel, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin, Luna Sobrón Galmés, Jennifer Song, Klára Spilková, Mariah Stackhouse, Marissa Steen, Lauren Stephenson, Linnea Strom, Thidapa Suwannapura, Elizabeth Szokol, Emma Talley, Kris Tamulis, Anne-Catherine Tanguay, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Charlotte Thomas, Maria Torres, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Anne Van Dam, Lindsey Weaver, Suzuka Yamaguchi, Jing Yan, Sakura Yokomine, Pavarisa Yoktuan
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 2019 LPGA Priority List as of the commitment deadline
None needed

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 20, 2019
Hannah Green shot a 4-under-par 68 to take a one stroke lead over Kim Hyo-joo and Melissa Reid. Changing weather conditions led to only 16 players breaking par and 20 players shooting scores in the 80s.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hannah Green68−4
T2Kim Hyo-joo69−3
T2Melissa Reid69−3
T4Ariya Jutanugarn70−2
T4In-Kyung Kim70−2
T4Lin Xiyu70−2
T4Annie Park70−2
T4Park Sung-hyun70−2
T4Amy Yang70−2
T10Chella Choi71−1
T10Carlota Ciganda71−1
T10Moriya Jutanugarn71−1
T10Lydia Ko71−1
T10Mirim Lee71−1
T10Ryu So-yeon71−1
T10Angel Yin71−1

Second round

Friday, June 21, 2019
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hannah Green68-69=137−7
2Ariya Jutanugarn70-70=140−4
T3Lydia Ko71-70=141−3
T3Park Sung-hyun70-71=141−3
T5Nelly Korda72-70=142−2
T5Angel Yin71-71=142−2
T7Caroline Hedwall72-71=143−1
T7Nuria Iturrioz73-70=143−1
T7Moriya Jutanugarn71-72=143−1
T7Kang Ji-min73-70=143−1
T7Kim Hyo-joo69-74=143−1
T7Lin Xiyu70-73=143−1
T7Pernilla Lindberg72-71=143−1
T7Lizette Salas72-71=143−1
T7Lexi Thompson72-71=143−1

Third round

Saturday, June 22, 2019
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hannah Green68-69-70=207−9
2Ariya Jutanugarn70-70-68=208−8
T3Nelly Korda72-70-69=211−5
T3Lizette Salas72-71-68=211−5
T5Kim Sei-young73-72-67=212−4
T5Park Sung-hyun70-71-71=212−4
T7Danielle Kang75-70-68=213−3
T7Inbee Park72-73-68=213−3
T7Lauren Stephenson72-73-68=213−3
T7Amy Yang70-74-69=213−3
T7Angel Yin71-71-71=213−3

Final round

Sunday, June 23, 2019
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parPrize money
1Hannah Green68-69-70-72=279−9577,500
2Park Sung-hyun70-71-71-68=280−8349,816
T3Nelly Korda72-70-69-71=282−6225,038
T3Melissa Reid69-76-71-66=282−6225,038
T5Danielle Kang75-70-68-70=283−5143,642
T5Lizette Salas72-71-68-72=283−5143,642
T7Kim Hyo-joo69-74-71-70=284−496,081
T7Mirim Lee71-74-70-69=284−496,081
T7Inbee Park72-73-68-71=284−496,081
T10Ariya Jutanugarn70-70-68-77=285−369,808
T10Megan Khang74-72-69-70=285−369,808
T10Lydia Ko71-70-76-68=285−369,808
T10Ryu So-yeon71-75-71-68-285−369,808

Final round ratings

718 thousand on NBC, in the USA