2016 Women's PGA Championship

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2016 Women's PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 9–12, 2016
LocationSammamish, Washington
Course(s)Sahalee Country Club
(South & North nines)
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par71
Length6,624 yards (6,057 m)
Field156 players, 75 after cut
Cut149 (+7)
Prize fund$3.5 million
Winner's share$525,000
Champion
Canada Brooke Henderson
278 (−6), playoff
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Sahalee Country Club is located in the United States
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Location in the United States
Sahalee Country Club is located in Washington (state)
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The 2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 62nd Women's PGA Championship, played June 9–12 at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle.[1][2] Brooke Henderson, 18, won her first major title with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with top-ranked Lydia Ko. It was the second win in a major by a Canadian and the first in 48 years. Henderson and Ko both had bogey-free final rounds with scores of 65 (−6) and 67 (−4), respectively.[3]

Known as the LPGA Championship through 2014, it was the second of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2016 season. This was the second year that the championship was organized by the PGA of America.[1]

Sahalee hosted the PGA Championship in 1998, the first of three majors won by Vijay Singh. It was scheduled to host again in 2010, but the PGA of America reversed its decision and moved it to Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.[4][5] The USGA helped fill that void with a senior major at Sahalee, the U.S. Senior Open in 2010, won by Bernhard Langer.

The Seattle area is an annual stop on the PGA Tour Champions with the Boeing Classic at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge in late August. The area formerly hosted the Safeco Classic, an LPGA Tour event from 1982 through 1999, held in September at Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent, southeast of Seattle.

Course layout[edit]

Main article: Sahalee Country Club
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 384 507 388 390 163 496 419 433 173 3,353 397 543 432 152 370 396 379 181 421 3,271 6,624
Par 4 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 3 36 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 35 71
  • South and North nines

Field[edit]

The field included 156 players who meet one or more of the selection criteria and commit to participate by a designated deadline.[6]

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.[7]

Players were eligible based on the following criteria:

1. Active LPGA Hall of Fame members

Juli Inkster (2), Se Ri Pak (2), Karrie Webb (2,4,5)

2. Past winners of the Women's PGA Championship

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

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

Choi Na-yeon (4,6), Chun In-gee (4,6), Kim Hyo-joo (4,5,6), Lydia Ko (4,6), Stacy Lewis (4,6,8), Brittany Lincicome (4,5,6,8), Mo Martin (4), Ryu So-yeon (4,6), Lexi Thompson (4,5,6,8), Michelle Wie (4,8), Yoo Sun-young

Jiyai Shin (6) 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, Chella Choi, Paula Creamer (8), Austin Ernst, Brooke Henderson (5,6), M. J. Hur, Jang Ha-na (6), Ariya Jutanugarn (6), Christina Kim, Kim Sei-young (5,6), Jessica Korda (6), Lee Mi-hyang, Minjee Lee (6), Mirim Lee, Haru Nomura (6), Lee-Anne Pace, Lizette Salas (8), Jenny Shin (6), Kris Tamulis, Amy Yang (6)

Ahn Sun-ju did not play.

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

Gerina Piller (6,8), Morgan Pressel (6,8)

6. Professionals ranked No. 1–30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of May 17, 2016

Charley Hull (8), Alison Lee (8)

Lee Bo-mee, Teresa Lu, and Park Sung-hyun did not play.

7. The top eight finishers at the 2015 LPGA T&CP National Championship

Jean Bartholomew, Jennifer Bermingham, Jessica Carafiello, Elizabeth Caron, Lisa Grimes, Karen Paolozzi, Laurie Rinker, Hillery Wilson

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

Carlota Ciganda, Sandra Gal, Caroline Hedwall, Karine Icher, Brittany Lang, Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Azahara Muñoz, Gwladys Nocera, Melissa Reid, Angela Stanford

9. Maximum of two sponsor invites

Nicole Broch Larsen, Klára Spilková

10. LPGA members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2016 official money list through the conclusion of the ShopRite LPGA Classic

Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Amy Anderson, Laetitia Beck, Christel Boeljon, Katie Burnett, Dori Carter, Sandra Changkija, Ssu-Chia Cheng, Cydney Clanton, Holly Clyburn, Jacqui Concolino, Brianna Do, Lindy Duncan, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Simin Feng, Julieta Granada, Jaye Marie Green, Casey Grice, Mina Harigae, Céline Herbin, Nannette Hill, Wei-Ling Hsu, Vicky Hurst, Daniela Iacobelli, Ji Eun-hee, Tiffany Joh, Felicity Johnson, Jennifer Johnson, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Haeji Kang, Kim Kaufman, Sarah Kemp, Megan Khang, In-Kyung Kim, SooBin Kim, Katherine Kirk, P.K. Kongkraphan, Stephanie Kono, Candie Kung, Min Seo Kwak, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, Ilhee Lee, Min Lee, Amelia Lewis, Xi Yu Lin, Pernilla Lindberg, Alejandra Llaneza, Gaby López, Lee Lopez, Briana Mao, Sydnee Michaels, Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato, Giulia Molinaro, Becky Morgan, Belen Mozo, Benyapa Niphatsophon, Su-Hyun Oh, Oh Ji-young, Ryann O'Toole, Annie Park, Park Hee-young, Jane Park, Sadena Parks, Pornanong Phatlum, Beatriz Recari, Paula Reto, Samantha Richdale, Marion Ricordeau, Rachel Rohanna, Giulia Sergas, Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, Ashleigh Simon, Sarah Jane Smith, Christine Song, Jennifer Song, Nontaya Srisawang, Bertine Strauss, Budsabakorn Sukapan, Kelly Tan, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Cheyenne Woods, Jing Yan, Julie Yang, Sakura Yokomine

Joanna Klatten and Perrine Delacour 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 2016 LPGA Priority List as of the commitment deadline

None needed

Round summaries[edit]

First round[edit]

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Place Player Score To par
1 Canada Brooke Henderson 67 −4
T2 United States Christina Kim 69 −2
South Korea In-Kyung Kim
T4 United States Tiffany Joh 70 −1
Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn
Australia Minjee Lee
South Korea Park Hee-young
Norway Suzann Pettersen
South Africa Ashleigh Simon
T10 South Korea Chella Choi 71 E
South Korea Chun In-gee
United States Austin Ernst
Australia Katherine Kirk
New Zealand Lydia Ko
South Korea Mirim Lee
United States Brittany Lincicome
United States Jennifer Song
Thailand Budsabakorn Sukapan
United States Kris Tamulis

Second round[edit]

Friday, June 10, 2016

Place Player Score To par
T1 Canada Brooke Henderson 67-73=140 −2
South Korea Mirim Lee 71-69=140
T3 New Zealand Lydia Ko 71-70=141 −1
United States Brittany Lincicome 71-70=141
United States Gerina Piller 72-69=141
T6 United States Tiffany Joh 70-72=142 E
South Korea In-Kyung Kim 69-73=142
Japan Ai Miyazato 72-70=142
Australia Su-Hyun Oh 73-69=142
South Korea Ryu So-yeon 72-70=142

Third round[edit]

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Place Player Score To par
1 New Zealand Lydia Ko 71-70-70=211 −2
T2 United States Brittany Lincicome 71-70-71=212 −1
United States Gerina Piller 72-69-71=212
T4 South Korea Chella Choi 71-73-69=213 E
Canada Brooke Henderson 67-73-73=213
Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn 70-75-68=213
South Korea Mirim Lee 71-69-73=213
Sweden Anna Nordqvist 73-71-69=213
South Korea Amy Yang 74-73-66=213
T10 United States Tiffany Joh 70-72-72=214 +1
South Korea In-Kyung Kim 69-73-72=214
Scotland Catriona Matthew 76-67-71=214
Australia Su-Hyun Oh 73-69-72=214
Norway Suzann Pettersen 70-73-71=214

Final round[edit]

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1 Canada Brooke Henderson 67-73-73-65=278 −6 Playoff
New Zealand Lydia Ko 71-70-70-67=278
3 Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn 70-75-68-66=279 −5 233,352
T4 South Korea Mirim Lee 71-69-73-69=282 −2 148,230
South Korea Park Hee-young 70-74-72-66=282
South Korea Ryu So-yeon 72-70-73-67=282
7 South Korea Amy Yang 74-73-66-70=283 −1 99,505
T8 South Korea Chella Choi 71-73-69-71=284 E 78,959
Sweden Anna Nordqvist 73-71-69-71=284
Australia Su-Hyun Oh 73-69-72-70=284

Source:[8]

Scorecard[edit]

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 4
Canada Henderson E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6
New Zealand Ko −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6
Thailand Jutanugarn E E E E E −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5
South Korea Lee E E −1 −1 −2 −3 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2
South Korea Park +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 E E −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2
South Korea Ryu +1 E E −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2
United States Piller −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1 E E E E E +2 +2
United States Lincicome −1 −1 −1 E −1 E E +1 +1 +3 +2 +2 +3 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[8]

Playoff[edit]

The sudden-death playoff lasted one hole, played on the par-4 18th hole, an uphill dogleg left at 421 yards (385 m). Both players hit the green with their approach shots from the fairway. Ko had a putt of about 20 feet (6 m) that slipped by the left side. Henderson's birdie putt from less than three feet (0.9 m) won the title.[9][10]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Canada Brooke Henderson 3 −1 525,000
2 New Zealand Lydia Ko 4 E 321,675

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Auclair, T.J. (June 13, 2015). "Sahalee Country Club president 'thrilled' to host '16 KPMG Women's PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  2. ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (June 13, 2015). "Sahalee C.C. to host 2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship". Golfweek. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  3. ^ "Brooke Henderson beats Lydia Ko in playoff to capture first major title". ESPN. Associated Press. June 12, 2016.
  4. ^ Newnham, Blaine (February 26, 2006). "Sahalee deserving of more championships". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  5. ^ Newnham, Blaine (January 27, 2005). "PGA owes Sahalee new date". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  6. ^ "Player Eligibility". KPMG Women's PGA Championship. May 11, 2016.
  7. ^ "Field List". KPMG Women's PGA Championship. May 31, 2016.
  8. ^ a b "KPMG Women's PGA Championship". ESPN. June 12, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  9. ^ "Brooke Henderson wins women's PGA Championship in sudden-death playoff". CBC Sports. Associated Press. June 12, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  10. ^ Rogers, Amy (June 12, 2016). "Patience pays off for Brooke Henderson: Captures first major title". LPGA. Retrieved June 13, 2016.

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