2020 Women's PGA Championship
The 2020 KPMG Women's PGA Championship will be 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 will be the fourth of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2020 season.
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Tournament information | |
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Dates | October 8–11, 2020 |
Location | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 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 | 70 |
Length | 7,237 yards (6,618 m) |
Field | Field size TBA |
Prize fund | $4.3 million |
Winner's share | $645,000 |
Location Map | |
![]() ![]() Aronimink Location in the United States ![]() ![]() Aronimink Location in Pennsylvania | |
Field
The field includes 156 players who met one or more of the selection criteria and commit to participate by a designated deadline.[1] Players who qualified for the Championship are listed below.
- 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 and 2020
- 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 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
Past champions expected in the field
Player | Country | Year(s) won |
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Hannah Green | ![]() | 2019 |
Park Sung-hyun | ![]() | 2018 |
Danielle Kang | ![]() | 2017 |
Brooke Henderson | ![]() | 2016 |
Inbee Park | ![]() | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
Shanshan Feng | ![]() | 2012 |
Cristie Kerr | ![]() | 2010 |
Anna Nordqvist | ![]() | 2009 |
Karrie Webb | ![]() | 2001 |
Laura Davies | ![]() | 1994, 1996 |
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References
- "Qualification criteria". KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
External links
Preceded by 2020 ANA Inspiration |
Major Championships | Succeeded by 2020 U.S. Women's Open |
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