2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship

2016 KPMG Women's
PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	June 9–12, 2016
Location	Sammamish, Washington
Course(s)	Sahalee Country Club (South & North nines)
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,624 yards (6,057 m)
Field	156 players, 75 after cut
Cut	149 (+7)
Prize fund	$3.5 million
Winner's share	$525,000
Champion
Brooke Henderson
278 (−6), playoff
«2015 2017»

Sahalee Country Club

Location in the United States

Sahalee
Country Club

Location in Washington

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] and it was broadcast by Golf Channel and NBC.

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

• South and North nines

Field

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, Celine 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

Nationalities in the field

North America (67)	South America (2)	Europe (27)	Oceania (7)	Asia (49)	Africa (4)
Canada (4)	Colombia (1)	England (6)	Australia (6)	China (4)	South Africa (4)
Mexico (2)	Paraguay (1)	Scotland (1)	New Zealand (1)	Israel (1)
United States (61)		Wales (1)		Japan (5)
		Czech Republic (1)		Malaysia (1)
		Denmark (1)		South Korea (25)
		France (4)		Taiwan (5)
		Germany (2)		Thailand (8)
		Italy (2)
		Netherlands (1)
		Norway (1)
		Spain (4)
		Sweden (3)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Anna Nordqvist	Sweden	2009	73	71	69	71	284	E	T8
Suzann Pettersen	Norway	2007	70	73	71	72	286	+2	T12
Shanshan Feng	China	2012	76	70	72	70	288	+5	T17
Juli Inkster	United States	1999, 2000	75	71	77	72	295	+11	T50
Cristie Kerr	United States	2010	72	73	76	74	295	+11	T50
Karrie Webb	Australia	2001	74	74	74	73	295	+11	T50

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Laura Davies	England	1994, 1996	77	73	150	+8
Yani Tseng	Taiwan	2008, 2011	77	73	150	+8
Inbee Park	South Korea	2013, 2014, 2015	72	79	151	+9
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	1998, 2002, 2006	WD

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 9, 2016

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

Second round

Friday, June 10, 2016

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

Third round

Saturday, June 11, 2016

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

Final round

Sunday, June 12, 2016

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

Source:^[8]

Scorecard

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
Henderson	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6
Ko	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
Jutanugarn	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5
Lee	E	E	−1	−1	−2	−3	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2
Park	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	E	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2
Ryu	+1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2
Piller	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	E	+2	+2
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
Source:^[8]

Playoff

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

References

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site
• Sahalee Country Club

Coordinates: 47°38′06″N 122°03′25″W / 47.635°N 122.057°W / 47.635; -122.057