Women's PGA Championship
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The Women's PGA Championship (branded as the KPMG Women's PGA Championship for sponsorship reasons) is a women's professional golf tournament. First held in 1955, it is one of five majors on the LPGA Tour. It is not recognized as a major by the Ladies European Tour, which does not recognize any of the three majors played in the United States.
Tournament information | |
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Location | Varies - United States Springfield, New Jersey (2023)[1] |
Established | 1955, 69 years ago |
Course(s) | Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course) (2023)[1] |
Par | 71 (2023)[1] |
Length | 6,621 yards (6,054 m) (2023)[1] |
Organized by | PGA of America (2015–present) LPGA (1955–2014) |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play – 72 holes |
Prize fund | $10 million (2023)[2] |
Month played | June |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 266 Kim Sei-young (2020) |
To par | −19 Nelly Korda (2021) −19 Inbee Park (2015) −19 Yani Tseng (2011) −19 Cristie Kerr (2010) |
Current champion | |
Yin Ruoning | |
2023 Women's PGA Championship |
Formerly known as the LPGA Championship, the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) announced in 2014 that the PGA of America would become a partner of the event, and that it would be renamed the Women's PGA Championship beginning in 2015—becoming a sister event to the men's PGA Championship (in a similar manner to the U.S. Women's Open being a sister event to the men's U.S. Open). The partnership included a new title sponsorship agreement with KPMG, an increase in purse, and a commitment by NBC to provide network television coverage of the weekend rounds.[3]
The PGA of America partnership also allowed the tournament to be held at various top courses around the United States. Previously, the LPGA Championship had been usually held at a consistent location each year, most recently near Rochester, New York as part of a title sponsorship agreement with Western New York–based supermarket chain Wegmans.