KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Field 2023
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The Lower Course at Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey hosts the second women’s Major of the year, where In Jee Chun defends the title she won in 2022 at Congressional.
Back then, the South Korean won by one shot ahead of Minjee Lee and Lexi Thompson. However, it had looked as though Thompson was heading for her second Major title before she threw away a two-shot lead in the final three holes. The American also received a $2,000 fine for slow play to compound her agony. She will be hoping for a better outcome this week. Australian Lee also plays, looking for her third Major win.
For any of the trio to take the title, they will need to finish ahead of plenty more of the world’s best, including 2021 winner Nelly Korda, who only recently slipped to second in the world rankings behind Jin Young Ko, who also plays.
Ko has been in excellent form recently, too. She has produced four top-10 finishes in her last seven tournaments, including wins in the LPGA Drive On Championship and Cognizant Founders Cup. Can she claim her first Major win since her brace in 2019?
Namesake Lydia Ko will hope it’s her instead. The New Zealander has endured some indifferent form in recent months, including a tie for 33rd in her most recent outing, the Mizuho America’s Cup. However, it is surely only a matter of time until she brings her best game to a tournament, and she’ll be determined it happens this week.
The winner of the Mizuho America’s Cup also plays. Rose Zhang lived up to her billing as one of the most exciting prospects of her generation at Liberty National by beating Jennifer Kupcho in her first tournament as a professional. As a result, there will be plenty of attention on the 20-year-old in her first appearance in the Major.
Elsewhere, Lilia Vu won 2023’s first Major, The Chevron Championship, and she will be eager for a similar outcome to continue an impressive breakout year. Meanwhile, former World No.1 Atthaya Thitikul is chasing her maiden Major victory after coming close on several occasions, including in this tournament in 2022, when she finished fourth.
The appearances of Hyo Joo-Kim, Georgia Hall and 2016 champion Brooke Henderson ensure that all of the world’s top 10 are in the field.
Other players to look out for include 2020 winner Kim Sei-Young, the player who claimed victory the year before her, Hannah Green, and 2018 champion Park Sung-Hyun. Danielle Kang, who claimed the title six years ago, also participates.
Leona Maguire won her second LPGA Tour title in last week’s Meijer LPGA Classic, and she will be confident of taking that momentum into this week’s tournament as she looks for her maiden Major victory.
LET Race to Costa Del Sol champion Linn Grant also plays. The Swede is looking for her first title in one of the showpiece tournaments, while compatriot and three-time Major winner Anna Nordqvist, who was victorious in this tournament way back in 2009, plays too.
Below is the complete field for the 2023 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club.
KPMG Women's PGA Championship Field 2023
Alex, Marina
Altomare, Brittany
An, Na Rin
Anannarukarn, Pajaree
Ashok, Aditi
Boonchant, Jaravee
Borge, Celine
Boutier, Celine
Buhai, Ashleigh
Castren, Matilda
Chang, Jennifer
Changkija, Sandra
Chien, Peiyun
Choi, Chella
Choi, Hye-Jin
Chun, In Gee
Ciganda, Carlota
Coe, Joanna
Connelly Eiswerth, Stephanie
Corpuz, Allisen
Coughlin, Lauren
Darquea, Daniela
Davidson, Karis
Davies, Laura
Delacour, Perrine
Do, Brianna
Doherty, Amanda
Dryburgh, Gemma
Emrey, Allison
Ernst, Austin
Ewart Shadoff, Jodi
Ewing, Ally
Fall, Dana
Fassi, Maria
Furue, Ayaka
Giovannettone, Loretta
Grant, Linn
Green, Hannah
Hall, Georgia
Harigae, Mina
Hartlage, Lauren
Hataoka, Nasa
Henderson, Brooke
Henseleit, Esther
Holmqvist, Daniela
Hou, Yu-Sang
Hsu, Wei-Ling
Hull, Charley
Ji, Eun-Hee
Joo, Soo Bin
Jutanugarn, Ariya
Jutanugarn, Moriya
Kang, Danielle
Kang, Haeji
Katsu, Minami
Kemp, Sarah
Kerr, Cristie
Khang, Megan
Kim, A Lim
Kim, Christina
Kim, Gina
Kim, Grace
Kim, Hyo Joo
Kim, In Kyung
Kim, Sei Young
Kinhult, Frida
Knight, Allie
Knight, Cheyenne
Ko, Jin Young
Ko, Lydia
Koerstz Madsen, Nanna
Korda, Nelly
Krauter, Aline
Kupcho, Jennifer
Kyriacou, Stephanie
Laklalech, Ines
Law, Bronte
Lee, Alison
Lee, Andrea
Lee, Mi Hyang
Lee, Min
Lee, Minjee
Lee6, Jeongeun
Lewis, Stacy
Li, Lucy
Lin, Xi Yu
Lincicome, Brittany
Lindberg, Pernilla
Liu, Yan
Liu, Yu
Lopez, Gaby
Maguire, Leona
Meadow, Stephanie
Meechai, Wichanee
Metraux, Morgane
Miller, Emily
Morrell, Samantha
Munoz, Azahara
Nishimura, Yuna
Noh, Yealimi
Nomura, Haru
Nordqvist, Anna
O’toole, Ryann
Oh, Su
Pace, Lee-Anne
Paon, Alexa
Park, Annie
Park, Sung Hyun
Pedersen, Emily Kristine
Phatlum, Pornanong
Reid, Mel
Reto, Paula
Rodriguez, Alisa
Ruengmateekhun, Amy
Ruffels, Gabri
Ryu, Hae Ran
Sagstrom, Madelene
Saigo, Mao
Salas, Lizette
Saso, Yuka
Schmelzel, Sarah
Schubert, Sophia
Shibuno, Hinako
Shin, Jenny
Song, Jennifer
Stackhouse, Mariah
Stanford, Angela
Stark, Maja
Steen, Marissa
Stephenson, Lauren
Strom, Linnea
Suwannapura, Jasmine
Szeryk, Maddie
Szokol, Elizabeth
Talley, Emma
Tardy, Bailey
Tavatanakit, Patty
Then, Gabriella
Thitikul, Atthaya
Thomas, Charlotte
Thompson, Lexi
Uribe, Mariajo
Valenzuela, Albane
Vongtaveelap, Natthakritta
Vu, Lilia
Wagner, Samatha
Weaver-Wright, Lindsey
Weber, Dewi
Yan, Jing
Yang, Amy
Yin, Angel
Yin, Ruoning
Yin, Xiaowen
Yoktuan, Pavarisa
Yubol, Arpichaya
Zhang, Rose