The 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 61st
Women's PGA Championship
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 ...
Harrison, New York
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History
Harrison was established in 1696 by a patent granted by the British government to John Harrison a ...
, a suburb northeast of
New York City
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.
The 2015 edition saw major changes to the event, due to a new partnership between the
LPGA
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekl ...
and the PGA of America. The event was renamed from the "LPGA Championship" to the "Women's PGA Championship" (making it a sister event to the men's
PGA Championship
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), and its purse was increased from $2.25 million to $3.5 million.
KPMG
KPMG International Limited (or simply KPMG) is a multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations.
Headquartered in Amstelveen, Netherlands, although incorporated in London, England, KPMG is a net ...
also became the new title sponsor of the event, replacing Wegmans.
Field
The field included 156 players who met one or more of the selection criteria and committed to participate by a designated deadline.
Qualified players
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.Qualified Players Updated April 21, 2015.
1. Active LPGA Hall of Fame members
Juli Inkster (2,10), Se Ri Pak (2,10),
Karrie Webb
Karrie Ann Webb (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of ...
(2,4,6,10)
2. Past winners of the LPGA Championship
Laura Davies (10),
Shanshan Feng
Shanshan Feng (, ; born 5 August 1989) is a Chinese former professional golfer who previously played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was the first player from China to become a member of the LPGA Tour, which she joined in 2008. Feng had 10 vic ...
(3,4,5,6,10),
Cristie Kerr
Cristie Kerr (born October 12, 1977) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has 20 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $19 million in career earnings. Kerr was the number one-ranked go ...
Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen (born 7 April 1981) is a retired Norwegian professional golfer. She played mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and was also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking was second and she held that position ...
(3,4,5,6,8,10),
Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng (; born 23 January 1989) is a Taiwanese professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and was ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Ranki ...
(3,10)
3. Professionals who have won an
LPGA major championship
Women's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, with the women's system newer and less stable than the men's. As of 2013, five tournaments are designated as majors in women's golf by the LPGA Tour.
LPGA majors ...
in the previous five years and during the current year
Na Yeon Choi (4,6,10), Paula Creamer (4,8,10),
Kim Hyo-joo
Kim Hyo-joo (; ; born 14 July 1995), also known as Hyo Joo Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour. She won the 2014 Evian Championship while setting the record for lowest 18-hole score at a major with a ...
(4,6,10),
Stacy Lewis
Stacy Lewis (born February 16, 1985) is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has won two major championships: the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2011 and the Women's British Open in 2013. She was ranked number one in ...
(4,5,6,8,10),
Brittany Lincicome
Brittany Grace Lincicome (born September 19, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She currently resides in Gulfport, Florida.
Lincicome is one of the longest drivers in women's golf. In her rookie year, 2005, she ...
Lexi Thompson
Alexis Noel Thompson (born February 10, 1995) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 12, she was the youngest golfer ever to qualify to play in the U.S. Women's Open. She turned professional in June 2010 at age 15. ...
(4,6,8,10),
Michelle Wie
Michelle Sung Wie West (; born October 11, 1989) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 10, she became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship. Wie also became the youngest winner of the U.S ...
(4,6,8,10),
Sun-Young Yoo
Yoo Sun-young (Korean 유선영 ''Yu Seon-Yeong'' ; born 13 December 1986), also known as Sun Young Yoo, is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She won the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, which was her first ma ...
(10)
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Jiyai Shin
Jiyai Shin (Korean: 신지애 ''Shin Ji-ae'', ; born 28 April 1988) is a former world No. 1 ranked South Korean professional golfer who primarily plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour as of the 2020 golf season. She previously played primarily on the ...
(4) 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
Baek Kyu-jung (born 15 October 1995), also known as Q Baek, is a South Korean professional golfer.
As an amateur, Baek played on the winning South Korean team in the Espirito Santo Trophy in 2012 alongside Kim Hyo-joo and Kim Min-sun.
Baek turn ...
(6,10),
Austin Ernst
Austin Ernst (born January 31, 1992) is an American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Ernst was born in Greenville, South Carolina. She played two years for the LSU Tigers, where she won three events including the individua ...
(10),
Mi Jung Hur
Mi Jung "M.J." Hur ( ko, 허미정, born 5 December 1989) is a South Korean female professional golfer.
Hur played most of her amateur career in South Korea. In 2006, she received a sponsors exemption to play in the Hana Bank-KOLON Championshi ...
Lydia Ko
Lydia Ko (born 24 April 1997) is a New Zealand professional golfer and the No. 1-ranked woman professional golfer. She first achieved the top ranking on 2 February 2015 at of age, making her the youngest player of either gender to be ranked ...
Lee-Anne Pace
Lee-Anne Pace (born 15 February 1981) is a South African professional golfer.
Career
Pace was born in Paarl, Western Cape. She had a successful amateur collegiate career in the United States, where she attended Murray State University and the U ...
(10),
Hee-Young Park
Park Hee-young (, born 24 May 1987) is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Early golf career
As an amateur, Park was a three time member of the South Korean National team. Park was twice runner-up in the Sout ...
Lizette Salas
Lizette Salas (born July 17, 1989) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Early life and education
Born and raised in Azusa, California, Salas graduated from Azusa High School in 2007 and went on to play college ...
(8,10),
Amy Yang
Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young ( ko, 양희영, born 28 July 1989) is a South Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET).
Amateur career
Yang began playing go ...
(6,10)
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Teresa Lu
Teresa Lu (born 13 October 1987) is a Taiwanese professional golfer.
Lu played on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour in 2006 and 2007, on the LPGA Tour from 2006 to 2010 and on the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA) since 2010. She won the Mizuno Classic in 20 ...
(6) did not play''
5. Professionals who finished top-10 and ties at the previous year's LPGA Championship
Julieta Granada
Julieta Granada (born 17 November 1986) is a Paraguayan professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Born in Asunción, Paraguay, Granada moved to the United States with her mother at the age of 1 ...
(10),
Azahara Muñoz
Azahara Muñoz Guijarro (born 19 November 1987) is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Muñoz was born in Málaga, Andalusia in southern Spain and had a successful amateur career in ...
(6,8,10)
6. Professionals ranked in the top 30 of the
Women's World Golf Rankings
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as of May 12, 2015
Chella Choi
Woon-jung "Chella" Choi (born 25 August 1990) is a South Korean professional golfer.
Choi played on the Duramed Futures Tour in 2008 with a best finish of T-2 at the Bright House Networks Open. She earned her 2009 LPGA Tour card at LPGA Final Qu ...
(10),
Jang Ha-na
Jang Ha-na (born 2 May 1992), also known as Ha Na Jang, is a South Korean professional golfer.
Jang plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour where she has 15 wins and led the money list in 2013. From 2015 through 2017, she played on the LPGA Tour where ...
(10),
Pornanong Phatlum
Pornanong Phatlum ( th, พรอนงค์ เพชรล้ำ; born 4 December 1989) is a Thai professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
Professional wins (21) Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (9)
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Ahn Sun-ju
Ahn Sun-ju, or Sun-ju Ahn ( ko, 안선주, born 31 August 1987) is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA of Japan Tour. She led the LPGA of Japan Tour money list in 2010, 2011, 2014, and 2018.
Professional wins (35) ...
,
Chun In-gee
Chun In-gee ( ko, 전인지, born 10 August 1994), also known as In Gee Chun, is a South Korean professional golfer. She was born in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province. She is a three-time major champion, having won the 2015 U.S. Women's Open, the ...
,
Ko Jin-young
Ko Jin-young (;, born 7 July 1995), also known as Jin Young Ko, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. By age 22 years, she had won 10 times on the LPGA of Korea Tour, was second at the 2015 Ricoh Women’s British O ...
, and Lee Bo-Mee did not play''
7. The top eight finishers at the 2014 LPGA T&CP National Championship
Jean Bartholomew
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People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
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* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* J ...
Lisa Grimes Lisa or LISA may refer to:
People
People with the mononym
* Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam
* Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer
* Lisa Komine (born 1978), ...
,
Amanda Moore
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Laurie Rinker
Laurie Anne Rinker (born September 28, 1962) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s.
Amateur career
Rinker was born and raised in Stuart, Florida. She attended the University of Flori ...
2013
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Carlota Ciganda
Carlota Ciganda Machiñena (born 1 June 1990) is a professional golfer from Spain who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She won the LET's Order of Merit (money title) in her debut season in 2012, and was also named Player of t ...
(10),
Jodi Ewart Shadoff
Jodi Ewart Shadoff (born 7 January 1988) is an English professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour.
Early life
Ewart was born at Northallerton in North Yorkshire. Her family now lives in Middleham and is invol ...
(10),
Caroline Hedwall
Caroline Ingrid Hedwall (born 13 May 1989) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the LPGA Tour. In 2013 she became the first player to win five matches in a single Solheim Cup event. As an amateur she w ...
(10),
Charley Hull
Charley Esmee Hull (born 20 March 1996) is an English professional golfer who has achieved success both on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour, winning honours as Rookie of the Year, becoming the youngest competitor to participate in th ...
Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang (born August 22, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has won one major championship, the 2016 U.S. Women's Open.
Amateur career
Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang ...
(10),
Caroline Masson
Caroline Masson (born 14 May 1989) is a German professional golfer, currently playing on the Ladies European Tour (LET).
Amateur and college career
Born and raised in Gladbeck in North Rhine-Westphalia, Masson had a decorated amateur golf car ...
(10),
Catriona Matthew
Catriona Isobel Matthew (née Lambert; born 25 August 1969) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the US-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Catriona Lambert was born in Edinburgh, a ...
(10),
Gerina Piller
Gerina Michelle Mendoza Piller (born March 29, 1985) is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She turned pro in 2007 following a decorated career as a collegiate golfer at the University of Texas El Paso. In 2009, M ...
(10)
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Giulia Sergas
Giulia Sergas (born 26 December 1979) is an Italian professional golfer, currently playing on both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.
Early life
Sergas was born in Trieste in northern Italy. She took up golf at the age of nine at Golf ...
(10) did not play''
9. Maximum of two sponsor invites
Brooke Henderson
Brooke Mackenzie Henderson (born 10 September 1997) is a Canadian professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.
Henderson was named the Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2015, 2017 and 2018. She won her first major at age 18 in 2016 at the ...
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Gwladys Nocera
Gwladys Nocera (born 22 May 1975) is a French professional golfer. She currently resides in Biarritz, France.
Amateur career
Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She had a successful amateur career. She finished runner up at the 1998 British La ...
10. LPGA members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2015 official money list through the conclusion of the
Manulife Financial LPGA Classic
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Marina Alex
Marina Alex (born August 2, 1990) is an American professional golfer.
Early life and education
Raised in Wayne, New Jersey, Alex played interscholastic golf at Wayne Hills High School, where she won individual state titles in 2007 and 2008. ...
Laetitia Beck
Laetitia Beck ( he, לטיסיה בק; born February 5, 1992) is an Israeli professional golfer. She made her professional debut at the 2014 Women's British Open.
Beck has won the Israeli Open Golf Championship five times, including for the firs ...
,
Christel Boeljon
Christel Wilhelmina Boeljon (born 30 July 1987) is a
Danah Bordner
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* Danah Al-Nasrallah (born 1988), Kuwaiti sprinter
* danah boyd (born 1977), American social media scholar
* Danah Zohar
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Jacqui Concolino
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*Jacqui Abbott (born 1973), female lead singer with the band ''The Beautiful South''
*Jacqui Ainsley (born 1981), English model fro ...
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Perrine Delacour
Perrine Delacour (born 5 April 1994) is a French professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour.
Career
Delacour was a member of the French National Team and reached the semi-finals of the 2012 British Ladies Amateur Championship. She was one of ...
Paz Echeverria
Pas or PAZ may refer to:
Places
* Paz, Croatia, a village and castle ruin in Istria, Croatia
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Jaye Marie Green
Jaye Marie Green (born February 2, 1994) is an American professional golfer and member of the LPGA Tour. She won the 2011 Junior Solheim Cup, was a finalist at the 2012 U.S. Women's Amateur, tied for 5th at the 2019 U.S. Women's Open, and was r ...
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Natalie Gulbis
Natalie Anne Gulbis (born January 7, 1983) is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
Golf career
Gulbis was born and raised in the Sacramento, California, area. She has Latvian ancestry. Gulbis started finding ...
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Mina Harigae
Mina Harigae (born November 1, 1989) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
As an amateur golfer, she won the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. Harigae won the California Women's Amateur Championship for four ...
Wei-Ling Hsu
Hsu Wei-ling ( zh, c=徐薇淩, p=Xú Wēilíng; born 20 October 1994) is a Taiwanese professional golfer.
Hsu was runner-up at the 2018 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic. In May 2021, at the Pure Silk Championship on the River Course at Kingsmi ...
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Pat Hurst
Pat Hurst (born May 23, 1969) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Hurst's mother is originally from Japan and her father is an American of German heritage. She was born in San Leandro, California, and raised in the Ba ...
Tiffany Joh
Tiffany Joh (born December 8, 1986) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Symetra Tour.
Childhood
Joh was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and moved to San Diego, California as a young child. Both ...
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Felicity Johnson
Felicity Jane Johnson (born 30 May 1971) is an Australian Paralympic tandem cyclist, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.
Personal
Felicity Jane Johnson ...
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Ariya Jutanugarn
Ariya Jutanugarn ( th, เอรียา จุฑานุกาล, , ; born 23 November 1995) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the American-based LPGA Tour. She was born in Bangkok. She is the first golfer, male or female, from Tha ...
Danielle Kang
Danielle Grace Kang (born October 20, 1992) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won the U.S. Women's Amateur twice, in 2010 and 2011. She won the 2017 KPMG Women's PGA Championship, an LPG ...
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Haeji Kang
Haeji Kang (born 14 November 1990) is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Early life and amateur career
Kang was born in Seoul, South Korea. As a child, she moved from Korea to New Zealand and then to Australi ...
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Kim Kaufman
Kim Kaufman (born August 16, 1991) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She was runner-up at the 2015 Blue Bay LPGA.
Early life, amateur and college career
Kaufman was born in Huron, South Dakota, and grew up in Clark, South ...
I.K. Kim
Kim In-Kyung, also called In-Kyung Kim and I. K. Kim (born 13 June 1988), is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Kim was a member of the Korean National Team in 2003 and 2004 and won three to ...
Sue Kim
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* Sue Records, an American record label
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Katherine Kirk
Katherine Kirk (born 26 February 1982) is a professional golfer from Australia, currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the ALPG Tour. She played under her maiden name, Katherine Hull, until her marriage to Tom Kirk on 2 August 2012 an ...
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Joanna Klatten
Joanna Klatten (born 2 March 1985) is a French professional golfer who mainly played on the LPGA Tour. She won four tournaments on the ALPG Tour and climbed into the top-100 of the Women's World Golf Rankings in 2014.
Amateur career
Klatten st ...
Candie Kung
Candie Kung (; born 8 August 1981) is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Kung was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She was a three-time American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) All-American and was nam ...
Alison Lee
Alison Lee (born February 26, 1995) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and is a college student at the University of California, Los Angeles. She was ranked number 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 16 weeks in ...
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Jee Young Lee
Jee-Young Lee (born 2 December 1985) is a South Korean professional golfer now playing on the United States LPGA Tour.
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Lee began playing golf at age 14 and turned professional in 2004, playing on the LPGA of Korea To ...
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Meena Lee
Meena Lee (; born 25 December 1981) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour.
Lee was born in Jeonju, South Korea. She took up golf at the age of fourteen, which is unusually late for a future professio ...
Rebecca Lee-Bentham
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Xi Yu Lin
Lin Xiyu zh, 林希妤; born 25 February 1996), also known as Xi Yu Lin and by her English name Janet, is a Chinese professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Professional career
Lin turned professional in 2011 and began playing on the Chi ...
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Pernilla Lindberg
Pernilla Lindberg (born 13 July 1986) is a Swedish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. Her only professional win to date came at the ANA Inspiration, a major championship,
Early life
Lindberg was born ...
Lisa McCloskey Lisa or LISA may refer to:
People
People with the mononym
* Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam
* Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer
* Lisa Komine (born 1978), J ...
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Kristy McPherson
Kristy McPherson (born May 28, 1981) is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Early life and amateur career
A native of South Carolina, McPherson was diagnosed with Still's disease at age 11, which is a form of ...
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Stephanie Meadow
Stephanie Meadow (born 20 January 1992) is a Northern Irish professional golfer who played for the University of Alabama and made her professional debut at the 2014 U.S. Women's Open at Pinehurst.
Amateur career
Meadow won The Womens Amateur Ch ...
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Sydnee Michaels
Sydnee Michaels (born June 15, 1988) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour as of 2012. Michaels was a graduate of the 2011 LPGA Futures Tour.
Early life
Michaels was born in Upland, California, and is the youngest ...
Becky Morgan
Becky Morgan (born 5 September 1974) is a Welsh professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour but is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Morgan was born in Abergavenny. She was introduced to the game ...
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Belén Mozo
Belén Mozo (born 25 September 1988) is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.
As an amateur, Mozo won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 2006. Later that year she joined the USC Troj ...
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Haru Nomura
Harukyo Nomura ( ja, 野村敏京; ko, 문민경; born 25 November 1992) is a Japanese female professional golfer.
Having a Korean mother and Japanese father, Nomura moved to South Korea at the age of five and lived in Seoul until she graduated ...
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Ji Young Oh
Ji-Young Oh ( ko, 오지영, born 3 July 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Oh started playing golf at the age of 12 and was named to the Korean National Team in 2005 at the age of 1 ...
Brooke Pancake
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Jane Park
Jane Park (born December 15, 1986) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. Before turning professional, Park reached the finals of the 2003 U.S. Women's Amateur and 2004 U.S. Girls' Junior, and won the 2004 U.S. Women's Amat ...
Sophia Popov
Sophia Popov (born 2 October 1992) is a German professional golfer.
Personal life
Popov holds dual United States-German citizenship having been born in the United States, and moved to Germany with her family when she was four years old. Her pat ...
Jennifer Rosales
Jennifer Rosales (born September 17, 1978) is a professional golfer from the Philippines, currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Born in Manila, Rosales won the Philippine Ladies Amateur Golf Championship five times in a r ...
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Demi Runas
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Early life
Runas was born in 1991 in Los Angeles, California to Filipino parents. She first played gol ...
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Dewi Claire Schreefel
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Personal
Schreefel was born in Alkmaar, Netherlands on 12 November 1985. She resides in the village ...
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Hee-Kyung Seo
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Aft ...
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Alena Sharp
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Jenny Shin
Jenny Shin (born 7 October 1992) is a South Korean professional golfer.
Shin was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to the United States aged 9. She won the U.S. Girls' Junior in 2006.
Shin turned professional in 2010. She played on the Futu ...
Ashleigh Simon
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Amateur career
Buhai had a successful amateur career. She was the younge ...
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Karin Sjödin
Karin Sjödin (born 8 August 1983) is a Swedish professional golfer. She played 10 seasons on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and was in contention at the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship.
Amateur career
Sjödin was born in Gothenburg, Sweden and learne ...
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Sarah Jane Smith
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Jennifer Song
Jennifer Song (born December 20, 1989) is a professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. In 2009, she won both the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Women's Amateur. She was only the fourth player in history to win bot ...
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Marissa Steen
Marissa Steen (born 4 December 1989) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour member. She was Symetra Tour Player of the Year in 2014.
Early life, college and amateur career
Steen grew up in West Chester, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio an ...
Thidapa Suwannapura
Thidapa "Jasmine" Suwannapura (; born 20 November 1992) is a Thai professional golfer.
A Ramkhamhaeng University graduate, she qualified for the Honda LPGA Thailand as an amateur in 2006, 2008 and 2010. She is the winner of the 2008 Hong Kong Lad ...
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Kris Tamulis
Kris Tamulis (born December 29, 1980) is an American professional golfer.
Tamulis was born in Lapeer, Michigan. She played college golf at Florida State University where she won two events. She turned professional in 2003.
Tamulis played on the ...
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Kelly Tan
Kelly Tan (born 26 October 1993) is a Malaysian professional golfer who competes on the LPGA Tour.
Tan is a former member of the Malaysian junior national team.
Tan earned her LPGA Tour card for 2014 via qualifying school.
Tan qualified for t ...
Mariajo Uribe
María José Uribe Durán (known more commonly as Mariajo Uribe; born 27 February 1990) is a professional golfer from Colombia, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Uribe was born in Girón, Santander. At age 17, she won the 20 ...
Cheyenne Woods
Cheyenne Nicole Woods (born July 25, 1990) is an American professional golfer.
Early life
Woods was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a daughter of Susan Woods and Earl Dennison Woods Jr., who is golfer Tiger Woods' half-brother, making Cheyenne ...
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Jing Yan __NOTOC__
Jing can refer to:
* Jing (software), formerly Jing Project
* Jing (surname), a Chinese surname
* Jing River, in China
* Jing (instrument), a large gong used in Korean traditional music
Concepts
* Chinese classics (, ''jīng'')
* Jing ( ...
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Julie Yang
Julie may refer to:
* Julie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name
Film and television
* ''Julie'' (1956 film), an American film noir starring Doris Day
* ''Julie'' (1975 film), a Hindi film by K. S. Sethumadhava ...
Cydney Clanton
Cydney Clanton (born July 18, 1989) is an American professional golfer who has played on the LPGA Tour and the Symetra Tour. She has won twice on the Symetra Tour and once on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Clanton played college golf at Auburn U ...
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Rachel Hetherington
Rachel Hetherington (born 23 April 1972) is an Australian professional golfer playing on the American LPGA Tour. Hetherington played under her married name, Rachel Teske, from 2001–04.
Career overview
Hetherington was born in Port Macquarie ...
Giulia Molinaro
Giulia Molinaro (born 23 July 1990) is an Italian professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She tied for third at the 2021 Women's PGA Championship and represented Italy at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Early life and ...
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Line Vedel
Line Vedel Hansen (born 4 March 1989) is a Danish professional golfer.
Amateur career
Vedel Hansen started playing golf at Haderslev Golfklub as a nine year old, as her parents had a house adjoining the golf course. She was girl club champion 2 ...
qualified for the tournament but 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 2015 LPGA Priority List as of the commitment deadline
Nationalities in the field
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Missed the cut
Course layout
West Course
Round summaries
First round
''Thursday, June 11, 2015''
Second round
''Friday, June 12, 2015''
Third round
''Saturday, June 13, 2015''
Final round
''Sunday, June 14, 2015''
Scorecard
''Final round''
''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
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Women's PGA Championship
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 ...
Women's PGA Championship
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 ...
Women's PGA Championship
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 ...
Women's PGA Championship
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 ...