The 2011 LPGA Championship was the 57th

LPGA 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 ...

, held June 23–26 at

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, a suburb southeast of

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. Known for sponsorship reasons as the

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LPGA Championship, it was the second of four major championships on the

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during the

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season. This was the second of four consecutive years the LPGA Championship was played at Locust Hill. The champion was

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 ...

, age 22, with a 269 (−19) to win by ten strokes over

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. It was Tseng's second LPGA Championship victory (2008) and fourth major championship. It was her third victory of

and eighth career win on the LPGA Tour. It was the second consecutive year with a double-digit victory margin. Defending champion

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tied for third, eleven strokes back; she won by twelve strokes in

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Course layout

Field

The field was composed of 150 players, which included one amateur, with the cut to the top 70 players and ties after the second round.

Past champions in the field

All eight former champions in the field made the cut.

Tournament summary

First round

''Thursday, June 23, 2011'' Source:

Second round

''Friday, June 24, 2011'' The cut was at 146 (+2) or better and 78 players advanced to play on the weekend. The only amateur, 18-year-old

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 ...

, made the cut. Kang was the U.S. Women's Amateur champion in 2010 and would repeat in 2011. Source:

Third round

''Saturday, June 25, 2011'' Source:

Final round

''Sunday, June 26, 2011'' Source:

References

External links

LPGA Tour leaderboard
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