KPMG Women’s PGA field nearly set, Haley Moore in favorable position to take final spot
The field is set for the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, with one spot being held for the winner of this week’s ShopRite LPGA Classic. This year’s Women’s PGA will be held at Aronimink Golf Club Oct. 8-11 in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
Should the winner of this week’s event already be qualified, the first alternate, rookie Haley Moore, will be the last player in KPMG’s 132-player field.
World No. 2 Nelly Korda headlines the tournament along with past champions Danielle Kang (No. 3), Brooke Henderson (No. 4) and Sung Hyun Park (No. 6).
Both Korda and Henderson lost in a playoff to Mirim Lee earlier this month at the ANA Inspiration. Lee is also in the field.
Top-ranked Jin Young Ko, who has yet to play this season, will not make the trip to Pennsylvania. Neither will fellow South Koreans Jeong Eun Lee5, Hyo Joo Kim or So Yeon Ryu, all of whom are ranked inside the top 13.
Sophia Popov, winner of the AIG Women’s British Open, is in the field. She tied for 24th at the Cambia Portland Classic, her first start on the LPGA since Royal Troon.
Rookie Bianca Pagdanganan of the Philippines played her way into her first major of the year after making her fourth consecutive cut on the LPGA in Portland.
There are eight teaching and club professionals in the field as well as two sponsor exemptions: Germany’s Sandra Gal and Julia Engstrom of Sweden.
2020 KPMG Women’s PGA field:
Brittany Altomare |
Pajaree Anannarukarn |
Dottie Ardina |
Jennifer Borocz |
Celine Boutier |
Nicole Broch Larsen |
Ashleigh Buhai |
Sarah Burnham |
Matilda Castren |
Ellen Ceresko |
Jennifer Chang |
Peiyun Chien |
Chella Choi |
In Gee Chun |
Carlota Ciganda |
Cydney Clanton |
Joanna Coe |
Stephanie Connelly Eiswerth |
Alison Curdt |
Laura Davies |
Perrine Delacour |
Gemma Dryburgh |
Lindy Duncan |
Kendall Dye |
Julia Engstrom (i) |
Austin Ernst |
Jodi Ewart Shadoff |
Maria Fassi |
Dana Finkelstein |
Sandra Gal (i) |
Kristen Gillman |
Hannah Green |
Jaye Marie Green |
Georgia Hall |
Mina Harigae |
Nasa Hataoka |
Seul-Ki Hawley |
Caroline Hedwall |
Brooke M. Henderson |
Jillian Hollis |
Daniela Holmqvist |
Charley Hull |
Caroline Inglis |
Eun Hee Ji |
Tiffany Joh |
Ariya Jutanugarn |
Moriya Jutanugarn |
Danielle Kang |
Haeji Kang |
Kim Kaufman |
Yui Kawamoto |
Sarah Kemp |
Cristie Kerr |
Megan Khang |
Christina Kim |
Sei Young Kim |
Katherine Kirk |
Cheyenne Knight |
Lydia Ko |
Nanna Koerstz Madsen |
Jessica Korda |
Nelly Korda |
Jennifer Kupcho |
Brittany Lang |
Bronte Law |
Alison Lee |
Andrea Lee |
Esther Lee |
Jeong Eun Lee |
Mi Hyang Lee |
Minjee Lee |
Mirim Lee |
Stacy Lewis |
Xiyu Lin |
Brittany Lincicome |
Pernilla Lindberg |
Jordan Lintz |
Yu Liu |
Gaby Lopez |
Leona Maguire |
Caroline Masson |
Ally McDonald |
Kristy McPherson |
Stephanie Meadow |
Wichanee Meechai |
Samantha Morrell |
Azahara Munoz |
Yealimi Noh |
Haru Nomura |
Anna Nordqvist |
Su Oh |
Amy Olson |
Lee-Anne Pace |
Bianca Pagdanganan |
Annie Park |
Hee Young Park |
Inbee Park |
Sung Hyun Park |
Pornanong Phatlum |
Gerina Piller |
Sophia Popov |
Morgan Pressel |
Robynn Ree |
Mel Reid |
Madelene Sagstrom |
Lizette Salas |
Sarah Schmelzel |
Alena Sharp |
Hinako Shibuno |
Jenny Shin |
Sarah Jane Smith |
Jennifer Song |
Klara Spilkova |
Mariah Stackhouse |
Angela Stanford |
Lauren Stephenson |
Linnea Strom |
Jasmine Suwannapura |
Elizabeth Szokol |
Emma Talley |
Kelly Tan |
Patty Tavatanakit |
Charlotte Thomas |
Lexi Thompson |
Maria Fernanda Torres |
Albane Valenzuela |
Anne van Dam |
Lindsey Weaver |
Jing Yan |
Amy Yang |
Angel Yin |
