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KPMG Women's PGA Championship Opens Thursday at Hazeltine National Golf Club
The third major of the 2026 LPGA season begins Thursday in Minnesota with a record $13 million purse. Twenty-one South Korean players enter the 156-player field seeking to end a two-year major drought.
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The 2026 KPMG Women's PGA Championship opens Thursday at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, Yonhap reported. The 156-player field will compete for a US$13 million purse, the largest in women's golf history. Twenty-one South Korean players are entered.
South Korea produced no LPGA major champion in 2025 or the first two majors of 2026, the first such two-year gap since 2000. Nelly Korda won both the Chevron Championship and the U.S. Women's Open earlier this year.
Kim Hyo-joo, ranked world No. 3, anchors the South Korean group. She has recorded two victories this season and ranks second to Korda in both the Player of the Year standings and scoring average. Kim will chase her second career major title after winning the 2014 Evian Championship.
Kim Sei-young, ranked world No. 10, returns to defend her 2020 title. Choi Hye-jin, world No. 17, seeks her first LPGA victory after finishing second at the Dow Championship on June 14 in her 114th start.
Chun In-gee finished fourth at the U.S. Women's Open on June 7 and tied for 12th at the Meijer LPGA Classic on June 21. She has earned $781,608 in nine tournaments this year. The par-72 layout at Hazeltine measures 6,760 yards.
The course hosted the 2009 PGA Championship, won by South Korea's Yang Yong-eun.
