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Women's PGA Championship Opens at Hazeltine with 156-Player Field and $13 Million Purse
South Korea has produced no LPGA major winner since 2024 after going winless across five majors in 2025 and the first two of 2026. A 21-player South Korean contingent opens the KPMG Women's PGA Championship on Thursday at Hazeltine National Golf Club.
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The 2026 KPMG Women's PGA Championship opens Thursday at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, where 21 South Korean players will attempt to end their country's two-year drought without an LPGA major champion. Yonhap reported that South Korea has not gone two straight years without an LPGA major champion since 2000.
Women's Open in 2026. The third major of the year features a field of 156 players competing for a US$13 million purse. Kim Hyo-joo, ranked world No. 3, anchors the South Korean group after securing two victories this season and placing second to Korda in both the Player of the Year standings and scoring average.
Kim Sei-young, ranked No. 10, will defend her 2020 title at the event. Choi Hye-jin, ranked No. 17, seeks her first LPGA victory after finishing second with Kim Hyo-joo at the Dow Championship on June 14 in her 114th start.
Chun In-gee, the 2022 champion, has posted her strongest results in years. She placed fourth at the U.S. Women's Open on June 7 and tied for 12th at the Meijer LPGA Classic the following week, earning $781,608 in nine starts this season.
The par-72 layout measures 6,760 yards and previously hosted the 2009 PGA Championship, won by South Korea's Yang Yong-eun.
