Dates | June 11–14, 2015 |
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Location | Harrison, New York, U.S. |
Course(s) |
Westchester Country Club, West Course |
Organized by | PGA of America |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Par | 73 |
Length | 6,670 yards (6,100 m) |
Field | 156 players, 73 after cut |
Cut | 147 (+1) |
Prize fund | $3.5 million |
Winner's share | $525,000 |
Inbee Park | |
273 (−19) | |
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The 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 61st Women's PGA Championship, held June 11–14 at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, New York, a suburb northeast of New York City.
Known as the LPGA Championship through 2014, it was the second of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2015 season. This was the first year that the championship was organized by the PGA of America. The tournament was broadcast by Golf Channel and NBC Sports.
The field included 156 players who met one or more of the selection criteria and committed to participate by a designated deadline.
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.
1. Active LPGA Hall of Fame members
Juli Inkster (2,10), Se Ri Pak (2,10), Karrie Webb (2,4,6,10)
2. Past winners of the LPGA Championship
Laura Davies (10), Shanshan Feng (3,4,5,6,10), Cristie Kerr (3,4,6,8,10), Anna Nordqvist (4,5,6,8,10), Inbee Park (3,4,5,6,10), Suzann Pettersen (3,4,5,6,8,10), Yani Tseng (3,10)
3. Professionals who have won an LPGA major championship in the previous five years and during the current year