LPGA TOUR AND PGA OF AMERICA
KPMG WOMEN’S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
■ Site: Bethesda, Maryland.
■ Course: Congressional CC (Blue). Yardage: 6,831. Par: 72.
■ Prize money: $4.5 million. Winner’s share: $675,000.
■ Television: ThursdayFriday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
(Golf Channel), SaturdaySunday, 1-4 p.m. (NBC).
■ Defending champion: Nelly Korda.
■ Race to CME Globe leader: Minjee Lee.
■ Last week: Jennifer Kupcho won the Meijer LPGA Classic.
■ Notes: The LPGA Tour has its second major in three weeks . ... The first two majors were won by Jennifer Kupcho (Chevron Championship) and Minjee Lee (U.S. Women’s Open). They are the only players with multiple wins on the LPGA Tour this season . ... Congressional last hosted a major when Rory McIlroy won the U.S. Open in 2011 by eight shots . ... The PGA of America last went to Congressional for a main event in 1976 when Dave Stockton won the PGA Championship at 1-over
281. It was the last time a PGA champion was over par . ... Korda tied for eighth and was runner-up in her two events since returning from a blood clot . ... Korda won last year at Atlanta Athletic Club for her first major. The victory sent her to No. 1 in the women’s world ranking for the first time . ... Six women already have surpassed more than $1 million in earnings this year with five months left in the season. Lee leads at over $2.6 million from her $1.8 million by winning the Women’s Open . ... Jin Young Ko in 2018 was the last woman to win multiple majors in the same season.
■ Next tournament: Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational on July 13-16.