| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 9–12, 2016 |
| Location | Sammamish, Washington 47°38′06″N 122°03′25″W / 47.635°N 122.057°W |
| Course(s) | Sahalee Country Club (South & North nines) |
| Organized by | PGA of America |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,624 yards (6,057 m) |
| Field | 156 players, 75 after cut |
| Cut | 149 (+7) |
| Prize fund | $3.5 million |
| Winner's share | $525,000 |
| Champion | |
 Brooke Henderson | |
| 278 (−6), playoff | |
| Location map | |
  Sahalee Location in the United States  Sahalee Location in Washington | |
The 2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 62nd Women's PGA Championship, played June 9–12 at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle.[1][2] Brooke Henderson, 18, won her first major title with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with top-ranked Lydia Ko. It was the second win in a major by a Canadian and the first in 48 years. Henderson and Ko both had bogey-free final rounds with scores of 65 (−6) and 67 (−4), respectively.[3]
Known as the LPGA Championship through 2014, it was the second of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2016 season. This was the second year that the championship was organized by the PGA of America.[1]
Sahalee hosted the PGA Championship in 1998, the first of three majors won by Vijay Singh. It was scheduled to host again in 2010, but the PGA of America reversed its decision and moved it to Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.[4][5] The USGA helped fill that void with a senior major at Sahalee, the U.S. Senior Open in 2010, won by Bernhard Langer.
The Seattle area is an annual stop on the PGA Tour Champions with the Boeing Classic at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge in late August. The area formerly hosted the Safeco Classic, an LPGA Tour event from 1982 through 1999, held in September at Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent, southeast of Seattle.
- ^ a b Auclair, T.J. (June 13, 2015). "Sahalee Country Club president 'thrilled' to host '16 KPMG Women's PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (June 13, 2015). "Sahalee C.C. to host 2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship". Golfweek. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- ^ "Brooke Henderson beats Lydia Ko in playoff to capture first major title". ESPN. Associated Press. June 12, 2016.
- ^ Newnham, Blaine (February 26, 2006). "Sahalee deserving of more championships". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- ^ Newnham, Blaine (January 27, 2005). "PGA owes Sahalee new date". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 15, 2015.