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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 29 – July 2, 2017 |
| Location | Olympia Fields, Illinois 41°31′16″N 87°41′13″W / 41.521°N 87.687°W |
| Course(s) | Olympia Fields Country Club North Course [1] |
| Organized by | PGA of America |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,588 yards (6,024 m)[2] |
| Field | 156 players, 74 after cut |
| Cut | 144 (+2) |
| Prize fund | $3.5 million |
| Winner's share | $525,000 |
| Champion | |
 Danielle Kang | |
| 271 (−13) | |
| Location map | |
  Olympia Fields Location in the United States  Olympia Fields Location in Washington | |
The 2017 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 63rd Women's PGA Championship, played June 29 – July 2 at Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Illinois, a suburb south of Chicago. Known as the LPGA Championship through 2014, it was the second of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2017 season.
Danielle Kang won the championship for her first professional win, one stroke ahead of defending champion Brooke Henderson.[3]
Olympia Fields hosted the PGA Championship in 1925 and 1961, and the U.S. Open in 1928 and 2003. It has also been the site of the U.S. Senior Open (1997) and the U.S. Amateur (2015).[4]
Golf Channel and NBC Sports televised the Women's PGA for the third consecutive year.
- ^ "Olympia Fields Country Club (North)". Golf Digest. January 4, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ^ "KPMG Women's PGA Championship". ESPN. (leaderboard). June 29, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ^ "Danielle Kang edges defending champion Brooke Henderson to win KPMG Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. July 2, 2017.
- ^ Arvia, Phil (June 20, 2016). "Olympia Fields CC counting down to 2017 PGA Women's Championship". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 23, 2017.