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On: June 22, 2024 By: admin

The LPGA is in the Pacific Northwest at Sahalee Country Club for the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

After a grueling first two days of play, the Top 60 players and ties will play the weekend.

Among those in contention is Lexi Thompson, who fired off an even-par 72 on Friday to sit tied for third place at 4-under.

She is chasing Sarah Schmelzel and Amy Yang, who both signed for 6-under 66s. Jin Young Ko and Thompson will play together alongside Hae Ran Ryu in the second-to-last group.

Some other notable names within reach are Leona Maguire at 3-under. Madelene Sagstrom and Ally Ewing are both at 2-under.

Charley Hull, Maja Stark and Celine Boutier sit at 1-under ahead of moving day. A solid third round could benefit them. Moving Day is for these ladies right in the mix to move up the leaderboard and give themselves a late tee time for Sunday.

Check out the complete tee time list below for Saturday at Sahalee.

KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Round 3 Tee Times (ET):

*indicates going off the 10th tee

12:44 p.m.* — Elizabeth Szokol, Georgia Hall, Lizette Salas

12:49 p.m. — Ruixin Liu, Yu Jin Sung, Akie Iwai

12:55 p.m. * — Linn Grant, Peiyun Chien, Hyo Joo Kim

1:00 p.m. — Pajaree Anannarukarn, Minjee Lee, Mao Saigo

1:06 p.m. * — Arpichaya Yubol, Esther Henseliet, Azahara Munoz

1:11 p.m. — Allisen Corpuz, Ayaka Furue, Xi Yu Lin

1:17 p.m. * — Rio Takeda, Morgane Metraux, Jiwon Jeon

1:22 p.m. — Malia Nam, Minami Katsu, Gaby Lopez

1:28 p.m. * — Paula Reto, Lydia Ko, Mi Hyang Lee

1:33 p.m. — Lilia Vu, Brooke M. Henderson, Ariya Jutanugarn

1:39 p.m. * — Ashleigh Buhai, Gabriela Ruffels, Grace Kim

1:40 p.m. — Bianca Pagdanganan, Lauren Coughlin, Hye-Jin Choi

1:50 p.m. * — Rose Zhang, Atthaya Thitikul, Ruoning Yin

1:55 p.m. — Patty Tavatanakit, Jennifer Kupcho, Celine Borge

2:01 p.m. * — Hannah Green, Na Rin An, Frida Kinhult

2:06 p.m. — Charley Hull, Lindsey Weaver-Wright, Caroline Inglis

2:12 p.m. * — Moriya Jutanugarn, Aditi Ashok, A Lim Kim

2:17 p.m. — Stephanie Kyriacou, Maja Stark, Celine Boutier

2:23 p.m. * — Yuka Saso, Cheyenne Knight, Lindy Duncan

2:28 p.m. — Ally Ewing, Lauren Hartlage, Aline Krauter

2:34 p.m. * — Mariah Stackhouse, Maria Fassi

2:39 p.m. — Miyu Yamashita, Leona Maguire, Madelene Sagstrom

2:45 p.m. * — Angel Yin, Yealimi Noh

2:50 p.m. — Lexi Thompson, Jin Young Ko, Hae Ran Ryu

3:01 p.m. — Sarah Schmelzel, Amy Yang, Hinako Shibuno

Savannah Leigh Richardson is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. For more golf coverage, follow us @_PlayingThrough on all major social platforms. You can also follow her on Twitter @SportsGirlSL and Instagram @savannah_leigh_sports.

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On: June 22, 2024 By: admin

The LPGA’s third major championship, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, is halfway over. Sahalee Country Club showed its teeth through the first two days.

After Friday’s round, half the field went home, and among those was World No. 1 Nelly Korda.

Korda will not play on the weekend for the second major championship and the third straight week. She started the season with five consecutive wins and earned her sixth at the Mizuho’s Americas Open.

Since that victory, though, things have not gone her way. To miss the cut, Korda shot an 80-70 at the U.S. Women’s Open. This week, she tallied 69-81, her highest professional career score.

It was not a good day for the top-ranked player in the world, especially after a strong start to the week on Day 1. Korda started her day by making five bogeys in six of her first holes. She added two more bogeys at the 9th, 11th and 14th before a double bogey at the par-4 15th completely derailed her.

Korda did add one birdie to the card on the par-5 18th, but it was too late.

She is not the only one headed home early. Other notable names who missed the cut at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship include Anna Nordqvist, Alexa Pano, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Robyn Choi, Nasa Hataoka, Andrea Lee, Danielle Kang, Sophia Popov, Carlota Ciganda, Gemma Dryburgh, Stacy Lewis, and Brittany Lincicome.

Sahalee gave these ladies quite the test, and they were sent home after 36 holes.

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On: June 21, 2024 By: admin

Lexi Thompson shot an even-par 72 on Friday to remain in contention at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

She is two shots off the leader, Sarah Schmelzel, who fired a 5-under 67 to move to 6-under.

Thompson sits at 4-under through 36 holes and sits in a tie for second place with the afternoon wave left to tackle Sahalee Country Club.

“Honestly, even is a great score out here, too,” Thompson said after her round on Friday. “Just a difficult golf course.”

“Pars are good out there. Always important to start off with a good round especially yesterday shooting 4-under. So very grateful and took it into today. Had a great front nine and had a few hiccups on the back nine, but it happens out here. Also made a lot of good putts, so going to build on that.”

The 29-year-old started her round on the back nine and made three birdies to turn in 33 strokes. However, her second nine holes were a grind.

She made a double-bogey on the par-5 2nd and dropped another shot at the 4th. Thompson picked up her fourth birdie at six. However, she made a bogey on the par-4 8th to drop her back to even par.

Thompson explained how this golf course is one to stay patient on.

“There will be bogeys. Take advantage of the few birdie opportunities you get out there,” she said.

Despite the tough stretch, the veteran LPGA player felt she still played well.

“You’re going to hit bad shots. You just got to take it, know there will be a bogey or two in there, and move on,” Thompson said. “Could have been worse, so I stayed positive and made a birdie on the back nine as well and made some good putts. Just build on the positives, not focus on anything else and take that into the weekend.”

She will continue to keep that patient mindset heading into the final 36 holes as Thompson chases down her second major championship.

Her first came at 19 when she won the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship.

It has been 10 years since that victory, and the 11-time LPGA winner is playing some of her best golf. Thompson finished T2 last week at the Meijer LPGA Classic after she missed four straight cuts. Before those four early weeks, she recorded a T3 at the inaugural Ford Championship.

In the three events that she played all four rounds, her worst finish was a T16 at the season opener, the LPGA Drive On Championship. An injury in her hand and wrist kept her from playing her best. It also seems to be why she missed so many cuts in a row.

Thompson appears healthy now after shooting another impressive round to keep her in contention at Sahalee.

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On: June 20, 2024 By: admin

This week, the LPGA hosts its third major championship, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington.

It has been eight years since the LPGA played Sahalee for the Women’s PGA Championship.

The last time the venue hosted the major was in 2016 when Brooke Henderson defeated Lydia Ko in a playoff.

Jessica Korda played in that event before ultimately missing the cut. She returns to Sahalee in 2024, but this time to cheer on her younger sister and current World No. 1, Nelly Korda.

She explained the best way to attack this tree-lined track.

“Sahalee is one of the purest tracks I think we’ve ever played. It’s such a great test of golf and an amazing major championship host,” she said to the LPGA social media team.

“All you see are these big trees, the roughs up — you got branches in the way. So paying attention to where the pins are — coming in at the right angles from the fairway, those are all going to be really important things. You would say it’s a second-shot golf course, but it’s not. It’s an every-shot golf course.”

Pine trees line the fairways at Sahalee, making it a challenge to take home the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship trophy on Sunday.

Korda has been on quite the run in 2024, already racking up six victories on the LPGA Tour She won five straight, finished T7 at the Cognizant Founders Cup and won the Mizuho Americas Open the following week.

However, since that sixth victory, her game has gone cold.

Korda missed the cut at the U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club earlier this year and the Meijer LPGA Classic last week. She looks to bounce back and play the weekend at this major championship.

The 14-time LPGA winner posted a 3-under 69 to sit atop the leaderboard after her round on Thursday. The afternoon group still has to play, but she leads by one shot.

Korda set the tone with six birdies, a bogey, and one double bogey.

“As long as she can keep it in the fairway, she’s going to be fine,” Jessica Korda said. “But she does scramble really well. So, as long as she can score, I think that’s going to be the most important thing.”

Nelly’s double bogey was rough, but she bounced back with a birdie on her 18th hole to reclaim the lead.