This is the fifth edition of the Kroger Queen City Championship but it’s the first time it’s being hosted at Maketewah Country Club in Cincinnati. Charley Hull is the defending champion after an odd finish a year ago where Jeeno Thitikul, who was World No. 1 at the time, four-putted the last hole to hand Hull the title, her third on the LPGA.
Hull and Thitikul, last week’s winner in New Jersey, are back again this year, as is World No. 1 Nelly Korda, who has won her last two starts on tour, including a major championship. She’s collected three wins so far this season. In total, 20 of the top 25 players in the world are competing this week, where the purse is $2 million and the winner takes home $300,000.
The story of the year so far on the LPGA is Korda because of the aforementioned numbers. But Thitikul’s victory last week at the Mizuho Americas Open was her second this year, showing that Korda has company at the top of the world rankings. In fact, four players all ranking inside the top five in the world have combined to win nine of the 11 tournaments—Korda (3), Thitikul (2), Hyo Joo Kim (2) and Hannah Green (2). Kim and Green, however, are not playing this week.
The schedule starts to get busy quickly for the LPGA after this week and two of the tour’s next five events will be majors championships—the U.S. Women’s Open, June 4-7 at Riviera and the KPMG Women’s PGA June 25-28 at Hazeltine National.
Check back here Sunday after play is complete for updates to the money below.
Prize breakdown in Cincy
WIN: $300,000
2: $185,159
3: $134,320
4: $103,907
5: $83,633
6: $68,427
7: $57,276
8: $50,180
9: $45,112
10: $41,056
11: $38,014
12: $35,480
13: $33,250
14: $31,223
15: $29,398
16: $27,776
17: $26,357
18: $25,141
19: $24,127
20: $23,315
21: $22,505
22: $21,694
23: $20,884
24: $20,072
25: $19,363
26: $18,653
27: $17,942
28: $17,233
29: $16,524
30: $15,916
31: $15,307
32: $14,699
33: $14,090
34: $13,482
35: $12,976
36: $12,469
37: $11,963
38: $11,455
39: $10,948
40: $10,543
41: $10,138
42: $9,733
43: $9,326
44: $8,921
45: $8,617
46: $8,312
47: $8,008
48: $7,704
49: $7,400
50: $7,096
51: $6,894
52: $6,691
53: $6,487
54: $6,286
55: $6,082
56: $5,879
57: $5,677
58: $5,474
59: $5,272
60: $5,069
61: $4,968
62: $4,865
63: $4,765
64: $4,664
65: $4,561
66: $4,460
67: $4,360
68: $4,257
69: $4,156
70: $4,055
71: $4,005
72: $3,953
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
