Karis Davidson has credited a refreshing, extended break from professional golf last year for catapulting the Queenslander into career-best form in time for her first major start in over a year at this week’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
Turns out Korda sustained neck spasms after hitting out of the rough on the front nine at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco during Monday’s practice round.
Australia’s two biggest stars in women’s golf, Hannah Green and Minjee Lee, fittingly shared the top Australian honours at the Women’s PGA Championship one day before they were set to be confirmed as the country’s Olympic golf team.
The American continued her stellar play with a four-under 68 in the opening round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship to take the outright lead after the first round of a major for the first time in her 13-year career. Meanwhile, world No.5 Hannah Green is the best-placed Australian.
Ahead of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, Korda and long-time caddie Jason McDede subtly changed their club-selection process to give the 25-year-old more responsibility on her club choices at Sahalee Country Club.
Major winners Minjee Lee and Hannah Green will spearhead an eight-strong Australian contingent at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, but Sydney’s Grace Kim arrives as the most in-form having tied for second after a crushing playoff loss on the LPGA Tour last week.
We rank the top 25 players competing at the 2023 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, including Australians Minjee Lee and Hannah Green, as well as New Zealand’s Lydia Ko:
A lip-out from four feet on the 71st hole has seen Minjee Lee come up one shot short of a third Major championship at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Maryland.
It started with a single signed golf ball. When Hannah Green serendipitously handed Lily Kostner the pearl at the 2019 ANA Inspiration, little did she know the impact she would have on the youngster from Minneapolis – and the bond that would follow.
The 2022 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship announced on Tuesday that the purse for this week’s LPGA major at Congressional Country Club has been doubled to $US9 million.
Australian Golf Digest
