The LPGA returns to the Cincinnati area for the first time in more than 30 years with this week’s inaugural Kroger Queen City Championship.
from Mexico Gaby Lopez, who captured her third LPGA title last week at the Dana Open, will be among the headliners at Kenwood Country Club’s Kendale Course, where 144 players will compete for the $1,750,000 prize pool. Last week in Sylvania, Ohio, the 28-year-old Lopez rallied from four shots down on the final day to secure a one-shot victory over megan khang. Lopez, who hails from Mexico City and played college golf at Arkansas, closed with three straight birdies to post an 8-under 63 in the final round and finish with 18-under 266.
Women’s professional golf last came to the Cincinnati area in the 1980s, when the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship was held at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Center in nearby Kings Island from 1978 to 1989. The first championship was won nancy lopezwho ultimately won three Women’s PGA titles at the course, including the last tournament held there in 1989.
How to watch the 2022 Kroger Queen City Championship
Coverage of the 2022 Kroger Queen City Championship from Kenwood Country Club in Cincinnati, Ohio can be found on the Golf Channel, with streaming options available anytime on any mobile device and online via NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. .
- Thursday September 8: 4-7 pm ET, Canal Golf
- Friday September 9: 4-7 pm ET, Canal Golf
- Saturday September 10: 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET, Canal Golf
- Sunday September 11: 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET, Canal Golf
Who is playing in the 2022 Kroger Queen City Championship
Notable names in the 144-player field at Kenwood Country Club include six of the top 10 players (and 16 of the top 25) in the Rolex Rankings:
- Number 3 minjee lee
- number 5 Brooke Henderson
- No. 6 Atthaya Thitikul
- No. 7 Lexi Thompson
- No. 8 Hyo Joo Kim
- No. 9 nasa hataoka
Four of this year’s top champions: Chevron Championship winner jennifer kupchoUS Women’s Open champion Lee, Evian Championship winner Henderson and AIG Women’s Open winner Ashleigh Buhai – are also in the field together with jessica corda, Sei Young Kim, Lexi Thompson Y Danielle Kang.
Three fans are on the field, including Anna Daviswho won the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur and received a sponsor exemption along with emma mcmylerwho plays college golf at nearby Xavier and is a two-time Big East Women’s Golf Player of the Year.
For the third week in a row, a 14-year-old gianna clement he earned his place in an LPGA event through Monday’s qualifying. Of the 22 players who attempted to qualify at Kenwood on Monday, only two broke par, with Clemente earning medal honors at 7-under. Clemente is the youngest player to qualify for three consecutive LPGA events on Monday and only the second overall to do so, joining Hee-Won Han, who has qualified for the LPGA Takefuji Classic, Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open and Welch’s- Circle K Championship in 2001.
More about Kenwood Country Club
Kenwood Country Club was created in 1929 and chose its northeast Cincinnati location with the help of noted golf course architect. donald ross, who was hired to give a written report detailing his first choice location. Indianapolis architect Bill Diddel was hired to design the original 36 holes, all of which were renovated by the Fry/Straka Global Golf Course Design firm during the pandemic. Approximately 1,000 trees were removed from the property and the 18 greens were enlarged to their original size, with bunkers throughout the course restructured to conform to the original layout.
The official scorecard for Kenwood’s Kendale Course is played as a par 72 (36-36), with a distance of 6,515 yards. The Kendale course has hosted several national championships, including the 1933 Men’s US Amateur, the 1946 Men’s US Open (won by lloyd mangrum) and the 1963 US Women’s Open, which she won mary mills. Mills, then 23, was the only player to finish under par in the tournament, beating louis suggs Y sandra haynie for three hits.
The NBC Golf Research Team contributed to this report.
