This Week on the LPGA Tour

Dana Open presented by Marathon

Highland Meadows Golf Club| Sylvania, Ohio| Sept. 1-4, 2022

CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT

144 players; 72 holes, stroke play; after 36 holes, the field will be cut to the top 70 and ties

PURSE

$1.75 million USD; the winner’s portion is $262,500

SOCIAL MEDIA – #DriveOn

Tournament: @CPWomensOpen (Twitter, Instagram), #CPWO

LPGA: @LPGA, @LPGAMedia (Twitter), @lpga_tour (Instagram)

AON RISK REWARD CHALLENGE HOLE

No. 17, par 5

SOCIAL MEDIA: #DRIVEON

Tournament: @danaopenlpga (Twitter, Instagram), #DanaLPGAOpen

LPGA: @LPGA, @LPGAMedia (Twitter); @lpga_tour (Instagram)

TV & STREAMING TIMES (all times Eastern on Golf Channel, golfchannel.com and the NBC Sports App)

Thursday, Sept. 1 – 1-4 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 2 – 1-4 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 3 – 1-4 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 4 – 1-4 p.m.

WHITELINE PAR AND YARDAGE (subject to change)

34-37—71, 6,598 yards

PAST FIVE CHAMPIONS AND RUNNERS-UP

*2021: Nasa Hataoka, 194 (-19); Elizabeth Szokol and Mina Harigae, 200 (-13)

2020: Danielle Kang, 269 (-15); Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Lydia Ko, 270 (-14)

2019: Sei Young Kim, 262 (-22); Lexi Thompson, 264 (-20)

2018: Jasmine Suwannapura, 270 (-14); defeated Brittany Lincicome with birdie on the first playoff hole

2017: In-Kyung Kim, 263 (-21); Lexi Thompson, 267 (-17)

*Event shortened to 54 holes due to weather

TOURNAMENT SCORING RECORDS

18 holes: 60, Paula Creamer, first round, 2008

36 holes: 125, Paula Creamer, 2008

54 holes: 194, Nasa Hataoka, 2021

72 holes: 261 (-23), Se Ri Pak, 1998

WHO’S IN THE DANA OPEN FIELD

Past Champions:

Nasa Hataoka (2021), Danielle Kang (2020), Sei Young Kim (2019), Jasmine Suwannapura (2018), In-Kyung Kim (2017), Lydia Ko (2014, 2016), So Yeon Ryu (2012), Na Yeon Choi (2010), Paula Creamer (2008)

2022 LPGA Tour Winners (16 of 19):

Marina Alex (Palos Verdes Championship), Ashleigh Buhai (AIG Women’s Open), In Gee Chun (KPMG Women’s PGA Championship), Ayaka Furue (Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open), Nasa Hataoka (DIO Implant LA Open), Brooke Henderson (ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer, Amundi Evian Championship), Danielle Kang (Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions), Hyo Joo Kim (HSBC Women’s World Championship), Lydia Ko (Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio), Nanna Koerstz Madsen (Honda LPGA Thailand), Jennifer Kupcho (The Chevron Championship, Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational), Minjee Lee (Cognizant Founders Cup, U.S. Women’s Open), Leona Maguire (LPGA Drive On Championship at Crown Colony), Paula Reto (CP Women’s Open), Lizette Salas (Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational), Atthaya Thitikul (JTBC Classic presented by Barbasol)

2022 LPGA Tour Rookies (24 of 33):

Na Rin An, Hye-Jin Choi, Allisen Corpuz, Casey Danielson, Amanda Doherty, Ayaka Furue, Haylee Harford, Lauren Hartlage, Yaeeun Hong, Vivian Hou, Yu-Sang Hou, Stephanie Kyriacou, Agathe Laisne, Brooke Matthews, Morgane Metraux, Sanna Nuutinen, Kaitlyn Papp, Sophia Schubert, Maddie Szeryk, Atthaya Thitikul, Savannah Vilaubi, Dewi Weber, Ruoning Yin, Weiwei Zhang

Sponsor Exemptions:

Aline Krauter, Natasha Andrea Oon, Audrey Ryu

Monday Qualifiers:

LPGA LOCAL QUALIFYING ROUND INFORMATION

2022 STATISTICAL LEADERS
Official Money: Minjee Lee, $3,736,526
Scoring Average: Minjee Lee, 69.173

Birdies: Nasa Hataoka, 285

Eagles: A Lim Kim, 11

Aces: Pauline Roussin, 2
Greens in Regulation: Ally Ewing, 77.3%

Average Driving Distance: Bianca Pagdanganan, 276.470

Strokes Gained Total: Minjee Lee, 2.370

2022 AWARD LEADERS
Rolex Player of the Year: Minjee Lee, 149 points

Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year: Atthaya Thitikul, 1,075 points
Race to the CME Globe: Minjee Lee, 2502.953 points

Aon Risk Reward Challenge: Minjee Lee, -1.038

Rolex ANNIKA Major Award: Minjee Lee, 98 points*

*clinched

2022 WINS BY COUNTRY (22 tournaments, 11 countries)

6 – United States of America (Marina Alex, Danielle Kang, Jennifer Kupcho (3), Lizette Salas)

4 – Republic of Korea (In Gee Chun, Eun-Hee Ji, Hyo Joo Kim, Jin Young Ko)

2 – Australia (Minjee Lee (2))

2 – Canada (Brooke Henderson (2))

2 – Japan (Ayaka Furue, Nasa Hataoka)

2 – South Africa (Ashleigh Buhai, Paula Reto)

1 – Denmark (Nanna Koerstz Madsen)

1 – Ireland (Leona Maguire)

1 – New Zealand (Lydia Ko)

1 – Sweden (Maja Stark)

1 – Thailand (Atthaya Thitikul)

2022 WINS BY PLAYER (22 tournaments, 19 players)

3 – Jennifer Kupcho (The Chevron Championship, Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational)

2 – Brooke Henderson (ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer, Amundi Evian Championship)

2 – Minjee Lee (Cognizant Founders Cup, U.S. Women’s Open)

1 – Marina Alex (Palos Verdes Championship presented by Bank of America)

1 – Ashleigh Buhai (AIG Women’s Open)

1 – In Gee Chun (KPMG Women’s PGA Championship)

1 – Ayaka Furue (Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open)

1 – Nasa Hataoka (DIO Implant LA Open)

1 – Eun-Hee Ji (Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play presented by MGM Rewards)

1 – Danielle Kang (Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions)

1 – Hyo Joo Kim (LOTTE Championship)

1 – Jin Young Ko (HSBC Women’s World Championship)

1 – Lydia Ko (Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio)

1 – Nanna Koerstz Madsen (Honda LPGA Thailand)

1 – Leona Maguire (LPGA Drive On Championship at Crown Colony)

1 – Paula Reto (CP Women’s Open)

1 – Lizette Salas (Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational)

1 – Maja Stark (ISPS Handa World Invitational)

1 – Atthaya Thitikul (JTBC Classic presented by Barbasol)

AVERAGE AGE OF 2022 WINNERS: 26.30
Youngest winner: Atthaya Thitikul (19 years, 25 days)
Oldest winner: Eun-Hee Ji (36 years, 16 days)

TEAM USA SOLHEIM CUP STANDINGS
1 – Lexi Thompson, 220 points

2 – Jennifer Kupcho, 187 points

3 – Nelly Korda, 183 points

4 – Danielle Kang, 139 points

5 – Jessica Korda, 130 points

6 – Megan Khang, 105 points

7 – Alison Lee, 104 points

8 – Lilia Vu, 98 points

9 – Marina Alex, 94 points

10 – Andrea Lee, 83 points

Team USA Solheim Cup standings

Team Europe Solheim Cup standings

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