Six Events Down, Four to Go - An #AweSummer Update

Six Tournaments Into #AweSummer – Where We Are In The Schedule

10 of the biggest events of the LPGA season kicked off at the second major championship of the year, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and will wrap up with the year’s final major in September at The Evian Championship. Now more than halfway through #AweSummer, here’s a look who captured wins during this stretch and the four remaining events on the schedule: 

June 8 – 14                KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (Champion: Inbee Park) 

June 22 – 28              Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Presented by P&G (Champion: Na Yeon Choi) 

July 6 – 12                 U.S. Women’s Open (Champion: In Gee Chun) 

July 13 – 19               Marathon Classic Presented by Owens Corning and O-I (Chella Choi) 

July 20 – 26               Meijer LPGA Classic Presented by Kraft (Lexi Thompson) 

July 27 – August 2    RICOH Women’s British Open (Inbee Park) 

August 10 – 16          Cambia Portland Classic 

August 17 – 23          Canadian Pacific Women’s Open 

August 24 – 30          Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic 

September 7 – 13     The Evian Championship (MAJOR)

World No.1 Extends Her Lead

Lydia Ko held the top spot in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings heading into #AweSummer, but Inbee Park was a close second following her two victories earlier in the season at the HSBC Women’s Champions and Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout.

Park took over the No.1 spot in the world with her victory at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and has extended her lead atop the rankings with her second major victory of the season at the RICOH Women’s British Open.

Inbee Park Locks Up RAMA

With four of the season’s five major championships now in the books, Inbee Park has gone from leading the Rolex Annika Major Award Standings to now locking up the award before the end of the summer. Her victory at the RICOH Women’s British Open secured the top spot following her win at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and T-3 finish at the U.S. Women’s Open. ANA Inspiration champion Brittany Lincicome is second with U.S. Women’s Open winner In Gee Chun third in the rankings.

Each of the year’s major champions are eligible for the Rolex Annika Major Award. The winner will be announced at the final major of the year. Points are awarded all season long but even more are up for grabs with 25% more points awarded during the summer’s four majors with 625 points to going to the champion. With Park’s four victories including two majors this season, it is a mathematical impossibility that anyone else could capture the award. The trophy will be awarded to Park at the Evian Championship in September.

Last Push for Points

In just over two weeks, the Solheim Cup teams will be finalized following the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open.

Players hoping to make both the U.S. and European Teams can make a final push in the next two events at the Cambia Portland Classic and Canadian Pacific Women’s Open in hopes of earning either an automatic spot or captain’s pick.

The top-8 players in the U.S. Solheim Cup points standings automatically qualify, with two spots going to those not already qualified through the Rolex Rankings, and the final two spots selected by captain Juli Inkster following the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open.

Since the kickoff of #AweSummer, there has been quite a bit of movement right on the bubble of the U.S. rankings. Here’s a look at how they’ve changed since mid-July:

How Team Europe is Shaping Up this #AweSummer

Led by Captain Carin Koch, the European Solheim Cup team is comprised differently than the U.S. team. The top-4 players on the Ladies European Tour Solheim Cup points standings as well as the Rolex Women’s World Rankings automatically qualify The final four spots are selected by the captain. Here’s a look at the current standings: