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2023 Chevron Championship
Tournament information
DatesApril 20–23, 2023
LocationThe Woodlands, Texas
30°11′35″N 95°33′00″W / 30.193°N 95.550°W / 30.193; -95.550
Course(s)The Club at Carlton Woods
Jack Nicklaus Signature Course
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,824 yards (6,240 m)
Field132 players, 68 after cut
Cut145 (+1)
Prize fundUS$5,100,000
Winner's share$765,000
Champion
United States Lilia Vu
278 (−10)
Location map
The Club at Carlton Woods is located in the United States
The Club at Carlton Woods
The Club at Carlton Woods
Location in the United States
The Club at Carlton Woods is located in Texas
The Club at Carlton Woods
The Club at Carlton Woods
Location in Texas
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The 2023 Chevron Championship was the 52nd Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament, held April 20–23 in Texas at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, a suburb north of Houston. The tournament was in its second year with Chevron Corporation as the title sponsor and 41st year as a major championship. The Golf Channel televised the event for the 13th consecutive year, with coverage on NBC Sports for the first time since 1990.

This was the first championship at The Club at Carlton Woods after 51 years at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.[1]

Lilia Vu beat Angel Yin in a playoff to win her first major.[2]

Field

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Players who have qualified for the event are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified; additional qualifying categories are shown in parentheses.[3]

1. Winners of all previous Chevron Championships

2. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, Women's British Open, and The Evian Championship in the previous five years

3. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2020 ANA Inspiration through the week immediately preceding the 2023 Chevron Championship

4. All players who finished in the top-10 in the previous year's Chevron Championship

5. Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour Race to the CME Globe points list

6. Top-40 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 27, 2023

7. Any LPGA Member who did not compete in the previous year's Chevron Championship major due to injury, illness or maternity, who subsequently received a medical/maternity extension of membership from the LPGA in the previous calendar year, provided they were otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's Chevron Championship

8. Amateur exemptions[4][5]

9. Sponsor invitations for top-ranked amateur players[5]

10. Top players on the current year LPGA Tour Race to the CME Globe points list at the end of the last official tournament prior to the current Chevron Championship, not otherwise qualified above

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

Pei-Yun Chien shot a 5-under-par round of 67 to lead the first round. Six golfers, including world number 2 Nelly Korda, were one stroke off the lead. There were 22 golfers within three strokes of the lead. Defending champion Jennifer Kupcho shot an even-par 72 and was tied for 37th place.[6]

Place Player Score To par
1 Taiwan Pei-Yun Chien 67 −5
T2 United States Marina Alex 68 −4
South Korea Chella Choi
Japan Ayaka Furue
United States Nelly Korda
Australia Stephanie Kyriacou
United States Lilia Vu
8 United States Angel Yin 69 −3
T9 Spain Carlota Ciganda 70 −2
Australia Karis Davidson
United States Ally Ewing
Thailand Eila Galitsky (a)
England Georgia Hall
Japan Nasa Hataoka
Taiwan Hsu Wei-ling
South Korea Ji Eun-hee
United States Megan Khang
South Korea Kim Hyo-joo
Australia Minjee Lee
United States Brittany Lincicome
Thailand Atthaya Thitikul
China Jing Yan

Source:[7]

Second round

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Friday, April 21, 2023
Saturday, April 22, 2023

The second round was delayed by two hours due to more than two inches of rain falling overnight. Play was suspended Friday evening due to darkness with 31 golfers still on the course. Kim A-lim was the clubhouse leader at 8-under-par while first-round leader Pei-Yun Chien was at 5-under with 4 holes still to play.[8]

The cut came at 145 (+1), with 68 players advancing to the final two rounds. Defending champion Jennifer Kupcho (150, +5) and world number one Lydia Ko both missed the cut (147, +3).

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Kim A-lim 71-65=136 −8
T2 United States Megan Khang 70-67=137 −7
United States Lilia Vu 68-69=137
T4 Canada Brooke Henderson 71-67=138 −6
United States Nelly Korda 68-70=138
Thailand Patty Tavatanakit 71-67=138
T7 United States Allisen Corpuz 72-67=139 −5
Switzerland Albane Valenzuela 72-67=139
United States Angel Yin 69-70=139
T10 France Céline Boutier 73-67=140 −4
United States Ally Ewing 70-70=140
South Korea Kim Hyo-joo 70-70=140
United States Cheyenne Knight 71-69=140
China Lin Xiyu 71-69=140
Denmark Nanna Koerstz Madsen 72-68=140

Source:[7]

Third round

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Saturday, April 22, 2023

Allisen Corpuz and Angel Yin each shot rounds of 67 to rise from seventh place to the lead at 206 (−10).[9] Second round leader Kim A-lim dropped to a tied for 6th place after an even-par round of 72.

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Allisen Corpuz 72-67-67=206 −10
United States Angel Yin 69-70-67=206
T3 United States Megan Khang 70-67-70=207 −9
Switzerland Albane Valenzuela 72-67-68=207
South Korea Amy Yang 73-69-65=207
T6 South Korea Choi Hye-jin 71-70-67=208 −8
South Korea Kim A-lim 71-65-72=208
South Korea Kim Hyo-joo 70-70-68=208
United States Nelly Korda 68-70-70=208
10 Thailand Atthaya Thitikul 70-71-68=209 −7

Source:[7]

Final round

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Sunday, April 23, 2023

Lilia Vu shot a 4-under-par 68 to rise from 11th place to tie the lead with Angel Yin at 278 (−10). The sudden-death playoff started at the 18th hole. Yin's second shot found the water guarding the hole and she made par. Vu birdied from 10 feet to win her first major and second LPGA Tour event of the year.[2]

Place Player Score To par Prize money (US$)
T1 United States Lilia Vu 68-69-73-68=278 −10 Playoff
United States Angel Yin 69-70-67-72=278
3 United States Nelly Korda 68-70-70-71=279 −9 347,974
T4 United States Allisen Corpuz 72-67-67-74=280 −8 188,300
South Korea Kim A-lim 71-65-72-72=280
Thailand Atthaya Thitikul 70-71-68-71=280
Switzerland Albane Valenzuela 72-67-68-73=280
South Korea Amy Yang 73-69-65-73=280
T9 United States Megan Khang 70-67-70-74=281 −7 111,615
South Korea Ko Jin-young 72-71-70-68=281

Source:[7]

Playoff

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The sudden-death playoff was held on the par-5 18th hole. Lilia Vu won with a birdie on the first extra hole.

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Lilia Vu 4 −1 765,000
2 United States Angel Yin 5 E 479,680
Birdie

References

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  1. ^ "The Chevron Championship Embarks on New Era at the Club at Carlton Woods". The Chevron Championship. June 7, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Lilia Vu wins Chevron Championship in playoff for first major". ESPN. Associated Press. April 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "The Chevron Championship – Tournament Entries". LPGA. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  4. ^ Perez, Jordan (April 15, 2023). "Chevron Championship: Meet the seven amateurs in the field". AmateurGolf.com.
  5. ^ a b "Entries Closed For First Women's Major Of The Year". The Chevron Championship. April 12, 2023.
  6. ^ "Peiyun Chien leads Chevron, Nelly Korda tied for 2nd". ESPN. Associated Press. April 20, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d "The Chevron Championship – Leaderboard". LPGA. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  8. ^ "A Lim Kim fires 65, leads rain-delayed Chevron Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. April 21, 2023.
  9. ^ Rieken, Kristie (April 22, 2023). "Corpuz, Yin tied for lead at Chevron after third round". Associated Press News.
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