2024 Chevron Championship

The 2024 Chevron Championship was the 53rd Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament, held April 18–21 in Texas at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, a suburb north of Houston. In its third year with Chevron Corporation as the title sponsor, it was the tournament's 42nd year as a major championship. The Golf Channel televised the event for the 14th consecutive year, with coverage on NBC Sports for the second consecutive year.

2024 Chevron Championship
Tournament information
DatesApril 18–21, 2024
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, 73 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fundUS$7,900,000
Winner's share$1,200,000
Champion
United States Nelly Korda
275 (−13)
Location map
2024 Chevron Championship is located in the United States
2024 Chevron Championship
Location in the United States
2024 Chevron Championship is located in Texas
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Location in Texas
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Nelly Korda won her second major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Maja Stark, and equaled an LPGA record with five consecutive wins, tying Nancy Lopez (1978)[1][2] and Annika Sörenstam (2004–05).[3][4]

Field

Players for the event are listed under the first category in which they qualified;[5] additional categories are in parentheses.

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 2021 ANA Inspiration through the week immediately preceding the 2024 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 25, 2024

  • Lee Ye-won (7) and Park Min-ji did not play

7. Top-2 players from the previous year's season-ending Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, LPGA of Japan Tour Order of Merit and LPGA of Korea Tour money list

8. 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

9. Amateur exemptions

10. Sponsor invitations

11. 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

First round

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Lauren Coughlin shot a 6-under-par 66 to lead by two strokes after the first round. Nelly Korda, trying to tie a LPGA record by recording her fifth straight victory, was one of three golfers tied for second place along with Marina Alex and Minami Katsu. Defending champion Lilia Vu withdrew before the start of her round with a back injury.[6]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Lauren Coughlin66−6
T2 Marina Alex68−4
Minami Katsu
Nelly Korda
T5 Lydia Ko69−3
Im Jin-hee
Lin Xiyu
Gabriela Ruffels
Atthaya Thitikul
T10 Lindy Duncan70−2
Jodi Ewart Shadoff
Kristen Gillman
Georgia Hall
Sarah Kemp
Anna Nordqvist
Jenny Shin
Maja Stark

Second round

Friday, April 19, 2024

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Im Jin-hee69-67=136−8
Atthaya Thitikul69-67=136
3 Nelly Korda68-69=137−7
4 Ryu Hae-ran72-66=138−6
T5 Bang Shin-sil74-65=139−5
Lauren Coughlin66-73=139
Minami Katsu68-71=139
Maja Stark70-69=139
Zhang Weiwei72-67=139
T10 Jodi Ewart Shadoff70-70=140−4
Lydia Ko69-71=140
Andrea Lee71-69=140
Lin Xiyu69-71=140
Yealimi Noh71-69=140
Anna Nordqvist70-70=140
Lottie Woad (a)71-69=140

Third round

Saturday, April 20, 2024
Sunday, April 21, 2024

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Ryu Hae-ran72-66-67=205−11
T2 Brooke Henderson71-71-64=206−10
Nelly Korda68-69-69=206
T4 Im Jin-hee69-67-72=208−8
Maja Stark70-69-69=208
Atthaya Thitikul69-67-72=208
7 Minami Katsu68-71-70=209−7
T8 Carlota Ciganda75-67-68=210−6
Lauren Coughlin66-73-71=210
Nasa Hataoka71-71-68=210

Final round

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Nelly Korda68-69-69-69=275−131,200,000
2 Maja Stark70-69-69-69=277−11666,834
T3 Lauren Coughlin66-73-71-68=278−10428,976
Brooke Henderson71-71-64-72=278
5 Ryu Hae-ran72-66-67-74=279−9301,199
6 Carlota Ciganda75-67-68-70=280−8246,434
7 Esther Henseleit72-72-67-70=281−7206,275
8 Im Jin-hee69-67-72-74=282−6180,721
T9 Minami Katsu68-71-70-74=283−5149,077
Kim A-lim72-70-70-71=283
Yealimi Noh71-69-71-72=283

Notes

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