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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.

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) and Annika Sörenstam (2004–05).

Field

Players for the event are listed under the first category in which they qualified; 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

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.

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Lauren Coughlin 66 −6
T2 United States Marina Alex 68 −4
Japan Minami Katsu
United States Nelly Korda
T5 New Zealand Lydia Ko 69 −3
South Korea Im Jin-hee
China Lin Xiyu
Australia Gabriela Ruffels
Thailand Atthaya Thitikul
T10 United States Lindy Duncan 70 −2
England Jodi Ewart Shadoff
United States Kristen Gillman
England Georgia Hall
Australia Sarah Kemp
Sweden Anna Nordqvist
South Korea Jenny Shin
Sweden Maja Stark

Second round

Friday, April 19, 2024

Place Player Score To par
T1 South Korea Im Jin-hee 69-67=136 −8
Thailand Atthaya Thitikul 69-67=136
3 United States Nelly Korda 68-69=137 −7
4 South Korea Ryu Hae-ran 72-66=138 −6
T5 South Korea Bang Shin-sil 74-65=139 −5
United States Lauren Coughlin 66-73=139
Japan Minami Katsu 68-71=139
Sweden Maja Stark 70-69=139
China Zhang Weiwei 72-67=139
T10 England Jodi Ewart Shadoff 70-70=140 −4
New Zealand Lydia Ko 69-71=140
United States Andrea Lee 71-69=140
China Lin Xiyu 69-71=140
United States Yealimi Noh 71-69=140
Sweden Anna Nordqvist 70-70=140
England Lottie Woad (a) 71-69=140

Third round

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

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Ryu Hae-ran 72-66-67=205 −11
T2 Canada Brooke Henderson 71-71-64=206 −10
United States Nelly Korda 68-69-69=206
T4 South Korea Im Jin-hee 69-67-72=208 −8
Sweden Maja Stark 70-69-69=208
Thailand Atthaya Thitikul 69-67-72=208
7 Japan Minami Katsu 68-71-70=209 −7
T8 Spain Carlota Ciganda 75-67-68=210 −6
United States Lauren Coughlin 66-73-71=210
Japan Nasa Hataoka 71-71-68=210

Final round

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Nelly Korda 68-69-69-69=275 −13 1,200,000
2 Sweden Maja Stark 70-69-69-69=277 −11 666,834
T3 United States Lauren Coughlin 66-73-71-68=278 −10 428,976
Canada Brooke Henderson 71-71-64-72=278
5 South Korea Ryu Hae-ran 72-66-67-74=279 −9 301,199
6 Spain Carlota Ciganda 75-67-68-70=280 −8 246,434
7 Germany Esther Henseleit 72-72-67-70=281 −7 206,275
8 South Korea Im Jin-hee 69-67-72-74=282 −6 180,721
T9 Japan Minami Katsu 68-71-70-74=283 −5 149,077
South Korea Kim A-lim 72-70-70-71=283
United States Yealimi Noh 71-69-71-72=283

Notes

  1. ^ Yin withdrew after her round on Thursday due to an ankle injury.

References

  1. ^ "Lopez does it again with just a little help". Lakeland Ledger. (Florida). Associated Press. June 19, 1978. p. 1C.
  2. ^ "Lopez does it; wins fifth straight tourney". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). UPI. June 19, 1978. p. 24.
  3. ^ "Nelly Korda takes Chevron, ties LPGA mark with 5th win in row". ESPN. April 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "Sorenstam wins fifth straight tournament". Lakeland Ledger. (Florida). Associated Press. March 28, 2005. p. 62.
  5. ^ "The Chevron Championship – Tournament Entries". LPGA.
  6. ^ "Nelly Korda opens 2 back at Chevron in bid for record win streak". ESPN. Associated Press. April 18, 2024.
  7. ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (April 18, 2024). "Angel Yin withdraws from LPGA's Chevron Championship with ankle injury". Golfweek. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
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