published: Jun 5, 2025

How to qualify for the Women’s PGA Championship

Ever wondered how players qualify for the Women’s PGA Championship? We have put together a guide detailing every way a golfer can find their way into the field

The Women’s PGA Championship will feature 156 players from around the world, but how do these golfers qualify to play at PGA Frisco?

This is the third women’s major tournament of 2025. Mao Saigo won the Chevron Championship, with Sweden’s Maja Stark victorious at the US Women’s Open at the start of June.

There are several ways in which players can qualify for the Women’s PGA Championship. In total, there are more than 10 different criteria that golfers can meet to gain a spot in the field.

Former winners, major winners, those at the top of Order of Merits, and sponsors’ exemptions will all be in the field in Texas.

Here is how to qualify for the 2025 Women’s PGA Championship…

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Active LPGA and/or World Golf Hall of Fame members.

Past winners of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (inclusive of all previous winners of the LPGA Championship).

Professionals who have won an LPGA Major Championship in the previous five (5) years (2020 – 2024) and during the current year (2025).

Professionals who have won an individual Official LPGA Tournament in the previous two (2) calendar years (2023 – 2024) and during the current year (2025). One place in the field will be held for the winner of the 2025 Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give.

Winners of the 2024 Dow Championship.

Previous year’s LET Order of Merit Points List winner, previous year’s KLPGA Points leader, and previous year’s JLPGA Points leader as of December 31, 2024.

Professionals who finished top-10 and ties at the previous year’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Professionals ranked Nos.1-70 on the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings as of May 19, 2025.

Gold Medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The top eight (8) finishers at the 2024 LPGA Professionals National Championship as determined by the LPGA.

The top finisher (not otherwise qualified via the 2024 LPGA Professionals National Championship) at the 2025 PGA Women’s Stroke-Play Championship.

Maximum of two (2) Sponsor Invites as determined by the Tournament.

Any Player who did not compete in the 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship due to maternity, as approved by the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in conjunction with the player’s home tour, provided she was otherwise qualified to compete in the 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

LPGA Members ranked in the order of their position on the current-season Points List as of the Commitment Deadline. Ties will be broken by the Member’s position on the current-year LPGA Money List as of the Commitment Deadline. If still tied, the tie will be broken by the Member’s position on the Rolex Women’s World Rankings as of the Commitment Deadline.

If the event is not full, the remainder of the field will be filled by LPGA Members, ranked in the order of their position on the current-season LPGA Priority List as of the Commitment Deadline.

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Matt Coles

Mention a European country, and Matt will tell you which resorts make the National Club Golfer Top 100s: European Resorts list. He might even throw in who designed the golf course and how many rooms the hotel has got at each one…

Matt got into the game of golf from a young age, following his old man to the local golf club. He fell for the sport, and now can’t seem to go a day without thinking about how to improve his game (Thanks Dad!). Matt has been a member of Howley Hall GC in Leeds since 2020, and is just about managing to maintain a single-figure handicap. He likes to remind people that he once broke 75, but won’t tell people that it was on a shortened course during the winter.

He moved to Leeds after graduating from the University of Central Lancashire with a First Class Honours degree in Sports Journalism. Matt joined NCG after almost five years travelling the world with the Professional Squash Association, working on events in all four corners of the globe.

Matt currently plays a Cobra King LTDx driver and RadSpeed 3-wood. TaylorMade monopolise the rest of his bag, with a SIM UDI, M5 irons and both Milled Grind and HI-TOE wedges, along with a Monza Redline putter. He uses a Vice Pro Plus golf ball, because he’s a bit different…

Away from golf, Matt is a Manchester United fan, and a keen runner, having ran the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon (his first and possibly last), in May 2023.

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