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.

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

Field 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.

1. Winners of all previous Chevron Championships

Ko Jin-young (2,3,5,6) Lydia Ko (3,5,6) Jennifer Kupcho (3,4,5,6) Stacy Lewis (3,5) Brittany Lincicome Pernilla Lindberg Ryu So-yeon Patty Tavatanakit (3,4,5) Lexi Thompson (4,5,6)

Mirim Lee (3) and Yani Tseng did not play

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

Ashleigh Buhai (3,5,6) Chun In-gee (3,5,6) Hannah Green (4,5,6) Georgia Hall (3,5,6) Brooke Henderson (3,5,6) Ariya Jutanugarn (3,5) Kim A-lim (3,5) Kim Sei-young (3,5,6) Nelly Korda (3,5,6) Lee Jeong-eun (5) Minjee Lee (3,5,6) Park Sung-hyun Yuka Saso (3,5,6) Hinako Shibuno (4,5,6) Angela Stanford (3)

Anna Nordqvist (3,5,6), Sophia Popov (3) did not play

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

Marina Alex (5) Pajaree Anannarukarn (5) Céline Boutier (4,5,6) Matilda Castren (5) Gemma Dryburgh (5) Jodi Ewart Shadoff (5) Ally Ewing (5,6) Ayaka Furue (5,6) Nasa Hataoka (5,6) Hsu Wei-ling Charley Hull (5,6) Ji Eun-hee (5) Danielle Kang (5,6) Grace Kim Kim Hyo-joo (4,5,6) Jessica Korda (5,6) Andrea Lee (5,6) Gaby López (5,6) Nanna Koerstz Madsen (4,5) Leona Maguire (5,6) Ryann O'Toole (5) Mel Reid Paula Reto (5) Lizette Salas (5) Maja Stark (5,6) Atthaya Thitikul (5,6) Lilia Vu (5,6) Yin Ruoning

Austin Ernst, Inbee Park (5) did not play

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

Pia Babnik Alison Lee (5)

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

Brittany Altomare An Na-rin Chella Choi Choi Hye-jin (6) Carlota Ciganda Allisen Corpuz (6) Lauren Coughlin Daniela Darquea María Fassi Mina Harigae Moriya Jutanugarn Megan Khang (6) Frida Kinhult Cheyenne Knight Stephanie Kyriacou Maude-Aimee Leblanc Lin Xiyu (6) Wichanee Meechai Yealimi Noh Emily Kristine Pedersen Pornanong Phatlum Pauline Roussin Madelene Sagström (6) Sarah Schmelzel Sophia Schubert Jenny Shin Lauren Stephenson Kelly Tan Albane Valenzuela Lindsey Weaver-Wright Amy Yang Angel Yin

Linn Grant (6) did not play

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

Mone Inami, Kim Su-ji, Park Min-ji, Miyū Yamashita did not play

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 Elizabeth Szokol

8. Amateur exemptions Saki Baba (a) – U.S. Women's Amateur Jess Baker (a) – The Women's Amateur Championship Valentina Rossi (a) – Women's Amateur Latin America Eila Galitsky (a) – Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific Zoe Antoinette Campos (a) – Chevron Silverado Showdown

9. Sponsor invitations for top-ranked amateur players

Amari Avery (a) Isabella Fierro (a) Ting-Hsuan Huang (a)

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

Celine Borge Pei-Yun Chien Karis Davidson Perrine Delacour Amanda Doherty Dana Fall Lauren Hartlage Esther Henseleit Caroline Inglis Minami Katsu Sarah Kemp Christina Kim Gina Kim Aline Krauter Lee Mi-hyang Lucy Li Yu Liu Polly Mack Stephanie Meadow Yuna Nishimura Annie Park Ryu Hae-ran Jennifer Song Linnea Ström Thidapa Suwannapura Maddie Szeryk Emma Talley Bailey Tardy Gabriella Then Charlotte Thomas Natthakritta Vongtaveelap Dewi Weber Jing Yan Yin Xiaowen Pavarisa Yoktuan Arpichaya Yubol

Round summaries First round 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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Pei-Yun Chien 67 −5T2 Marina Alex 68 −4 Chella Choi Ayaka Furue Nelly Korda Stephanie Kyriacou Lilia Vu8 Angel Yin 69 −3T9 Carlota Ciganda 70 −2 Karis Davidson Ally Ewing Eila Galitsky (a) Georgia Hall Nasa Hataoka Hsu Wei-ling Ji Eun-hee Megan Khang Kim Hyo-joo Minjee Lee Brittany Lincicome Atthaya Thitikul Jing Yan Source:

Second round 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.

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).

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Kim A-lim 71-65=136 −8T2 Megan Khang 70-67=137 −7 Lilia Vu 68-69=137T4 Brooke Henderson 71-67=138 −6 Nelly Korda 68-70=138 Patty Tavatanakit 71-67=138T7 Allisen Corpuz 72-67=139 −5 Albane Valenzuela 72-67=139 Angel Yin 69-70=139T10 Céline Boutier 73-67=140 −4 Ally Ewing 70-70=140 Kim Hyo-joo 70-70=140 Cheyenne Knight 71-69=140 Lin Xiyu 71-69=140 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 72-68=140 Source:

Third round 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). Second round leader Kim A-lim dropped to a tied for 6th place after an even-par round of 72.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Allisen Corpuz 72-67-67=206 −10 Angel Yin 69-70-67=206T3 Megan Khang 70-67-70=207 −9 Albane Valenzuela 72-67-68=207 Amy Yang 73-69-65=207T6 Choi Hye-jin 71-70-67=208 −8 Kim A-lim 71-65-72=208 Kim Hyo-joo 70-70-68=208 Nelly Korda 68-70-70=20810 Atthaya Thitikul 70-71-68=209 −7 Source:

Final round 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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parPrize money (US$)T1 Lilia Vu 68-69-73-68=278 −10 Playoff Angel Yin 69-70-67-72=278 3 Nelly Korda 68-70-70-71=279 −9 347,974T4 Allisen Corpuz 72-67-67-74=280 −8 188,300 Kim A-lim 71-65-72-72=280 Atthaya Thitikul 70-71-68-71=280 Albane Valenzuela 72-67-68-73=280 Amy Yang 73-69-65-73=280T9 Megan Khang 70-67-70-74=281 −7 111,615 Ko Jin-young 72-71-70-68=281 Source:

Playoff The sudden-death playoff was held on the par-5 18th hole. Lilia Vu won with a birdie on the first extra hole. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Lilia Vu 4 −1 765,0002 Angel Yin 5 E 479,680

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References

External links

Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site