Three Americans are ranked among world's top 10 heading into Women's PGA Championship at Congressional, but international representation remains extensive.
on the LPGA Tour, including her first major at last year’s Women’s PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club.She’s also the betting favorite, along with world No. 1 Jin Young Ko of South Korea, to win this week’s Women’s PGA, which is being contested for the first time at storied Congressional on the renovated Blue Course.highlighted by the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship, since renamed the Chevron Championship, for her lone major title.
“American golf is in a good spot,” Lewis said. “It’s just different faces than everybody is used to, and that’s just the natural progression of it. There’s always going to be changes. The new guard coming up is really good. Got some new names for people to learn.”The only other American, however, ranked among the top 68 in the world and with a major championship is No. 13 Danielle Kang, 29, who won the 2017 Women’s PGA at Olympia Fields outside of Chicago. The next-highest-ranked U.S.
“I wouldn’t say it’s something that really goes through my mind when I’m playing individually,” Kupcho said of restoring American preeminence. “It’s more of as a team, but obviously it’s always an honor to be out there representing the U.S. There’s a lot of great players from everywhere around the world.
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