The second LPGA major of the year returns to a course that the women's game hasn't been to since 1961. Baltusrol's Lower Course in Springfield, New Jersey, was the site of the 1961 U.S.
Women's Open, where Mickey Wright won a prize of $1,800 with a score of 5-over that beat the field by six shots. But Baltusrol's history with the women's game goes even further back to 1901, when it hosted the seventh-ever U.S.
Women's Amateur Championship. A lot has changed since 1961 and even more since 1901. Case in point: the winning prize money this week at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship is 5,000 times more than Wright won 62 years ago.
This year's field is also one of the deepest and strongest the tournament has ever had — a reflection of where the sport stands at the moment.