The third women’s major of the year comes to us from Fields Ranch East in Frisco, Texas with the staging of the Women’s PGA Championship.
Mao Saigo and Maja Stark have won the first two majors of the year while Amy Yang looks to defend her crown.
Key Stats/Skill Set Required
- Strokes Gained: Tee To Green
- GIR
- Strokes Gained: Approach
- Driving Distance
- Strokes Gained: Putting
Fields Ranch East is set to be a feature of PGA of America events in the next decade with two men’s PGA Championships, another two women’s and a senior scheduled for the course.
It is a long course so distance will be key off the tee and is also a plotter’s course than anything though so looking at iron play as the key factor here.
Key Correlation Courses/Tournaments
- US Open (2025 and 2022)
- Chevron Championship
- The Ascendancy (2023)
BEST BET
HAE RAN RYU ($21)
Ryu leads the Tour n Strokes Gained: Approach, Strokes Gained: Tee To Green and GIR this season so clearly has the game to suit.
She loves Texas golf with back-to-back Top 6 finishes in the Chevron Championship and also won the Black Desert Championship four starts back.
BEST VALUE
RIO TAKEDA ($34)
Tremendous profile for here.
Ranks second in GIR, third in Strokes Gained: Tee To Green and fifth in Strokes Gained: Approach.
Finished second at Erin Hills in the US Open, which is probably the best guide for here.
Also won the Blue Bay earlier in the year and finished Top 11 eight times already this year.
AKIE IWAI ($34)
Japanese rookie who has three Top 10s in her first season on the LPGA.
Akie Iwai ranks Top 12 in Strokes Gained: Tee To Green, Strokes Gained: Approach and GIR.
Looks a great prospect and a big chance here.
BEST ROUGHIES
INA YOON ($56)
Korean rookie Ina Yoon has enjoyed a very good first year inducing a T-14 at the US Open, her fourth Top 25 of the season.
She ranks fourth in Strokes Gained: Approach, seventh in Strokes Gained: Tee To Green and 12th in Driving Distance.
NANNA KOERSTZ MADSEN ($67)
Big hitter who ranks 10th in Driving Distance.
Also ranks third in GIR so should be well suited to the course.
Finished 17th at the 2024 Chevron so correlation form holds up.
She has finished Top 15 in three of the last five PGA Championships.