Women's PGA Championship

The Women's PGA Championship, branded for sponsorship as the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, is a women's professional golf tournament and one of the five majors of the LPGA Tour. It was first held in 1955 as the LPGA Championship and is not recognised as a major by the Ladies European Tour. In 2014 the LPGA announced that the PGA of America would become a partner of the event, which was renamed the Women's PGA Championship from 2015 and became a sister event to the men's PGA Championship, with a title sponsorship agreement with KPMG, a larger purse and network television coverage. The partnership also let the tournament move between top courses across the United States, where it had previously been held at one location, most recently near Rochester, New York. Until 2005 only professionals could enter, and the rule was dropped to allow fifteen-year-old amateur Michelle Wie to play.