The 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (LPGA Tour major). 20-23 June, 2024. Birdie & Caddie Preview.

*Did any other previewers highlight both Yuka Saso & Hinako Shibuno in their previews of the 2024 US Open? We did!!!!!! Have a look.
*** There is a much shorter version of this preview on RUclips, which contains only the player profiles & ratings.
*This video incorporates a comprehensive preview of the tournament in which we profile & rate 25 players.
*If you want to skip the ‘preliminaries’ & go to the course photo gallery, course description notes, player profiles, or consolidated ratings of the players for this tournament, then please use the contents list below to find what you’re looking for.
*Comments are welcome & always appreciated.
*There is some music in this video which starts at 00.45 if you wish to use headphones.
Contents
00.00 Introduction
02.05 The 25 players in this preview
03.55 Course photo gallery
05.25 Location & Weather
05.55 Tournament Notes by The Caddie
07.15 Detailed course Description
11.30 The Player Profiles & Ratings
Music: O’Neill Brothers, ‘We Shall Overcome’.
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[@IcyMelts-nd8or]

Just looking at the pairings, guys. I can't understand why somebody is pushing Sophia Popov into the limelight - she must have friends high up in the LPGA who have a say in the pairings. She shouldn't be playing with Atthaya Thitikul & Hyo-joo Kim, since she's Rolex-ranked no. 344. That's a joke!!!!.

[@birdieandcaddy]

I'm inclined to agree with you, Icy. She's on the comeback trail, but in a major the 'elite' pairings should be of the best players in the rankings at the moment, unless there's a very good reason why they should be otherwise. An exception to the 'rule' in this tournament is the soon to be retiring Lexi Thompson, who plays with Jin Young Ko & Yuka Saso - fair enough, she's been one of the greats of the game. But you could also say LInn Grant is getting unjustifiable favoured treatment - it seems someone keeps pushing her into the limelight, too. She's playing with Lilia Vu & Minjee Lee, but she shouldn't be. Jiyai Shin, for one, should be paired in Linn Grant's spot - she's higher in the Rolex rankings than Grant & is the winner of 62 tournaments on the LPGA, KLPGA & JLPGA Tours combined. Beat that! - The Birdie

[@IcyMelts-nd8or]

@@birdieandcaddy I agree entirely, Birdie. 👌I'd call what's happening with some of these highly questionable pairings 'corruption' of sorts, but I know you guys have said before there's a lot of corruption at the top of the LPGA.