BMW Ladies Championship Returns to Korea at Pine Beach Golf Links

The LPGA Tour returned to South Korea this week for the BMW Ladies Championship, running Thursday through Sunday at Pine Beach Golf Links in Haenam, Jeollanamdo. The 72-hole, no-cut event features a 78-player field competing for a $2.3 million purse, with the champion due to receive $345,000, 500 Race to the CME Globe points and a two-year LPGA exemption.

This is the first time the championship is being held at Pine Beach, a seaside layout on Korea's southern coast known for greens and tee boxes that sit along the water and atop cliffs. Organizers and BMW Korea highlighted the venue's coastal vistas and challenging design when confirming the move, and BMW has extended its sponsorship to keep the event in Korea through 2029. The tournament continues the BMW Ladies Championship's rotation around the country since its 2019 debut.

The format follows the standard LPGA structure for the event: threesomes teeing off from the first and 10th tees in morning and afternoon waves for the first two rounds, with pairings for the final two rounds set by cumulative scores. A sudden-death playoff will decide any tie after 72 holes. Ten players in the field entered on sponsor exemptions.