The 2026 Kroger Queen City Championship field is set with the passing of the typical Friday entry deadline. The LPGA Tour field this week is set for this event, played at Maketewah Country Club in Cincinnati, Ohio, from May 14-17, 2026.
The Kroger Queen City Championship field is headlined by the likes of Nelly Korda, Jeeno Thitikul, Charley Hull, Rio Takeda and more.
This is set to be a 144-player field is played out over four days, with this event marking the LPGA's return to Ohio, with an event that has typically been played in the fall.
The tournament is being played in its originally intended slot, with the 2026 LPGA Tour schedule returning to Ohio.
The week-of alternate list will be used to replace any players who withdraw ahead of the tournament.
There are spots that are to be decided via open qualifying on Monday and sponsor exemptions.
The field will be playing for a $2 million purse, with 33 of the top 50 in the Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking among the top contenders.
2026 Kroger Queen City Championship field
| PLAYER |
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| Narin An |
| Pajaree Anannarukarn |
| Aditi Ashok |
| Saki Baba |
| Jenny Bae |
| Laetitia Beck |
| Ana Belac |
| Celine Borge |
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| Celine Boutier |
| Camille Boyd |
| Ashleigh Buhai |
| Adela Cernousek |
| Briana Chacon |
| Ssu-Chia Cheng |
| Peiyun Chien |
| Chella Choi |
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| Hye-Jin Choi |
| Robyn Choi |
| In Gee Chun |
| Hailee Cooper |
| Allisen Corpuz |
| Lauren Coughlin |
| Olivia Cowan |
| Manon De Roey |
| Perrine Delacour |
| Brianna Do |
| Amanda Doherty |
| Gemma Dryburgh |
| Lindy Duncan |
| Jodi Ewart Shadoff |
| Isabella Fierro |
| Laney Frye |
| Isi Gabsa |
| Sofia Garcia |
| Melanie Green |
| Savannah Grewal |
| Nataliya Guseva |
| Erika Hara |
| Nasa Hataoka |
| Muni He |
| Wei-Ling Hsu |
| Charley Hull |
| Jin Hee Im |
| Akie Iwai |
| Chizzy Iwai |
| Jiwon Jeon |
| Soo Bin Joo |
| Ariya Jutanugarn |
| Moriya Jutanugarn |
| Danielle Kang |
| Haeji Kang |
| Minji Kang |
| Minami Katsu |
| Gurleen Kaur |
| Megan Khang |
| A Lim Kim |
| Auston Kim |
| Gina Kim |
| Sei Young Kim |
| Frida Kinhult |
| Jin Young Ko |
| Lydia Ko |
| Nelly Korda |
| Aline Krauter |
| Mina Kreiter |
| Jennifer Kupcho |
| Maude-Aimee Leblanc |
| Alison Lee |
| Andrea Lee |
| Dongeun Lee |
| Mi Hyang Lee |
| Jeongeun Lee5 |
| Jeongeun Lee6 |
| Ingrid Lindblad |
| Mary Liu |
| Yan Liu |
| Yu Liu |
| Nanna Koerstz Madsen |
| Leona Maguire |
| Brooke Matthews |
| Emma McMyler |
| Carolina Melgrati |
| Carla Tejedo Mulet |
| Azahara Munoz |
| Nastasia Nadaud |
| Hira Naveed |
| Yuna Nishimura |
| Yealimi Noh |
| Anna Nordqvist |
| Ryann O'Toole |
| Natasha Oon |
| Alexa Pano |
| Kumkang Park |
| Emily Kristine Pedersen |
| Pornanong Phatlum |
| Cassie Porter |
| Jessica Porvasnik |
| Julia Lopez Ramirez |
| Madison Reemsnyder |
| Paula Reto |
| Mimi Rhodes |
| Pauline Roussin-Bouchard |
| Haeran Ryu |
| Mao Saigo |
| Cocona Sakurai |
| Yuka Saso |
| Sophia Schubert |
| Erica Shepherd |
| Hinako Shibuno |
| Jenny Shin |
| Riley Smyth |
| Maja Stark |
| Gigi Stoll |
| Linnea Strom |
| Jasmine Suwannapura |
| Alexandra Swayne |
| Rio Takeda |
| Chiara Tamburlini |
| Patty Tavatanakit |
| Jeeno Thitikul |
| Lexi Thompson |
| Albane Valenzuela |
| Suvichaya Vinijchaitham |
| Lilia Vu |
| Lauren Walsh |
| Chanettee Wannasaen |
| Dewi Weber |
| Yana Wilson |
| Lottie Woad |
| Miyu Yamashita |
| Jing Yan |
| Amy Yang |
| Ruoning Yin |
| Ina Yoon |
| Yuri Yoshida |
| Arpichaya Yubol |
| Michelle Zhang |
| Rose Zhang |
| Weiwei Zhang |
Top 50 players in 2026 Kroger Queen City Championship field
| RANK | PLAYER |
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| 1 | Nelly Korda |
| 2 | Jeeno Thitikul |
| 4 | Charley Hull |
| 6 | Miyu Yamashita |
| 8 | Ruoning Yin |
| 9 | Lydia Ko |
| 10 | Lottie Woad |
| 11 | Sei Young Kim |
| 12 | Lauren Coughlin |
| 13 | Haeran Ryu |
| 15 | Mao Saigo |
| 16 | Nasa Hataoka |
| 17 | Hye Jin Choi |
| 18 | Akie Iwai |
| 19 | Rio Takeda |
| 20 | Chizzy Iwai |
| 21 | Auston Kim |
| 22 | Maja Stark |
| 24 | Andrea Lee |
| 25 | Patty Tavatanakit |
| 26 | Minami Katsu |
| 27 | Ariya Jutanugarn |
| 29 | Grace Kim |
| 30 | A Lim Kim |
| 31 | Celine Boutier |
| 32 | Jin Hee Im |
| 33 | Jennifer Kupcho |
| 41 | Ina Yoon |
| 43 | Lindy Duncan |
| 46 | Yealimi Noh |
| 47 | Jin Young Ko |
| 48 | Megan Khang |
| 49 | Nanna Koerstz Madsen |
