Six-hour rounds, brutal conditions and a high scoring average at the year's third major have drawn criticism from some of the LPGA's biggest names.

KPMG Women's PGA Championship has reached the weekend at Fields Ranch East in Frisco, Texas, the home course of the PGA of America.

In 2015, when the PGA of America took over operation of the once was the LPGA Championship, rebranding it the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship with a new title sponsor, the overall prize money payout for the event was $3.