Out of the Rough: FM Championship (2026)

The LPGA Tour heads to just outside of Boston, MA for the third playing of the FM Championship this week.

This week marks the third consecutive week of tournaments for the LPGA Tour, which has eight events left in the season.

This event, held at TPC Boston, offers a $4.4 million purse, the second largest purse for a non-major or the CME Group Tour Championship on the season. Just the JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro had a larger purse this season.

This is also the final event before the Solheim Cup which kicks off in roughly two-weeks time. 

The Field

Being the final event prior to the Solheim Cup and ultimately a three week break on the LPGA Tour schedule, this week’s field resembles more of a major field than not.

World No. 1 Nelly Korda will headline this week’s field with recent The Standard Portland Classic winner and World No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul. 

Each of the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings top-ten will be playing this week as well. Haeran Ryu (No. 3,) Hyo Joo Kim (No. 4,) Lottie Woad (No. 5,) Charley Hull (No. 6,) Miyu Yamashita (No. 7,) Ruoning Yin (No. 8,) Hannah Green (No. 9) and Sei Young Kim (No. 10) round out the top ten of the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings and will be in attendance this week.

Miranda Wang is the defending champion, having topped Thitikul by a stroke a season ago. Wang will not be back this season to defend her title.

Ryu won this event in 2024. 

The Course

Although newer to the LPGA Tour, TPC Boston is known in the world of golf.

It hosted the Dell Technologies Championship on the PGA Tour, originally the Deutsche Bank Championship, from 2003 to 2018 over the Labor Day Weekend.

It also hosted the Northern Trust Championship on the PGA Tour in 2020.

The venue was opened in 2002 and was designed by Arnold Palmer. It was later renovated by Gil Hanse and Brad Faxon in 2007.

TPC Boston plays as a par-72 at 6,533 yards.

It features the standard blend of four par-threes, four par-fives and ten par-fours.

Off-the-tee, golfers will be faced with a plethora of native trees and vegetation as well as thick rough. Water comes into play on at least five holes.

The greens this week are protected in the front by bunkers, often to the left side.

Greens will run at roughly 11 on the Stimpmeter. 

Notable holes include the par-five seventh which features its own version of Pine Valley’s “Hell’s Half Acre’ bunker and the 412-yard 17th that features a ridge protected by church-pew bunkers that split the fairway.

The Weather

As of the time of writing this, there is just a ten-percent chance of precipitation on Thursday. Friday is calling for a 50-percent chance of scattered thunderstorms. Saturday is calling for a 15-percent chance of precipitation and Sunday a 20-percent chance. Temperatures will be the highest on Thursday with a high of 82-degrees before dropping to 80-degrees on Friday. Temperatures will rebound to 81-degrees on Saturday before finishing the week at 78-degrees on Sunday. Winds will be the highest on Thursday, maxing out at 15 miles-per-hour. Winds will settle down to a maximum of ten miles-per-hour for Friday through Sunday.

Key Stats

• Strokes Gained: Approach (SG: APP)

• Stroked Gained: Putting (SG: PUTT)

• Total Driving

• Scrambling Percentage

• Sand Saves Percentage

• Ball Striking

• Par 5 Average Scoring

Betting Card

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2025 Betting Card

• Celine Boutier (+3500) - T45th

• Hye-Jin Choi (+3500) - T7th

• Esther Henseleit (+6000) - MC

• Sarah Schmelzel (+12500) - MC