LPGA Tour Winner and Philadelphia Cricket Club Teaching Professional Meaghan Francella Returns to LPGA Tour Competition at the 2026 ShopRite LPGA
Eight Past Champions Returning to the 2026 ShopRite LPGA
Former Michigan State All-American Brooke Biermann and Epson Tour Professionals Gianna Clemente and Rachel Kuehn to Compete as Sponsor Invitations
Field of 144 to Compete for a Share of the $2 Million Purse, a $250,000 Increase From 2025
Tickets on Sale at www.ShopRiteLPGA.com
GALLOWAY, N.J. – Entries are now closed for the 2026 ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern, with the tournament boasting a world-class international field that features several of the world’s top-ranked players, past champions, major champions and players who are kick-starting their LPGA Tour careers. The ShopRite LPGA will take place Friday-Sunday, May 29-31 at Seaview Hotel and Golf Club in Galloway, N.J.
Headlining the list of latest commitments prior to entries closing include LPGA Tour winner and World No. 7 Charley Hull; twins Aki and Chizzy Iwai (Nos. 18 and 21 in the world, respectively); former World No. 1 players Sung Hyun Park and Lilia Vu; Lizette Salas, who is returning to LPGA competition in 2026 following injury; and fan favorites and LPGA Tour winners Natalie Gulbis and Christina Kim.
LPGA Tour winner and Philadelphia Cricket Club Teaching Professional Meaghan Francella also is set to return to LPGA competition next week at the 2026 ShopRite LPGA.
Past champions scheduled to compete include multiple major champion Brittany Lincicome (2011), 2026 European Solheim Cup captain Anna Nordqvist (2015-16), Annie Park (2018), major champions Celine Boutier (2021), Brooke Henderson (2022) and Ashleigh Buhai (2023), Linnea Strom (2024) and defending champion Jennifer Kupcho (2025).
Former Michigan State All-American Brooke Biermann and Epson Tour professionals Gianna Clemente and Rachel Kuehn each have accepted sponsor invitations to be a part of the 144-player field competing on the historic Bay Course at Seaview. Biermann, who turned professional in April following her first appearance in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, will make her LPGA Tour debut as a professional at the ShopRite LPGA.
They will join the 144-player field competing for a share of the $2 million purse, an increase of $250,000 over 2025. The final two spots will be determined via the Monday Qualifier at Seaview’s Bay Course. For a complete list of tournament entries, click HERE
Atlantic City’s largest sporting event and one of the longest-running events on the LPGA Tour schedule, the ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern is returning for its 38th year in 2026. ShopRite is reinforcing its commitment to women’s golf with new and continued event initiatives to support women athletes with the costs often associated with competing on the game’s biggest stage and chasing their dreams on the LPGA Tour.
The 2026 tournament will again feature Team ShopRite, created last year to support four deserving golfers as they pursue their LPGA Tour dreams – combining a love of the game with ShopRite’s commitment to giving back.
The four players who are a part of Team ShopRite in 2026 include LPGA Tour winners Cheyenne Knight and Azahara Muñoz and Epson Tour professionals Gianna Clemente and Rachel Kuehn. These athletes reaffirm ShopRite’s commitment to enhancing and providing meaningful impact to both mothers on the LPGA Tour as well as budding stars who are kickstarting their careers.
ShopRite continues its decades-long tradition of supporting women’s golf and giving back to community-based organizations through the ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern. Since 1992, ShopRite has donated more than $45 million to area hospitals, food banks, education and youth programs and other community champions through its work with the LPGA. At the 2025 edition of the championship, dozens of nonprofits received donations totaling more than $1.8 million during a luncheon hosted by Wakefern and ShopRite.
The ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern has been a launch pad for several of the game’s preeminent players to kick start their LPGA Tour careers, including Paula Creamer, Brooke Henderson, and Lexi Thompson. The tournament annually boasts one of the strongest fields on the LPGA Tour and has featured many of the game’s greatest players as past champions, including Juli Inkster, Betsy King, Dottie Pepper, Seri Pak, Annika Sorenstam, Cristie Kerr, Stacy Lewis, Karrie Webb, Henderson, and Thompson.
Tickets are on sale for the ShopRite LPGA exclusively at www.ShopRiteLPGA.com/tickets. Ticket packages include exclusive hospitality and general admissions tickets offering a wide degree of entertainment and access.
For more information on the ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern, visit www.ShopRiteLPGA.com, and on social media @ShopRiteLPGA on X, @ShopRiteLPGA on Instagram and ShopRite LPGA on Facebook.
About ShopRite
ShopRite is the registered trademark of Wakefern Food Corp., a retailer-owned cooperative based in Keasbey, NJ, and the largest supermarket cooperative in the United States. With hundreds of ShopRite supermarkets located throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland, ShopRite serves millions of customers each week. Through its ShopRite Partners In Caring program, ShopRite is dedicated to fighting hunger in the communities it serves. Since the program began in 1999, ShopRite Partners In Caring has donated $65 million to food banks that support more than 2,500 worthy charities. As a title sponsor of the ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern, ShopRite has donated more than $45 million to local organizations, hospitals, and community groups. For more information, please visit www.ShopRite.com.
About Wakefern Food Corp.
From a small, local cooperative that began with eight grocery store owners, Wakefern Food Corp. has grown into the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States. Founded in 1946, the cooperative today is made up of member families that independently own and operate hundreds of supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage, Fairway Market, Di Bruno Bros. and Morton Williams banners in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. For more information, please visit www.wakefern.com.
About the ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern
The ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern is one of the largest and most prestigious events on the LPGA Tour. It is held annually in Atlantic City on the Bay Course at Seaview Hotel and Golf Club and features the world’s best female professional golfers competing over three rounds for a share of the $2 million purse. The ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern is owned and operated by Outlyr, a global sports marketing and event management agency. For more information on the ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern, visit www.ShopRiteLPGA.com.
About the LPGA
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is the world’s premier women’s professional golf organization. Created in 1950 by 13 pioneering female Founders, the LPGA, whose Members now represent nearly 40 countries, is the longest-standing professional women’s sports organization. Through the LPGA Tour, the Epson Tour, the LPGA Professionals, and a joint venture with the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA provides female professionals the opportunity to pursue their dreams in the game of golf at the highest level. In addition to its professional tours and teaching accreditation programs, the LPGA features a fully integrated Foundation, which provides best-in-class programming for female golfers through its junior golf programming, LPGA*USGA Girls Golf, and its LPGA Amateurs division, which offers its members playing and learning opportunities around the world. The LPGA aims to use its unique platform to inspire, transform and advance opportunities for girls and women, on and off the golf course.
Follow the LPGA online at www.LPGA.com and download its mobile apps on Apple or Google Play. Join the social conversation on Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter), Instagram and YouTube.
About the LPGA Tour
The LPGA Tour is the world’s leading competitive destination for the best female professional golfers in the world. The Tour hosts 33 annual events across 13 countries for over 200 athletes, awarding total prize funds exceeding $132 million and reaching television audiences in more than 170 countries.
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