The ongoing 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship is facing problems that no tournament would like to go through. As per the weather updates, temperatures have reached Fahrenheit of the low 90s, with a feels-like temp of 99 degrees and wind gusts of up to 29 miles per hour. But why are we talking about the weather all of a sudden? Well, right after Jin Young Ko walked out of the Texas course following second-round poor shots, the LPGA officially announced her sudden withdrawal from the event. Could that and her poor performance be the result of the Texan weather?

Whether we could blame the weather for either of those is something only the former No. 1, Ko, could tell. However, her performance before the departure was disappointing. Jin Young Ko kicked off her run at the $12M worth KPMG Women’s PGA Championship with a score of 74 in the opening round. When she walked on the course on the second day, she made three bogeys on the front nine and then two double bogeys on holes 10 and 12.

Following that, the fans hoped for a redemption in her gameplay but instead learned that Jin Young Ko had withdrawn from the 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship due to “illness.” Although we will likely have to wait a little more to hear from Ko herself, this announcement came in time when the fans were prepared for an even better outing from Ko than her 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship run (T2). Maybe even possibly a win!

But as disappointing as this news is, the world has previously witnessed Ko withdrawing during important events. Following a two-month break due to a wrist injury, Ko officially returned to the course for the 2022 BMW Ladies Championship. Unfortunately, after shooting an eight-over 80 in the opening round and 79 in the second round, she withdrew from the event before the Saturday round. LPGA announced she was dealing with an injury.

But what’s really at the heart of the matter this time? We can wait on Jin Young Ko for a while; however, Heather Angell, the disqualified player from the KPMG field, cited weather for her mistakes.

Heather Angell blames health and the weather for the rules error

Heather Angell is the director of instruction at the Golf Club at Fiddler’s Creek in Florida. While teaching professionals rarely compete in major tournaments, Angell qualified for the PGA Frisco event through the Colebridge Financial Team.

Angell began her first round from the 10th hole of the Fields Ranch East course. She faced challenges during her opening round of the 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, finishing with a score of 15-over 87. However, the situation worsened when she mistakenly recorded a 5 on her scorecard for the par-5 16th hole, despite actually scoring a 6. She remained unaware of this error before signing her scorecard.

Consequently, officials disqualified her under Rule 3.3b for signing an incorrect scorecard that reflected a lower score than she had achieved, leading to her early exit from the tournament. Interestingly, if she had recorded a higher score than she actually made, she would not have faced disqualification but would have had to keep the incorrect, higher score.

In a Facebook post following the disqualification, Angell explained that it was her first scorecard mistake and that it was unintentional. She attributed the error to health issues and extreme heat, which caused “brain fog.” “I have battled health issues for years that finally took me off the tour and with the 100-degree heat, 10-mile walk, and 6-hour round, my blood sugar struggles caused some brain fog, where I accidentally wrote down a five on hole 16 when I scored a six,” Angell added. Her playing partner also noted the incorrect score. Well, what do you think? Is the weather really behind all this chaos?