2018 Women's PGA Championship

The 2018 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 64th Women's PGA Championship, played June 28 – July 1 at Kemper Lakes Golf Club in Long Grove, Illinois. Known as the LPGA Championship through 2014, it was the third of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2018 season.

2018 Women's PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 28 – July 1, 2018
LocationLong Grove, Illinois
42°12′33″N 88°02′17″W / 42.2093°N 88.0381°W / 42.2093; -88.0381
Course(s)Kemper Lakes Golf Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,741 yards (6,164 m)
Field156 players, 73 after cut
Cut147 (+3)
Prize fund$3.65 million
Winner's share$547,500
Champion
South Korea Park Sung-hyun
278 (−10), playoff
Location map
Kemper Lakes GC is located in the United States
Kemper Lakes GC
Kemper Lakes GC
Location in the United States
Kemper Lakes GC is located in Illinois
Kemper Lakes GC
Kemper Lakes GC
Location in Illinois
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Park Sung-hyun won the championship in a playoff over Nasa Hataoka and Ryu So-yeon.[1] It was Park's second major win.

Field

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The field included 156 players who met one or more of the selection criteria and commit to participate by a designated deadline.

Qualified players

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Players who qualified for the Championship are listed below.[2] Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified; additional qualifying categories are shown in parentheses.

1. Active LPGA Hall of Fame members

Karrie Webb (2,11)

2. Past winners of the Women's PGA Championship

Laura Davies (11), Shanshan Feng (4,6,11), Brooke Henderson (3,4,5,6,11), Juli Inkster, Danielle Kang (3,4,5,6,9,11), Cristie Kerr (4,6,9,11), Anna Nordqvist (3,4,6,9,11), Inbee Park (3,4,5,61,11), Yani Tseng (11)

3. Professionals who have won an LPGA major championship in the previous five years and during the current year

Chun In-gee (4,6,11), Ariya Jutanugarn (4,6,11), Kim Hyo-joo (4,11), In-Kyung Kim (4,6,11), Lydia Ko (4,6,11), Brittany Lang (4,9,11), Stacy Lewis (4,5,6,9,11), Brittany Lincicome (4,9,11), Pernilla Lindberg (4,11), Mo Martin (11), Park Sung-hyun (4,6,11), Ryu So-yeon (4,6,11), Lexi Thompson (4,5,6,9,11), Michelle Wie (4,6,9,11)

4. Professionals who have won an official LPGA tournament in the previous two calendar years and during the current year

Carlota Ciganda (6,9,11), Nasa Hataoka (11), Charley Hull (6,9,11), Ji Eun-hee (6,11), Moriya Jutanugarn (6,11), Kim Sei-young (5,6,11), Katherine Kirk (11), Ko Jin-young (6,11), Jessica Korda (6,11), Lee Mi-hyang (5,11), Minjee Lee (6,11), Mirim Lee (11), Caroline Masson (9,11), Haru Nomura (11), Annie Park (11), Jenny Shin (11), Amy Yang (5,6,11)

5. Professionals who finished top-10 and ties at the previous year's Women's PGA Championship

Chella Choi (11), Kelly Shon (11)

6. Professionals ranked No. 1–30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of June 4, 2018

Lee Jeong-eun, Lizette Salas (9,11)

7. The top eight finishers at the 2017 LPGA T&CP National Championship

Heather Angell, Jean Bartholomew, Joanna Coe, Alison Curdt, Wendy Doolan, Ashley Grier, Charlotta Sörenstam

8. The top finisher (not otherwise qualified via the 2017 LPGA T&CP National Championship) at the 2018 PGA Women's Stroke Play Championship

Lisa Grimes

9. Members of the European and United States Solheim Cup teams in 2017

Paula Creamer (11), Austin Ernst (11), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (11), Georgia Hall (11), Karine Icher (11), Catriona Matthew (11), Florentyna Parker, Emily Kristine Pedersen (11), Melissa Reid (11), Madelene Sagström (11), Angel Yin (11)

10. Maximum of two sponsor invites

Jenny Haglund, Klára Spilková

11. LPGA members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2018 official money list through the conclusion of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship

Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Rebecca Artis, Aditi Ashok, Laetitia Beck, Céline Boutier, Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, Katie Burnett, Tiffany Chan, Sandra Changkija, Pei-Yun Chien, Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Katelyn Dambaugh, Daniela Darquea, Perrine Delacour, Brianna Do, Lindy Duncan, Sandra Gal, Julieta Granada, Jaye Marie Green, Hannah Green, Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, Céline Herbin, Daniela Holmqvist, Wei-Ling Hsu, M. J. Hur, Daniela Iacobelli, Caroline Inglis, Tiffany Joh, Haeji Kang, Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, Lauren Kim, P.K. Kongkraphan, Nelly Korda, Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir, Candie Kung, Cindy LaCrosse, Bronte Law, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, Lee Jeong-eun, Erynne Lee, Min Lee, Amelia Lewis, Lin Xiyu, Yu Liu, Gaby López, Lee Lopez, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Brittany Marchand, Ally McDonald, Wichanee Meechai, Giulia Molinaro, Azahara Muñoz, Benyapa Niphatsophon, Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Jane Park, Park Hee-young, Pornanong Phatlum, Sophia Popov, Morgan Pressel, Beatriz Recari, Robynn Ree, Paula Reto, Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong, Alena Sharp, Sarah Jane Smith, Luna Sobrón Galmés, Jennifer Song, Mariah Stackhouse, Angela Stanford, Jackie Stoelting, Thidapa Suwannapura, Emma Talley, Kris Tamulis, Anne-Catherine Tanguay, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Maria Torres, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Cheyenne Woods, Sakura Yokomine, Yoo Sun-young

12. The remainder of the field will be filled by members who have committed to the event, ranked in the order of their position on the 2018 LPGA Priority List as of the commitment deadline

None needed

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, June 28, 2018

Place Player Score To par
1   Park Sung-hyun 66 −6
T2   Brittany Altomare 67 −5
  Jaye Marie Green
  Brooke Henderson
  Jessica Korda
T6   Laetitia Beck 68 −4
  Charley Hull
  Moriya Jutanugarn
  Maude-Aimee Leblanc
T10   Nasa Hataoka 69 −3
  Minjee Lee
  Amy Olson
  Ryu So-yeon
  Alena Sharp

Second round

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Friday, June 29, 2018

Place Player Score To par
T1   Brooke Henderson 67-71=138 −6
  Park Sung-hyun 66-72=138
  Ryu So-yeon 69-69=138
4   Carlota Ciganda 70-69=139 −5
T5   Moriya Jutanugarn 68-72=140 −4
  Lydia Ko 74-66=140
  Annie Park 71-69=140
T8   Jaye Marie Green 67-74=141 −3
  Nasa Hataoka 69-72=141
  Daniela Holmqvist 70-71=141
  Wichanee Meechai 71-70=141

Third round

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Saturday, June 30, 2018

Place Player Score To par
1   Ryu So-yeon 69-69-67=205 −11
2   Brooke Henderson 67-71-70=208 −8
3   Park Sung-hyun 66-72-71=209 −7
4   Angel Yin 73-69-68=210 −6
5   Bronte Law 72-70-69=211 −5
T6   Carlota Ciganda 70-69-73=212 −4
  Daniela Holmqvist 70-71-71=212
  Kim Hyo-joo 70-72-70=212
  In-Kyung Kim 73-70-69=212
T10   Ashleigh Buhai 72-70-71=213 −3
  Lindy Duncan 74-71-68=213
  Shanshan Feng 74-72-67=213
  Moriya Jutanugarn 68-72-73=213
  Kim Sei-young 71-71-71=213
  Ko Jin-young 73-72-68=213
  Lydia Ko 74-66-73=213
  Jessica Korda 67-75-71=213
  Ryann O'Toole 73-71-69=213
  Annie Park 71-69-73=213
  Lizette Salas 70-74-69=213
  Sarah Jane Smith 73-72-68=213
  Amy Yang 70-74-69=213

Final round

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Sunday, July 1, 2018

Place Player Score To par Prize money (US$)
T1   Nasa Hataoka 69-72-73-64=278 −10 Playoff
  Park Sung-hyun 66-72-71-69=278
  Ryu So-yeon 69-69-67-73=278
T4   Jessica Korda 67-75-71-68=281 −7 170,709
  Angel Yin 73-69-68-71=281
T6   Brooke Henderson 67-71-70-74=282 −6 114,421
  Charley Hull 68-75-72-67=282
T8   Jacqui Concolino 70-73-73-67=283 −5 82,741
  In-Kyung Kim 73-70-69-71=283
  Lizette Salas 70-74-69-70=283

Scorecard

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Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 3 4
  Park −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10
  Hataoka −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −6 −6 −6 −5 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10
  Ryu −11 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −12 −10 −10
  Korda −4 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7
  Yin −7 −6 −7 −6 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −8 −7 −8 −8 −7
  Henderson −8 −7 −7 −7 −6 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −6
  Hull −1 −2 −2 −3 −2 −1 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −6 −6 −7 −8 −7 −6 −6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagles Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[3]

Playoff

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Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Park Sung-hyun 3-3 −2 547,500
T2   Nasa Hataoka 3-4 −1 290,806
  Ryu So-yeon 4-x E

References

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  1. ^ "Sung Hyun Park wins KPMG Women's PGA Championship in playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. July 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "Qualification Criteria for 2018 Championship". KPMG Women's PGA Championship. January 24, 2018. Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "KPMG Women's PGA Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
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