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List of Women's PGA Championship champions

The Women's PGA Championship[a] is an annual golf competition held in June, and is conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA). The event was established in 1955, and is one of the five women's major championships played each year; the others are the ANA Inspiration, the U.S. Women's Open, the Women's British Open, and the Evian Championship.[1] This event has always been conducted in stroke play competition, and is always the second women's major of the year.[1][2] The first year was played with three rounds of stroke play and a final round of match play to determine the final places (36 holes for the championship, 18 holes for other matches) in order to distribute prize money.[1][3][4] The trophy, formally known as the "LPGA Championship Trophy" is presented to the champion every year, with each recipient being awarded a replica of the trophy to keep.[5]

A blonde-haired woman in a pink shirt and hat with white pants and glove and a driver in her hand in the position at the end of a golf swing
Annika Sörenstam was a three-time consecutive champion of the event in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

Mickey Wright holds the record for the most victories with four.[1] Annika Sörenstam has the record for most consecutive wins with three.[1] The lowest score for 72 holes on a par 71 golf course is Betsy King's 267, 17-under par in 1992, and on a par 72 golf course is Cristie Kerr's and Yani Tseng's 269, 19-under par in 2010 and 2011 respectively.[1] The LPGA Championship has had eleven wire-to-wire champions on twelve different occasions: Beverly Hanson in 1955, Wright in 1958 and 1961, Judy Kimball in 1962, Kathy Whitworth in 1967, Sandra Post in 1968, Jan Stephenson in 1982, Nancy Lopez in 1985, King in 1992, Se Ri Pak in 1998, Kerr in 2010, and Tseng in 2011.[6] The current champion is Amy Yang.[7]

Champions

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Patty Sheehan was a three-time champion of the event in 1983, 1984 and 1993.
 
Se Ri Pak is a three-time winner of the event in 1998, 2002 and 2006. She is one of eleven champions to win wire-to-wire with her victory in 1998.
 
Laura Davies is a two-time champion of the event in 1994 and 1996.
 
Juli Inkster is only one of four golfers to win repeat titles at the event in 1999 and 2000.
 
Yani Tseng is the co-holder of the record for most shots under par, and is the champion of this event in 2008 and 2011. She is one of eleven champions to win wire-to-wire with her victory in 2011.
Key
* Tournament won in a playoff
# Tournament was won in 54 holes
‡ Wire-to-wire victory
Edition Year Country Champion Course Location Total score To par[b] Notes
1st 1955‡   United States Beverly Hanson Orchard Ridge Country Club Fort Wayne, Indiana 220[c] 4&3[d] [3][4]
2nd 1956   United States Marlene Hagge * Forest Lake Country Club Detroit, Michigan 291 −9 [8][e]
3rd 1957   United States Louise Suggs Churchill Valley Country Club Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 285 +5 [9]
4th 1958‡   United States Mickey Wright Churchill Valley Country Club Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 288 +8 [10]
5th 1959   United States Betsy Rawls Sheraton Hotel Country Club French Lick, Indiana 288 −8 [11]
6th 1960   United States Mickey Wright Sheraton Hotel Country Club French Lick, Indiana 292 −4 [12]
7th 1961‡   United States Mickey Wright Stardust Country Club Paradise, Nevada 287 +3 [13]
8th 1962‡   United States Judy Kimball Stardust Country Club Paradise, Nevada 282 −2 [14]
9th 1963   United States Mickey Wright Stardust Country Club Paradise, Nevada 294 +10 [15]
10th 1964   United States Mary Mills Stardust Country Club Paradise, Nevada 294 −6 [16]
11th 1965   United States Sandra Haynie Stardust Country Club Paradise, Nevada 279 −5 [17]
12th 1966   United States Gloria Ehret Stardust Country Club Paradise, Nevada 282 −2 [18]
13th 1967‡   United States Kathy Whitworth Pleasant Valley Country Club Sutton, Massachusetts 284 −8 [19]
14th 1968‡   Canada Sandra Post * Pleasant Valley Country Club Sutton, Massachusetts 294 +2 [20][f]
15th 1969   United States Betsy Rawls Concord Golf Course Kiamesha Lake, New York 293 +1 [21]
16th 1970   United States Shirley Englehorn * Pleasant Valley Country Club Sutton, Massachusetts 285 −7 [22][g]
17th 1971   United States Kathy Whitworth Pleasant Valley Country Club Sutton, Massachusetts 288 −4 [23]
18th 1972   United States Kathy Ahern Pleasant Valley Country Club Sutton, Massachusetts 293 +1 [24]
19th 1973   United States Mary Mills Pleasant Valley Country Club Sutton, Massachusetts 288 −4 [25]
20th 1974   United States Sandra Haynie Pleasant Valley Country Club Sutton, Massachusetts 288 −4 [26]
21st 1975   United States Kathy Whitworth Pine Ridge Golf Course Baltimore, Maryland 288 −4 [27]
22nd 1976   United States Betty Burfeindt Pine Ridge Golf Course Baltimore, Maryland 287 −5 [28]
23rd 1977   Japan Hisako Higuchi Bay Tree Golf Plantation North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 279 −9 [29]
24th 1978   United States Nancy Lopez Jack Nicklaus Golf Center Mason, Ohio 275 −13 [30]
25th 1979   United States Donna Caponi Jack Nicklaus Golf Center Mason, Ohio 279 −9 [31]
26th 1980   South Africa Sally Little Jack Nicklaus Golf Center Mason, Ohio 285 −3 [32]
27th 1981   United States Donna Caponi Jack Nicklaus Golf Center Mason, Ohio 280 −8 [33]
28th 1982‡   Australia Jan Stephenson Jack Nicklaus Golf Center Mason, Ohio 280 −9 [34]
29th 1983   United States Patty Sheehan Jack Nicklaus Golf Center Mason, Ohio 280 −9 [35]
30th 1984   United States Patty Sheehan Jack Nicklaus Golf Center Mason, Ohio 272 −16 [36]
31st 1985‡   United States Nancy Lopez Jack Nicklaus Golf Center Mason, Ohio 273 −15 [37]
32nd 1986   United States Pat Bradley Jack Nicklaus Golf Center Mason, Ohio 277 −11 [38]
33rd 1987   United States Jane Geddes Jack Nicklaus Golf Center Mason, Ohio 275 −13 [39]
34th 1988   United States Sherri Turner Jack Nicklaus Golf Center Mason, Ohio 281 −7 [40]
35th 1989   United States Nancy Lopez Jack Nicklaus Golf Center Mason, Ohio 274 −14 [41]
36th 1990   United States Beth Daniel Bethesda Country Club Bethesda, Maryland 280 −4 [42]
37th 1991   United States Meg Mallon Bethesda Country Club Bethesda, Maryland 274 −10 [43]
38th 1992‡   United States Betsy King Bethesda Country Club Bethesda, Maryland 267 −17 [44]
39th 1993   United States Patty Sheehan Bethesda Country Club Bethesda, Maryland 275 −9 [45]
40th 1994   England Laura Davies DuPont Country Club Wilmington, Delaware 279 −5 [46]
41st 1995   United States Kelly Robbins DuPont Country Club Wilmington, Delaware 274 −10 [47]
42nd 1996   England Laura Davies DuPont Country Club Wilmington, Delaware 213  # E [48]
43rd 1997   United States Christa Johnson * DuPont Country Club Wilmington, Delaware 281 −3 [49][h]
44th 1998‡   South Korea Se Ri Pak DuPont Country Club Wilmington, Delaware 273 −11 [50]
45th 1999   United States Juli Inkster DuPont Country Club Wilmington, Delaware 268 −16 [51]
46th 2000   United States Juli Inkster * DuPont Country Club Wilmington, Delaware 281 −3 [52][i]
47th 2001   Australia Karrie Webb DuPont Country Club Wilmington, Delaware 270 −14 [53]
48th 2002   South Korea Se Ri Pak DuPont Country Club Wilmington, Delaware 279 −5 [54]
49th 2003   Sweden Annika Sörenstam * DuPont Country Club Wilmington, Delaware 278 −6 [55][j]
50th 2004   Sweden Annika Sörenstam DuPont Country Club Wilmington, Delaware 271 −13 [56]
51st 2005   Sweden Annika Sörenstam Bulle Rock Golf Course Havre de Grace, Maryland 277 −11 [57]
52nd 2006   South Korea Se Ri Pak * Bulle Rock Golf Course Havre de Grace, Maryland 280 −8 [58][k]
53rd 2007   Norway Suzann Pettersen Bulle Rock Golf Course Havre de Grace, Maryland 274 −14 [59][60]
54th 2008   Taiwan Yani Tseng * Bulle Rock Golf Course Havre de Grace, Maryland 276 −12 [61][l]
55th 2009   Sweden Anna Nordqvist Bulle Rock Golf Course Havre de Grace, Maryland 273 −15 [62]
56th 2010‡   United States Cristie Kerr Locust Hill Country Club Pittsford, New York 269 −19 [63][64]
57th 2011‡   Taiwan Yani Tseng Locust Hill Country Club Pittsford, New York 269 −19 [65]
58th 2012   China Shanshan Feng Locust Hill Country Club Pittsford, New York 283 −5 [66]
59th 2013   South Korea Inbee Park * Locust Hill Country Club Pittsford, New York 282 −6 [67]
60th 2014   South Korea Inbee Park * Monroe Golf Club Pittsford, New York 277 −11
61st 2015   South Korea Inbee Park Westchester Country Club Harrison, New York 273 −19
62nd 2016   Canada Brooke Henderson* Sahalee Country Club Sammamish, Washington 278 −6
63rd 2017   United States Danielle Kang Olympia Fields Country Club Olympia Fields, Illinois 271 −13
64th 2018   South Korea Park Sung-hyun* Kemper Lakes Golf Club Long Grove, Illinois 278 −10
65th 2019   Australia Hannah Green Hazeltine National Golf Club Chaska, Minnesota 279 −9
66th 2020   South Korea Kim Sei-young Aronimink Golf Club Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 266 −14
67th 2021   United States Nelly Korda Atlanta Athletic Club Johns Creek, Georgia 269 −19
68th 2022‡   South Korea Chun In-gee Congressional Country Club Bethesda, Maryland 283 −5
69th 2023   China Yin Ruoning Baltusrol Golf Club Springfield, New Jersey 276 −8
70th 2024   South Korea Amy Yang Sahalee Country Club Sammamish, Washington 281 −7 [7]

Multiple champions

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This table lists the golfers who have won more than one LPGA Championship. Champions who won in consecutive years are indicated by the years with italics*.

Key
‡ Career Grand Slam winners
T2 Tied for second place
T8 Tied for eighth place
Rank Country Golfer Total Years
1   United States Mickey Wright ‡ 4 1958, 1960, 1961*, 1963
T2   United States Kathy Whitworth 3 1967, 1971, 1975
T2   United States Nancy Lopez 3 1978, 1985, 1989
T2   United States Patty Sheehan 3 1983, 1984*, 1993
T2   Sweden Annika Sörenstam ‡ 3 2003, 2004*, 2005*
T2   South Korea Se Ri Pak 3 1998, 2002, 2006
T2   South Korea Inbee Park 3 2013, 2014*, 2015*
T8   United States Betsy Rawls 2 1959, 1969
T8   United States Mary Mills 2 1964, 1973
T8   United States Sandra Haynie 2 1965, 1974
T8   United States Donna Caponi 2 1979, 1981
T8   England Laura Davies 2 1994, 1996
T8   United States Juli Inkster ‡ 2 1999, 2000*
T8   Taiwan Yani Tseng 2 2008, 2011

Champions by nationality

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This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality.

Key
T5 Tied for fifth place
T9 Tied for ninth place
Rank Nationality Wins Winners First title Last title
1   United States 42 28 1955 2021
2   South Korea 10 6 1998 2024
3   Sweden 4 2 2003 2009
4   Australia 3 3 1982 2019
T5   Canada 2 2 1968 2016
T5   China 2 2 2012 2023
T5   England 2 1 1994 1996
T5   Taiwan 2 1 2008 2011
T9   Japan 1 1 1977 1977
T9   South Africa 1 1 1980 1980
T9   Norway 1 1 2007 2007

See also

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Notes

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  • a This tournament has had several name changes, which are the following: 1955–86 LPGA Championship, 1987–93 Mazda LPGA Championship, 1994–2000 McDonald's LPGA Championship, 2001–03 McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG, 2004–09 McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola, 2010 LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans, 2011–14 Wegmans LPGA Championship, and 2015–present KPMG Women's PGA Championship.[1]
  • b Par is a predetermined number of strokes that a golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum of the total pars of the played holes), or a tournament (the sum of the total pars of each round). E stands for even, which means the tournament was completed in the predetermined number of strokes.[68]
  • c The first two days over three rounds were conducted in stroke play.[3]
  • d The last day was a 36-hole final for the championship in match play.[4]
  • b Marlene Hagge won in a sudden death playoff over Patty Berg.[1]
  • c Sandra Post won in an 18-hole playoff over Kathy Whitworth.[1]
  • d Shirley Englehorn won in an 18-hole playoff over Kathy Whitworth.[1]
  • e Christa Johnson won in a sudden death playoff over Leta Lindley.[1]
  • f Juli Inkster won in a sudden death playoff over Stefania Croce.[1]
  • g Annika Sörenstam won in a sudden death playoff over Grace Park.[1]
  • h Se Ri Pak won in a sudden death playoff over Karrie Webb.[1]
  • i Yani Tseng won in a sudden death playoff over Maria Hjorth.[1]

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