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.
Park Sung-hyun won the championship in a playoff over Nasa Hataoka and Ryu So-yeon. It was Park's second major win.

Field

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

Qualified players

Players who qualified for the Championship are listed below. 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. Past winners of the Women's PGA Championship
Laura Davies, Shanshan Feng, Brooke Henderson, Juli Inkster, Danielle Kang, Cristie Kerr, Anna Nordqvist, Inbee Park, Yani Tseng
3. Professionals who have won an LPGA major championship in the previous five years and during the current year
Chun In-gee, Ariya Jutanugarn, Kim Hyo-joo, In-Kyung Kim, Lydia Ko, Brittany Lang, Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome, Pernilla Lindberg, Mo Martin, Park Sung-hyun, Ryu So-yeon, Lexi Thompson, Michelle Wie
4. Professionals who have won an official LPGA tournament in the previous two calendar years and during the current year
Carlota Ciganda, Nasa Hataoka, Charley Hull, Ji Eun-hee, Moriya Jutanugarn, Kim Sei-young, Katherine Kirk, Ko Jin-young, Jessica Korda, Lee Mi-hyang, Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Caroline Masson, Haru Nomura, Annie Park, Jenny Shin, Amy Yang
5. Professionals who finished top-10 and ties at the previous year's Women's PGA Championship
Chella Choi, Kelly Shon
6. Professionals ranked No. 1-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of June 4, 2018
Lee Jeong-eun, Lizette Salas
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 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, Austin Ernst, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Georgia Hall, Karine Icher, Catriona Matthew, Florentyna Parker, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Melissa Reid, Madelene Sagström, Angel Yin
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

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 28, 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Park Sung-hyun66−6
T2Brittany Altomare67−5
T2Jaye Marie Green67−5
T2Brooke Henderson67−5
T2Jessica Korda67−5
T6Laetitia Beck68−4
T6Charley Hull68−4
T6Moriya Jutanugarn68−4
T6Maude-Aimee Leblanc68−4
T10Nasa Hataoka69−3
T10Minjee Lee69−3
T10Amy Olson69−3
T10Ryu So-yeon69−3
T10Alena Sharp69−3

Second round

Friday, June 29, 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Brooke Henderson67-71=138−6
T1Park Sung-hyun66-72=138−6
T1Ryu So-yeon69-69=138−6
4Carlota Ciganda70-69=139−5
T5Moriya Jutanugarn68-72=140−4
T5Lydia Ko74-66=140−4
T5Annie Park71-69=140−4
T8Jaye Marie Green67-74=141−3
T8Nasa Hataoka69-72=141−3
T8Dani Holmqvist70-71=141−3
T8Wichanee Meechai71-70=141−3

Third round

Saturday, June 30, 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ryu So-yeon69-69-67=205−11
2Brooke Henderson67-71-70=208−8
3Park Sung-hyun66-72-71=209−7
4Angel Yin73-69-68=210−6
5Bronte Law72-70-69=211−5
T6Carlota Ciganda70-69-73=212−4
T6Dani Holmqvist70-71-71=212−4
T6Kim Hyo-joo70-72-70=212−4
T6In-Kyung Kim73-70-69=212−4
T10Ashleigh Buhai72-70-71=213−3
T10Lindy Duncan74-71-68=213−3
T10Shanshan Feng74-72-67=213−3
T10Moriya Jutanugarn68-72-73=213−3
T10Kim Sei-young71-71-71=213−3
T10Ko Jin-young73-72-68=213−3
T10Lydia Ko74-66-73=213−3
T10Jessica Korda67-75-71=213−3
T10Ryann O'Toole73-71-69=213−3
T10Annie Park71-69-73=213−3
T10Lizette Salas70-74-69=213−3
T10Sarah Jane Smith73-72-68=213−3
T10Amy Yang70-74-69=213−3

Final round

Sunday, July 1, 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parPrize money
T1Nasa Hataoka69-72-73-64=278−10Playoff
T1Park Sung-hyun66-72-71-69=278−10Playoff
T1Ryu So-yeon69-69-67-73=278−10Playoff
T4Jessica Korda67-75-71-68=281−7170,709
T4Angel Yin73-69-68-71=281−7170,709
T6Brooke Henderson67-71-70-74=282−6114,421
T6Charley Hull68-75-72-67=282−6114,421
T8Jacqui Concolino70-73-73-67=283−582,741
T8In-Kyung Kim73-70-69-71=283−582,741
T8Lizette Salas70-74-69-70=283−582,741

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par443543544454345434
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

Playoff