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
Dates	June 28 – July 1, 2018
Location	Long Grove, Illinois 42.2093°N 88.0381°W / 42.2093; -88.0381
Course(s)	Kemper Lakes Golf Club
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,741 yards (6,164 m)
Field	156 players, 73 after cut
Cut	147 (+3)
Prize fund	$3.65 million
Winner's share	$547,500
Champion
Park Sung-hyun
278 (−10), playoff
Location Map
Kemper Lakes GC Location in the United States Show map of the United States Kemper Lakes GC Location in Illinois Show map of Illinois

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

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.[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)

• Suzann Pettersen (3) did not play.

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)

• Jang Ha-na (6) did not play.

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)

• Choi Hye-jin, Jiyai Shin, and Ai Suzuki did not play.

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

• Karen Paolozzi did not play.

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)

• Gerina Piller did not play.

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

• Lindsey Weaver did not play.

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

North America (65)	South America (3)	Europe (32)	Oceania (9)	Asia (44)	Africa (3)
Canada (5)	Colombia (1)	England (6)	Australia (8)	China (3)	South Africa (3)
Mexico (1)	Ecuador (1)	Scotland (1)	New Zealand (1)	Hong Kong (1)
Puerto Rico (1)	Paraguay (1)	Czech Republic (1)		India (1)
United States (58)		Denmark (3)		Israel (1)
		France (4)		Japan (4)
		Germany (4)		South Korea (20)
		Iceland (1)		Taiwan (5)
		Italy (1)		Thailand (9)
		Spain (4)
		Sweden (7)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Brooke Henderson	Canada	2016	67	71	70	74	282	−6	T6
Shanshan Feng	China	2012	74	72	67	73	286	−2	T18
Danielle Kang	United States	2017	73	69	75	73	290	+2	T33
Karrie Webb	Australia	2001	70	76	74	72	292	+4	T47
Cristie Kerr	United States	2010	75	68	73	77	293	+5	T49

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Inbee Park	South Korea	2013, 2014, 2015	73	76	149	+5
Anna Nordqvist	Sweden	2009	77	74	151	+7
Yani Tseng	Taiwan	2008, 2011	74	77	151	+7
Laura Davies	England	1994, 1996	80	74	154	+10
Juli Inkster	United States	1999, 2000	79	77	156	+12

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 28, 2018

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

Second round

Friday, June 29, 2018

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Brooke Henderson	Canada	67-71=138	−6
	Park Sung-hyun	South Korea	66-72=138
	Ryu So-yeon	South Korea	69-69=138
4	Carlota Ciganda	Spain	70-69=139	−5
T5	Moriya Jutanugarn	Thailand	68-72=140	−4
	Lydia Ko	New Zealand	74-66=140
	Annie Park	United States	71-69=140
T8	Jaye Marie Green	United States	67-74=141	−3
	Nasa Hataoka	Japan	69-72=141
	Dani Holmqvist	Sweden	70-71=141
	Wichanee Meechai	Thailand	71-70=141

Third round

Saturday, June 30, 2018

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

Final round

Sunday, July 1, 2018

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

Scorecard

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

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

References

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.
3. "KPMG Women's PGA Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved September 3, 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site

Preceded by 2018 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 2018 Women's British Open