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2018 Women's PGA Championship

Coordinates: 42°12′33″N 88°02′17″W / 42.2093°N 88.0381°W / 42.2093; -88.0381
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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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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.[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 South Korea Park Sung-hyun 66 −6
T2 United States Brittany Altomare 67 −5
United States Jaye Marie Green
Canada Brooke Henderson
United States Jessica Korda
T6 Israel Laetitia Beck 68 −4
England Charley Hull
Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn
Canada Maude-Aimee Leblanc
T10 Japan Nasa Hataoka 69 −3
Australia Minjee Lee
United States Amy Olson
South Korea Ryu So-yeon
Canada Alena Sharp

Second round

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Friday, June 29, 2018

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

Third round

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Saturday, June 30, 2018

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Ryu So-yeon 69-69-67=205 −11
2 Canada Brooke Henderson 67-71-70=208 −8
3 South Korea Park Sung-hyun 66-72-71=209 −7
4 United States Angel Yin 73-69-68=210 −6
5 England Bronte Law 72-70-69=211 −5
T6 Spain Carlota Ciganda 70-69-73=212 −4
Sweden Daniela Holmqvist 70-71-71=212
South Korea Kim Hyo-joo 70-72-70=212
South Korea In-Kyung Kim 73-70-69=212
T10 South Africa Ashleigh Buhai 72-70-71=213 −3
United States Lindy Duncan 74-71-68=213
China Shanshan Feng 74-72-67=213
Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn 68-72-73=213
South Korea Kim Sei-young 71-71-71=213
South Korea Ko Jin-young 73-72-68=213
New Zealand Lydia Ko 74-66-73=213
United States Jessica Korda 67-75-71=213
United States Ryann O'Toole 73-71-69=213
United States Annie Park 71-69-73=213
United States Lizette Salas 70-74-69=213
Australia Sarah Jane Smith 73-72-68=213
South Korea 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 Japan Nasa Hataoka 69-72-73-64=278 −10 Playoff
South Korea Park Sung-hyun 66-72-71-69=278
South Korea Ryu So-yeon 69-69-67-73=278
T4 United States Jessica Korda 67-75-71-68=281 −7 170,709
United States Angel Yin 73-69-68-71=281
T6 Canada Brooke Henderson 67-71-70-74=282 −6 114,421
England Charley Hull 68-75-72-67=282
T8 United States Jacqui Concolino 70-73-73-67=283 −5 82,741
South Korea In-Kyung Kim 73-70-69-71=283
United States 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
South Korea Park −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10
Japan Hataoka −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −6 −6 −6 −5 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10
South Korea Ryu −11 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −12 −10 −10
United States Korda −4 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7
United States Yin −7 −6 −7 −6 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −8 −7 −8 −8 −7
Canada Henderson −8 −7 −7 −7 −6 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −6
England 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 South Korea Park Sung-hyun 3-3 −2 547,500
T2 Japan Nasa Hataoka 3-4 −1 290,806
South Korea 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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