2018 Women's PGA Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 28 – July 1, 2018 |
Location | Long Grove, Illinois 42°12′33″N 88°02′17″W / 42.2093°N 88.0381°WCoordinates: 42°12′33″N 88°02′17″W / 42.2093°N 88.0381°W |
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 | |
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[]
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), (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
, , , , Wendy Doolan, , Charlotta Sörenstam
- 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
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
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, , Tiffany Chan, , , Cydney Clanton, , , Daniela Darquea, Perrine Delacour, , , Sandra Gal, Julieta Granada, , Hannah Green, Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, Céline Herbin, Daniela Holmqvist, Wei-Ling Hsu, M. J. Hur, Daniela Iacobelli, , Tiffany Joh, Haeji Kang, , Megan Khang, Christina Kim, , , Nelly Korda, Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir, Candie Kung, Cindy LaCrosse, Bronte Law, , Lee Jeong-eun, , Min Lee, Amelia Lewis, Lin Xiyu, , Gaby López, , Nanna Koerstz Madsen, , 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, , Paula Reto, , Alena Sharp, , Luna Sobrón Galmés, Jennifer Song, Mariah Stackhouse, Angela Stanford, , Thidapa Suwannapura, Emma Talley, Kris Tamulis, , Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Maria Torres, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Cheyenne Woods, Sakura Yokomine, Yoo Sun-young
- 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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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1 | Park Sung-hyun | South Korea | 66 | −6 |
T2 | Brittany Altomare | United States | 67 | −5 |
United States | ||||
Brooke Henderson | Canada | |||
Jessica Korda | United States | |||
T6 | Laetitia Beck | Israel | 68 | −4 |
Charley Hull | England | |||
Moriya Jutanugarn | Thailand | |||
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 |
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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 | United States | 67-74=141 | −3 | |
Nasa Hataoka | Japan | 69-72=141 | ||
Sweden | 70-71=141 | |||
Wichanee Meechai | Thailand | 71-70=141 |
Third round[]
Saturday, June 30, 2018
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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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 |
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 |
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 | ||
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$) |
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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 | 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
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagles Birdie Bogey Double bogey
Source:[3]
Playoff[]
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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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[]
- ^ "Sung Hyun Park wins KPMG Women's PGA Championship in playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. July 1, 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "KPMG Women's PGA Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
External links[]
- Women's PGA Championship
- Golf in Illinois
- 2018 in women's golf
- 2018 in American women's sports
- 2018 in sports in Illinois
- June 2018 sports events in the United States
- July 2018 sports events in the United States
- Women in Illinois