2018 Women's PGA Championship explained

2018 Women's PGA Championship
Dates:	June 28 – July 1, 2018
Location:	Long Grove, Illinois
Course:	Kemper Lakes Golf Club
Org:	PGA of America
Tour:	LPGA Tour
Par:	72
Field:	156 players, 73 after cut
Format:	Stroke play - 72 holes
Cut:	147 (+3)
Purse:	$3.65 million
Winners Share:	$547,500
Champion:	Park Sung-hyun
Score:	278 (−10), playoff
Previous:	2017
Next:	2019
Map:	USA#USA Illinois
Map Relief:	yes
Map Label:	Kemper Lakes GC
Coordinates:	42.2093°N -88.0381°W

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), 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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Place	Score	To par
1	66	−6
T2	67	−5
Jaye Marie Green
Brooke Henderson
Jessica Korda
T6	68	−4
Charley Hull
Moriya Jutanugarn
Maude-Aimee Leblanc
T10	69	−3
Minjee Lee
Amy Olson
Ryu So-yeon
Alena Sharp

Second round

Friday, June 29, 2018

Place	Player	Score	To par
align=center rowspan=3	T1		67-71=138	align=center rowspan=3	−6
	66-72=138
	69-69=138
4		70-69=139	−5
align=center rowspan=3	T5		68-72=140	align=center rowspan=3	−4
	74-66=140
	71-69=140
align=center rowspan=4	T8		67-74=141	align=center rowspan=4	−3
	69-72=141
	70-71=141
	71-70=141

Third round

Saturday, June 30, 2018

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		69-69-67=205	−11
2		67-71-70=208	−8
3		66-72-71=209	−7
4		73-69-68=210	−6
5		72-70-69=211	−5
align=center rowspan=4	T6		70-69-73=212	align=center rowspan=4	−4
	70-71-71=212
	70-72-70=212
	73-70-69=212
align=center rowspan=13	T10		72-70-71=213	align=center rowspan=13	−3
	74-71-68=213
	74-72-67=213
	68-72-73=213
	71-71-71=213
	73-72-68=213
	74-66-73=213
	67-75-71=213
	73-71-69=213
	71-69-73=213
	70-74-69=213
	73-72-68=213
	70-74-69=213

Final round

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Place	Player	To par	Prize money (US$)
align=center rowspan=3	T1	69-72-73-64=278	align=center rowspan=3	−10	align=center rowspan=3	Playoff
	66-72-71-69=278
	69-69-67-73=278
align=center rowspan=2	T4	67-75-71-68=281	align=center rowspan=2	−7	align=center rowspan=2	170,709
	73-69-68-71=281
align=center rowspan=2	T6	67-71-70-74=282	align=center rowspan=2	−6	align=center rowspan=2	114,421
	68-75-72-67=282
align=center rowspan=3	T8	70-73-73-67=283	align=center rowspan=3	−5	align=center rowspan=3	82,741
	73-70-69-71=283
	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

^[3]

Playoff

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Park Sung-hyun	3-3	−2	547,500
T2		3-4	−1	290,806
	4-x	E

External links

- Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site

Notes and References

News: Sung Hyun Park wins KPMG Women's PGA Championship in playoff . ESPN . Associated Press . July 1, 2018.
Web site: Qualification Criteria for 2018 Championship . KPMG Women's PGA Championship . January 24, 2018 . March 20, 2018 . September 28, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180928102313/http://www.kpmgwomenspgachampionship.com/news-and-media/news/qualification-criteria . dead .
Web site: Golf Channel . KPMG Women's PGA Championship . September 3, 2018.