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

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, 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 is a Japanese professional golfer. She has won six times on the LPGA Tour and six times on the LPGA of Japan Tour. Amateur career Hataoka was born on 13 January 1999, named after the United States space program, NASA. As an amateur, she won the ...

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 (2,11) 2. Past winners of the Women's PGA Championship Laura Davies (11), Shanshan Feng (4,6,11),

Brooke Henderson Brooke Mackenzie Henderson (born 10 September 1997) is a Canadian professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. Henderson was named the Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2015, 2017 and 2018. She won her first major at age 18 in 2016 at the ...

(3,4,5,6,11), Juli Inkster, Danielle Kang (3,4,5,6,9,11),

Cristie Kerr Cristie Kerr (born October 12, 1977) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has 20 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $19 million in career earnings. Kerr was the number one-ranked go ...

(4,6,9,11), Anna Nordqvist (3,4,6,9,11), Inbee Park (3,4,5,61,11), Yani Tseng (11) *''

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(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 Ariya Jutanugarn ( th, เอรียา จุฑานุกาล, , ; born 23 November 1995) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the American-based LPGA Tour. She was born in Bangkok. She is the first golfer, male or female, from Tha ...

(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 Stacy Lewis (born February 16, 1985) is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has won two major championships: the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2011 and the Women's British Open in 2013. She was ranked number one in ...

(4,5,6,9,11),

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(4,9,11),

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(4,11), Mo Martin (11), Park Sung-hyun (4,6,11), Ryu So-yeon (4,6,11),

Lexi Thompson Alexis Noel Thompson (born February 10, 1995) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 12, she was the youngest golfer ever to qualify to play in the U.S. Women's Open. She turned professional in June 2010 at age 15. ...

(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),

(11),

Charley Hull Charley Esmee Hull (born 20 March 1996) is an English professional golfer who has achieved success both on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour, winning honours as Rookie of the Year, becoming the youngest competitor to participate in th ...

(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),

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(9,11), Haru Nomura (11),

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(11), Jenny Shin (11), Amy Yang (5,6,11) *''

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(6) did not play.'' 5. Professionals who finished top-10 and ties at the previous year's Women's PGA Championship

Chella Choi Woon-jung "Chella" Choi (born 25 August 1990) is a South Korean professional golfer. Choi played on the Duramed Futures Tour in 2008 with a best finish of T-2 at the Bright House Networks Open. She earned her 2009 LPGA Tour card at LPGA Final Qu ...

(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

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, Jean Bartholomew, Joanna Coe,

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, Charlotta Sörenstam *''

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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

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9. Members of the European and United States Solheim Cup teams in

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Paula Creamer (11),

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(11), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (11), Georgia Hall (11), Karine Icher (11),

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(11),

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, Emily Kristine Pedersen (11), Melissa Reid (11),

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(11),

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(11) *''

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did not play.'' 10. Maximum of two sponsor invites Jenny Haglund,

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, Rebecca Artis, Aditi Ashok, Laetitia Beck,

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, Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, Katie Burnett,

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, Cydney Clanton,

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, Brianna Do,

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, Sandra Gal, Julieta Granada,

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, Hannah Green, Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, Céline Herbin,

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, Wei-Ling Hsu,

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, Daniela Iacobelli, Caroline Inglis,

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, Christina Kim,

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, P.K. Kongkraphan,

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, Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir, Candie Kung, Cindy LaCrosse, Bronte Law, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, Lee Jeong-eun, Erynne Lee, Min Lee,

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, Yu Liu, Gaby López, Lee Lopez, Nanna Koerstz Madsen,

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, Azahara Muñoz, Benyapa Niphatsophon, Su-Hyun Oh,

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, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace,

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, Park Hee-young,

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, Morgan Pressel,

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, Robynn Ree, Paula Reto,

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, Sarah Jane Smith,

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, Jennifer Song, Mariah Stackhouse, Angela Stanford, Jackie Stoelting,

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, Emma Talley,

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, Anne-Catherine Tanguay,

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, Maria Torres, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe,

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, Sakura Yokomine,

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*'' 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''

Second round

''Friday, June 29, 2018''

Third round

''Saturday, June 30, 2018''

Final round

''Sunday, July 1, 2018''

Scorecard

''Final round'' ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
:

Playoff

References

External links

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Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site
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