2018 KPMG Women's PGA Championship: Sung Hyun Park wins at Kemper Lakes Golf Club
Sung Hyun Park won the 2018 KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Kemper Lakes Golf Club, Long Grove, Illinois, United States with 278 (−10), beating Nasa Hataoka and So Yeon Ryu in a playoff.
Updated October 23, 2026
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- Dates
- June 28, 2018 to July 1, 2018
- Course
- Kemper Lakes Golf Club, Long Grove, Illinois, United States
- Edition
- 64th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,741 yards
- Field
- 156
- Made the cut
- 73 (cut at 147)
- Purse
- $3,650,000 · winner's share $547,500
- Champion
- Sung Hyun Park · age 24 · South Korea · born Seoul, South Korea
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 2nd major
- World ranking
- No. 6 (Rolex Rankings)
- Winning score
- 66-72-71-69 = 278 (−10)
- Runners-up
- Nasa Hataoka, So Yeon Ryu (278 each)
- 54-hole leader
- So Yeon Ryu · Sung Hyun Park was 4 strokes back
- Playoff
- sudden death (three players); 2 holes; beat Nasa Hataoka; So Yeon Ryu; 2nd extra hole: Park birdie (hole number not confirmed)
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sung Hyun Park | 66 | 72 | 71 | 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Nasa Hataoka | 278 | |||||
| T2 | So Yeon Ryu | 278 |
What happened at the 2018 KPMG Women's PGA Championship
54-hole leader So Yeon Ryu held a two-shot lead until the par-3 17th, where she hit her tee shot into the hazard and made double bogey.
Park, who began the final round four shots back, saved par at the 16th by playing out of the water hazard after her second shot found it, then made a 3-meter birdie putt on the first playoff hole and another birdie on the second to win.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's KPMG Women's PGA Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).
Sources
- kpmgwomenspgachampionship.com: kpmg womens pga championship winners
- thegolfnewsnet.com: kpmg womens pga championship history results and past…
- Wikipedia: 2018 Women's PGA Championship
- Wikipedia: Women's PGA Championship
- Wikipedia: Women's major golf championships
- Wikipedia: Park Sung-hyun (golfer)
- koreajoongangdaily.com: park sunghyun wins in illinois
- lpga.com: 2018 moves of the week july 5