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Sunday 1 July 2018LPGA TourYear in Review
Park wins KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Kemper Lakes Golf Club, Kildeer, Illinois · Thursday 28 June to Sunday 1 July 2018 · Sung Hyun Park’s win no. 4 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,650,000 USD · KPMG · brief rain delay during the second playoff hole (16th)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/18°C · wind 12 km/h SSE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/21°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/25°C · wind 22 km/h SSW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/23°C · wind 28 km/h SSW, gusts 59 · 7.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- LPGA Championship
- Eve-LPGA Championship
- Mazda LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
- Wegmans LPGA Championship
- KPMG Women's PGA Championship
1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.
The ones it got away from
- So Yeon Ryu KOR · 278Took a two-stroke lead with a birdie at the 16th but hit into the water at the par-3 17th for a double bogey; lost on the second playoff hole when her birdie putt rolled past. Sung Hyun Park wins KPMG Women's PGA Championship in playoff (AP via ESPN)
- Nasa Hataoka JPN · 278Started nine behind, closed with an 8-under 64 to post 10 under, then parred the first playoff hole (18th) and was eliminated. Sung Hyun Park wins KPMG Women's PGA Championship in playoff (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut +3, 73 made it
Same week
Women's major
KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Kemper Lakes Golf Club, Long Grove
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Nasa Hataoka, So Yeon Ryu
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 July 2018
Since there was no water below the ball, I did like what I do with a bunker shot. So I felt like, "I got this," when I did the shot.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 July 2018
I had another win before this one, and of course it's been a tough year for me since there was five times of missed cuts
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 July 2018
The past is nothing I can control. But for present and future, it's something I can control.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sung Hyun Park | 66 · 72 · 71 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Nasa Hataoka | 69 · 72 · 73 · 64 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | So Yeon Ryu | 69 · 69 · 67 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Jessica Korda | 67 · 75 · 71 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Angel Yin | 73 · 69 · 68 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Brooke Henderson | 67 · 71 · 70 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Charley Hull | 68 · 75 · 72 · 67 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Jacqui Concolino | 70 · 73 · 73 · 67 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | In-Kyung Kim | 73 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | Lizette Salas | 70 · 74 · 69 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1993-09-21, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2012; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 2; world No. 6 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2018-06-25 (published by LPGA.com), row: 6 -- Park, Sung Hyun - 3753 KOR 51 291.5582 5.7168).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet