The Women's PGA Championship is an annual golf competition held in June, and is conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA). The event was established in 1955, and is one of the five women's major championships played each year; the others are the ANA Inspiration, the U.S. Women's Open, the Women's British Open, and the Evian Championship. This event has always been conducted in stroke play competition, and is always the second women's major of the year. The first year was played with three rounds of stroke play and a final round of match play to determine the final places (36 holes for the championship, 18 holes for other matches) in order to distribute prize money. The trophy, formally known as the "LPGA Championship Trophy" is presented to the champion every year, with each recipient being awarded a replica of the trophy to keep.
Mickey Wright holds the record for the most victories with four. Annika Sörenstam has the record for most consecutive wins with three. The lowest score for 72 holes on a par 71 golf course is Betsy King's 267, 17-under par in 1992, and on a par 72 golf course is Cristie Kerr's and Yani Tseng's 269, 19-under par in 2010 and 2011 respectively. The LPGA Championship has had eleven wire-to-wire champions on twelve different occasions: Beverly Hanson in 1955, Wright in 1958 and 1961, Judy Kimball in 1962, Kathy Whitworth in 1967, Sandra Post in 1968, Jan Stephenson in 1982, Nancy Lopez in 1985, King in 1992, Se Ri Pak in 1998, Kerr in 2010, and Tseng in 2011. The current champion is Ryu Hae-ran.
Champions
Key *Tournament won in a playoff#Tournament was won in 54 holesWire-to-wire victory + Edition Year Country Champion Course Location Total score To par Notes 1955Orchard Ridge Country ClubFort Wayne, Indiana2204&3 1956 *Forest Lake Country ClubDetroit, Michigan291 1957Churchill Valley Country ClubPittsburgh, Pennsylvania285 1958Churchill Valley Country ClubPittsburgh, Pennsylvania288 1959 Sheraton Hotel Country ClubFrench Lick, Indiana288 1960Sheraton Hotel Country ClubFrench Lick, Indiana292 1961Stardust Country ClubParadise, Nevada287 1962Stardust Country ClubParadise, Nevada282 1963Stardust Country ClubParadise, Nevada294 1964Stardust Country ClubParadise, Nevada294 1965Stardust Country ClubParadise, Nevada279 1966Stardust Country ClubParadise, Nevada282 1967Pleasant Valley Country ClubSutton, Massachusetts284 1968 *Pleasant Valley Country ClubSutton, Massachusetts294 1969Concord Golf CourseKiamesha Lake, New York293 1970 *Pleasant Valley Country ClubSutton, Massachusetts285 1971Pleasant Valley Country ClubSutton, Massachusetts288 1972Pleasant Valley Country ClubSutton, Massachusetts293 1973Pleasant Valley Country ClubSutton, Massachusetts288 1974Pleasant Valley Country ClubSutton, Massachusetts288 1975Pine Ridge Golf CourseBaltimore, Maryland288 1976Pine Ridge Golf CourseBaltimore, Maryland287 1977Bay Tree Golf PlantationNorth Myrtle Beach, South Carolina279 1978Jack Nicklaus Golf CenterMason, Ohio275 1979Jack Nicklaus Golf CenterMason, Ohio279 1980Jack Nicklaus Golf CenterMason, Ohio285 1981Jack Nicklaus Golf CenterMason, Ohio280 1982Jack Nicklaus Golf CenterMason, Ohio280 1983Jack Nicklaus Golf CenterMason, Ohio280 1984Jack Nicklaus Golf CenterMason, Ohio272 1985Jack Nicklaus Golf CenterMason, Ohio273 1986Jack Nicklaus Golf CenterMason, Ohio277 1987Jack Nicklaus Golf CenterMason, Ohio275 1988Jack Nicklaus Golf CenterMason, Ohio281 1989Jack Nicklaus Golf CenterMason, Ohio274 1990Bethesda Country ClubBethesda, Maryland280 1991Bethesda Country ClubBethesda, Maryland274 1992Bethesda Country ClubBethesda, Maryland267 1993Bethesda Country ClubBethesda, Maryland275 1994DuPont Country ClubWilmington, Delaware279 1995DuPont Country ClubWilmington, Delaware274 1996DuPont Country ClubWilmington, Delaware213 # 1997 *DuPont Country ClubWilmington, Delaware281 1998DuPont Country ClubWilmington, Delaware273 1999DuPont Country ClubWilmington, Delaware268 2000 *DuPont Country ClubWilmington, Delaware281 2001DuPont Country ClubWilmington, Delaware270 2002DuPont Country ClubWilmington, Delaware279 2003 *DuPont Country ClubWilmington, Delaware278 2004DuPont Country ClubWilmington, Delaware271 2005Bulle Rock Golf CourseHavre de Grace, Maryland277 2006 *Bulle Rock Golf CourseHavre de Grace, Maryland280 2007Bulle Rock Golf CourseHavre de Grace, Maryland274 2008 *Bulle Rock Golf CourseHavre de Grace, Maryland276 2009Bulle Rock Golf CourseHavre de Grace, Maryland273 2010Locust Hill Country ClubPittsford, New York269 2011Locust Hill Country ClubPittsford, New York269 2012Locust Hill Country ClubPittsford, New York283 2013 *Locust Hill Country ClubPittsford, New York282 2014 *Monroe Golf ClubPittsford, New York277 2015Westchester Country ClubHarrison, New York273 2016*Sahalee Country ClubSammamish, Washington278 2017Olympia Fields Country ClubOlympia Fields, Illinois271 2018*Kemper Lakes Golf ClubLong Grove, Illinois278 2019Hazeltine National Golf ClubChaska, Minnesota279 2020Aronimink Golf ClubNewtown Square, Pennsylvania266 2021Atlanta Athletic ClubJohns Creek, Georgia269 2022Congressional Country ClubBethesda, Maryland283 2023Baltusrol Golf ClubSpringfield, New Jersey276 2024Sahalee Country ClubSammamish, Washington281 2025PGA FriscoFrisco, Texas284 2026Hazeltine National Golf ClubChaska, Minnesota275
Multiple champions This table lists the golfers who have won more than one LPGA Championship. Champions who won in consecutive years are indicated by the years with italics*. Key Career Grand Slam winnersT2Tied for second placeT8Tied for eighth place + Rank Country Golfer Total Years 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Champions by nationality This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality. Key T5Tied for fifth placeT9Tied for ninth place + Rank Nationality Wins Winners First title Last title 4228 1955 2021 1171998 2026 441982 2025 4 2 2003 2009 2 2 19682016 22 20122023 2 1 1994 1996 2 1 20082011 1 1 19771977 1 1 19801980 1 1 20072007
See also Chronological list of LPGA major golf champions List of LPGA major championship winning golfers
Notes
This tournament has had several name changes, which are the following: 1955–86 LPGA Championship, 1987–93 Mazda LPGA Championship, 1994–2000 McDonald's LPGA Championship, 2001–03 McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG, 2004–09 McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola, 2010 LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans, 2011–14 Wegmans LPGA Championship, and 2015–present KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Par is a predetermined number of strokes that a golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum of the total pars of the played holes), or a tournament (the sum of the total pars of each round). E stands for even, which means the tournament was completed in the predetermined number of strokes. The first two days over three rounds were conducted in stroke play. The last day was a 36-hole final for the championship in match play. Marlene Hagge won in a sudden death playoff over Patty Berg. Sandra Post won in an 18-hole playoff over Kathy Whitworth. Shirley Englehorn won in an 18-hole playoff over Kathy Whitworth. Christa Johnson won in a sudden death playoff over Leta Lindley. Juli Inkster won in a sudden death playoff over Stefania Croce. Annika Sörenstam won in a sudden death playoff over Grace Park. Se Ri Pak won in a sudden death playoff over Karrie Webb. Yani Tseng won in a sudden death playoff over Maria Hjorth.
References General
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External links LPGA Championship history (PDF) LPGA Tour's tournament profile