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CHASKA, Minn. — Haeran Ryu’s win probability after the first round of the KPMG Women’s PGA was 0.2 percent. An opening round of 73 put her 10 strokes back of leader Ina Yoon and in danger of missing the cut.
But then Ryu changed her putter, and well, everything changed with it.
More: 2026 KPMG Women's PGA Championship prize money payouts for each LPGA player at Hazeltine
On Sunday at Hazeltine, Ryu marched to her first major championship title, winning by xx on a soggy Sunday in suburban Minneapolis. It had been six weeks since Ryu hit a golf shot in competition, taking time off for a minor surgery in South Korea, after a runner-up finish in late May in Cincinnati.
The 12th-ranked player in the world came back refreshed, collecting her fourth career LPGA.
World No. 1 Nelly Korda entered the day four back, but a sluggish start proved too much to overcome. Her bid for a third consecutive LPGA major title ended with tie for eighth.
Dewi Weber posted the best finish of her career, and the best major championship finish for any player from the Netherlands, with a tie for third with Brooke Henderson. The Dutch player had an entertaining Sunday, fllled with thrills and spills that included an eagle on the par-5 seventh and birdies on four of her last seven holes. Weber recently announced that she had her wife are expecting their first child.
Henderson’s week started off with the best kind of news as big sister Brittany gave birth to her first child, Sahalee, named after the course where she won this event 10 years ago.
While Henderson stayed close for most of the final round, she couldn’t muster any late-round heroics to put pressure on Ryu.
Ryu becomes only the second player in major championship history to come back from a 10-shot deficit after the first round. Carol Mann shot 83 in the first round of the 1964 Women’s Western Open and trailed Ruth Jessen by 10 and went on to to win at Scenic Hills Country Club in Pensacola, Florida.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Haeran Ryu wins KPMG Women’s PGA for her first LPGA major title
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But then Ryu changed her putter, and well, everything changed with it.
More: 2026 KPMG Women's PGA Championship prize money payouts for each LPGA player at Hazeltine
On Sunday at Hazeltine, Ryu marched to her first major championship title, winning by xx on a soggy Sunday in suburban Minneapolis. It had been six weeks since Ryu hit a golf shot in competition, taking time off for a minor surgery in South Korea, after a runner-up finish in late May in Cincinnati.
The 12th-ranked player in the world came back refreshed, collecting her fourth career LPGA.
World No. 1 Nelly Korda entered the day four back, but a sluggish start proved too much to overcome. Her bid for a third consecutive LPGA major title ended with tie for eighth.
Dewi Weber posted the best finish of her career, and the best major championship finish for any player from the Netherlands, with a tie for third with Brooke Henderson. The Dutch player had an entertaining Sunday, fllled with thrills and spills that included an eagle on the par-5 seventh and birdies on four of her last seven holes. Weber recently announced that she had her wife are expecting their first child.
Henderson’s week started off with the best kind of news as big sister Brittany gave birth to her first child, Sahalee, named after the course where she won this event 10 years ago.
While Henderson stayed close for most of the final round, she couldn’t muster any late-round heroics to put pressure on Ryu.
Ryu becomes only the second player in major championship history to come back from a 10-shot deficit after the first round. Carol Mann shot 83 in the first round of the 1964 Women’s Western Open and trailed Ruth Jessen by 10 and went on to to win at Scenic Hills Country Club in Pensacola, Florida.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Haeran Ryu wins KPMG Women’s PGA for her first LPGA major title
Continue reading...
