Ryu wins Women's PGA after record-tying comeback
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- Haeran Ryu captured her first major title at the Women's PGA Championship, closing with a 2-under 70 to finish at 13-under 275 and win by two strokes over Ina Yoon at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota.
- Ryu was 10 shots back after an opening-round 73, tying Carol Mann's 1964 Western Open for the largest 18-hole comeback by a major champion in LPGA Tour history; she played the final three rounds at 14-under par, six shots better than any other player in the field.
- Ryu became the sixth South Korean to win the Women's PGA over the past 12 editions and credited advice from her coach during the trophy ceremony: 'just trust your shot and trust your caddie and trust yourself.'
- Nelly Korda finished tied for eighth at 7-under after a final-round 73, three-putting five times across the tournament and double-bogeying Hazeltine's signature 16th hole in both round one and round four, failing to become the third woman to win the first three majors of a season.
- Brooke Henderson and Dewi Weber tied for third at 10 under; Americans Allisen Corpuz, Auston Kim and Alison Lee shared fifth at 7-under; Weber became just the fourth Dutch women's player to finish in the top 20 at a major, behind only Anne van Dam (2024 British Women's Open) among recent Dutch women.
- A morning thunderstorm closed the course for most of the day, dropping more than an inch of rain and pushing tee times back 3½ hours, leaving soft greens and gusty winds that amplified Hazeltine's notoriously long, demanding fairways.
Why it matters: Ryu's victory ties a 60-year-old LPGA major-championship comeback record and extends South Korean dominance at the Women's PGA to six wins across the past 12 editions. Korda's collapse — five three-putts and two double bogeys on the same hole — keeps alive the chase for a women's calendar-year grand slam heading into the Evian Championship and Women's British Open.
