Haeran Ryu won the 2026 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club on Sunday, claiming her first major title with one of the most remarkable comebacks the women’s game has seen.

Ryu opened with a one-over 73 that left her 10 shots behind first-round leader Ina Yoon and in danger of missing the cut. She switched back to a putter she had used at the Kroger Queen City Championship, shot a bogey-free 64 in round two, and never looked back.

A one-shot lead going into Sunday’s final round — delayed three and a half hours by a thunderstorm that dropped over an inch of rain on the course — became a two-shot winning margin by the time she holed out on 18.

Her closing two-under 70 gave her a 13-under total of 275. “Feels like dreams come true right now,” she said at the trophy ceremony. “I tried a couple of times at a major but couldn’t get it. Today I did.”

It is the largest opening-round deficit overcome to win a major since Carol Mann came from 10 back at the 1964 Women’s Western Open.

Korda’s three-major bid comes up short

Nelly Korda arrived at Hazeltine having won the Chevron Championship and the US Women’s Open, and was chasing a third consecutive major title.

She started Sunday four shots off the lead, but putting troubles that had plagued her all week continued on a difficult afternoon, and a closing 73 left her in a tie for eighth at six under. A ball into the water on 16 ended any realistic hope.

Weber and Henderson push Ryu hard

The final round produced a genuine contest. Dutch player Dewi Weber, ranked 210th in the world, eagled the par-five seventh to briefly take the outright lead, but bogeyed the following two holes and eventually shared third at 10 under with a 70. It was the best major finish by any player from the Netherlands.

Brooke Henderson led outright through six holes on Sunday before a bogey dropped her back, and a bad lie in the rough on 14 ended her challenge. She shared third with Weber at 10 under.

Ina Yoon, who had led wire-to-wire until Sunday’s back nine, finished second at 11 under after a double bogey at the third proved the decisive blow.

Hull and Woad miss the cut

Charley Hull and Lottie Woad both missed the cut, finishing at two over and three over respectively after two rounds. Hull came in off the back of a runner-up finish at the US Women’s Open. Neither player recovered from opening rounds that left them nine and 10 shots off Yoon’s pace.

Germany’s Esther Henseleit was the best-placed European to make the weekend, sharing 15th at four under. Leona Maguire finished T53 at five over. Gemma Dryburgh completed all four rounds to share 59th at six over.

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