South Korea’s Haeran Ryu holds a one-shot lead at the 2026 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, with Brooke Henderson one back and Nelly Korda four behind as Sunday’s final round shapes up to be one of the major season’s most compelling finishes.
Haeran Ryu fired a four-under 68 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead into Sunday’s final round of the 2026 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota.
Ryu, ranked 12th in the world, is 11 under par for the tournament and leads Canada’s Brooke Henderson by a single stroke. Ina Yoon sits third at nine under, with Dewi Weber and A Lim Kim tied fourth at eight under.
Nelly Korda is four shots off the lead at seven under- close enough that a Korda win on Sunday would be among the most remarkable finishes women’s golf has seen.
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What Korda would do with a win
The stakes for Korda are extraordinary. A victory would give her a third consecutive major championship in 2026 — joining Inbee Park (2013) and Babe Zaharias (1950) as the only players to win the first three majors of a season. She would also reach the 27-point threshold required for LPGA Hall of Fame induction, becoming the 36th member and the first inductee since Lydia Ko in 2024. She would pass Annika Sorenstam on the all-time LPGA career money list, a position Sorenstam has held since May 2001.
Korda was honest about her third round. Putting cost her with the greens at Hazeltine running fast, and the gusty winds making reading lines difficult. “I just left a few putts out there,” she said after her round. “The greens are pretty slick. The short putts are pretty difficult. When it gets this windy, you have to calculate in the wind too.”
She shrugged off suggestions that her earlier win at Riviera this season had changed her mindset: “It feels the same. I’m always wanting to be in the hunt. I feel honestly the exact same.”
Stay in touch with the final round: 2026 KMPG Women’s PGA Championship Leaderboard
Watch the final round live
For UK Viewers: The final round at Hazeltine is live on Sky Sports Golf from 4pm BST today, with Sky Sports Main Event joining the coverage from 7pm BST.
For US Viewers visit: LPGA – How to Watch
With a $13 million purse on the line, the largest in women’s golf history and multiple storylines at the top of the leaderboard, this is one not to miss.
