A nearly 70-year-old golf event, the Women's PGA Championship is one of the majors of women's golf and has had several prefixes added over the years due to sponsorship reasons. Since 2015, the event has been known as the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. However, it is not recognized by the Ladies European Tour (LET) as a major.
This new sponsorship brought in an increased purse, which was $2.25 million in 2014 and became $3.5 million in 2015. Further, it also meant that NBC would provide televised coverage. The event was able to take place at prestigious courses across the country owing to the PGA of America's cooperation. In 2024, it was held at the Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington, in the United States.
Who won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in 2024?
Amy Yang won the 2024 KPMG Women's PGA Championship, her first major win in her 18-year professional career, by three strokes over Jin Young Ko, Lilia Vu, and Miyu Yamashita, who tied for second place. Lexi Thompson tied for ninth place, while Ally Ewing and Lauren Hartlage finished in a tie for fifth. Yang earned $1.56 million of the winner's share of the $10.4 million purse.
At the event, she shot 72 in the last round, with 70 in the first, 68 in the second and 71 in the third, totaling 281, under seven. The win was also her best major finish, and her second-best major finish was at the U.S. Women's Open, where she finished tied for solo second in 2012 and 2015. Her other major finishes are also within the top 10.
KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Winners List Year-by-Year
The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship winners list year-by-year is as follows:
| Year | Champion | Score | To par | MoV | Location | Purse ($) | Winner's ($) |
| 2024 | Amy Yang | 281 | −7 | 3 | Sahalee Country Club | 10,400,000 | 1,560,000 |
| 2023 | Yin Ruoning | 276 | −8 | 1 | Baltusrol Golf Club | 10,000,000 | 1,500,000 |
| 2022 | Chun In-gee | 283 | −5 | 1 | Congressional Country Club | 9,000,000 | 1,350,000 |
| 2021 | Nelly Korda | 269 | −19 | 3 | Atlanta Athletic Club | 4,500,000 | 675,000 |
| 2020 | Kim Sei-young | 266 | −14 | 5 | Aronimink Golf Club | 4,300,000 | 645,000 |
| 2019 | Hannah Green | 279 | −9 | 1 | Hazeltine National Golf Club | 3,850,000 | 577,500 |
| 2018 | Park Sung-hyun | 278 | −10 | PO | Kemper Lakes Golf Club | 3,650,000 | 547,500 |
| 2017 | Danielle Kang | 271 | −13 | 1 | Olympia Fields Country Club | 3,500,000 | 525,000 |
| 2016 | Brooke Henderson | 278 | −6 | PO | Sahalee Country Club | 3,500,000 | 525,000 |
| 2015 | Inbee Park (3) | 273 | −19 | 5 | Westchester Country Club | 3,500,000 | 525,000 |
| 2014 | Inbee Park (2) | 277 | −11 | PO | Monroe Golf Club | 2,250,000 | 337,500 |
| 2013 | Inbee Park | 283 | −5 | PO | Locust Hill Country Club | 2,250,000 | 337,500 |
| 2012 | Shanshan Feng | 282 | −6 | 2 | Locust Hill Country Club | 2,500,000 | 375,000 |
| 2011 | Yani Tseng (2) | 269 | −19 | 10 | Locust Hill Country Club | 2,500,000 | 375,000 |
| 2010 | Cristie Kerr | 269 | −19 | 12 | Locust Hill Country Club | 2,250,000 | 337,500 |
| 2009 | Anna Nordqvist | 273 | −15 | 4 | Bulle Rock Golf Course | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| 2008 | Yani Tseng | 276 | −12 | PO | Bulle Rock Golf Course | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| 2007 | Suzann Pettersen | 274 | −14 | 1 | Bulle Rock Golf Course | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| 2006 | Se Ri Pak (3) | 280 | −8 | PO | Bulle Rock Golf Course | 1,800,000 | 270,000 |
| 2005 | Annika Sörenstam (3) | 277 | −11 | 3 | Bulle Rock Golf Course | 1,800,000 | 270,000 |
| 2004 | Annika Sörenstam (2) | 271 | −17 | 3 | DuPont Country Club | 1,600,000 | 240,000 |
| 2003 | Annika Sörenstam | 278 | −6 | PO | DuPont Country Club | 1,600,000 | 240,000 |
| 2002 | Se Ri Pak (2) | 279 | −5 | 3 | DuPont Country Club | 1,500,000 | 225,000 |
| 2001 | Karrie Webb | 270 | −14 | 2 | DuPont Country Club | 1,500,000 | 225,000 |
| 2000 | Juli Inkster (2) | 281 | −3 | PO | DuPont Country Club | 1,400,000 | 210,000 |
| 1999 | Juli Inkster | 268 | −16 | 4 | DuPont Country Club | 1,400,000 | 210,000 |
| 1998 | Se Ri Pak | 273 | −11 | 3 | DuPont Country Club | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| 1997 | Christa Johnson | 281 | −3 | PO | DuPont Country Club | 1,200,000 | 180,000 |
| 1996 | Laura Davies (2) | 213 | E | 1 | DuPont Country Club | 1,200,000 | 180,000 |
| 1995 | Kelly Robbins | 274 | −10 | 1 | DuPont Country Club | 1,200,000 | 180,000 |
| 1994 | Laura Davies | 279 | −5 | 3 | DuPont Country Club | 1,100,000 | 165,000 |
| 1993 | Patty Sheehan (3) | 275 | −9 | 1 | Bethesda Country Club | 1,000,000 | 150,000 |
| 1992 | Betsy King | 267 | −17 | 11 | Bethesda Country Club | 1,000,000 | 150,000 |
| 1991 | Meg Mallon | 274 | −10 | 1 | Bethesda Country Club | 1,000,000 | 150,000 |
| 1990 | Beth Daniel | 280 | −4 | 1 | Bethesda Country Club | 1,000,000 | 150,000 |
| 1989 | Nancy Lopez (3) | 274 | −14 | 3 | Jack Nicklaus Sports Center | 500,000 | 75,000 |
| 1988 | Sherri Turner | 281 | −7 | 1 | Jack Nicklaus Sports Center | 350,000 | 52,500 |
| 1987 | Jane Geddes | 275 | −13 | 1 | Jack Nicklaus Sports Center | 350,000 | 52,000 |
| 1986 | Pat Bradley | 277 | −11 | 1 | Jack Nicklaus Sports Center | 300,000 | 45,000 |
| 1985 | Nancy Lopez (2) | 275 | −15 | 8 | Jack Nicklaus Sports Center | 250,000 | 37,500 |
| 1984 | Patty Sheehan (2) | 272 | −16 | 10 | Jack Nicklaus Sports Center | 250,000 | 37,500 |
| 1983 | Patty Sheehan | £279 | −9 | 2 | Jack Nicklaus Sports Center | 200,000 | 30,000 |
| 1982 | Jan Stephenson | £279 | −9 | 2 | Jack Nicklaus Sports Center | 200,000 | 30,000 |
| 1981 | Donna Caponi (2) | £280 | −8 | 1 | Jack Nicklaus Sports Center | 150,000 | 22,500 |
| 1980 | Sally Little | £285 | −3 | 3 | Jack Nicklaus Sports Center | 150,000 | 22,500 |
| 1979 | Donna Caponi | 279 | −9 | 3 | Jack Nicklaus Sports Center | 150,000 | 22,500 |
| 1978 | Nancy Lopez | 275 | −13 | 6 | Jack Nicklaus Sports Center | 150,000 | 22,500 |
| 1977 | Chako Higuchi | 279 | −9 | 3 | Bay Tree Golf Plantation | 150,000 | 22,500 |
| 1976 | Betty Burfeindt | 287 | −5 | 1 | Pine Ridge Golf Course | 55,000 | 8,000 |
| 1975 | Kathy Whitworth (3) | 288 | −4 | 1 | Pine Ridge Golf Course | 55,000 | 8,000 |
| 1974 | Sandra Haynie (2) | 287 | −5 | 2 | Pleasant Valley Country Club | 50,000 | 7,000 |
| 1973 | Mary Mills (2) | 288 | −4 | 1 | Pleasant Valley Country Club | 35,000 | 5,250 |
| 1972 | Kathy Ahern | 293 | 1 | 6 | Pleasant Valley Country Club | 50,000 | 7,500 |
| 1971 | Kathy Whitworth (2) | 288 | −4 | 4 | Pleasant Valley Country Club | 53,000 | 7,950 |
| 1970 | Shirley Englehorn | 285 | −7 | PO | Pleasant Valley Country Club | 30,000 | 4,500 |
| 1969 | Betsy Rawls (2) | 293 | 1 | 4 | Concord Golf Course | 35,000 | 5,250 |
| 1968 | Sandra Post | 294 | 2 | PO | Pleasant Valley Country Club | 20,000 | 3,000 |
| 1967 | Kathy Whitworth | 284 | −8 | 1 | Pleasant Valley Country Club | 17,500 | 2,625 |
| 1966 | Gloria Ehret | 282 | −2 | 3 | Stardust Country Club | 17,500 | 2,475 |
| 1965 | Sandra Haynie | 279 | −5 | 1 | Stardust Country Club | 17,500 | 2,475 |
| 1964 | Mary Mills | 278 | −6 | 2 | Stardust Country Club | 16,500 | 2,450 |
| 1963 | Mickey Wright (4) | 294 | 10 | 2 | Stardust Country Club | 16,500 | 2,450 |
| 1962 | Judy Kimball | 282 | −2 | 4 | Stardust Country Club | 15,000 | 2,300 |
| 1961 | Mickey Wright (3) | 287 | 3 | 9 | Stardust Country Club | 15,000 | 2,500 |
| 1960 | Mickey Wright (2) | 292 | −4 | 3 | Sheraton Hotel Country Club | 8,500 | 1,500 |
| 1959 | Betsy Rawls | 288 | −8 | 1 | Sheraton Hotel Country Club | 7,500 | 1,247 |
| 1958 | Mickey Wright | 288 | 8 | 6 | Churchill Valley Country Club | 7,500 | 1,247 |
| 1957 | Louise Suggs | 285 | 5 | 3 | Churchill Valley Country Club | 7,600 | 1,316 |
| 1956 | Marlene Hagge | 291 | −9 | PO | Forest Lake Country Club | 6,500 | 1,350 |
| 1955 | Beverly Hanson | 4 & 3 | Orchard Ridge Country Club | 6,000 | 1,200 | ||
Multiple KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Winners
There have been a total of 14 multiple champions at the Women's PGA Championship, however, the one with the most is American Mickey Wright, who won four times in 1958, 1960, 1961, and 1963. The list is no short of three-time winners, with six, while the most recent champion is Inbee Park, who won consecutively from 2013 to 2015.
| Rank | Country | Golfer | Total | Years |
| 1 | United States | Mickey Wright | 4 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963 |
| T2 | United States | Kathy Whitworth | 3 | 1967, 1971, 1975 |
| T2 | United States | Nancy Lopez | 3 | 1978, 1985, 1989 |
| T2 | United States | Patty Sheehan | 3 | 1983, 1984, 1993 |
| T2 | Sweden | Annika Sörenstam | 3 | 2003, 2004, 2005 |
| T2 | South Korea | Se Ri Pak | 3 | 1998, 2002, 2006 |
| T2 | South Korea | Inbee Park | 3 | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| T8 | United States | Betsy Rawls | 2 | 1959, 1969 |
| T8 | United States | Mary Mills | 2 | 1964, 1973 |
| T8 | United States | Sandra Haynie | 2 | 1965, 1974 |
| T8 | United States | Donna Caponi | 2 | 1979, 1981 |
| T8 | England | Laura Davies | 2 | 1994, 1996 |
| T8 | United States | Juli Inkster | 2 | 1999, 2000 |
| T8 | Taiwan | Yani Tseng | 2 | 2008, 2011 |
KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Winners by Nationality
The United States leads in producing the most Women's PGA Championship wins with 42 and 28 winners, while South Korea follows with ten wins and six winners.
| Rank | Nationality | Wins | Winners | First title | Last title |
| 1 | United States | 42 | 28 | 1955 | 2021 |
| 2 | South Korea | 10 | 6 | 1998 | 2024 |
| 3 | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 2003 | 2009 |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 1982 | 2019 |
| T5 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 1968 | 2016 |
| T5 | China | 2 | 2 | 2012 | 2023 |
| T5 | England | 2 | 1 | 1994 | 1996 |
| T5 | Taiwan | 2 | 1 | 2008 | 2011 |
| T9 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 1977 | 1977 |
| T9 | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 1980 | 1980 |
| T9 | Norway | 1 | 1 | 2007 | 2007 |
FAQ's on List of Golfers who won KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Year by Year
A. The 2024 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was held at the Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington, in the United States.
A. KPMG stands for "Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler," which sponsors one of the five women's golf majors, the Women's PGA Championship.
A. The winner of the 2024 KPMG Women's PGA Championship, Amy Yang, earned the winner's share of $1.56 million of the $10.4 million purse.
A. Yes, the KPMG Women's PGA Championship is a golf major, held since 1955. However, the Ladies European Tour (LET) does not recognize it as a major.
A. Yes, originally the LPGA Championship tied up with the PGA of America in 2014, and so from 2015 onwards, the event became the Women's PGA Championship, as a sister event to the men's counterpart.
