The Women’s PGA Championship began back in 1955, and has been played every year since, but which players have been lucky enough to win the title?
The inaugural tournament was a stroke play and match play event, with the event turning into a four-day stroke play competition from 1956 onwards.
From 2016, the event has been run by the PGA of America, bringing the tournament in line with the men’s version of the event, much like the United States Women’s Open and Men’s Open.
The very best from the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour do battle to lift the trophy every year. 14 women are multiple-time tournament winners at the Women’s PGA Championship. Two women have won – Annika Sorenstam and Inbee Park – have won the event in three successive years.
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Women’s PGA Championship winners
1955: Beverly Hanson (Orchard Ridge)
1956: Marlene Hagge (Forest Lake)
1957: Louis Suggs (Churchill Valley)
1958: Mickey Wright (Churchill Valley)
1959: Betsy Rawls (Sheraton Hotel)
1960: Mickey Wright (Sheraton Hotel)
1961: Mickey Wright (Stardust)
1962: Judy Kimball (Stardust)
1963: Mickey Wright (Stardust)
1964: Mary Mills (Stardust)
1965: Sandra Haynie (Stardust)
1966: Gloria Ehret (Stardust)
1967: Kathy Whitworth (Pleasant Valley)
1968: Sandra Post (Pleasant Valley)
1969: Betsy Rawls (Concord)
1970: Shirley Englehorn (Pleasant Valley)
1971: Kathy Whitworth (Pleasant Valley)
1972: Kathy Ahern (Pleasant Valley)
1973: Mary Mills (Pleasant Valley)
1974: Sandra Haynie (Pleasant Valley)
1975: Kathy Whitworth (Pine Ridge)
1976: Betty Burfeindt (Pine Ridge)
1977: Hisako Higuchi (Bay Tree)
1978: Nancy Lopez (Jack Nicklaus Golf Center)
1979: Donna Caponi (Jack Nicklaus Golf Center)
1980: Sally Little (Jack Nicklaus Golf Center)
1981: Donna Caponi (Jack Nicklaus Golf Center)
1982: Jan Stephenson (Jack Nicklaus Golf Center)
1983: Patty Sheehan (Jack Nicklaus Golf Center)
1984: Patty Sheehan (Jack Nicklaus Golf Center)
1985: Nancy Lopez (Jack Nicklaus Golf Center)
1986: Pat Bradley (Jack Nicklaus Golf Center)
1987: Jane Geddes (Jack Nicklaus Golf Center)
1988: Sherri Turner (Jack Nicklaus Golf Center)
1989: Nancy Lopez (Jack Nicklaus Golf Center)
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1990: Beth Daniel (Bethesda)
1991: Meg Mallon (Bethesda)
1992: Betsy King (Bethesda)
1993: Patty Heehan (Bethesda)
1994: Laura Davies (DuPont)
1995: Kelly Robbins (DuPont)
1996: Laura Davies (DuPont)
1997: Christa Johnson (DuPont)
1998: Se Rei Pak (DuPont)
1999: Juli Inkster (DuPont)
2000: Juli Inkster (DuPont)
2001: Karrie Webb (DuPont)
2002: Se Ri Pak (DuPont)
2003: Annika Sorenstam (DuPont)
2004: Annika Sorenstam (DuPont)
2005: Annika Sorenstam (Bulle Rock)
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2006: Se Ri Pak (Bulle Rock)
2007: Suzann Pettersen (Bulle Rock)
2008: Yani Tseng (Bulle Rock)
2009: Anna Nordqvist (Bulle Rock)
2010: Cristie Kerr (Locust Hill)
2011: Yani Tseng (Locust Hill)
2012: Shanshan Feng (Locust Hill)
2013: Inbee Park (Locust Hill)
2014: Inbee Park (Monroe)
2015: Inbee Park (Westchester)
2016: Brooke Henderson (Sahalee)
2017: Danielle Kang (Olympia Fields)
2018: S.H. Park (Kemper Lakes)
2019: Hannah Green (Hazeltine National)
2020: Sei-Young Kim (Aronimink)
2021: Nelly Korda (Atlanta Athletic Club)
2022: In-Gee Chun (Congressional)
2023: Ruoning Yin (Baltusrol)
2024: Amy Yang (Sahalee)
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