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Winners of the Women’s PGA Championship

published: Jun 2, 2024

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updated: Jun 6, 2025

Winners of the Women’s PGA Championship

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Who has lifted the Women’s PGA Championship Trophy? Find out here…

Brooke Henderson Women's PGA Championship winners

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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ALSO: Everything you need to know about the Women’s PGA Championship

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)

Mickey Wright US Women's Open winners

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)

Solheim Cup Annika Sorenstam US Women's Open winners

ALSO: How do golfers qualify for the Women’s PGA Championship?

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)

NOW READ: Women’s PGA Championship venues: Past, present and future

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Matt Coles
Matt Coles

Mention a European country, and Matt will tell you which resorts make the National Club Golfer Top 100s: European Resorts list. He might even throw in who designed the golf course and how many rooms the hotel has got at each one…

Matt got into the game of golf from a young age, following his old man to the local golf club. He fell for the sport, and now can’t seem to go a day without thinking about how to improve his game (Thanks Dad!). Matt has been a member of Howley Hall GC in Leeds since 2020, and is just about managing to maintain a single-figure handicap. He likes to remind people that he once broke 75, but won’t tell people that it was on a shortened course during the winter.

He moved to Leeds after graduating from the University of Central Lancashire with a First Class Honours degree in Sports Journalism. Matt joined NCG after almost five years travelling the world with the Professional Squash Association, working on events in all four corners of the globe.

Matt currently plays a Cobra King LTDx driver and RadSpeed 3-wood. TaylorMade monopolise the rest of his bag, with a SIM UDI, M5 irons and both Milled Grind and HI-TOE wedges, along with a Monza Redline putter. He uses a Vice Pro Plus golf ball, because he’s a bit different…

Away from golf, Matt is a Manchester United fan, and a keen runner, having ran the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon (his first and possibly last), in May 2023.

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