Golf Compendium

How many golfers have won both the Women's PGA Championship and the Women's British Open — two of the majors of women's professional golf — in the same year? It's a short list: So far, only three golfers have pulled off that single-season double.

The Chevron Championship and Women's PGA Championship are two of the majors of women's professional golf . Winning a single major is a great achievement, winning two majors in the same year is something not many golfers have done. What about winning these two majors in the same year? Only three golfers so far have achieved that.

What is the 18-hole scoring record in the Women's PGA Champion? The record for lowest round in this major is 63, and it is shared by six golfers.

Quite a few golfers have won both the U.S. Women's Open and Women's PGA Championship at some point in their careers. But how many won both of these women's major championships in the same year? That number is still pretty small.

Mickey Wright has the most wins in Women's PGA Championship history with four. Which golfers have finished second most often? Three golfers share that record, each posting three runner-up finishes in this major.

The Women's PGA Championship begins with a field of 156 golfers. But only roughly half of those golfers continue following the second round. Do you know what the cut rule is in this tournament?

If the Women's PGA Championship reaches the end of 72 holes with two or more golfers tied, what happens? The playoff format at this tournament is sudden death.

What is the 72-hole scoring record in the Women's PGA Championship? The lowest winning score in this major championship of women's professional golf is 266, and the currect record was set in 2020.

The Women's PGA Championship (formerly known as the LPGA Championship) dates to 1955. In the many decades since, how many golfers have won the tournament wire-to-wire ?

How many golfers in the history of the Women's PGA Championship have won this tournament two years consecutively? Not many: So far, this major championship has only five back-to-back winners. But two of those won the tournament three years in a row.

Below are the six golfers who have recorded the largest margins of victory in winning the Women's PGA Championship. All six of them are big names in LPGA history and multiple-major championship winners.

In the history of the Women's PGA Championship (which dates to 1955), only two golfers age 40-and-over have won the tournament. And only three golfers 39 or older have won it.

The Women's PGA Championship is second only to the U.S. Women's Open in seniority among the major championships of women's professional golf . It was first played in 1955 and run by the LPGA through 2014 (as the LPGA Championship) before the PGA of America took over the tournament and renamed it in 2015.

One golfer in the history of the Women's PGA Championship (originally named the LPGA Championship) won it four times. Six other golfers posted three wins each in this major championship of women's professional golf . And a handful of other golfers also reached multiple victories.

The LPGA Tour created the LPGA Championship, the flagship tournament of the LPGA, in 1955. For six decades, it was one of the major championships of women's golf. In 2014, the LPGA Championship was played for the 60th time. But the "LPGA Championship" hasn't been played since. What happened?

The Women's PGA Championship is one of the major championships of women's professional golf. Do you know which golfers have carded the lowest scores in the tournament's history? Some big names (no surprise) appear on the lists below for lowest 72-, 18- and 9-hole scores. But there are also some surprises.

The KPMG Women's PGA Championship is the second-oldest of the tournaments that make up the five majors of women's golf. But it has only been known by its current name since 2015. Prior to that, and going back to its founding in 1955, it was known as the LPGA Championship.