Yoo Hae‑ran Wins First LPGA Major at KPMG Women’s PGA Championship

South Korean golfer Yoo Hae‑ran captured her first major title at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship held at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. She finished the tournament with an average driving distance of 265 yards using a TaylorMade Qi4D LS driver, securing the $1.95 million winner’s share of the $13 million purse and moving to seventh in the world ranking.

The final round of the event recorded the highest television audience for the tournament in 21 years, with an average of 1.4 million viewers in the United States, according to NBC Sports and Nielsen. The surge in ratings was attributed to the dramatic turnaround in Yoo’s performance, close competition with players such as Brooke Henderson and Yuna Kim, and the overall excitement generated by the tournament’s storyline.