KILDEER, Ill. – Sung Hyun Park beat So Yeon Ryu on the second hole of a playoff Sunday in the KPMG Women's PGA Championship for her second major championship.
After a brief rain delay on the par-4 16th hole at Kemper Lakes, Ryu's birdie try rolled past, and Park finished off her South Korean compatriot with a 10-footer.
Park, 24, who also won the 2017 U.S. Women's Open, screamed, threw her hands in the air, hugged her caddie and cried upon winning.
"This is my first time feeling this kind of emotion, being this emotional," Ryu said through an interpreter. "And I was really happy, like, I couldn't help that."
Japanese teen Nasa Hataoko, who made up a nine-stroke deficit by shooting an 8-under 64, dropped out of the playoff with a par on the par-4 18th.
Park closed with a 3-under 69, and Ryu shot a 73. She took a two-stroke lead on the 16th but hit into water on the par-3 17th en route to a double bogey.
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