What’s in a name anyway, right? Plenty, it turns out. Before we get going, this tournament’s name is the Women’s PGA Championship, or the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship for sponsorship reasons. It is not called the LPGA Championship. It was up until 2014, when the LPGA announced the PGA of America was becoming a partner of the event, and that the tournament would be renamed the Women’s PGA Championship from 2015 – as a sister event to the men’s PGA Championship (in a similar manner to the U.S Women’s Open being a sister event to the men’s U.S Open).
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Ruoning Yin is the defending KPMG Women’s PGA Championship holder. The superstar from China birdied the 72nd hole to post a bogey-free final-round 67 and win at Baltsurol Golf Club for her maiden major title. Having started the day three strokes off the lead, the then-20-year-old pumped her
