After a sizable lead since the first round, In Gee Chun had to rally on the final holes to edge Lexi Thompson, and Minjee Lee, by one stroke June 26 to win the third major of the year, at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland.
Chun shot rounds of 64–69–75–75 for a total of 283, 5–under.
“So I want to tell truth,” said Chun following the victory. “I couldn’t control all the pressure. This is why I had four bogeys [on the front nine]. At the same time, you know, this course is never easy. Congressional Country Club is a hard golf course, and we had tough pin positions. Sometimes my golf is not perfect. Today, it just happened to be [not perfect] on the front nine.”…