South Korea's Ryu Hae-ran wins Women's PGA Championship

South Korea's Ryu Hae-ran poses with the trophy after winning her first major title at the Women's PGA Championship (Andrew Wevers)South Korea's Ryu Hae-ran marched to her first major title on Sunday, firing five birdies in a two-under par 70 final round to win the Women's PGA Championship by two strokes.Ryu, who trailed by 10 after the opening round, was dialed-in on the greens at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, where world number one Nelly Korda's bid for a third straight major title ended with a one-over par final round that left her tied for eighth."It feels like a dream come true," said Ryu, the 2023 LPGA Rookie of the Year who finished at 13-under par 275 for a two-stroke triumph over compatriot Yoon Ina.

Yoon birdied the 72nd hole to cap a two-under 70 and seize solo second place, one stroke ahead of Canadian Brooke Henderson and Dewi Weber of The Netherlands.Henderson carded an even-par 72 while Weber signed for a 70.Ryu, who changed her putter after her first-round 73, had opened the day with a one-shot lead over Henderson with Yoon a further stroke back.

She emerged from a chaotic front nine with a one-stroke lead and never faltered, rolling in 14-foot birdie putts at the 10th and 12th and draining a key seven-foot par putt at 16 in a composed performance that was plenty to keep her pursuers at bay.The early going had seen multiple lead changes as players wrestled with an imposing course that had absorbed more than an inch of rain from storms that delayed the start of play for three and a half hours.Yoon opened with back-to-back birdies to seize the lead before a double bogey at the par-five third.

Ryu, who opened with a bogey, found herself back in front after a birdie at the third, where she stuck her third shot a foot from the pin.But Ryu bogeyed the fourth and fifth and Henderson, who opened with five straight pars, was rewarded for her steadiness with a one-stroke lead.It didn't last as the Canadian bogeyed the sixth, and Weber briefly