Defending champion Inbee Park won her second LPGA Championship, defeating runner-up Brittany Lincicome on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff for her fifth major title.

[2] Park was the first to win consecutive LPGA Championship titles in nine years, last accomplished by Annika Sörenstam, who won her third straight in 2005.

Park's win the previous year at Locust Hill was also in a playoff.

[3] The course was designed by Donald Ross and opened 101 years ago in 1924.

Lincicome missed her putt for par from six feet (1.8 m) while Park made her 3-footer (0.9 m) to win her second straight LPGA Championship.