Ryu Hae-ran comes up short in bid for 3rd straight LPGA major title - The Korea Times

Ryu Hae-ran plays a shot from the 15th fairway on the final day of the 2026 Women's British Open Golf Championships at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club, north-west England, Aug. 2. AFP-Yonhap

Ryu Hae-ran has fallen short in her quest for her third straight LPGA major title.

The South Korean player finished tied for sixth at the AIG Women's Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England, on Sunday (local time) with a four-round total of one-under 283.

Ryu, who shot a 74 in the final round with three birdies, four bogeys and a double bogey, ended up four strokes back of the champion and her playing partner, Shiho Kuwaki of Japan, who beat Esther Henseleit of Germany in a playoff.

Ryu was trying to become only the third player in LPGA history to win three straight majors in one year, joining American legend Babe Zaharias in 1950 and South Korean LPGA Hall of Famer Park In-bee in 2013. Ryu previously won the KPMG Women's PGA Championship in June and the Amundi Evian Championship in July.