Kang wins PGA title

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — From a young age, Danielle Kang’s parents instilled in her the belief that anythingwas possible.

Even major championships.

Kang birdied the final hole to win the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship for her first LPGA Tour title, edging defendingchampionBrookeHenderson.

Kang bogeyed the tricky par-3 17th, and Henderson closed with two birdies to move into a tie for the lead, coming up just short on a 30-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th. But Kang responded with two solid shots to get to the green in two, and then two-putted for the victory.

“I just toldmyself it was my week. It was my day,” Kang said.

Kang lost her father, K.S., to cancer in 2013, but hermother, Grace Lee, was one of the first people to congratulate her on the victory. She also facetimed with brother Alex, an instrumental figure in her performance at Olympia Fields, after the trophy presentation.

Kang’s father caddied for her when she won the U.S. Women’s Amateur in 2010 and 2011. She keeps a journal where she writes messages to her father.

“If I could wish anything, I would wish that my dad saw me won,” said Kang, wiping tears from her eyes. “I think that it’s been a really difficult road forme the past four or five years. It’s life, though, you pick yourself up and you have to keep working hard at it, and then believe in what you’re doing, and not letting yourself down.”