United States Wins Fourth Straight Women’s PGA Cup

History made. The United States Team captured its fourth consecutive Women’s PGA Cup victory in record-setting fashion on Saturday at Carden Park in Chester, England.

The Americans registered a final-round team score of 5-under 214 to finish 19-under and win by 30 over runner-up Great Britain & Ireland (11-over 668). This surpassed the U.S. Team’s previous winning margin record of 12 strokes set in 2024 at Sunriver Resort. It also marked the team’s first overseas victory as Great Britain & Ireland hosted the six-team event for the first time.

Canada (671) took third place with South Africa and Australia T-4 (685). Sweden finished sixth at 690.

Sandra Changkija (Daytona Beach, Fla.) and Kim Paez (Frisco, Texas) both shot 2-under 71 on Saturday. Stephanie Connelly Eiswerth (Fleming Island, Fla.) recorded a 1-under 72 for the U.S. Team’s third counting score.

Changkija, a two-time Women’s PGA Professional Player of the Year, claimed Brittany Kelly Medalist Honors at 6-under for the week. Connelly Eiswerth and Great Britain & Ireland’s Sian Evans finished T-2 on the individual leaderboard at 1-under.

“The Women's PGA Cup in general is just the most incredible event you can play in as a PGA Professional,” said Playing Captain Ashley Grier. “It's so much fun, and now to have won all four of them, and this year being the captain, it's something I could never imagine. I'm so excited and I'm so proud of the girls. Everybody played so good this week.”

Changkija, a PGA Assistant Golf Professional at Sugar Mill Country Club, bogeyed the opening par-3 1st hole for the second consecutive day. She bounced back quickly with an eagle at the par-5 2nd.

“I made sure to smoke my drive, and I did, so that got me to the 200 plate,” explained Changkija. “It helped that the flag was up front. There was only a bunker to carry that was 170. Everything else downsloped towards the front of the green and the ball rolled onto the green, next thing you know it was 21 feet, and I rolled it in.”

Changkija went birdie-bogey on holes 4-5 before adding another birdie at the par-4 7th to make the turn at 2-under 35. She shot even-par 36 on the back with birdies at the par-4 10th and par-5 14th holes and a pair of bogeys on holes 11 and 17.

“Holes that were difficult, I did the best I could,” said Changkija. “I stuck to my game plan. The key was just to be in the fairway to start the hole with and then go on from there. It's a huge honor to win the medalist honors. I contributed to my team's score each day.”

Paez, a PGA Player Development Manager for PING Golf playing in her first Women’s PGA Cup, felt “very comfortable and confident” as she navigated her final round. After an early birdie at the par-5 2nd, Paez went bogey-birdie-bogey on holes 4-6 before finishing the front-nine strong with a birdie at the par-5 9th.

Determined to “finish strong”, Paez responded from her lone back-nine bogey at the par-4 12th by making 8-10 foot birdie putts on holes 13-14 and four consecutive pars to finish at 2-under.

“I wanted to go out there with positive vibes and make North Texas proud, make the USA proud,” said Paez. “Today there was just something different. There were different vibes and I felt very comfortable. I was able to stick to my game plan. None of the holes on the course are holes that you can feel like you can relax on. Today it was all about committing to my shots and that's what I did.”

Connelly Eiswerth, a PGA Teaching Professional at San Jose Country Club and three-time U.S. Team Member, was steady from the start with seven consecutive pars before posting her only bogey of the day at the par-3 8th. She closed on a high note with birdies at the par-4 16th and 18th holes.

Allie Knight (Knoxville, Tennessee) finished T-6 on the individual leaderboard at 3-over. Grier (Port St. Lucie, Fla.) was eighth at 6-over.

The U.S. Team previously earned a 12-stroke triumph over runner-up Canada in 2024 at Sunriver Resort in Sunriver, Oregon. The U.S. clinched a two-stroke win over Canada in 2022 at Twin Warriors Golf Club in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. The inaugural Women’s PGA Cup was played in 2019 at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, Texas, where the U.S. Team won by four over runner-up Canada.

While the U.S. Team achieved its ultimate goal in securing another victory, the impact from competing in the 2026 Women’s PGA Cup will be remembered far beyond the final score.

“This experience has surpassed everything that I could have hoped for,” said Paez. “The feeling of camaraderie here, and not just within our U.S. Team, but with all the women here. We're all golf professionals. We work full time. The fact that we can come together to do what we love as far as competing and developing friendships with everybody from all over the world, I think that is huge for women's golf in general. For me to be a part of that, it means the world to me. It's something that I'm never going to forget.”

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