After building her advantage with the lowest round of the opening day, Ferguson played steady golf early Wednesday. She made pars on one and two before a bogey at the third, then responded with a great birdie at the par-4 seventh. “I was right behind the tree and hit a really high shot and made a big sloping putt,” Ferguson said. After giving a shot back on hole nine, Ferguson made the turn at 2-under for the championship and still with her lead intact.

On the back nine, Ferguson recorded consecutive pars at 10 and 11 before making an important birdie at the par-4 12th. She encountered trouble later in the round with bogeys at 14 and 15, but her opening-round cushion proved valuable. Ferguson steadied herself down the stretch, and even though she made a bogey at the last, she secured a 4-shot victory and her first Colorado PGA Women’s Championship title. “It was what I was looking at before the week; I know I can play with those girls,” Ferguson said about looking at the list of past champions and wanting to add her name to that list.

While Ferguson protected the lead, Emily Shimkus made the charge of the championship. Beginning the day nine shots back after an opening 78, Shimkus fired a 3-under-par 69, matching Ferguson's opening round for the lowest score of the championship.,

Shimkus made birdies at holes four and seven around her only bogey of the day at the par-4 sixth. She was even better coming home, adding birdies on the 14th and 16th holes, while playing her final 12 holes without another bogey. Her round featured four birdies, 13 pars and just the lone bogey and represented a nine-stroke improvement from Tuesday. The 69 vaulted Shimkus into a tie for second at 3-over-par 147.

Tara Morris, PGA, joined Shimkus in second after another steady performance. Morris followed an opening 74 with a final-round 73. Her second round was highlighted by back-to-back birdies at 10 and 11 and another birdie at the par-5 17th. Her rounds of 74-73 left her at 3-over-par for the championship.