29 Champions, 1 Historic Season - The 2025 LPGA Tour Rewrote the Record Books 🏆

Oh my goodness, you guys! Can we just take a moment to appreciate what an INCREDIBLE year 2025 was for the LPGA Tour?! 🎉 As the Tour celebrated its 75th anniversary, we witnessed one of the most AMAZING displays of talent and depth in the history of women's golf. With 29 different winners claiming titles throughout the season, the level of competition was absolutely unprecedented! This was such a fitting tribute to the 13 trailblazers who founded this incredible organization back in 1950. Let me break it all down for you!

Statement Season-Opening Performances 💪

A Lim Kim from the Republic of Korea came out SWINGING at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in January, holding off former World No. 1 Nelly Korda for a wire-to-wire victory! The 30-year-old, who already had two career LPGA Tour wins including the 2020 U.S. Women's Open, proved she absolutely belongs among the best at this champions-only event.

Then at the Fortinet Founders Cup, 24-year-old Yealimi Noh became the season's first Rolex First-Time Winner! She FINALLY broke through after showing so much promise throughout her career. This was one of five top-10 finishes in 2025 for Noh, who competed in 21 events. So proud of her! 🙌

The International Surge 🌍

Angel Yin captured her second career title at the Honda LPGA Thailand in February, playing some seriously strong golf all week long. She also grabbed five other top-10 finishes out of 19 starts during the 2025 season. New Zealand's Lydia Ko added another trophy to her already impressive résumé with a win at the HSBC Women's World Championship in March as she continued her pursuit of a career Grand Slam. This Olympic champion keeps proving why she is one of the most decorated players in the game! 👑

Japan's Rio Takeda fired an absolutely SCORCHING 8-under 64 in the final round in China to secure her second LPGA title! Meanwhile, Korean Hyo Joo Kim rallied with her own final-round 64 to beat Lilia Vu in a playoff in Arizona. Hyo Joo also secured three runner-up finishes during 2025 and is definitely hungry for another victory!

Match Play and Swedish Victories 🇸🇪

Can we talk about Sweden's Madelene Sagstrom for a second?! She earned her first victory in nearly 1,900 days with a 1-up win over Lauren Coughlin at the T-Mobile Match Play. The drought-breaking triumph was such an emotional moment for this veteran player who had been searching for her way back to the winner's circle. I am SO here for this comeback story!

Just weeks later, Swedish rookie Ingrid Lindblad made an IMMEDIATE impact as an LPGA Tour member, winning the JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro in only her third start! The former top-ranked amateur and Epson Tour graduate showed her game translates seamlessly to the professional level. What a star! ⭐

Major Championships Create New Stars 🌟

The Chevron Championship in April produced the season's fourth Rolex First-Time Winner when Japan's Mao Saigo claimed the first major of the year! Between majors, the Republic of Korea's Haeran Ryu won the inaugural Black Desert Championship, while Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul played BOGEY-FREE golf to capture her first victory of the year at the Mizuho Americas Open. Goals, honestly!

Japan's Chizzy Iwai DOMINATED the Mexico Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba, winning by six shots for her first LPGA title! But here is the coolest part: her twin sister Akie also won later in the season, making them the first twins to win on Tour in the same season! How amazing is that?! 👯‍♀️

Sweden's Maja Stark claimed the U.S. Women's Open presented by Ally at Erin Hills with steady play throughout the week. She became the 50th player from the Epson Tour pathway to win a major championship, one of six Epson Tour alums to claim titles during 2025!

Returns and First Visits to Victory Lane 🏅

Jennifer Kupcho ended a nearly three-year winless streak at the ShopRite LPGA Classic, her first victory since 2022! She also won the Aon Risk Reward Challenge and its $1 million prize, going for the green on Challenge holes 68 percent of the time and converting at a 35 percent success rate. Queen behavior! 💰

Even MORE impressive was Carlota Ciganda's triumph at the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, her first LPGA Tour victory in more than eight and a half years! The Spanish veteran's persistence paid off in a HUGE way as she beat Hye-Jin Choi by one stroke at Blythefield Country Club. Perseverance really does pay off, you guys!

Australia's Minjee Lee captured the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at the difficult Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco to become a three-time major winner! The following week saw something truly unique as playing partners Somi Lee and Jin Hee Im were declared co-champions at the Dow Championship, both capturing their first victories on Tour! 🎊

More Majors, More First-Time Winners 🏆

Australia's Grace Kim became a first-time major champion at The Amundi Evian Championship in SPECTACULAR fashion! She shot a final-round 67 to force a playoff against Jeeno Thitikul, then holed out for birdie on the first playoff hole after putting her second shot in the water, and THEN made eagle on the second playoff hole to seal the deal. I am still not over this! 😱

England's Lottie Woad made headlines by becoming a Rolex First-Time Winner in her professional debut at the ISPS HANDA Women's Scottish Open! She had just earned LPGA Tour membership via the LPGA Elite Amateur Pathway days earlier, then turned professional and won by three strokes at Dundonald Links. Absolutely unreal!

Japanese rookie Miyu Yamashita claimed the AIG Women's Open title at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club and then added a second title at the Maybank Championship in Malaysia! She led the Tour in strokes gained putting in 2025 (1.31) and earned the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year award. She became the third Japanese player to receive the honor and the second consecutive Japanese winner! 🇯🇵

Iwai Twins Make History 👯‍♀️

When Akie Iwai won The Standard Portland Classic, she joined her twin sister Chizzy as the 10th rookie to become a Rolex First-Time Winner in 2025! Their shared journey to the winner's circle became one of the absolute BEST feel-good stories of the season, with both earning their first titles in 2025 and collecting 10 other top-10 results combined. I love this for them so much!

Home Victories and Clutch Performances 🏠

Canada's Brooke Henderson delivered for the home fans with a win at the CPKC Women's Open! American Miranda Wang claimed her first LPGA title at the FM Championship, holding off world No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul at TPC Boston. So clutch!

England's Charley Hull won the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G to extend the different-winners streak to 25! The 29-year-old superstar competed in 16 total events throughout 2025, recording four top-10 finishes. And can we talk about how she made her on-screen debut in Happy Gilmore 2?! Truly a "happy" year for Hull! 🎬

The Republic of Korea's Youmin Hwang birdied five of the last six holes to win the LOTTE Championship presented by Hoakalei and secure her first LPGA Tour title as a non-member! She deferred her membership to 2026 and is considered a 2026 rookie. Watch out for this one!

Fall Asian Swing Extends Winning Diversity 🌏

Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul came from behind to win the Buick LPGA Shanghai in a DRAMATIC five-hole playoff with Minami Katsu! Korean major champion Sei Young Kim then ended a five-year drought with a dominant four-stroke victory at the BMW Ladies Championship in her home country. She finished the year ranked first in par-5 scoring average (4.55)! 📊

Japan's Nasa Hataoka won the rain-shortened TOTO Japan Classic in a playoff and led a sweep of the top five spots by Japanese players! Her win, which was her first since 2022, was the perfect wrap to the fall Asian swing.

Back-to-Back Champions in Florida ☀️

Sweden's Linn Grant claimed her second LPGA title by finishing at 19-under to win by three strokes at The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican! Then came the CME Group Tour Championship, where the best battled for the largest first-place prize in women's golf at $4 million!

Fittingly, Jeeno Thitikul capped the season by claiming her third win of the year at Tiburon Golf Club! The Thai star became the first back-to-back winner of the season finale since Jin Young Ko in 2021, bookending a year defined by the Tour's depth with a total statement of dominance! 👏