2025 Chevron Championship

The 2025 Chevron Championship was the 54th Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament, held April 24–27, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. The tournament was in its fourth year with Chevron Corporation as the title sponsor and its 43rd year as a major championship.

Mao Saigo, 2024 LPGA Rookie of the Year, won her first LPGA Tour event and first major championship in a five-way sudden-death playoff.

Field

Players who have qualified for the event are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified; additional qualifying categories are shown in parentheses.

1. Winners of all previous Chevron Championships

• Ko Jin-young (3,5,6)
• Lydia Ko (2,3,5,6)
• Nelly Korda (2,3,4,5,6)
• Jennifer Kupcho (5)
• Stacy Lewis
• Brittany Lincicome
• Pernilla Lindberg
• Patty Tavatanakit (3,5,6)
• Lexi Thompson (5)
• Yani Tseng
• Lilia Vu (2,3,5,6)

• Ryu So-yeon did not play

2. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, Women's British Open, and The Evian Championship in the previous five years

• Céline Boutier (3,5,6)
• Ashleigh Buhai (3,5)
• Chun In-gee
• Allisen Corpuz (5,6)
• Ayaka Furue (5,6)
• Brooke Henderson (4,5,6)
• Kim A-lim (3,4,5,6)
• Kim Sei-young (5,6)
• Minjee Lee (3,5,6)
• Anna Nordqvist (5)
• Sophia Popov
• Yuka Saso (5,6)
• Amy Yang (3,5,6)
• Yin Ruoning (3,5,6)

3. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2023 Chevron Championship through the week immediately preceding the 2025 Chevron Championship

• Pajaree Anannarukarn (5)
• Lauren Coughlin (4,5,6)
• Linn Grant (5,6)
• Hannah Green (5,6)
• Moriya Jutanugarn (5)
• Megan Khang (5,6)
• Kim Hyo-joo (5,6)
• Ingrid Lindblad
• Leona Maguire (5)
• Yealimi Noh (4,5,6)
• Alexa Pano (5)
• Ryu Hae-ran (4,5,6)
• Madelene Sagström (5)
• Linnea Ström (5)
• Thidapa Suwannapura (5)
• Rio Takeda (6,7)
• Bailey Tardy (5)
• Atthaya Thitikul (5,6)
• Chanettee Wannasaen (5)
• Angel Yin (5,6)

• Mone Inami and Rose Zhang (5,6) did not play

4. All players who finished in the top-10 in the previous year's Chevron Championship

• Carlota Ciganda (5,6)
• Esther Henseleit (5,6)
• Im Jin-hee (5,6)
• Minami Katsu (5)
• Maja Stark (5,6)

5. Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour Race to the CME Globe points list

• An Na-rin
• Pei-Yun Chien
• Choi Hye-jin
• Gemma Dryburgh
• Kristen Gillman
• Nataliya Guseva
• Georgia Hall
• Nasa Hataoka (6)
• Hsu Wei-ling
• Charley Hull (6)
• Ariya Jutanugarn
• Auston Kim
• Grace Kim
• Stephanie Kyriacou
• Andrea Lee
• Lee Mi-hyang
• Lee So-mi
• Lucy Li
• Lin Xiyu (6)
• Ruixin Liu
• Gaby López
• Nanna Koerstz Madsen
• Wichanee Meechai
• Hira Naveed
• Yuna Nishimura
• Ryann O'Toole
• Paula Reto
• Gabriela Ruffels
• Mao Saigo (6)
• Sarah Schmelzel
• Hinako Shibuno
• Jenny Shin
• Albane Valenzuela
• Arpichaya Yubol

6. Top-40 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 31, 2025

• Akie Iwai
• Miyū Yamashita (7)
• Ina Yoon (7)

• Ally Ewing, Alison Lee, and Jiyai Shin did not play

7. Top-2 players from the previous year's season-ending Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, LPGA of Japan Tour Order of Merit and LPGA of Korea Tour money list

• Manon De Roey
• Chiara Tamburlini

• Park Hyun-kyung did noy play

8. Amateur exemptions

• Carla Bernat Escuder (a)
• Chayse Gomez (a)
• Asterisk Talley (a)
• Clarisa Temelo (a)
• Lottie Woad (a)
• Jeneath Wong (a)

• Rianne Malixi did not play (injury)

9. Sponsor invitations

• Gianna Clemente (a)
• Jasmine Koo (a)

10. Top players on the current year LPGA Tour Race to the CME Globe points list at the end of the last official tournament prior to the current Chevron Championship, not otherwise qualified above

• Aditi Ashok
• Saki Baba
• Jenny Bae
• Lindy Duncan
• Savannah Grewal
• Muni He
• Caroline Inglis
• Chisato Iwai
• Jeon Ji-won
• Gurleen Kaur
• Frida Kinhult
• Cheyenne Knight
• Lee Jeong-eun
• Lee Jeong-eun
• Mary Liu
• Liu Yan
• Yu Liu
• Caroline Masson
• Brooke Matthews
• Morgane Métraux
• Benedetta Moresco
• Emily Kristine Pedersen
• Pornanong Phatlum
• Cassie Porter
• Pauline Roussin
• Alena Sharp
• Kate Smith-Stroh
• Gigi Stoll
• Elizabeth Szokol
• Miranda Wang
• Dewi Weber
• Jing Yan
• Yuri Yoshida
• Zhang Weiwei
• Zhang Yahui

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 24, 2025 Friday, April 25, 2025

Liu Yan and Ryu Hae-ran shared the first round lead with rounds of 65, 7 under par. Inclement weather forced the suspension of round one on Thursday with 24 players still on the course. Defending champion Nelly Korda shot a 5-over-par 77.

Second round

Friday, April 25, 2025 Saturday, April 26, 2025

Liu Yan shot an even-par round of 72 to remain in first place. Her round included an albatross (double eagle) on the par-5 8th hole. Four golfers were one stroke off the lead: Lindy Duncan, Kim Hyo-joo, Mao Saigo, and Sarah Schmelzel. Defending champion Nelly Korda recovered from her opening round 77 with a round of 68 to make the cut. Fog delayed the start of play and nine players finished the round Saturday morning. The cut came at 146 (+2) with 81 players advancing to the weekend.

Third round

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Ryu Hae-ran and Mao Saigo shared the lead after the third round at 9 under par, leading Lindy Duncan by one stroke. Liu Yan, leader after each of the first two rounds, shot another par round of 72 to fall to a tie for fourth place.

Final round

Sunday, April 27, 2025

Five players tied for the lead at 281 (−7) after 72 holes of play: Lindy Duncan, Ariya Jutanugarn, Kim Hyo-joo, Mao Saigo, and Yin Ruoning. In the sudden-death playoff, Saigo birdied the first hole to win her first LPGA Tour event and first major championship.

Playoff

The sudden-death playoff began on the par-5 18th hole; Saigo birdied to win the title.

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