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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Liu Yan 65 −7 Ryu Hae-ran3 Kim Hyo-joo 67 −5T4 Choi Hye-jin 68 −4 Chun In-gee Carlota Ciganda Manon De Roey Ariya Jutanugarn Brooke MatthewsT10 Pajaree Anannarukarn 69 −3 Georgia Hall Minami Katsu Andrea Lee Lucy Li Angel Yin

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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Liu Yan 65-72=137 −7T2 Lindy Duncan 72-66=138 −6 Kim Hyo-joo 67-71=138 Mao Saigo 70-68=138 Sarah Schmelzel 70-68=138T6 Choi Hye-jin 68-71=139 −5 Manon De Roey 68-71=139 Ryu Hae-ran 65-74=139 Angel Yin 69-70=139T10 Carlota Ciganda 68-72=140 −4 Ariya Jutanugarn 68-72=140 Minjee Lee 71-69=140 Lee So-mi 70-70=140 Elizabeth Szokol 71-69=140 Lexi Thompson 73-67=140 Yin Ruoning 71-69=140 Zhang Weiwei 72-68=140

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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Ryu Hae-ran 65-74-68=207 −9 Mao Saigo 70-68-69=2073 Lindy Duncan 72-66-70=208 −8T4 Liu Yan 65-72-72=209 −7 Sarah Schmelzel 70-68-71=209T6 Choi Hye-jin 68-71-71=210 −6 Carlota Ciganda 68-72-70=210 Ariya Jutanugarn 68-72-70=210 Lexi Thompson 73-67-70=210 Yin Ruoning 71-69-70=210

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.

ChampionLow amateur(a) = amateur(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 Lindy Duncan 72-66-70-73=281 –7 Playoff Ariya Jutanugarn 68-72-70-71=281 Kim Hyo-joo 67-71-73-70=281 Mao Saigo 70-68-69-74=281 Yin Ruoning 71-69-70-71=281T6 Ko Jin-young (c) 72-70-71-70=283 –5 214,136 Ryu Hae-ran 65-74-68-76=283 Sarah Schmelzel 70-68-71-74=283T9 Choi Hye-jin 68-71-71-74=284 –4 145,789 Carlota Ciganda 68-72-70-74=284 Manon De Roey 68-71-76-69=284 Liu Yan 65-72-72-75=284 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)13 Angel Yin 69-70-72-74=285 –3 131,356T14 Nelly Korda (c) 77-68-71-70=286 –2 104,783 Minjee Lee 71-69-72-74=286 Lexi Thompson (c) 73-67-70-76=286 Zhang Weiwei 72-68-72-74=286T18 Chun In-gee 68-73-71-75=287 –1 83,803 Allisen Corpuz 74-72-73-68=287 Lauren Coughlin 71-71-70-75=287 Esther Henseleit 73-73-72-69=287 Lee Mi-hyang 72-71-73-71=287 Chanettee Wannasaen 73-68-73-73=287T24 Kim Sei-young 73-70-70-75=288 E 69,424 Lee So-mi 70-70-71-77=288 Emily Kristine Pedersen 72-69-72-75=288 Atthaya Thitikul 71-75-71-71=288T28 Georgia Hall 69-72-74-74=289 +1 61,648 Brooke Matthews 68-75-74-72=289T30 Pajaree Anannarukarn 69-72-74-75=290 +2 48,689 Ayaka Furue 71-72-74-73=290 Chisato Iwai 72-71-76-71=290 Stephanie Kyriacou 74-71-73-72=290 Andrea Lee 69-76-73-72=290 Lucy Li 69-73-71-77=290 Sophia Popov 72-73-70-75=290 Elizabeth Szokol 71-69-75-75=290 Dewi Weber 71-74-72-73=290 Miyū Yamashita 73-70-73-74=290T40 Megan Khang 73-69-75-74=291 +3 36,286 Kim A-lim 71-73-75-72=291 Cassie Porter 74-71-73-73=291 Yuri Yoshida 73-73-76-69=291T44 Brooke Henderson 72-73-75-72=292 +4 28,741 Akie Iwai 72-72-73-75=292 Auston Kim 72-69-70-81=292 Yuna Nishimura 75-71-72-74=292 Gabriela Ruffels 72-74-70-76=292 Hinako Shibuno 73-71-72-76=292 Maja Stark 72-73-75-72=292 Albane Valenzuela 70-74-72-76=292T52 Nasa Hataoka 73-72-77-71=293 +5 22,215 Cheyenne Knight 72-73-70-78=293 Lydia Ko (c) 73-72-75-73=293 Ingrid Lindblad 74-71-74-74=293 Miranda Wang 72-69-76-76=293 Amy Yang 75-70-71-77=293 Ina Yoon 72-71-76-74=293T59 Grace Kim 74-70-77-73=294 +6 18,639 Anna Nordqvist 75-71-73-75=294 Rio Takeda 73-70-72-79=294T62 Aditi Ashok 72-74-77-72=295 +7 17,032 Ashleigh Buhai 79-66-74-76=295 Minami Katsu 69-77-74-75=295 Pauline Roussin 72-74-74-75=295 Thidapa Suwannapura 75-71-74-75=295T67 Leona Maguire 75-71-75-75=296 +8 15,551 Alexa Pano 73-69-76-78=296 Alena Sharp 72-73-77-74=29670 Gigi Stoll 75-70-77-75=297 +9 14,812T71 Gianna Clemente (a) 71-70-80-77=298 +10 0 Paula Reto 78-68-76-76=298 14,533 Jenny Shin 74-68-79-77=298T74 Im Jin-hee 75-71-77-76=299 +11 14,161 Yu Liu 71-74-77-77=299T76 Pei-Yun Chien 74-72-77-77=300 +12 13,812 Frida Kinhult 70-76-77-77=30078 Lilia Vu (c) 71-74-78-78=301 +13 13,549T79 Lee Jeong-eun 71-74-78-79=302 +14 13,291 Ryann O'Toole 72-74-78-78=30281 Pernilla Lindberg (c) 74-72-82-75=303 +15 13,037CUT Céline Boutier 72-75=147 +3 Gemma Dryburgh 72-75=147 Linn Grant 72-75=147 Nataliya Guseva 75-72=147 Jennifer Kupcho (c) 72-75=147 Gaby López 72-75=147 Morgane Métraux 75-72=147 Benedetta Moresco 74-73=147 Madelene Sagström 74-73=147 Kate Smith-Stroh 74-73=147 Jenny Bae 74-74=148 +4 Kristen Gillman 76-72=148 Charley Hull 75-73=148 Gurleen Kaur 74-74=148 Lin Xiyu 77-71=148 Caroline Masson 73-75=148 Bailey Tardy 75-73=148 Lottie Woad (a) 75-73=148 Jing Yan 76-72=148 Arpichaya Yubol 75-73=148 Zhang Yahui 75-73=148 An Na-rin 74-75=149 +5 Caroline Inglis 72-77=149 Jasmine Koo (a) 70-79=149 Mary Liu 79-70=149 Ruixin Liu 75-74=149 Yani Tseng (c) 74-75=149 Saki Baba 77-73=150 +6 Hannah Green 73-77=150 Savannah Grewal 75-75=150 Muni He 75-75=150 Hsu Wei-ling 80-70=150 Lee Jeong-eun 77-73=150 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 73-77=150 Yuka Saso 75-75=150 Linnea Ström 73-77=150 Chiara Tamburlini 73-77=150 Patty Tavatanakit (c) 75-75=150 Clarisa Temelo (a) 78-72=150 Carla Bernat Escuder (a) 72-79=151 +7 Stacy Lewis (c) 75-76=151 Yealimi Noh 74-77=151 Hira Naveed 78-74=152 +8 Pornanong Phatlum 76-76=152 Jeon Ji-won 72-81=153 +9 Wichanee Meechai 81-72=153 Moriya Jutanugarn 78-76=154 +10 Jeneath Wong (a) 78-76=154 Brittany Lincicome (c) 79-76=155 +11 Asterisk Talley (a) 78-77=155 Chayse Gomez (a) 79-80=159 +15

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Mao Saigo 4 –1 1,200,000T2 Ariya Jutanugarn 5 E 462,966 Kim Hyo-joo Yin Ruoning Lindy Duncan 6 +1

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External links

Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site