The 2026 Chevron Championship was the 55th Chevron Championship, an LPGA golf tournament held April 23–26 at Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston, Texas. The tournament was in its fifth year with Chevron Corporation as the title sponsor and its 44th year as a major championship.

Nelly Korda led wire-to-wire to win her second Chevron Championship and third major. The win also propelled her to the number one world ranking.

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 (4,5) Lydia Ko (2,3,5,6) Nelly Korda (2,3,5,6) Jennifer Kupcho (3,5,6) Stacy Lewis Brittany Lincicome Mao Saigo (4,5,6) Patty Tavatanakit (5) Lexi Thompson (5) Yani Tseng Lilia Vu (2,3,5)

Pernilla Lindberg 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 (5,6) Ashleigh Buhai (5) Chun In-gee Allisen Corpuz (5) Ayaka Furue (5,6) Brooke Henderson (3,5,6) Grace Kim (5,6) Minjee Lee (5,6) Anna Nordqvist Yuka Saso Maja Stark (5,6) Miyū Yamashita (3,5,6) Amy Yang Yin Ruoning (3,5,6)

3. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2024 Chevron Championship through the week immediately preceding the 2026 Chevron Championship

Carlota Ciganda (4,5,6) Lauren Coughlin (5,6) Linn Grant (5,6) Hannah Green (5,6) Nasa Hataoka (5,6) Charley Hull (5,6) Hwang You-min (6) Im Jin-hee (5,6) Akie Iwai (5,6) Chisato Iwai (5,6) Moriya Jutanugarn Kim A-lim (5,6) Kim Hyo-joo (4,5,6) Kim Sei-young (5,6) Lee Mi-hyang (5) Lee So-mi (5,6) Ingrid Lindblad (5) Yealimi Noh (5) Ryu Hae-ran (4,5,6) Madelene Sagström (5) Linnea Ström Thidapa Suwannapura Rio Takeda (5,6) Jeeno Thitikul (5,6) Wang Xinying Chanettee Wannasaen (5) Lottie Woad (5,6) Angel Yin (5,6) Rose Zhang

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

Choi Hye-jin (5,6) Manon De Roey (5) Lindy Duncan (5,6) Ariya Jutanugarn (5,6) Liu Yan (5)

Sarah Schmelzel (5) did not play

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

Pajaree Anannarukarn Aditi Ashok Saki Baba Jenny Bae Robyn Choi Karis Davidson Gemma Dryburgh Nataliya Guseva Esther Henseleit (6) Hsu Wei-ling Minami Katsu (6) Gurleen Kaur Megan Khang Auston Kim (6) Stephanie Kyriacou Andrea Lee (6) Ilhee Lee Lucy Li Gaby López (6) Julia López Ramirez Nanna Koerstz Madsen Leona Maguire Brooke Matthews Benedetta Moresco Cassie Porter Paula Reto Pauline Roussin Gabriela Ruffels Jenny Shin Ina Yoon Yuri Yoshida

Kristen Gillman did not play

6. Top-40 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 30, 2026

Shuri Sakuma (7)

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

Hong Jung-min Sora Kamiya Mimi Rhodes Shannon Tan

Ro Seung-hui (KLPGA) did not play

8. Any LPGA Member who did not compete in the previous year's Chevron Championship major due to injury, illness or maternity, who subsequently received a medical/maternity extension of membership from the LPGA in the previous calendar year, provided they were otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's Chevron Championship

Austin Ernst Alison Lee

9. Amateur exemptions

Megha Ganne (a) Paula Martín Sampedro (a) Andrea Revuelta (a) Kiara Romero (a) Asterisk Talley (a) Yang Yun-seo (a)

10. Sponsor invitations

Shauna Liu (a) Farah O'Keefe (a)

11. 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

An Na-rin Pei-Yun Chien Perrine Delacour Jodi Ewart Shadoff Laney Frye Melanie Green Erika Hara Frida Kinhult Mary Liu Ruixin Liu Yu Liu Nastasia Nadaud Yuna Nishimura Ryann O'Toole Alexa Pano Pornanong Phatlum Jessica Porvasnik Sophia Schubert Chiara Tamburlini Bailey Tardy Carla Tejedo Mulet Albane Valenzuela Suvichaya Vinijchaitham Dewi Weber Yana Wilson Jing Yan Zhang Weiwei

Erica Shepard did not play

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 23, 2026

Nelly Korda took a two shot lead, opening with a bogey-free round of 65 (−7). Lee So-mi and Patty Tavatanakit both shot 67 to tied for second place. Defending champion Mao Saigo shot a 73 (tied for 59th) and world number one Jeeno Thitikul shot a 74 (tied for 80th). Two amateurs were in the top-10, Farah O'Keefe, the 2025 Women's Amateur Championship runner-up and Yang Yun-seo, the 2025 Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific champion.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Nelly Korda 65 −7T2 Lee So-mi 67 −5 Patty TavatanakitT4 Liu Yan 68 −4 Farah O'Keefe (a) Pauline Roussin Yuri YoshidaT8 Im Jin-hee 69 −3 Sora Kamiya Nanna Koerstz Madsen Nastasia Nadaud Ryann O'Toole Mimi Rhodes Maja Stark Linnea Ström Yang Yun-seo (a) Ina Yoon Source:

Second round Friday, April 24, 2026

Nelly Korda again shot a 65 to take a six stroke lead over Patty Tavatanakit. Amateur Farah O'Keefe was tied for third place after a round of 69. The cut line was 146 (+2). Defending champion Mao Saigo made the cut with a 144 while world number one Jeeno Thitikul missed the cut with a 147.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Nelly Korda 65-65=130 −142 Patty Tavatanakit 67-69=136 −8T3 Farah O'Keefe (a) 68-69=137 −7 Ryann O'Toole 69-68=137 Ina Yoon 69-68=1376 Liu Yan 68-70=138 −6T7 Megan Khang 72-67=139 −5 Pauline Roussin 68-71=139 Maja Stark 69-70=139 Thidapa Suwannapura 72-67=139 Source:

Third round Saturday, April 25, 2026

Nelly Korda shot a 2-under-par 70 to take a five shot lead over Patty Tavatanakit into the final round. Amateur Farah O'Keefe shot an even-par 72 to maintain a spot in the top-10.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Nelly Korda 65-65-70=200 −162 Patty Tavatanakit 67-69-69=205 −11T3 Pauline Roussin 68-71-67=206 −10 Yin Ruoning 71-69-66=2065 Ina Yoon 69-68-71=208 −8T6 Liu Yan 68-70-71=209 −7 Gaby López 74-69-66=209 Yealimi Noh 72-68-69=209 Farah O'Keefe (a) 68-69-72=209T10 Im Jin-hee 69-72-69=210 −6 Lexi Thompson 72-72-66=210 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 26, 2026

Champion

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Nelly Korda 65-65-70-70=270 −18 1,350,000T2 Patty Tavatanakit 67-69-69-70=275 −13 669,859 Yin Ruoning 71-69-66-69=275T4 Liu Yan 68-70-71-67=276 −12 393,221 Ina Yoon 69-68-71-68=2766 Kim Hyo-joo 70-74-68-69=281 −7 286,945T7 Hannah Green 73-71-70-68=282 −6 213,262 Ryann O'Toole 69-68-74-71=282 Lottie Woad 73-72-67-70=282T10 Charley Hull 72-70-69-72=283 −5 165,789 Angel Yin 77-69-68-69=283 Source:

References

External links

Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site