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2025 Chevron Championship
Tournament information
DatesApril 24–27, 2025
LocationThe Woodlands, Texas
30°11′35″N 95°33′00″W / 30.193°N 95.550°W / 30.193; -95.550
CoursesThe Club at Carlton Woods
Jack Nicklaus Signature Course
TourLPGA Tour
FormatStroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,911 yards (6,319 m)
Field132 players, 81 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$8,000,000
Winner's share$1,200,000
Champion
Japan Mao Saigo
281 (−7), playoff
The Club at Carlton Woods is located in the United States
The Club at Carlton Woods
The Club at Carlton Woods
Location in the United States
The Club at Carlton Woods is located in Texas
The Club at Carlton Woods
The Club at Carlton Woods
Location in Texas
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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.[1]

Field

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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.[2]

1. Winners of all previous Chevron Championships

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Amateur exemptions

9. Sponsor invitations

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

Round summaries

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First round

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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.[4]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1China Liu Yan65−7
South Korea Ryu Hae-ran
3South Korea Kim Hyo-joo67−5
T4South Korea Choi Hye-jin68−4
South Korea Chun In-gee
Spain Carlota Ciganda
Belgium Manon De Roey
Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn
United States Brooke Matthews
T10Thailand Pajaree Anannarukarn69−3
England Georgia Hall
Japan Minami Katsu
United States Andrea Lee
United States Lucy Li
United States Angel Yin

Second round

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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.[5]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1China Liu Yan65-72=137−7
T2United States Lindy Duncan72-66=138−6
South Korea Kim Hyo-joo67-71=138
Japan Mao Saigo70-68=138
United States Sarah Schmelzel70-68=138
T6South Korea Choi Hye-jin68-71=139−5
Belgium Manon De Roey68-71=139
South Korea Ryu Hae-ran65-74=139
United States Angel Yin69-70=139
T10Spain Carlota Ciganda68-72=140−4
Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn68-72=140
Australia Minjee Lee71-69=140
South Korea Lee So-mi70-70=140
United States Elizabeth Szokol71-69=140
United States Lexi Thompson73-67=140
China Yin Ruoning71-69=140
China Zhang Weiwei72-68=140

Third round

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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.[6]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1South Korea Ryu Hae-ran65-74-68=207−9
Japan Mao Saigo70-68-69=207
3United States Lindy Duncan72-66-70=208−8
T4China Liu Yan65-72-72=209−7
United States Sarah Schmelzel70-68-71=209
T6South Korea Choi Hye-jin68-71-71=210−6
Spain Carlota Ciganda68-72-70=210
Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn68-72-70=210
United States Lexi Thompson73-67-70=210
China Yin Ruoning71-69-70=210

Final round

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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.[1]

Champion
Low amateur
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1United States Lindy Duncan72-66-70-73=281–7Playoff
Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn68-72-70-71=281
South Korea Kim Hyo-joo67-71-73-70=281
Japan Mao Saigo70-68-69-74=281
China Yin Ruoning71-69-70-71=281
T6South Korea Ko Jin-young (c)72-70-71-70=283–5214,136
South Korea Ryu Hae-ran65-74-68-76=283
United States Sarah Schmelzel70-68-71-74=283
T9South Korea Choi Hye-jin68-71-71-74=284–4145,789
Spain Carlota Ciganda68-72-70-74=284
Belgium Manon De Roey68-71-76-69=284
China Liu Yan65-72-72-75=284

Playoff

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Japan Mao Saigo4–11,200,000
T2Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn5E462,966
South Korea Kim Hyo-joo
China Yin Ruoning
United States Lindy Duncan6+1

References

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  1. 1 2 "Mao Saigo wins LPGA major Chevron Championship in playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. April 27, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Chevron Championship – Entries". LPGA. Retrieved April 24, 2025.
  3. ↑ "The Chevron Championship Extends Invites to Eight Elite Amateur Athletes". The Chevron Championship. April 16, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Ryu, Liu share Chevron lead as defending champ Korda struggles". ESPN. Associated Press. April 24, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Albatross helps Yan Liu hold onto Chevron Championship lead". ESPN. Associated Press. April 25, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Haeran Ryu back in front, shares Chevron lead with Mao Saigo". ESPN. Associated Press. April 26, 2025.
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