The official LPGA Tour season has wrapped up, with only the Grant Thornton Invitational to be played in a couple weeks. Let’s take a look back at the year at every tournament competed in 2025:
No. 28 – The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship – Really the only of the five majors that wasn’t particularly close, this is helped out by a dominant performance by a great winner, Minjee Lee, who turned in one of the best performances of the season. Lee won with a final round 74, but Fields Ranch East was uninspiring visually and the poor weather and course setup made it impossible for a real comeback attempt.
No. 27 – Mizuho Americas Open – Once again, the venue here was doing a lot of heavy lifting, which makes it extra hard to accept that it will be moving away from Liberty National. The best player in the world, Jeeno Thitikul, winning in the shadow of the Manhattan skyline was fantastic to see, and Thitikul was fantastic, particularly in round three where she pulled away. Nobody gave her a real challenge on Sunday, and she played ideal boring golf to protect her lead, but that didn’t necessarily make it great to watch.
No. 26 – BMW Ladies Championship – In the year of the comeback victory, Sei Young Kim definitely gave one of the best statement performances. Kim was in pretty dominant form, looking like the player that shot some of the most absurd scores of the 2010’s. Kim won by four strokes, and six strokes over third place. She pulled away on the front nine, with four birdies between holes five and nine, and never looked back.
No. 25 – The Standard Portland Classic – Rookie Akie Iwai put it all together in Portland this year, winning by four strokes thanks to a phenomenal weekend performance. Iwai had shown flashes of greatness throughout the season leading up, but she finally had four elite rounds in a row. Iwai’s most likely contender on that final day was probably major champion Grace Kim, who struggled on the front nine, giving Iwai firm control.
No. 24 – The Annika driven by Gainbridge – There were certainly times when the back third of the season felt like a bit of a letdown from some of the great early results. The Annika wasn’t a bad week of golf, but the stories around the event (Caitlin Clark in the pro am, Kai Trump’s sponsor exemption) certainly overshadowed the play on the course. Linn Grant cruised to a three-stroke victory, it felt in hand for much of the back nine, but the added drama of who would qualify for the CME Group Tour Championship, did give some thrills in the end.
