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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.

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 LewisBrittany LincicomePernilla LindbergPatty Tavatanakit (3,5,6) • Lexi Thompson (5) • Yani TsengLilia 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-geeAllisen 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 PopovYuka 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 LindbladLeona 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-rinPei-Yun ChienChoi Hye-jinGemma DryburghKristen GillmanNataliya GusevaGeorgia HallNasa Hataoka (6) • Hsu Wei-lingCharley Hull (6) • Ariya JutanugarnAuston KimGrace KimStephanie KyriacouAndrea LeeLee Mi-hyangLee So-miLucy LiLin Xiyu (6) • Ruixin LiuGaby LópezNanna Koerstz MadsenWichanee MeechaiHira NaveedYuna NishimuraRyann O'ToolePaula RetoGabriela RuffelsMao Saigo (6) • Sarah SchmelzelHinako ShibunoJenny ShinAlbane ValenzuelaArpichaya Yubol 6. Top-40 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 31, 2025 • Akie IwaiMiyū 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 RoeyChiara TamburliniPark 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 AshokSaki BabaJenny BaeLindy DuncanSavannah GrewalMuni HeCaroline InglisChisato IwaiJeon Ji-wonGurleen KaurFrida KinhultCheyenne KnightLee Jeong-eunLee Jeong-eunMary LiuLiu YanYu LiuCaroline MassonBrooke MatthewsMorgane MétrauxBenedetta MorescoEmily Kristine PedersenPornanong PhatlumCassie PorterPauline RoussinAlena SharpKate Smith-StrohGigi StollElizabeth SzokolMiranda WangDewi WeberJing YanYuri YoshidaZhang WeiweiZhang Yahui ==Round summaries==
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. ==References==
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