It’s been an interesting season on the LPGA Tour, with 24 different champions being crowned in 23 events. Let’s take a look back at those winners.
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Welcome back to Golf Thursday, golf fans.
On this week off from competition, as we get ready for the fall stretch of the 2025 season, let’s look back at the 24 different winners the LPGA Tour has seen this year. Of these 24 winners, 11 are Rolex First-Time winners and seven are rookies.
A Lim Kim (Feb. 2, Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions)
Yealimi Noh (Feb. 9, Founders Cup presented by U.S. Virgin Islands)
Angel Yin (Feb. 23, Honda LPGA Thailand)
Lydia Ko (March 2, HSBC Women’s World Championship)
Rio Takeda (March 9, Blue Bay LPGA)
Hyo Joo Kim (March 30, Ford Championship presented by Wild Horse Pass)
Madelene Sagstrom (April 6, T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards)
Ingrid Lindblad (April 20, JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro)
Mao Saigo (April 27, The Chevron Championship)
Haeran Ryu (May 4, Black Desert Championship presented by Greater Zion)
Jeeno Thitikul (May 11, Mizuho Americas Open)
Chisato Iwai (May 25, MEXICO Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba)
Maja Stark (June 1, U.S. Women’s Open presented by Ally)
Jennifer Kupcho (June 8, ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer)
Carlota Ciganda (June 15, Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give)
Minjee Lee (June 22, KPMG Women’s PGA Championship)
Somi Lee and Jin Hee Im (June 29, Dow Championship)
Grace Kim (July 13, The Amundi Evian Championship)
Lottie Woad (July 27, ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open)
Miyu Yamashita (Aug. 3, AIG Women’s Open)
Akie Iwai (Aug. 17, The Standard Portland Classic)
Brooke Henderson (Aug. 24, CPKC Women’s Open)
Miranda Wang (Aug. 31, FM Championship)
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This season has been unlike any other. In an article for Skratch, Addie Parker specifically touches on Nelly Korda’s season and why it’s been so difficult for her to win tournaments even though she’s posting stats just as good or even better than those during her seven-win 2024 season.
But, as Korda said in a press conference ahead of the CPKC Women’s Open on Aug. 20, 2025, “that’s just golf.”
This seems to be the trend for other players as well, like Jeeno Thitikul, who just notched her eighth top-five finish of the 2025 season on Aug. 31 at the FM Championship. She, however, does have a win on tour this year at the Mizuho Americas Open in May.
Seasons like this just show you that golf is unpredictable and that the level of talent keeps growing each year. The bar gets higher every single season. Several Epson Tour rookies have had multiple-win seasons and have already secured their LPGA Tour cards for the 2026 season. The competition is only going to get more difficult from here. But my oh my, does it make for some great golf to watch.
I’ll catch you here next week for a fall college golf preview and a look ahead at the LPGA’s first tournament of September. Until then, golf fans.
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Five at The IX: Miranda Wang overcomes World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul by one stroke for first LPGA Tour victory
On Sunday, Aug. 31, Miranda Wang shot a final-round 70 (-2) to win the 2025 FM Championship by one stroke over World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul. The 26-year-old rookie from China set the 72-hole tournament scoring record and her own personal scoring record with a 268 (-20). Wang became the LPGA Tour’s 11th Rolex First-Time Winner of the season. Here’s what the rookie had to say after her win in a post-tournament press conference at TPC Boston.
THE MODERATOR: All right, joining me today after the final round of the FM Championship, our 2025 champion, Miranda Wang. Can you just talk us through how you’re feeling right now after becoming a Rolex first time winner?
MIRANDA WANG: It’s a dream come true. Winning LPGA has been my dream since actually since day one of my golf because I started playing golf because when I was eight years old I was watching LPGA tournament on TV.
I was like oh, that’s I want to do and I want to be on this tour. I want to win out there. So I finally did this. Very proud of myself. (Smiling.)
Q. You had to make par or better on your last hole to avoid a playoff with Jeeno. What were you thinking coming down the stretch on 18?
MIRANDA WANG: Actually I didn’t know her score. I was trying to do my work. The tee shot is in the fairway and par-5 you have to get to the green in three.
I was really focused on doing my own work, and after I hit it on the green I realized oh, I need to two-putt this to win.
Still, just doing my work. I believed in myself.
Q. You are the seventh rookie it win on Tour this season. What do you think it is about this rookie class that’s so competitive so quickly?
MIRANDA WANG: It’s very competitive year, and we have — I think someone told me that we have 24 different winners this year.
It’s my rookie year. Being this competitive, I think it’s good for my career. Prepares me for many years to come.
Knowing my rookie class is super competitive, very good players, Miyu [Yamashita] has won a major, and, yeah, I just want to keep up with the best. Don’t want to be left behind.
Hopefully more wins to come.
Q. On 17, can you walk me through your approach and putt? What did you see? How many yards? What did you hit? What was going through your head in those situations?
MIRANDA WANG: Yeah, so No. 17 I birdied there before, so I’m pretty confident with that hole. That hole just works for me.
But honestly, the second shot was not easy. It was not visually comfortable to anyone I think. It’s a hard pin position.
But I knew that my 9-iron has been hitting good and on second round I had similar shot from the same area of the fairway and I hit it really close to the pin. I knew how to do it, so I just wanted to repeat what I did on the second round.
Q. And I got to ask you, is that Duke blue? Is there any superstition behind today’s outfit choice?
MIRANDA WANG: I don’t think it’s the real Duke blue to be honest. I tried my best. This is my only blue shirt. Yeah, so it brings back a lot of memories wearing blue.
I played NCAA and I won for the Duke team, and that was a special memory of playing under pressure, trying to win the big trophy not only for myself, but for the team.
Reminds me how my teammates used to support me by my side. Now I have my team, my physio, my caddie and my family is watching. It’s a wonderful color that reminds me of a lot of positives I would say.
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