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Sunday 25 May 2025LPGA TourYear in Review
Iwai wins Mexico Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba
El Camaleón Golf Course at Mayakoba, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 May 2025 · Chizzy Iwai’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,500,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 90° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/27°C · wind 15 km/h ESE, gusts 38 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/27°C · wind 14 km/h ESE, gusts 41 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/27°C · wind 14 km/h ESE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/27°C · wind 15 km/h ESE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Jenny Bae USA · 282Took a one-shot lead into the final round, bogeyed the first two holes and closed with 73. AP via The Augusta Press
144 started · cut +4, 66 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Mexico Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba
El Camaleón Golf Course at Mayakoba, El Camaleón Golf Course at Mayakoba, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Chizzy Iwai
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via The Augusta Press
25 May 2025
My mental is so calm — calm every day, every time,
AP via The Augusta Press
25 May 2025
It just tells me that I have a long ways to go but also I'm also getting there, too. So I'm happy.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chizzy Iwai | 68 · 74 · 68 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Jenny Bae | 69 · 69 · 71 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| 3 | Haeji Kang | 73 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T4 | Linn Grant | 71 · 73 · 70 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Weiwei Zhang | 70 · 73 · 70 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Jenny Shin | 68 · 72 · 73 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Somi Lee | 73 · 71 · 68 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Hye-Jin Choi | 69 · 71 · 72 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T9 | Aditi Ashok | 72 · 72 · 72 · 69 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Robyn Choi | 74 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Minami Katsu | 69 · 76 · 70 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Kristen Gillman | 71 · 72 · 72 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Arpichaya Yubol | 74 · 69 · 72 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Carlota Ciganda | 72 · 70 · 73 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Brianna Do | 68 · 71 · 73 · 73 | 285 | −3 |
The golfer
born 2002-07-05, Saitama Prefecture, Japan; JPN; turned pro 2021; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 45 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated event week (LPGA final-round notes; no weekly list PDF that week) (published by LPGA.com), row: ABOUT THE WINNER Rolex Rankings No. 45 Chisato Iwai).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet