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Sunday 27 April 2025LPGA TourYear in Review
Saigo wins Chevron Championship
The Club at Carlton Woods, The Woodlands, Texas · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 April 2025 · Mao Saigo’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $8,000,000 USD · Chevron
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 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/20°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 40 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/20°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 30 · 2.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/21°C · wind 15 km/h SE, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/21°C · wind 18 km/h SSE, gusts 42 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
- Colgate-Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
- Nabisco Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Championship
- Kraft Nabisco Championship
- ANA Inspiration
- Chevron Championship
1972–2026 in our record, 55 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Ruoning Yin CHN · 281reached the playoff hole in two but missed a 12-foot eagle putt and lipped out the birdie comebacker AP (via ClickOnDetroit): Mao Saigo of Japan wins the Chevron Championship with a birdie in a 5-way playoff
- Ariya Jutanugarn THA · 281led for most of the final round but bogeyed the 72nd hole after stubbing her third shot; birdie try lipped out in the playoff AP (via ClickOnDetroit): Mao Saigo of Japan wins the Chevron Championship with a birdie in a 5-way playoff
- Hyo Joo Kim KOR · 281parred the first playoff hole Wikipedia: 2025 Chevron Championship (playoff table)
- Lindy Duncan USA · 281holed a putt on the 72nd hole to join the playoff, then bogeyed the playoff hole AP (via ClickOnDetroit): Mao Saigo of Japan wins the Chevron Championship with a birdie in a 5-way playoff
132 started · cut +2, 81 made it
Same week
Women's major
Chevron Championship
The Club at Carlton Woods (Jack Nicklaus Signature Course), The Woodlands
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Lindy Duncan, Ariya Jutanugarn, Hyo Joo Kim, Ruoning Yin
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, via interpreter)
27 April 2025
Well, I was a bit too shy to jump in the pond by myself so I wanted to invite other people to jump in the pond with me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, via interpreter)
27 April 2025
So it was a playoff with a lot of people, as many as five people, and I was determined to fight through and not escape.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 April 2025
That was the loudest I've ever heard on a golf course. The cheering was incredible. To make a putt like that to get into the playoff I'll remember forever.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mao Saigo | 70 · 68 · 69 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
| T2 | Ruoning Yin | 71 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T2 | Lindy Duncan | 72 · 66 · 70 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T2 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 68 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T2 | Hyo Joo Kim | 67 · 71 · 73 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Haeran Ryu | 65 · 74 · 68 · 76 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Sarah Schmelzel | 70 · 68 · 71 · 74 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Jin Young Ko | 72 · 70 · 71 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | Manon De Roey | 68 · 71 · 76 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T9 | Carlota Ciganda | 68 · 72 · 70 · 74 | 284 | −4 |
| T9 | Yan Liu | 65 · 72 · 72 · 75 | 284 | −4 |
| T9 | Hye-Jin Choi | 68 · 71 · 71 · 74 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 2001-10-08, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan; JPN; turned pro 2019; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 37 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 CHAMPION Rolex Rankings No. 37 Mao Saigo).
What’s in the bag
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