Next Up: The Chevron Championship – LPGA’s First Major of 2025

WE’VE GOT NEXT | The Chevron Championship in 2025 is LPGA Tour’s Next Major Tournament

With the completion of the 2024 Solheim Cup at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia, every major championship and international competition for the 2024 season has now been played. That means that The Chevron Championship is on deck as the next major championship on the LPGA Tour calendar in 2025.

In 2025, The Chevron Championship is scheduled for April 24-27 at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings No. 1 Nelly Korda is expected to defend her title, while 2024 Olympic gold medalist Lydia Ko, who captured The Chevron Championship title in 2016, is expected to lead a star-studded field competing for the Dinah Shore Trophy. Other past champions of The Chevron Championship include Jin Young Ko (2019), Lilia Vu (2023), Jennifer Kupcho (2022), Stacy Lewis (2011), Brittany Lincicome (2009, 2015), Pernilla Lindberg (2018) and Patty Tavatanakit (2021).

Last month, Lewis captained the U.S. Team to victory in the Solheim Cup, leading a squad that included Korda, Vu and Kupcho as well as Lauren Coughlin, who finished third at The Chevron Championship in 2024. Maja Stark, who finished second at The Chevron Championship in 2024, competed for the European Team, alongside top-10 finishers Carlota Ciganda and Esther Henseleit.

As the first major championship on the schedule, The Chevron Championship annually kicks off “major season” for the LPGA Tour. As one of the Tour’s most charitable tournaments since becoming The Chevron Championship in 2022, more than $8.5 million has been contributed to community organizations to enable human progress, including focus areas such as STEM education, diversity and inclusion and women’s excellence. Earlier this year, Chevron and the LPGA Tour announced an extension to keep the tournament in Greater Houston through 2029, along with a purse increase, player stipends and other player benefits.

The Chevron Championship also boasts a long history of providing the brightest young amateur players with an opportunity to showcase their talent and a pathway to the professional level by giving six amateurs the opportunity to compete with the best of the LPGA Tour.

The 2024 season has produced several compelling storylines, beginning with Korda matching an LPGA Tour record with five consecutive tournament wins early in the year, capped by her victory at The Chevron Championship. Lydia Ko dramatically secured her place in the LPGA Hall of Fame by winning the gold medal at the Paris Olympics. The win not only put her across the 27-point threshold to qualify for the Hall of Fame, but it also gave her a career sweep of the Olympic medals, adding a gold to her silver-winning performance at the Rio 2016 Games and the bronze medal she earned in the Tokyo 2021 Games. Two weeks later, Ko captured the AIG Women’s Open, held at the famed Old Course at St Andrews, for her third career major title.

Meanwhile, Coughlin has authored perhaps the feel-good story of the year. Coming into The Chevron Championship in April, Coughlin had never won on the LPGA Tour and was ranked 94th in the world. Staying at her parents’ house in The Woodlands and with her husband caddying for her, Coughlin held the lead after 18 holes and finished tied for third, a career-best finish to that point. Coughlin seized the momentum from that performance to record five more top-10s and two wins this summer, playing her way onto the U.S. Solheim Cup Team.

The competitive year saw five different players win the five majors, with Korda besting the field at The Chevron Championship, Yuka Saso winning the U.S. Women’s Open presented by Ally in May; Amy Yang taking the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in June; Ayaka Furue winning the Amundi Evian Championship in early July; and Ko earning her first major title in eight years at the AIG Women’s Open.

Fans who want a closer and more rewarding experience at The Chevron Championship are invited to register as a volunteer. Volunteers can experience the tournament from a different perspective, including from inside the ropes. For volunteer information, visit thechevronchampionship.com. Additionally, group hospitality and sponsorship opportunities for next year’s competition are available now by contacting Tournament Director Colby Callaway at colby.callaway@lpga.com.

For more information on The Chevron Championship, visit www.thechevronchampionship.com.

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About Chevron

Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies. We believe affordable, reliable, and ever-cleaner energy is essential to enabling human progress. Chevron produces crude oil and natural gas; manufactures transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and additives; and develops technologies that enhance our business and the industry. We aim to grow our oil and gas business, lower the carbon intensity of our operations and grow lower carbon businesses in renewable fuels, carbon capture and offsets, hydrogen and other emerging technologies. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com. 

About the LPGA

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is the world’s premier women’s professional golf organization. Created in 1950 by 13 pioneering female Founders, the LPGA, whose members now represent more than 60 countries, is the longest-standing professional women’s sports organization. Through the LPGA Tour, the Epson Tour, the LPGA Professionals, and a joint venture with the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA provides female professionals the opportunity to pursue their dreams in the game of golf at the highest level. In addition to its professional tours and teaching accreditation programs, the LPGA features a fully integrated Foundation, which provides best-in-class programming for female golfers through its junior golf programming, and its LPGA Amateurs division, which offers its members playing and learning opportunities around the world. LPGA aims to use its unique platform to inspire, transform and advance opportunities for girls and women, on and off the golf course.

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About the LPGA Tour

The LPGA Tour is the world’s leading competitive destination for the best female professional golfers in the world. The Tour hosts more than 30 annual events across 10 countries for over 200 Active Players, awarding total prize funds exceeding $118 million and reaching television audiences in more than 220 countries. Follow the LPGA Tour on its U.S. television home, Golf Channel.

About The Club at Carlton Woods

Recognized as one of the finest clubs in the country by Platinum Clubs of America and Distinguished Clubs of America, The Club at Carlton Woods completely redefined the essence of lifestyle, where camaraderie flourishes and a culture committed to excellence proves that anything is possible! Member-owned since 2015, Carlton Woods continues to invest in its amenities and services, ensuring that its members and their guests have an exceptional experience every time they visit. From two nationally ranked golf courses to spa offerings, fine dining, and unparalleled family events, The Club at Carlton Woods continues to prove itself as the premier country club destination in the Houston area. More at carltonwoods.com.

The Club at Carlton Woods has a world-class course and best-in-class off-course facilities. This along with their visionary leadership team combine to make it the perfect new stage for the next chapter of the LPGA’s first Major of the season.

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