We’ve just enjoyed a spectacular year of women’s golf with Nelly Korda dominating with seven wins on the LPGA Tour, as well as a second Major title, but the game is now as global as it’s ever been. The current world’s top 10 is made up of players from nine different nations and in 2024 we had three first-time Major champions. Next year sees three new Major venues and a host of stars all looking to make their Major breakthroughs.
There is nobody better placed to run us through the year ahead than former LET player and now leading pundit Sophie Walker as we look at some of the main talking points.
Major Schedule
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The 2025 Majors line up like this – the Chevron Championship (24-27 April), US Women’s Open (29 May-1 June), Women’s PGA Championship (19-22 June), Evian Championship (10-13 July) and the AIG Women’s Open (31 July-3 August).
I like the Chevron not clashing with The Masters, now coming two weeks after Augusta so there’s no type of clash and I think that’s a good spot for it.
Then, in the space of two months, you have the next four Majors so, if you are able to peak at those key times, then you’ve cracked it. Unfortunately for Nelly Korda that coincided with her low point in 2024 – again there will be such an emphasis on playing well from the beginning of June to the beginning of August.
It certainly helps that there is no Olympics next year because that was almost like having six Majors. I like the venues and think Erin Hills is another statement course to match the magnitude of the prize fund for the US Women’s Open. We also have PGA Frisco hosting the Women’s PGA Championship.
It will be a lot easier to miss a couple of events out in 2025 and there will be the opportunity to take some time off. There is a week off before Evian now, which is good, so the bulk of the field will be able to get acclimatised properly.
So I think the schedule will help the players in order to rest and then peak at the right time. Whereas last year, obviously if you’re Lydia Ko and you run hot for those few weeks, it’s amazing.
Wales Breaks New Ground
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For the first time Wales will host the AIG Women’s Open with Lydia Ko defending her title at Royal Porthcawl.
It will be a new course for pretty much everyone. It’s always…
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