The lingering question for the last three months on the LPGA Tour was when Nelly Korda finally would win this year. Now the question should be who’s going to win next?
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ThelingeringquestionforthelastthreemonthsontheLPGATourwaswhenNellyKordafinallywouldwinthisyear.
Nowthequestionshouldbewho’sgoingtowinnext?
Thelatestentrantsintothe2025winner’sledgerswereSomiLeeandJinHeeImattheDowChampionship,theonlyofficialteameventontheLPGAschedule.Thatmadeit17straighttournamentswithdifferentwinners.
TheLPGAhasnotseenthislevelofparity—ormaybeit’slackofdominance—inits75-yearhistory.Thepreviousrecordtostartaseasonwas15differentwinnersin2017and1991.
PerhapsevenmoretellingwasthisamazingstreakofdifferentwinnerswasassuredlongbeforetheSouthKoreanduobirdiedthefirstplayoffholetobeatoutLexiThompsonandMeganKhang.That’sbecausenoonefromthetop16teamsontheleaderboardattheDowChampionshiphadwonthisyear.
AndtothinkitwasayearagowhenKordaranofffivestraightvictoriestotieanLPGArecordandendedtheseasonwithsevenwinsandasthedominantfigure
