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The Starter: LPGA Season-Ending Stats and Awards; A Look at the 2025 Season

Published: Dec 2, 2024, 9:58 AM
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Updated: Jul 24, 2025, 12:26 PM

"The Starter" recaps the week gone by in golf. PGA Professional Brendon Elliott, a three-decade industry veteran, provides his insights for RG. In this installment, LPGA season-ending stats and awards; a look at the 2025 Season.

Last Friday, I reviewed some of the most interesting final statistics from the 2024 PGA TOUR season, and today, I want to shift the focus to the women of professional golf. As someone who naturally gravitates towards statistics, both as a coach and a fan of the game, I find them invaluable. In my coaching, I often rely on professional game statistics to establish a baseline for the competitive teen golfers I work with. As a fan, I enjoy analyzing these statistics to break down weekly events and identify players who are trending and excelling in the professional circuit.

Now that the final statistics for the 2024 LPGA TOUR season have been compiled, it’s a perfect time to recognize the year's standout players in key areas. Each statistical category reflects hard work, strategic play, and impressive talent.

Interesting LPGA Tour Stats in 2024

Scoring Average (Tour Average 71.82)

  1. Jeeno Thitikul   69.33
  2. Nelly Korda   69.56
  3. Ayaka Furue  69.99
  4. Haeran Ryu  70.00
  5. Ruoning Yin  70.10

Wins

  • Nelly Korda  7
  • Lydia Ko  3
  • Hannah Green 3
  • Ruoning Yin  3
  • Lauren Coughlin 2
  • Jeeno Thitikul  2

Top 10’s

  • Haeran Ryu  13
  • Jeeno Thitikul  12
  • Ayaka Furue  12
  • Nelly Korda  11
  • Brooke Henderson 9
  • Lauren Coughlin 8
  • Lydia Ko  8
  • Hye-Jin Choi  8

Money Leaders

  1. Jeeno Thitikul  $6,059,309 (New single-season record)
  2. Nelly Korda  $4,391,930
  3. Lydia Ko  $3,201,289
  4. Yuka Saso  $2,867,618
  5. Haeran Ryu  $2,814,903

Strokes Gained Overall

  1. Nelly Korda  2.41
  2. Jeeno Thitikul  2.30
  3. Lydia Ko  1.93
  4. Ayaka Furue  1.90
  5. Haeran Ryu  1.89

Greens in Regulation Percentage (Tour Average 67.90%)

  1. Jeeno Thitikul  77.20%
  2. Haeran Ryu  76.80%
  3. Nelly Korda  76.02%
  4. Mao Saigo  75.70%
  5. Lauren Coughlin 74.47%

Fairways in Regulation Percentage (Tour Average 71.94%)

  1. Allisen Corpuz  84.77%
  2. Marina Alex  84.48%
  3. Megan Khang  84.43%
  4. Hyo Joo Kim  82.96%
  5. Ayaka Furue  82.83%

Driving Distance Average (Tour Average 259.29 yards)

  1. Natthakritta Vongtaveelap 290.61 yards
  2. Kaitlin Milligan   287.37 yards
  3. Polly Mack   284.40 yards
  4. Laura Wearn   280.04 yards
  5. Maria Fassi   276.88 yards

Strokes Gained Off The Tee

#NameStrokes Gained Off The TeeFairway in RegulationDriving Distance
1Daniela Darquea0.8961.79%261.80 yards
2Natthakritta Vongtaveelap0.8455.44%290.61 yards
3Nelly Korda0.7275.75%269.79 yards
 Polly Mack0.7262.85%284.40 yards
4Charley Hull0.7072.60%271.81 yards
 Kaitlin Milligan0.7061.54% 287.37 yards

Strokes Gained Around the Green

  1. Hyo Joo Kim  0.43
  2. Patty Tavatanakit 0.38
  3. Yue Ren  0.38
  4. Kristen Gillman 0.35
  5. Alexa Pano  0.35

Scrambling (Up and Down) (Tour Average 55.00%)

  1. Ayaka Furue   66.43%
  2. Lydia Ko   66.51%
  3. Lilia Vu    64.80%
  4. Lindsey Weaver-Wright 64.71%
  5. Narin An   64.09%

Sand Saves (Tour Average 42.65%)

  1. Yuna Nishimura  62.24%
  2. Narin An   61.80%
  3. Sei Young Kim   59.04%
  4. Maude-Aimee Leblanc 58.33%
  5. Aditi Ashok   58.06%

Putts Per Green (Tour Average 1.81)

  1. Jeeno Thitikul   1.75
  2. Lydia Ko   1.76
  3. Hyo Joo Kim   1.76
  4. Nelly Korda   1.76
  5. Sei Young Kim   1.76
  6. Jin Young Ko   1.76
  7. Hannah Green  1.76
  8. Natthakritta Vongtaveelap      1.76

Putts Per Round (Tour Average  30.09)

  1. Sandra Gal  28.64
  2. Yue Ren  28.76
  3. Danielle Kang  28.84
  4. Pavarisa Yoktuan 28.98
  5. Jin Young Ko  29.05

Low Rounds

  • Lucy Li    60
  • Linnea Strom   60
  • Jasmine Suwannapura 61
  • Hannah Green  61
  • Mao Saigo   61
  • Arpichaya Yubol  61

Rounds in the ’60s (Tour Average 16)  

  1. Ayaka Furue  40
  2. Haeran Ryu  39
  3. Mao Saigo  37
  4. Nelly Korda  36
  5. Jin Hee Im  35

 

Nelly Korda is the 2024 Player of the Year, Mao Saigo Grabs Rookie of the Year Honors

It was a banner year for World #1, Nelly Korda, as she claimed both the CME Globe crown and the LPGA Tour Player of the Year honors. Racking up 280 points in the Player of the Year race, Nelly, on the strength of her seven wins on the year, was dominant. The next closest player in the POY race was Lydia Ko, with 153 points.  

Rookie Mao Saigo was awarded the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year. Saigo, the 33rd-ranked player in the world, made 24 cuts in 29 starts with seven top 10’s. Although Saigo will still be searching for her first LPGA Tour win in 2025, she made her presence known in 2024. She ranked first on Tour with sub-par rounds, racking up 64 out of the 103 she teed it up in, which was also the top on Tour.

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Brendon R. Elliott, PGA, is the lead golf writer for RG.org, bringing 30 years of experience as a PGA professional and respected golf journalist. Based in Florida, he has covered top events such as the Masters and PGA Championship and interviewed legends such as Jack Nicklaus and Annika Sorenstam. A member of the Golf Writers Association of America, Elliott contributes to major outlets including PGA.com, GolfWRX and MyGolfSpy. He is also the founder of the BE A GOLFER Academy and executive director of a nonprofit supporting youth golf. His work blends elite instruction, media expertise and a passion for developing the game.
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