A champion was crowned in Frisco on Sunday as LPGA pros competed in the final round 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, the third major in 2025 for the women.
KPMG Women’s PGA 2025 live leaderboard
Minjee Lee wins 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA for third career major
Lee was 2 over in her final round but she was able to fend off all challengers during Sunday’s final round. Auston Kim and Chanettee Wannasean each posted 4-under 68s but were only able to get to 1 under.
Lee did card three birdies but also posted five bogeys, but it was enough during a windy week in Frisco, Texas. She is the third Aussie to win three LPGA majors.
Lee is the first Australian to win the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship since Hannah Green in 2019. She’s the third Australian to win three or more major championships, joining Karrie Webb and Jan Stephenson. Lee is now the 31st player in LPGA history to win three or more major championships.
Minjee Lee earns $1.8 million for KPMG victory
Earlier in the week tournament officials announced a purse increase to $12 million, matching the U.S. Women’s Open for the highest prize fund on tour. For perspective, just four years ago the KPMG purse was $4.5 million. Lee earned $1.8 million for her victory.
At the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open, she earned the biggest paycheck in women’s golf history to date when she earned $1.8 million. (Later that same season, the winner of CME Group Tour Championship in November earned $2 million.)
-Beth Ann Nichols
Minjee Lee posts back-to-back birdies down the stretch
Lee is still 1 over overall in her final round but she has made consecutive birdies on Nos. 13 and 14 to get to 5 under and take a four-shot lead down the stretch in Frisco. Auston Kim has posted a final-round 68 and is the clubhouse leader at 1 under. Lee won the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open and the 2021 Amundi Evian Championship. A KPMG victory would be her third major title and 11th LPGA win.
Maja Stark breaks putter in frustration
Three weeks after Maja Stark hoisted a trophy on a major championship Sunday, she broke her putter at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. As the wind and heat made for an unrelenting cauldron of pressure, Stark’s frustrations boiled over late in the final round.
–Beth Ann Nichols
Early bogeys not derailing Minjee Lee
Minjee Lee has bogeyed three of the first six holes but still leads the KPMG by two. The two-time major winner began the day four strokes ahead of Jeeno Thitikul. In the past 15 years, eight players have held an advantage of four strokes or more entering the final round of an LPGA major and all but one went on to win. Jeongeun Lee6 was the lone exception after leading the 2021 Evian by five.
–Beth Ann Nichols
Minjee Lee now the lone golfer under par at the KPMG
After Jeeno Thitikul bogeyed two of her first three holes, Minjee Lee became the lone golfer in Frisco in red numbers. Lee is 1 over herself after three holes but at 5 under, she holds a five-shot lead.
Leaders are on the course
Just after 9 a.m. ET, Lee and Thitikul took to the course to start their final round. Lee parred the par-5 opening hole while Thitikul bogeyed it, opening a five-shot lead for Lee.
What will the weather be like Sunday at the KPMG Women’s PGA?
Players have dealt with brutal heat and strong winds to go along with painfully long rounds during this week’s KPMG. Unfortunately, it’s going to be another scorcher on Sunday.
High temperatures will reach the mid-90s, with heat index creeping close to 100. Steady winds will be blowing at 15 mph from the south and could gust up to 30-40 mph at times.
How much money does the winner get at the 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA?
The total purse for this year’s KPMG Women’s PGA is a record-breaking $12 million, with $1.8 million going to the winner.
How to watch the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA
- 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. streaming on Peacock
- 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. on NBC
