After a record-setting number of first-time winners over the past two seasons on the LPGA, 2024 has been a year for the stars.
Last season, there were 12 Rolex first-time winners, up from a record-tying 11 in 2022 (first set in 1995). This season, only three players have broken through for the first time, and none of them are rookies: Lauren Coughlin, Linnea Strom and Bailey Tardy.
Meanwhile, two of the LPGA’s biggest names – Nelly Korda and Lydia Ko – have owned the year. World No. 1 Korda dominated the first half of the season with six victories in her first eight starts. Ko, meanwhile, hadn’t finished outside the top 10 in her last six starts worldwide, including three victories heading into this week’s BMW Ladies Championship in her native South Korea, where she tied for 12th.
Here’s the list of five players who have won multiple titles this season, including three World No. 1s: