Mao Saigo Wins Chevron in Historic Five-Way Playoff

Japan's Mao Saigo won her first major and LPGA Tour title at the 2025 Chevron Championship, held at The Club at Carlton Woods in Texas. Saigo clinched victory in a historic five-way playoff, the largest in LPGA major history, after all playoff participants finished at 7-under par. The playoff featured Hyo Joo Kim, Ruoning Yin, Ariya Jutanugarn, and Lindy Duncan, with Saigo securing the win by making a birdie on the par-5 18th hole in both regulation and the playoff. Jutanugarn, a two-time major champion, had led for much of the final day but bogeyed the last hole to fall back into the playoff. The 23-year-old Saigo expressed her ambition to become the world’s top-ranked golfer after her victory. She earned $1.2 million in prize money and was widely praised for her composure and resilience.