KPMG Women's PGA Championship: The Top 10 Players, Ranked.

Is it just me or is the golf season flying by? The third women's major of the year, the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, is upon us, marking the final women's major to be held on U.S. soil this year.

Each major brings something to the table. Chevron is all about honoring the past of LPGA and honoring the game's legends and traditions. The U.S. Women's Open is about presenting challenging tests for the best in the world and paving the way for amateurs. Meanwhile, KPMG is a unique in it's own regard. Before taking on its new name, the KPMG Women's PGA Championship was formerly known as the LPGA Championship—a tournament where female playing pros and teaching pros come together for a week of competition. It's the best of the best on both sides of the game.

Despite the new title, this event still upholds that tradition, and 10 female PGA of America and LPGA Professionals will be inside the ropes this week at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco.

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The majors have been a mixed bag thus far, and I get the sense that this week will be no different. Predicting who will win isn't the name of the game—but identifying key players who have been in the hunt in both majors or over the last few weeks—is.

Here are the 10 players who have my attention this week and why.

10. Joanna Coe (PGA Pro)

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Age: 35

Rolex Ranking: N/A

KPMG Women's PGA Starts: 5

Last Year's Finish: N/A

I'm a sucker for a sweet story, and it doesn't get any sweeter than Joanna Coe's. Making her sixth KPMG start, Coe returns to the competition with a new cheerleader in tow. She earned a spot in the 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club just outside of Seattle, but she had something come up. She was too busy welcoming her first child into the world. Luckily, Coe was able to postpone her exemption and will compete this week with some new motivation to push her through.

But let's breakdown a few of her accomplishments, because this new mom also happens to be a real stick. She was the 2019 Inaugural Women's PGA Professional Player of the Year Award winner, she's a three-time Philadelphia PGA Women's Player of the Year winner (consecutive years btw), and Coe is also a member of the Rollins College Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2019.

From college to her now professional career as the Director of Instruction at Merion Golf Club, Coe is a force and definitely a cool story to keep your eyes on as the plays out.

9. Jennifer Kupcho

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Age: 28

Rolex Ranking: 45

KPMG Women's PGA Starts: 6

Last Year's Finish: T-35

She's been quiet over the last two seasons but put some respect on Jennifer Kupcho's name. The inaugural Augusta National Amateur winner and major champion (she won the 2022 Chevron Championship) has been steady since her handful of professional wins in 2022, but she found herself back in the winner's circle last week at the ShopRite LPGA Classic in New Jersey. Winning right before a major isn't a bad plan—especially given the two missed cuts at the other majors—this just may be the confidence boost Kupcho needs to get herself in the right place mentally for a decent week of golf.

8. Linn Grant

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Age: 25

Rolex Ranking: 31

KPMG Women's PGA Starts: 2

Last Year's Finish: T-9

Coming off her best finish at a U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills (T-9) Linn Grant has been on my radar, but her missed cut at the Meijer LPGA Classic in Michigan last week worries me a bit. Grant just broke free of a streak of missed cuts (four in a row) so to see her back track a bit doesn't feel great, but the long-hitting Swede finds a way to get it done.

She's plays gutsy and rather accurately so I think the challenge of Fields Ranch East, which rewards shot placement, can play to Grant's favor. She'll need to get the flat stick rolling though. The 25 year old is ranked 125th in putting average for the season averaging around 30 putts per round, whereas at the USWO she was a top-5 putter in the field, needing only 124 putts over 72 holes.

Grant's also on my watch list for scripting. We saw her fellow Swede and adidas athlete, Ludvig Åberg step out in more adidas Originals Golf at Oakmont. Will Grant follow suit like she did at Chevron?

7. Celine Boutier

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Age: 31

Rolex Ranking: 16

KPMG Women's PGA Starts: 7

Last Year's Finish: T-19

Another quiet storm can be found in Celine Boutier. The French woman is having a decent start to her 2025 season, going 11/12 on made cuts/starts with three top-10s, including a runner up finish at Mizuho. She was also in the mix at the Meijer LPGA Classic, sitting atop the leaderboard at one point, so I like where her game is at heading into KPMG.

It's been since 2023 since we've seen Boutier in the winner's circle, she won the Evian Championship that same year (the LPGA's fourth major of the season) becoming the first French golfer to claim the title—but she's capable of making waves on the leaderboard and it'd be nice to see her in contention.

Boutier is another one that's also on my style radar given her affiliation with Lacoste. Most of the time she keeps it classy with lots and lots of navy, but with the Texas heat, I'm hoping she'll mix it up a touch and show off some refreshed silhouettes.

6. Minjee Lee

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Age: 29

Rolex Ranking: 23

KPMG Women's PGA Starts: 10

Last Year's Finish: T-24

The older sister of Chef Min Woo Lee has been cooking up some great golf this season making nine cuts in 10 starts with three top-10 finishes. But what's impressed me the most about Lee was her performance at the USWO. Her result didn't reflect the kind of golf she was playing. Her final round at Erin Hills was disappointing, but through the first 54 holes she was in the mix and acting like it.

The two-time major champion is among one of the best iron players in the world—we all remeber those insane stats she posted in 2022 (the same year she won the USWO at Pine Needles)—the LPGA keeps track of its iron leaders in four categories, from 100-125 yards, 125-150, 150-175, and 175-200 and Lee led in every category that season.

But the past is the past, and though we haven't seen that dominant side of Lee over the last couple of seasons, she's still a top-20 player from fairway to green—which will serve her well this week.

5. Andrea Lee

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Age: 26

Rolex Ranking: 37

KPMG Women's PGA Starts: 5

Last Year's Finish: Missed Cut

Andrea Lee is another one of those players who has been piecing together good golf this season, even when she's withdrawing from pro-ams to battle a cold. She didn't even practice before teeing it up in the Meijer LPGA Classic but the LPGA Tour winner fired an opening round of 67 anyways. Like Boutier, Lee found herself in the mix the week before a major—finding her swing and staying tournament ready.

Here's the kicker...Lee has never made a cut at the KPMG Women's PGA. Will the sixth time break the spell?

4. Ariya Jutanugarn

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Age: 29

Rolex Ranking: 21

KPMG Women's PGA Starts: 10

Last Year's Finish: T-32

After her only missed cut of the season back in March, Jutanugarn has been on a heater. She's recorded four consecutive top-10s, going two for two on the majors this season. Will she go for three this week in Frisco? If I was a betting woman I'd say so.

The 12-time LPGA Tour winner, major champion, and former Player of the Year (2016 and 2018) is no stranger to showing up in the big moments, a win at KPMG wouldn't be surprising...if anything it would feel kind of inevitable, especially after her whiffed chip at Chevron. Golf doesn't owe anyone anything, but Jutanugarn feels due for some magic.

3. Ruoning Yin

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Age: 22

Rolex Ranking: 4

KPMG Women's PGA Starts: 3

Last Year's Finish: T-24

The 2023 KPMG Women's PGA champion Ruoning Yin has yet to miss a cut in 2025. She's also recorded top-5 finishes at the last two majors—and is a very good candidate for a potential winner by the end of competition. But again...predictions aren't our friend, we can only make relatively good assumptions based on what we've seen—and what we're seeing is really good, steady golf from the world No. 4.

2. Maja Stark

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Age: 25

Rolex Ranking: 9

KPMG Women's PGA Starts: 2

Last Year's Finish: T-60

Will the most recent LPGA major winner please stand up? Maja Stark come to the front, because a lot of eyes will be on you this week in Frisco. She'll be making just her third start at KPMG and has the opportunity to post her best finish yet...her previous track record includes a missed cut and a T-60 finish last year at Sahalee.

Following her major win at Erin Hills, The 25 year old missed the cut at ShopRite, but that doesn't concern me too much. What we know about Stark's game is that she tends to go for it—it rewarded her at the USWO and on the biggest stages sometimes the risk pays off. She took the week before KPMG off, so she'll be fresh and ready to compete.

1. Nelly Korda

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Age: 26

Rolex Ranking: 1

KPMG Women's PGA Starts: 8

Last Year's Finish: Missed Cut

This was the major that started it all for Korda. She holds two top-3s in the championship in eight appearances including a T-3 in 2019 and her maiden major title in 2021. Though she remains winless in 2025, her performance at Erin Hills (T-2) is an indicator as to where Korda really is with her game. By no means is she playing poorly, this is just a different year and we're seeing another side to her game, she's grinding and it's entertaining to see.

After the USWO, the world No. 1 played in the ShopRite where she finished T-15. She skipped the Meijer LPGA Classic, which isn't unusual—Korda is rather vocal about her down time and knowing when to rest her body. A well-rested Nelly Korda tends to be a high-performing Nelly Korda, at a championship she knows well at that.