The LPGA’s Depth Was on Full Display in Singapore

The 2025 LPGA season was the perfect example and showcase of the depth of talent that's on the tour right now.

With a record number (29 to be exact!!) of different winners in a single season, we watched the parity of women's golf play out each and every week. And so far in 2026, we've watched the top players conquer early wins, with a few emerging stars giving them a run for their money.

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The HSBC Women's World Championship, also referred to as 'Asia's Major', always attracts the best in the world each year, with a list of champions champions among the most elite in the game. This past week in Singapore delivered another world class field that gave us plenty of action.

Early in the week, the tone had been set by a few players who can only be described as ones to watch.

Auston Kim held the clubhouse lead through the first 36 holes, but a third round 73 put her just slightly behind pace. Though I'd argue, if I were chasing down my first LPGA win, not being in Sunday's final group would alleviate a good bit of pressure.

The 25-year-old who's in her third season on the LPGA rallied back during the final round, carding a 67 that included five birdies and an eagle.

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Solo second, with a shot at winning is never a bad way to start off a season, and I fully believe that we'll continue to see more and more of Auston Kim's name near the top of leaderboards in 2026.

And she wasn't the only young player who had a good showing in Singapore. Rookie Mimi Rhodes made her LPGA debut as a sponsor invite—and made the most of it. The young Brit finished T-10 along with a whole slew of others including, Charley Hull, Lottie Woad, Linn Grant, and major winner Miyu Yamashita.

The rookie class of 2026 has some strong contenders, and Rhodes is leading the way.

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Apart from Kim and Rhodes, we also got to see some familiar names in Angel Yin who walked away with a top-3 finish, along with Minjee Lee and Japanese stars Rio Takeda and Akie Iwai.

HSBC was the perfect mixed bag of talent, but ultimately it was 8-year veteran player Hannah Green that kicked things up a notch and got the job done. The 29-year-old Green is now a seven-time LPGA winner, and this was her first win in almost 500 days. And she did so in show-stopping fashion, hitting clutch shots and putts down the stretch, that Auston Kim commented on saying, "Hannah really knows how to finish a tournament."

It wasn't pretty, ending her round with back-to-back bogeys, but Green started off strong making four birdies and an eagle on Sunday. When asked about Auston's comments Green said, "Perhaps not making bogey, bogey...I said I would like to come into 18 with as much of a lead as possible. I got off to a hot start birdieing the first and made a nice eagle on 8. So I knew I had a bit of a lead, and I definitely wanted that coming into 18 with it being such a tough hole."

With this win, she's now just the third player to win this event twice, joining Inbee Park and Jin Young Ko in the feat. But this was also a special victory because Green got it done with her husband, Jarryd Felton, on her bag. Her regular caddie, David Buhai, was stuck in the U.S. applying for a green card. Buhai is married to LPGA pro Ashleigh Buhai.

"I think I'm far more emotional just because I was able to do it with my husband. I felt like, yeah, again, I played good in areas last year but it wasn't very consistent at all, and I guess it has been a long time since I have had a trophy in my hand."

Felton was on her bag in Thailand as well, and she finished inside the top-10. He'll caddie for her again for two events in Australia, her home country.

"When I did win Singapore two years ago, I went on to win two other tournaments that season and pretty much had my best season on tour. So having a win so early in the season gives me a bit more flexibility with the tournaments that I can play. So I'm hoping that this puts me in good stead for the rest of the year."

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