If Nelly Korda is going to finally put it all together in 2025, the LOTTE Championship feels like the place. Her ball-striking has been sharp, her scoring average steady at 69.78, and if the putter will cooperate her luck could be about to change.

The LPGA Tour makes its annual stop in Hawaii this week for the 13th playing of the LOTTE Championship, one of just seven official events left on the 2025 schedule.

The Walmart NW Arkansas Championship was already abbreviated, at 54 holes instead of the usual 72, but this year it became a single round. Overnight storms turned Pinnacle Country Club into a swamp (with more between Friday and Saturday), leaving the LPGA with no choice but to freeze the leaderboard. Japan’s Minami Katsu and American Sarah Schmelzel both carded 63s to finish at eight under.

Fall golf has arrived, and with it, the LPGA Tour is in its home stretch for 2025. Just eight regular-season events and a stint through Asia remain before the CME Group Tour Championship. That means playing opportunities and CME points are becoming scarce. The great news is the 19th edition of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship offers players a chance at a $3 million purse and 500 CME points (for the winner) over just 54 holes!

There was a silence on the 18th green at TPC River's Bend late Sunday. This wasn't the kind of Sunday for ice cream at Charley's Mini Golf. Spectators weren't whispering; they were holding their breath. Charley Hull found herself with a short putt to win her third LPGA event, yet the story wasn't just about her ball. It was also about one that had just rolled and rolled far too many times off the putter of the world's best player. Jeeno Thitikul had just four-putted from a range that should've been routine, her last stroke a decelerated push. It was a tragedy that makes even casual fans wince and think to themselves, "She's one of us."