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Carlota Ciganda earns first LPGA Tour victory since 2016 at meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give

By Women & Golf Staff on June 16, 2025

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Ciganda earns third career victory on LPGA Tour

Carlota Ciganda birdied the final two holes to win the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give on Sunday. Her first LPGA Tour victory in more than eight years. Ciganda was part of a six-way tie at the start of the day at Blythefield Country Club.

Both she and runner up Hye-Jin Choi scored an impressive four sub-70 rounds.

The Stats

Some interesting stats from the tournament included:

Winner: Carlota Ciganda carded seven birdies and three bogeys for a final-round 67
- Made back-to-back-to-back birdies on holes 8, 9, and 10
- Finished the round with back-to-back birdies on holes 17 and 18 to win by one
  shot
- Hit 9/13 fairways, 14/18 greens in regulation with 28 putts
- Tied for the most birdies made throughout the week (23)
- T8 in greens hit in regulation for the week (57/72)
- One of two players to record all four rounds in the 60s
- This is the ninth time in her career she has recorded four rounds in the 60s and
  first time since the 2023 Portland Classic
- Has recorded four rounds in the 60s a total of three times at the Meijer LPGA
  Classic (2016, 2017 and 2025)
2nd: Hye-Jin Choi recorded her best finish on Tour this season and now has three straight top-5
finishes
- Shot a final-round 68
- Was bogey free until hole 17
- Made an eagle on hole 4
- Hit 8/13 fairways, 14/18 greens in regulation with 30 putts
- Made the least number of bogeys in the field throughout the tournament (3 bogeys)
- One of two players to record all four rounds in the 60s
- This is the third time in her career she has recorded four rounds in the 60s
3rd: Somi Lee tied her career low round on Sunday
- Her solo third-place finish is the best of the season and of her LPGA Tour career
- Signed for a 65
- Ties for her lowest 18-hole score on the LPGA Tour, shot previously in R2 at the 2024
  LPGA Drive On Championship
- Made back-to-back birdies on holes 3 and 4 as well as holes 9 and 10
- Hit every green in regulation in the final round
- Finished the week with the third most birdies (22) and T2 in greens hit in regulation (61/72)
  across the field
- This was her first start at the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give
2015 Meijer LPGA Classic champion Lexi Thompson finished T4
- Her eighth top-10 finish at this event in her 11 starts
- Her best finish since her T2 at the 2024 Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give
Bronte Law finished T7 for her best finish on the LPGA Tour since a T6 finish at the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open. Made her first cut on the LPGA Tour since the 2023 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G. She currently predominantly plays on the Ladies European Tour.
She did not receive her golf clubs until late Wednesday afternoon after finding out she was in the field late Sunday night.

About the meijer LPGA Classic Winner

Rolex Rankings No. 32
Her third career victory and first since the 2016 Citi Banamex Lorena Ochoa Invitational
- It has been 3,136 days or 8 years, 7 months and 2 days since her last victory
Joins Beatriz Recari as the winningest LPGA Tour player from Spain with three victories
The oldest player to win on the LPGA Tour this season at 35 years, 14 days old
The oldest player to win on the LPGA Tour since Eun-Hee Ji won the 2022 T-Mobile Match Play
presented by MGM Rewards at 36 years and 16 days of age
Becomes the 15th different player to win on Tour in 2025
Is the second European to win the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, following Leona Maguire (2023)
Is projected to move within the top 10 in the Race to the CME Globe standings
Passes the $9.5 million mark in career earnings with the winner’s check ($9,846,076)
2025: One victory, nine cuts made in 10 starts, $929,257 in season earnings
- Two sets of back-to-back top-10 finishes:
  - Mizuho Americas Open (T3) and MEXICO Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba (T9)
  - T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards (T9) and The Chevron Championship (T9)
- Sole missed cut was the U.S. Women’s Open presented by Ally
Career: Three wins, 60 top-10 finishes, 131 top-25 finishes, $9.8 million in official career earnings
- Seven-time European Solheim Cup Team Member (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)
- Three-time Olympian representing Spain (2016 Rio, T39; 2020 Tokyo, T29; 2024 Paris, T49)
- Was on the winning Spain Team in the 2014 Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown
Finished T34 at LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn Membership for 2012
Won the Order of Merit, Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year on the Ladies European Tour in 2012
Played collegiately at Arizona State University

Winner comments

“I mean, amazing. Amazing obviously to win. I think the key has been just being in my own bubble with my caddie. It's such a fun week to play here. We have a great host family. Doesn't even feel like a tournament. Yeah, very proud of staying present, very proud of just thinking about my game, accepting, being patient out there. It's a course that there are a lot of birdies out there, but at the same time you have to make the putts and they can get away from you. So just very happy to stay present, yeah, all the 72 holes. Yeah, the end was a great finish and very happy to get that win.”