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Official LPGA results checked on June 8, 2026 show Nelly Korda won the U.S. Women's Open at Riviera by one shot over Charley Hull and Gaby Lopez, giving her the first two majors of the year and making the rest of the LPGA season feel a lot less ambiguous.
Official LPGA and Solheim Cup materials checked on June 4 say Nelly Korda clinched the first automatic spot on the 2026 U.S. Solheim Cup team with nine events still left in the qualifying window. That says plenty about the kind of season she is stacking.
Official USGA and LPGA materials checked on June 3 frame Riviera as both a proper championship test and part of a larger strategy to put the U.S. Women's Open on golf's most recognizable stages. That is exactly the right play.
The LPGA's latest week of news, from LCAP graduates to Shanghai's record purse and ShopRite's player support, points to a stronger kind of growth than empty 'momentum' talk.
The LPGA and Epson Tour announced the inaugural LCAP graduates on May 27, 2026, giving top college players a direct route into Epson Tour starts for the rest of 2026 and all of 2027.
Woad won the Kroger Queen City Championship on May 17 for her second LPGA Tour title. At some point you stop calling that promising and start calling it a real problem for everyone else.
ShopRite's May 19 LPGA announcement included a $2 million purse, full-field hotel coverage, and new player-family spaces. More tournaments should copy that immediately.
Nelly Korda's Hall of Fame chase is real, but Jeeno Thitikul's Mizuho title on May 10, 2026 kept the LPGA season from getting flattened into one superstar storyline.
WTGL is still unproven, but the LPGA version of arena team golf may have a cleaner runway than the men's side because the players, stakes, and growth need all make more immediate sense.
WTGL added six more LPGA players on May 5, 2026, bringing the roster to 14 ahead of its winter 2026-27 launch at SoFi Center. The new names make the league look a lot more real.
The new $10 million purse and 34-hour TV plan for the 2026 AIG Women's Open is not charity or symbolism. It is what a serious major championship is supposed to look like.
The R&A and AIG announced on April 28 that the 2026 AIG Women's Open will carry a $10 million purse and expanded broadcast windows, pushing the major to 34 live hours across four days.
Nelly Korda's five-shot Chevron Championship win on April 26, 2026 was not boring. It was the exact kind of dominant major performance that gives a season some shape.