The rosters forWTGL's inaugural season will include 10 players in the top 25 of the world rankings, along with fan favorites Lexi Thompson and Michelle Wie West.
The league, which will debut at the SoFi Center in the fall, includes five teams of five LPGA players.
Each team — Atlanta Drive GC, Boston Common Golf, Los Angeles Golf Club, Motor City Golf Club, New York Golf Club — has a corresponding team in the TGL.
WTGL will be similar to the TGL, the indoor, high-tech league founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy that debuted in early 2025.
The WTGL roster includes four players in the Top 10: No. 2 and 2025 Rolex Player of the YearJeeno Thitikul,No. 6 Lottie Woad,No. 7 Charley Hull and No. 8 Ruoning Yin.
Others in the top 25: No. 11 Brooke Henderson,
No. 12 and Hall of Famer Lydia Ko, No. 13 Minjee Lee, No. 14 Gaby Lopez, No. 20 Ina Yoon and No. 23 Aki Iwai.
WTGL golfers have combined for 14 major championships and more than 100 LPGA titles.
Thompson, who lives in Delray Beach, is pregnant and says she will be competing. Her baby is due in February.
Fans can get a closer look at the players, teams and storylines for the inaugural season during a special roster reveal show premiering at noon ET August 31 onYouTube.
WTGL rosters
Atlanta Drive GC: *Nataliya Guseva, Charley Hull, Andrea Lee, Minjee Lee, *Yuka Saso
Boston Common Golf: Celine Boutier, *Chizzy Iwai, Megan Khang, Lottie Woad, Ina Yoon
Los Angeles Golf Club: *Aki Iwai, *Alison Lee, *Gaby Lopez, *Kiara Romero, Michelle Wie West
Motor City Golf Club (Detroit): Brooke M. Henderson, Jeeno Thitikul, Lexi Thompson, *Ruoning "Ronni" Yin, *Albane Valenzuela
New York Golf Club: *Linn Grant, Danielle Kang, Lydia Ko, *Yana Wilson, Rose Zhan
* players not previously announced
WTGL’S 25 players/rankings
(Rankings as of August 24)
Jeeno Thitikul (Thailand, No. 2, 2025 Rolex Player of the Year, 2024 Olympian, two-time International Crown team member, 10-time LPGA Tour winner)
Lottie Woad (England, No. 6, will play in her first Solheim Cup later this year, victories in each of her first two LPGA seasons)
Charley Hull (England, No. 7, two-time Olympian, member of eight Solheim Cup teams including 2026, three-time LPGA Tour winner)
Ruoning Yin (China, No. 8, major champion, Olympian, five-time LPGA Tour winner)
Brooke Henderson (Canada, No. 11, two-time major champion, three-time Olympian, 2025 International Crown team member, 14-time LPGA Tour winner, Canada’s winningest golfer — male or female)
Lydia Ko (New Zealand, No. 12, LPGA Hall of Fame member, three-time major champion, three-time Olympic medalist (Gold – 2024, Bronze – 2020, Silver – 2016), 2025 International Crown team member, 23-time LPGA Tour winner, 125 weeks as No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Ranking from 2015-2017 and again from 2022-2023)
Minjee Lee (Australia, No. 13, three-time major champion, three-time Olympian, five-time International Crown team member, 11-time LPGA Tour winner, younger brother Min Woo is a member of TGL’s The Bay Golf Club)
Gaby Lopez (Mexico, No. 14, three-time Olympian, three-time LPGA Tour winner)
Ina Yoon (Korea, No. 20, five top-10 finishes this season including a runner-up at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship)
Aki Iwai (Japan, No. 23, won the 2025 Standard Portland Classic, six-time winner on the JLPGA Tour, earned LPGA Tour membership at the 2024 LPGA qualifying Q-Series at the same time as her twin sister, Chizzy, who is also playing in WTGL)
Celine Boutier (France, No. 32, major champion, two-time Olympian, will play in her fifth Solheim Cup later this year, seven-time LPGA Tour winner)
Chizzy Iwai (Japan, No. 35, won the 2025 Mexico Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba, eight-time winner on the JLPGA Tour, her twin sister, Aki, also competed in Final Qualifying and finished T5 to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2025 season)
Andrea Lee (United States, No. 40, member of three Solheim Cup teams including 2026, LPGA Tour winner)
Alison Lee (United States, No. 55, will play in her third Solheim Cup later this year, won the inaugural ANNIKA Award, given to the nation’s top collegiate female golfer after the 2013-14 season at UCLA)
Linn Grant (Sweden, No. 58, 2024 Olympian, will play in her third Solheim Cup later this year, two-time LPGA Tour winner)
Rose Zhang (United States, No. 66, won first professional start in 2023 Mizuho Americas Open, 2024 Olympian, will play in her third Solheim Cup later this year, two-time LPGA Tour winner, 2023 Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion, 142 weeks at No. 1 in World Amateur Golf Ranking from 2020-2023)
Megan Khang (United States, No. 85, will play in her fifth Solheim Cup later this year, LPGA Tour winner, ambassador for Boston Common Golf TGL team)
Nataliya Guseva (UNA, No. 113, seven top-25 finishes in 2026, Epson Tour winner (2023 Black Desert Resort Championship))
Lexi Thompson (United States, No. 155, major champion, two-time Olympian, seven-time Solheim Cup team member, 11-time LPGA Tour winner)
Yana Wilson (United States, No. 180, 20-year-old rookie, won 2026 Dow Championship, finished No. 2 in Epson Tour’s Race for the Card to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2026 season, three-time Augusta National Women's Amateur participant (2022, 2023, 2024), two-time Drive, Chip & Putt National Champion at Augusta National)
Yuka Saso (Japan, two-time major champion with U.S. Women’s Open victories in 2021 and 2024, tied the championship record as its youngest winner at age 19 in 2021)
Kiara Romero (United States, two-time Mark H. McCormack Medal recipient in 2025 and 2026, former No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, reached the 20-point threshold to become eligible for LPGA Tour membership through the LPGA Elite Amateur Pathway in August 2026)
Albane Valenzuela (Switzerland, three-time Olympian, 2024 Solheim Cup team member)
Danielle Kang (United States, 2020 Olympian, four-time Solheim Cup team member, major champion, six-time LPGA Tour winner)
Michelle Wie West (United States, 2014 U.S. Women’s Open champion, five-time Solheim Cup team member, five-time LPGA Tour winner, limited partner of Los Angeles Golf Club’s TGL ownership group)
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: WTGL will include five teams of top LPGA stars and fan favorites
