Lauren Coughlin went wire-to-wire and captured the inaugural Aramco Championship on Sunday in Las Vegas for her first win on the LPGA Tour since 2024.
Coughlin fired an even-par 72 for her final round on the difficult Shadow Creek Golf Course layout and finished with a 7-under-par total of 281, five shots clear of Nelly Korda and Ireland's Leona Maguire.
One year ago, Coughlin lost the championship match to Madalene Sagstrom when the LPGA held the T-Mobile Match Play at Shadow Creek.
"I just know I played
really, really great all week," Coughlin said. "Had a lot of fun. I'm just happy. You know, definitely left a sour taste in my mouth last year not getting the W given how well I played all week, so makes it extra special this week."
Coughlin opened with a 5-under 67 and shared the lead with Japan's Nasa Hataoka and Miyu Yamashita. She shot Friday's low round of 69 in windy conditions and took a five-stroke lead, but Korda sliced three shots off the advantage and trailed by only two strokes heading into the final round.
Coughlin made an early statement on Sunday, birdieing the par-4 first hole. There was a two-shot swing on the par-3 eighth, with Coughlin recording a birdie and Korda posting bogey, opening up an insurmountable six-shot lead.
But she did not allow herself to think of victory until her final wedge shot from the 18th fairway.
"Probably after I hit that wedge shot on 18 into it. I was like, all right, I think I got it now," she said.
Korda birdied the final hole, her only birdie of the round as she shot a 3-over 75. Maguire posted a final-round 71.
"I just didn't play good golf today," Korda said. "I was hitting it pretty poorly off the tee and just finding myself in really tough positions going into the greens, and then hitting it in places where I shouldn't be around the greens.
"... Props to Lauren. She played some unbelievable golf. It was really fun to see today and it was fun to play alongside her."
Yamashita was the only other player to finish the week under par in the firm desert conditions, taking solo fourth place at 1 under after Sunday's 74. Japan's Akie Iwai and Australia's Karis Davidson tied for fifth at even-par 288.
Coughlin won her first two LPGA titles in 2024, capturing the CPKC Women's Open and the Women's Scottish Open, but went winless in 2025.
--Field Level Media
