Without a doubt, the most impressive part of Jeeno Thitikul’s 2025 season is her scoring average of 68.681. This record beats the record set by Annika Sorenstam in 2002, before Thitikul was born.
“To wait until 2025, I mean, it’s crazy,” Nelly Korda said. “It just goes to show you, great men don’t come around very often.”
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Titicul won the Ware Cup for the first time in 2023 with a low score (69.53) and had the lowest average score in 2024, but did not meet the minimum number of rounds, so the trophy went to Japanese player Ayaka Furue.
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South Korea’s Inbee Park poses with the Vare Trophy during the final round of the CME Team Tour Championship at Tiburon Golf Club on November 22, 2015 in Naples, Florida.
Titicul is the only player averaging less than 69 points per game, but nine players are averaging less than 70 points per game this season and 48 players are averaging less than 71 points per game.
To put these numbers into perspective, consider that a decade ago, only 16 players averaged less than 71. In 2005, only three players averaged less than 71: Annika Sorenstam (69.33), Cristie Kerr (70.86) and Paula Creamer (70.98).
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Global competition has undoubtedly pushed the depth of the LPGA to new heights. A total of 100 players are averaging under par in 2025, nearly double the number 10 years ago (56) and nearly four times the number 20 years ago (26).
On the PGA Tour, Scottie Scheffler leads the 2025 Tour with an average of 67.99 strokes per game, while 162 players are averaging less than 71 strokes per game.
Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam (left) is presented with the 2005 LPGA Vare Trophy by LPGA Commissioner Caroline Bivens during the 2005 LPGA Awards reception at Mar-a-Lago on November 18, 2005 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
This article originally appeared in Golfweek: 100 LPGA players average under par in 2025, almost doubling in ten years