Check out the LPGA's 2025 'Moms on Tour' list and all their cute kids
The LPGA allows mothers up to two years of leave after birth, with 17 currently listed as "Moms on Tour".
The LPGA's "Moms on Tour" list for 2025 highlights players balancing motherhood and professional golf.
Brittany Altomare returned to action at the Honda LPGA Thailand for the first time since giving birth to son Wyatt last March. The 34-year-old said she was only carrying the ball 195 yards when she got back to work at the start of the year. Her focus now is on the gym.
"I was really nervous," said Altomare of her first tournament since October 2023. "Not gonna lie. I had a lot of jitters."
The LPGA maternity policy gives moms up to two years from the date of the baby's birth to return to playing. The LPGA's most current "Moms on Tour" document includes 17 moms listed in categories 1-16 and 19 on the 2025 Priority List. Several of the moms listed have yet to return to the tour.
It's worth noting that Emma Talley, who is due to give birth to her first child in June, announced her retirement late last year. Austin Ernst, who gave birth to son Charlie in 2023, announced that she was stepping away from the tour two years ago.
Stacy Lewis was the last LPGA mom to win on the LPGA at the 2020 Scottish Open. Lewis gave birth to daughter Chesnee in 2018.
Here's the LPGA's 2025 "Moms on Tour" list, chock-full of cuteness:
Brittany Altomare – Wyatt Stanislawzyk (2024)
Nicole Broch Estrup – Expecting 2025
Chella Choi – Si-heon Cha (2024)
Paula Creamer – Hilton Kennedy (2022)
Austin Ernst (Dods) – Charles 'Charlie' Dods (2023)
Jaye Marie Green – Paisley Casello (2023)
Mi Jung Hur – Ji-An Wang (2022)
Jessica Korda – Greyson DelPrete (2024)
Stacy Lewis – Chesnee Chadwell (2018)
Caroline Masson – Benton McDede (2023)
Azahara Munoz – Lucas Vickers (2022)
Inbee Park – Inseo Nam (2023) and Yeon-Seo Nam (2024)
Sophia Popov – Maya Mehles (2023)
Mel Reid – Kai Reid (2023)
Rachel Rohanna – Gemelia Virgili (2018) and Greenlee Virgili (2023)
Emma Talley – Expecting 2025
Lindsey Weaver-Wright – Crew Wright (2023)
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