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USA Today
07-04-2025
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Check out the prize money payouts at the LPGA's T Mobile Match Play in Las Vegas
Check out the prize money payouts at the LPGA's T Mobile Match Play in Las Vegas Madelene Sagstrom ended a five-year victory drought in the Nevada desert. Sagstrom outlasted Lauren Coughlin in the final of the 2025 T Mobile Match Play at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas, her first win since the 2020 Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio. For her efforts over the five days of this tournament, Sagstrom earned the $300,000 first-place prize out of the $2 million total purse. Lauren Coughlin made nearly $200,000 for her second-place finish, her best this year. It's her second top 10 and her fourth top 20 in 2025. Prize money payouts for the 2025 T Mobile Match Play
USA Today
07-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Madelene Sagstrom rallies to beat Lauren Coughlin in LPGA's T Mobile Match Play
Madelene Sagstrom rallies to beat Lauren Coughlin in LPGA's T Mobile Match Play The LPGA's lone match-play event came down to the No. 13 seed (Lauren Coughlin) vs. the No. 46 seed (Madelens Sagstrom) in Las Vegas. The tournament's star power was dimmed Friday when eight of the top 10 seeds failed to escape group play. The top two of those 10 who did advance – Jenno Thitikul (2) and Angel Yin (10) – then ended up facing each other in quarterfinal matchup Saturday, with Yin winning 4 and 2. Sunday started with the semifinals, pitting Ariya Jutanugarn (32) against Coughlin and Yin taking on Sagstrom. Jutanugarn on Friday eliminated world No. 1 and tournament top seed Nelly Korda, handing Korda her first match play loss. Coughlin beat Jutanugarn 1 up and Sagstrom went on to beat Yin 4 and 2, setting up the Sunday afternoon final at Shadow Creek Golf Club. Sagstrom took control early in the match with birdies on three straight holes – Nos. 4, 5 and 6 – to go 4 up. But Coughlin hung tough with birdies on Nos. 8 and 9. A Sagstrom double-bogey on the 11th knotted things up and Coughlin took her first lead of the match on the 12th hole with a par to Sagstrom's bogey. Sagstrom then won the 13th to tie it and the 16th to go back to a 1-up lead. She held serve from there and won the match and the $300,000 first-place prize. "I'm exhausted and I bet Lauren is exhausted," she said. "I worked so hard. All of us work so hard. I really struggled quite a lot, especially with my driver end of last year, and I worked so hard with Callaway and my coach, Hans." She then referenced bouncing back from a disappointing week outside Phoenix a week ago at the Ford Championship. "It's just such a nice feeling. I played pretty well last week and didn't make the cut, but it's just like it's hard because everyone works hard because it's tough out here," she said. "It's just fantastic feeling and it's just knowing that all the hard work really did pay off." Coughlin was asked what she would take away from the week as runner-up. "That I can play 72 holes in two days, which I didn't know I could do that," she said. "But, no, again, I think it's just who I am as a player, is a grinder, and I fought all the way to the end." The LPGA has a week off before the JM Eagle Championship in Los Angeles. Then it's the first women's major of the year, the Chevron Championship, April 24-27 at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas, outside Houston.
USA Today
05-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Nelly Korda, Lydia Ko, Charley Hull eliminated from LPGA's Match Play event in Las Vegas
Nelly Korda, Lydia Ko, Charley Hull eliminated from LPGA's Match Play event in Las Vegas The LPGA is mixing it up this week at the T Mobile Match Play. Held at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas, the tournament started Wednesday, which was the first of five days of competition. Match play can be fickle and that proved to be the case as only two of the top 10 seeds ‒ Jeeno Thitikul (2) and Angel Yin (10) ‒ advanced to the Round of 16 after three days of group play. Thitikiul, ranked second in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, is the only top-10 ranked player still alive. Nelly Korda, the defending champion, suffered the first match-play loss of her career. She went 1-1-1 in group play, falling to Ariya Jutanugarn, 1 up, in the final match of Friday's action. Jutanugarn took a 1 up lead when she birdied the par-5 15th while Korda parred it. Both players then parred the last two holes. Big names heading home early at T Mobile Match Play Nelly Korda (1) Lydia Ko (3) Ruoning Yin (4) Ayaka Furue (5) Charley Hull (6) Haeran Ryu (7) Jin Young Ko (8) Hyo Joo Kim (9) The original field of 64 is now down to the Round of 16, with matches set for Saturday morning, followed by the Elite 8 matches Saturday afternoon. Sunday will be the semifinals followed by the championship match. What are the Round of 16 matches at the T Mobile Match Play? 10:20 a.m. ET: Stephanie Kyriacou (37) vs. A Lim Kim (21) 10:30 a.m. ET: Sei Young Kim (29) vs. Lauren Coughlin (13) 10:40 a.m. ET: Brooke Henderson (25) vs. Maja Stark (24) 10:50 a.m. ET: Ariya Jutanugarn (32) vs. Narin An (48) 11 a.m. ET: Ashleigh Buhai (38) vs. Celine Boutier (11) 11:10 a.m. ET: Carlota Ciganda (30) vs. Madelene Sagstrom (46) 11:20 a.m. ET: Mao Saigo (26) vs. Angel Yin (10) 11:30 a.m. ET: Jeeno Thitikul (2) vs. Nataliya Guseva (50) Which notable players failed to advance to the weekend? Aside from eight of the top 10, other notables not moving on include Amy Yang (12), Rose Zhang (15), Yuka Saso (17) and Megan Khang (18). Where is the T Mobile Match Play being played? Shadow Creek Golf Course is a premier layout in Las Vegas. The course, designed by Tom Fazio and opened in 1990, is technically a public-access golf course. It is ranked by Golfweek's Best as the No. 1 public-access course. Shadow Creek has a reported $1,250 green fee, which makes it the highest in the U.S. You also need to stay at an MGM resort to even begin the conversation to score one of the rare tee times, which are limited to just a few groups of resort guests per day, and not every day of the week. Shadow Creek also doesn't publish a seasonal fee schedule. Golfweek's Jason Lusk contribued to this article.
