Leona Maguire picked up a cheque for over $313,000 after finishing in a tie for second at the inaugural Aramco Championship as American Lauren Coughlin went wire-to-wire in Las Vegas for her first win on the LPGA Tour since 2024.
It was a really strong showing from Maguire on the difficult Shadow Creek Golf Course layout. A closing 71 left the Irishwoman on two-under-par alongside Nelly Korda, five off the winner Coughlin.
Japan’s Nasa Yamashita was the only other player to finish the week under par in the firm desert conditions, taking solo fourth place at one-under.
Maguire opened with a bogey but bounced back with three birdies in her next four holes. Back-to-back bogeys on the 11th and 12th holes disrupted her charge, but the 31-year-old closed with a birdie on 18 to complete an excellent weekend.
It was a good weekend for Leona Maguire
Anna Foster signed off with a 77 that left her on 16-over, four shots better than Lauren Walsh, who closed with a 78.
Coughlin fired an even-par 72 for her final round and finished with a seven-under-par total of 281, five shots clear of Nelly Korda and Ireland’s 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 five-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-four first hole.There was a two-shot swing on the par-three 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, Ithink I got it now,” she said.
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.