Major landscape

Four down … one to go.

The AIG Women’s Open – the fifth and final major on the women’s golf calendar – is just two weeks away.

Over 140 players will compete at Royal Lytham & St Annes dreaming of adding their name to the list of greats who have tasted victory in this prestigious Championship.

Four majors have already been contested in 2026 – and have been dominated by two of the finest golfers on the planet.

The Chevron Championship
Winner: Nelly Korda

The world number one was untouchable at Memorial Park in April, cantering to a five-stroke victory – the largest winning margin in the Chevron for 18 years.

So dominant was Nelly from day one that no player got to within three shots of her the entire weekend (she led for the final 57 holes of the tournament).

Nelly opened with a pair of 65s and closed with a pair of 70s for an 18-under-par score of 270.

The 27-year-old subsequently joined Juli Inkster (1989) and Amy Alcott (1991) as the only players in the last 50 years to win an LPGA major when leading by multiple shots after each round.

Ruoning Yin finished runner-up on 13-under-par.

US Women’s Open
Winner: Nelly Korda

While Nelly won the Chevron with relative ease, things were a lot tougher in the US Women’s Open at Riviera Country Club.

Seven strokes behind after round one, Nelly responded gamely, with back-to-back 67s hauling her into contention. She stole the lead with a birdie on the 71st hole, before clinching the title with a nervy 3-foot par putt at the last for an eight-under 276.

Nelly is the first American since Pat Bradley in 1986 to win the opening two majors of the season and just the second US Women’s Open champion to be in 50th position or lower (she was T56) after 18 holes.

Charley Hull and Gaby Lopez were joint runners-up on seven-under-par.

It was major number four for Nelly, leaving her just one away from the Grand Slam and two away from achieving a clean sweep of majors; the Super Slam.

Will she make history at Royal Lytham & St Annes?

KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
Winner: Haeran Ryu

Boasting one of the most aesthetically pleasing golf swings in the world, Haeran Ryu picked up her first major title with victory in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in June.

Showing resilience in abundance, the Korean overturned a 10-stroke deficit from first-round leader Ina Yoon to eventually edge her compatriot by two; the best comeback in Women’s PGA Championship history.

Haeran also became just the seventh player since 1990 to win in each of her first four seasons on the LPGA Tour.

The Amundi Evian Championship
Winner: Haeran Ryu

Not only did Haeran double her major tally at the first time of asking, the 25-year-old made history in the process.

Haeran collected her second major in as many weeks after defeating a rampaging Brooke Henderson in a play-off.

And her third round will be remembered for a very long time as she became the first golfer, male or female, to card a 60 in a major championship.

Nine birdies and an eagle gave her the historic 11-under-par tally, with her front-nine score of 29 equalling the best nine-hole score at Evian Resort Golf Club.

Fours majors. Two winners. Will Nelly or Haeran claim a hat-trick at Royal Lytham & St Annes or will another hero emerge from the world-class field?

The wait is almost over.