With four events left in the season, the Rolex LPGA Player of the Year race could once again turn into a doozie.
As it stands, the Rolex Annika Major Award winner Minjee Lee holds a 19-point lead over Brooke Henderson. Unlike the PGA Tour, the LPGA’s POY is based on a points system, with no player votes. A victory is worth 30 points and a second place is worth 12. A 10th-place finish is worth one point.
Points were doubled at the majors, which explains why four of the top six players in the standings are 2022 majors winners.
Jennifer Kupcho has won three times this season, but her victory with Lizette Salas at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational wasn’t eligible for POY points. She’s sixth on the list and trails Lee by 54 points.
Last season, Jin Young Ko had to win the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship to overtake Nelly Korda in the points race, and she did just that, earning an LPGA Hall of Fame point in the process. Ko won three of her last four starts to make a dramatic late-season push.
This year, both Ko and Korda have battled health issues and are T-10 and 43rd, respectively, in the POY standings.
Here’s a closer look at the top four in the running as the race winds down: