The most important award of the season, Player of the Year, deserves 10 spots. Here are our picks for the best LPGA Tour players of 2024:
No. 10 – Brooke Henderson –Brooke Henderson is the only player in this top 10 without a win in 2024, which may be a major mark against her, but she quietly had a really terrific season. She was wildly consistent, making 22/24 cuts. She had nine top-10 finishes on the season, three of those being finishes in the top three. One of those top-three finishes was in a major at the Chevron Championship. While this season wasn’t the flashiest for Henderson, she was very strong.
No. 9 – Lilia Vu – Coming off a Player of the Year win in 2023, many people probably didn’t notice how well Lilia Vu played in 2024. While she dealt with an injury for much of the first half of 2024, she was strong as the season went on. Vu made 16/18 cuts, finished in the top 10 four times, hit the clinching putt of the Solheim Cup and won the Meijer LPGA Classic against one of the best non-major fields. Despite missing significant time, Vu still finished No. 11 in the CME Standings.
No. 8 – Lauren Coughlin – What an incredible year for Lauren Coughlin. Easily the most surprising breakout player, Coughlin won two tournaments during her excellent run in the middle portion of the season. While her cuts made percentage wasn’t as high as the other players on this list, making 19/25, she did have those two wins and eight additional top-10 finishes. Coughlin was also fantastic in the Solheim Cup, going 3-0-1 and she had two top-five finishes in majors.
No. 7 – Haeran Ryu – For about two months of time, Haeran Ryu was the best player on the LPGA Tour. While she only had one win on the season, her consistency was incredible. Ryu made 23/26 cuts and had 13 top-10 finishes. Of those top-10s, nine of them were top fives. Ryu also had three top-10 finishes in majors in 2024 and came in second for the Vare Trophy. Her lone win was in a playoff at the FM Championship over Jin Young Ko, which felt like a passing of the torch from one dominant Korean player to the next.
No. 6 – Ayaka Furue – On a pure consistency level, the only player who can top Ryu is the one who edged her out for the Vare Trophy. Ayaka Furue was incredible in 2024, making a stunning 23/24 cuts, notching 12 top-10 finishes and winning her first major championship at the Amundi Evian Championship. The major title is the main difference in Furue and Ryu’s seasons. Furue won the Vare Trophy for low scoring average of players who qualified, and had six top-five finishes.
