In the Winner’s Circle with Chisato Iwai

2025 MEXICO Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba

El Camaleón Golf Course at Mayakoba | Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico | May 22-25

In the Winner’s Circle with Chisato Iwai

May 25, 2025

Iwai Becomes Fifth Rolex First-Time Winner of 2025, 20th Japanese winner on LPGA Tour

Hometown/Resides: Saitama, Japan

Birthdate: July 5, 2002; currently 22 years, 10 months, 20 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished 2nd at 2024 Final Qualifying to earn Membership for the 2025 season

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2021/2025

Caddie: Mark Wallington

VICTORIES

LPGA TOUR: First career victory

PREVIOUS JLPGA WINS: Eight wins

RACE TO THE CME GLOBE

500 CME Globe Points awarded – 641.050 total points earned in 2025

Projected to move from 62nd to 18th in the Race to CME Globe

MONEY

Winner’s prize: $375,000

2025 Official Season Earnings: $525,523

Official Career Earnings: $525,523

2025 LPGA TOUR PERFORMANCE

Six cuts made in eight starts; one win with no additional top-10 finishes

OF NOTE

• Becomes the Rolex First-Time Winner earning her first LPGA Tour victory

• Is the fifth Rolex First-Time Winner this season and first since Mao Saigo (The Chevron Championship)

• Is the inaugural winner of the MEXICO Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba

• Becomes the 12th different winner on the LPGA Tour this season

• Is the third rookie to win on Tour this season, joining Rio Takeda and Ingrid Lindblad

o This is the first time since 2015 that three rookies have won on Tour before the end of May

o In 2015, Sei Young Kim won the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic on Feb. 8, Hyo Joo Kim won

the JTBC Founders Cup on March 22, Kim won again at the LPGA LOTTE Championship on April

18 and Minjee Lee won the Kingsmill Championship on May 18

• Becomes the third player from Japan to win this season, joining Rio Takeda and Mao Saigo

• Becomes the 20th different player from Japan with a win on the LPGA Tour

• Is already in the field at the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open, so the spot will be given to the next alternate

o Has made two previous starts at the U.S. Women’s Open (2023 and 2024)

• Earns her first top-10 finish on the LPGA Tour

• Iwai is in her first season on the LPGA Tour

o Finished second at LPGA Final Qualifying to earn LPGA Tour Membership for the 2025 season

o Made 11 starts on the LPGA Tour before becoming a member, five in 2024, five in 2023 and

one in 2022

• Iwai has eight wins on the JLPGA Tour including her most recent being the 2025 Daikin Orchid Ladies

Golf Tournament in March

• Iwai has a twin sister, Akie, who is also a rookie on the LPGA Tour

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