Jin Young Ko, Rose Zhang lead list of notables who missed the cut at 2025 Ford Championship
CHANDLER, Ariz. — It’s the best field the LPGA has had so far in 2025. The 2025 Ford Championship started with every one of the top 10, 19 of the top 20 and 40 of the 50 players in the Rolex Rankings.
After 36 holes, nine of those top 10 golfers have advanced to the weekend with six in the top 10.
The cut Friday came in at 4 under, and that meant quite a few notable names didn’t secure weekend tee times. It also meant time to turn in the keys to the vehicles that the Arizona Ford Dealers made available for free for all the players in the tournament.
Notables who missed the cut at 2025 Ford Championship
The lone top-10 player to end her week short is eighth-ranked Jin Young Ko. She rallied late Thursday with a birdie-eagle finish to get to even par but didn’t parlay that into a much-needed low second-round score. While she did eagle the 17th hole Friday, she also carded three bogeys and two double bogeys to shoot a 1-over 73.
Georgia Hall shot 4 under Friday, but her 2 over Thursday round did her in this week.
Stacy Lewis had a similar week, opening 3 over and then going 5 under but she too came up short.
Anna Nordqvist, who played college golf up the road at Arizona State and who was recently named the European captain for the 2026 Solheim Cup, shot consecutive 72s to finish even par.
Rio Takeda won the Blue Bay LPGA three weeks ago, the last event before this week, but scores of 69 and 75 will keep her away from the weekend.
Rose Zhang, playing in her first event since finishing her most recent term at Stanford and just her second this season, shot 73-71 to finish her week even par.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Ford Championship 2025: Jin Young Ko, Rose Zhang among those missed cut
