2025 HGV Tournament of Champions round 1 tee times and pairings explored

As it has done every year since 2019, the 2025 Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV) Tournament of Champions will kick off the LPGA Tour season this time as well. The tournament will be played on January 30, from 8:10 a.m. (Eastern Time) onwards.

The field will be limited to 31 players, all of whom will play singles with the exception of Haeran Ryu and Rio Takeda, who will play as a duo, beginning at 10:22 a.m. Eastern Time on the first hole.

World No. 1 Nelly Korda will tee off at 9:05 a.m. from hole one. Meanwhile, defending champion and LPGA Hall of Famer Lydia Ko has a 9:16 a.m. tee time on the first hole.

These are the tee times for the first round of the Tournament of Champions (all times are Eastern Time):

08:10 AM (1) Linn Grant
08:10 AM (10) Ayaka Furue
08:21 AM (1) Pajaree Anannarukarn
08:21 AM (10) A Lim Kim
08:32 AM (1) Ashleigh Buhai
08:32 AM (10) Allisen Corpuz
08:43 AM (1) Angel Yin
08:43 AM (10) Hannah Green
08:54 AM (1) Celine Boutier
08:54 AM (10) Moriya Jutanugarn
09:05 AM (1) Nelly Korda
09:05 AM (10) Hyo Joo Kim
09:16 AM (1) Lydia Ko
09:16 AM (10) Alexa Pano
09:27 AM (1) Brooke M. Henderson
09:27 AM (10) Linnea Strom
09:38 AM (1) Rose Zhang
09:38 AM (10) Cheyenne Knight
09:49 AM (1) Megan Khang
09:49 AM (10) Lauren Coughlin
10:00 AM (1) Patty Tavatanakit
10:00 AM (10) Chanettee Wannasaen
10:11 AM (1) Yuka Saso
10:11 AM (10) Jasmine Suwannapura
10:22 AM (1) Haeran Ryu, Rio Takeda
10:22 AM (10) Elizabeth Szokol
10:33 AM (1) Jin Young Ko
10:33 AM (10) Bailey Tardy
10:44 AM (1) Amy Yang
10:44 AM (10) Leona Maguire
10:55 AM (1) Minjee Lee

A look at the history of the HGV Tournament of Champions

In Picture: Lydia Ko is the defending champion of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions (Image via Getty).

The HGV Tournament of Champions was played for the first time in 2019, at the Four Seasons Golf & Sports Club, Orlando. The first three editions of the tournament were held at this venue before moving to Lake Nona in 2022.

The tournament is open exclusively to winners of LPGA Tour events. Winners from the two seasons prior to the tournament qualify automatically. For 2025, the tournament has a purse of $2 million, with $300,000 going to the winner.

The 72-hole record for the event (24-under 260) is held by Jessica Korda, who won in 2021 at the Four Seasons Golf & Sports Club Orlando. In that edition, the eldest of the Korda sisters shot a third-round 60, one of the best scores in LPGA Tour history.

Since the tournament moved to Lake Nona, the best score for 72 holes is 16-under 272. That record was set by Danielle Kang in 2022 and tied by Brooke Henderson a year later.

About the author

Julio is a Golf specialist for Sportskeeda and boasts immense experience across sports and professions. Having practiced law for 15 years, he then moved to Cuban and International media houses such as Juventud Tecnica Magazine and teleSUR on baseball, track & field and boxing, among other sports, before taking up his current position. He even received an Honorary Mention in the 2023 Cuban National Journalism Contest.

Julio enjoys keeping up with everything that happens in the golf world, which helps him develop interesting angles for even the most mundane stories. What separates him from other journalists is that he has an eye for stats, and is proficient in both Spanish and English. His legal background helps him accurately report non-sporting golf issues such as rules analysis, contract issues, etc.

He ensures complete accuracy in his articles by only consulting primary sources, verifying information from multiple sources, and always looking for diverse opinions.

Nelly Korda is his favorite golfer due to her pure talent, while he also likes Alison Lee for her perseverance. His non-golf interests include baseball and track & field, while he also enjoys watching TV.

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Edited by Pratham K Sharma