5 things on the LPGA wish list for 2026

The 2025 LPGA season was a weird one. Nelly Korda didn't win, but it felt like everyone else did with 29 different winners. Jeeno Thitikul swept everything that mattered by the end, but with only two wins (and no majors), no one really dominated.

The LPGA needs more flash in 2026.

Here are five things we'd like to see on the LPGA inside the ropes next season:

Charley Hull wins a major

The most marketable player on the LPGA who's willing to put in the time is England's Charley Hull. While the LPGA could certainly do more to make Hull more visible, particularly in the U.S., the fastest way to get there is for Hull to win a major. She's come close before, as recently as last year's AIG Women's British Open at Royal Porthcawl where she took a share of second. Hull, 29, has four runner-up finishes at the majors over the course of her career.

Jeeno wins a major

While we're handing out majors, world No. 1 Thitikul is overdue. She came oh-so-close at the Amundi Evian Championship this year and would've checked it off the list already were it not for some all-world heroics from Grace Kim. Thitikul has nine top 10s in 27 career major starts, but the longer this goes on, the harder it will become.

A Hollywood ending at Riviera

The U.S. Women's Open is long overdue for a star-studded winner. What better place for it to happen than Riviera Country Club, where Ben Hogan won the Open in 1948. This will be the first women's major ever contested at Riviera, and it deserves a storybook week. Also, the right winner could easily do some late-night TV and get plenty of outside-the-golf-world attention in Los Angeles.

Solheim Cup stunner

There will be Solheim Cup rookies in the Netherlands in 2026 but could one of them be 20-year-old Helen Briem? The 6-foot-3 powerhouse just earned her LPGA card for next season and currently ranks 84th in the world. Few events can launch a player into the spotlight like Briem, and the tour could sure could use another headliner.

Lydia Ko adds a fourth different major

The LPGA Hall of Fame's newest member has won three different majors: 2015 Evian, 2016 ANA Inspiration (now Chevron) and 2024 AIG Women’s British Open. 

She's still chasing the U.S. Women's Open and KPMG Women's PGA.

Ko thinks she needs to win both to achieve the career grand slam but the tour says otherwise, saying players only need four.

Either way, it's a debate we'd love to have next season.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: 5 things on the LPGA wish list for 2026