Just four events now remain on the 2025 Ladies European Tour (LET) schedule but there is plenty still to play for as the season draws to a nail-biting conclusion.
With a week off before the next event, the Hero Women’s Indian Open, here are six storylines to look out for as we head into the tail end of the year…
ORDER OF MERIT RACE
With three victories under her belt Mimi Rhodes continues to lead the LET Order of Merit – the season-long race to crown the Tour’s number one player.
The English rookie has had a debut season to remember picking up back-to-back wins at the Ford Women’s NSW Open and Joburg Ladies Open before adding a third shortly after at the Dutch Ladies Open.
Rhodes has continued to lead the standings since her victory in South Africa, but such has been the high calibre of play this season that her Order of Merit crown is by no means clinched.
Rhodes currently leads Singapore’s Shannon Tan by the 209.54 points, the latter a winner at the Amundi German Masters.
Two other players sit within 500 points of the Englishwoman, fellow LET winners Casandra Alexander from South Africa and Sara Kouskova from Czech Republic. Germany’s Helen Briem, runner-up at last week’s Lacoste Ladies Open de France, sits fifth, 542.49 points behind Rhodes.
With four events remaining, there are 2,000 points up for grabs for each player with each tournament boasting 500 points for a win. Tan can overtake Rhodes can she finish within the top-three in India and Rhodes ends the week outside the top-35. Kouskova could also ascend to the top of the rankings with victory in Delhi – given her English rival misses the cut. Alexander and Briem are both absent next week.
The top-three at the end of the season will each receive a money bonus (€75,000, €50,000, €25,000). The winner will claim the prestigious Order of Merit trophy.
Q-SERIES ON THE LINE
Also on the line in the Order of Merit is a place at LPGA Q-Series Final Qualifying. The top-10 in the season-long standings will proceed to the final stage which takes place at the beginning of December.
No player inside the top-13 of the Order of Merit currently has LPGA status, meaning there is huge incentive to advance to Final Qualifying thanks to a top-10 finish in the standings.
With back-to-back victories in the last two events, 16-year-old Anna Huang has now moved into ninth position on 1,348.43 points. England’s Alice Hewson currently occupies 10th spot on 1,199.77 points, but hot on her heels are Ireland’s Lauren Walsh (1,193.01 points), Wales’ Darcey Harry (1,187.78 points) and Spain’s Nuria Iturrioz (1,170.24 points).
BATTLE ON THE BUBBLE
Further down the Order of Merit, we are also approaching crunch time to secure full LET cards. Members finishing in positions 2-70 plus ties on the Order of Merit will earn Category 4 status for the 2026 season. This means there is an intense battle on the bubble emerging with four events remaining.
Importantly, the final event of the season, the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España, is limited to the top-64 players in the standings. France’s Agathe Sauzon, 84th in the Order of Merit, currently occupies the final spot.
Both the Wistron Ladies Open and Aramco China Championship are also limited field events, meaning next week’s Hero Women’s Indian Open is crucial for an abundance of stars striving to secure full cards for 2026.
HISTORIC HAT-TRICK?
Back to Huang, the 16-year-old superstar, the Canadian rookie can make further history next week in India can she get her hands on gold once again.
Three players have won back-to-back in 2025 on the LET, Rhodes (Ford Women’s NSW Open; Joburg Ladies Open), Kouskova (Jabra Ladies Open; Tenerife Women’s Open) and Huang (La Sella Open; Lacoste Ladies Open de France).
The in-form Huang can go one better than her Order of Merit rivals with a victory in Delhi. She would join France’s Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (1989) and Denmark’s Emily Kristine Pedersen (2020) as players to achieve a historic three-peat on the LET.
LUCRATIVE ASIAN SWING
As well as important Order of Merit points, there is also big money up for grabs when the LET heads to Asia over the next month.
The Wistron Ladies Open at Sunrise Golf and Country Club in Chinese Taipei boasts a purse of $1,000,000 with the winner taking home $150,000. Swiss star Chiara Tamburlini was victorious last time out and will be looking to defend her crown.
Two weeks later, the Aramco China Championship offers a prize fund of $2,000,000 – a total split $1,500,000 for the Individual competition and $500,000 for the Team event.
Spain’s Iturrioz (Houston) and Germany’s Laura Fuenfstueck (London) were the last two players to win the Individual competition in the Global Series.
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Another accolade on offer over coming month is the Rookie of the Year prize. In the past four seasons, the same player has won the Order of Merit and Rookie of the Year double; Jeeno Thitikul (2021), Linn Grant (2022), Trichat Cheenglab (2023) and Tamburlini (2024).
Rhodes will be confident of continuing this run and while she still has a little bit of work to do in the Order of Merit, she can wrap up the Rookie of the Year prize next week in India. The English star currently leads Huang by 730.06 points in the first year ranks with Harry 890.71 points behind.
Both players need need a top finish at DLF Golf and Country Club to close the gap on Rhodes and keep the competition alive.
