Lydia Ko has a 3-word message before entering the final round of the CME Group Tour Championship

Lydia Ko is excited for the final round of the 2025 CME Group Tour Championship. The LPGA Tour event started with its first round on Thursday, and after three rounds, the Kiwi golfer tied for 36th place.

The final is scheduled for Sunday, and ahead of that, she shared a picture of herself from the greens on her Instagram account. She shared it with a three-word caption, reflecting on her excitement for the final round.

Lydia Ko has a 3-word message before entering the final round of the Tour Championship/@lydsko

Lydia Ko is looking forward to winning the second event of the season. She has delivered a decent performance so far on the LPGA Tour, recording some notable finishes. She won the HSBC Women’s World Championship in just her third start of this season.

She played the four rounds of 71, 67, 68, and 69 to register a win in the game and earned $360,000 in prize money. In her last outing at the Maybank Championship, she was tied for ninth place.

Ko has started her campaign at the CME Group Tour Championship with a first round of 69. She then carded the next two rounds of 68 and 73 and settled in at tie for 36th place at 6-under.

After three rounds, Jeeno Thitikul has taken the lead in the game at 22-under, six strokes ahead of Nelly Korda and Pajaree Anannarukarn.

When will Lydia Ko tee off at the CME Group Tour Championship?

The final round of the 2025 CME Group Tour Championship will take place on Sunday. Players will tee off in a group of two on the first tee hole, starting at 6:50 a.m. ET. Lydia Ko will start her game alongside Miyu Yamashita at 8:30 a.m. ET.

Here are the tee times of the final round of the 2025 CME Group Tour Championship:

• 6:50 AM – Leona Maguire (IRL), Chanettee Wannasaen (THA)
• 7:00 AM – Mi Hyang Lee (KOR), Esther Henseleit (GER)
• 7:10 AM – Hannah Green (AUS), Brooke Matthews (USA)
• 7:20 AM – Hyo Joo Kim (KOR), Angel Yin (USA)
• 7:30 AM – Megan Khang (USA), Madelene Sagstrom (SWE)
• 7:40 AM – Linn Grant (SWE), Celine Boutier (FRA)
• 7:50 AM – Jin Young Ko (KOR), Lauren Coughlin (USA)
• 8:00 AM – Lucy Li (USA), Yealimi Noh (USA)
• 8:10 AM – Manon De Roey (BEL), Miranda Wang (CHN)
• 8:20 AM – Carlota Ciganda (ESP), Andrea Lee (USA)
• 8:30 AM – Miyu Yamashita (JPN), Lydia Ko (NZL)
• 8:40 AM – Hye-Jin Choi (KOR), Stephanie Kyriacou (AUS)
• 8:50 AM – Allisen Corpuz (USA), Lindy Duncan (USA)
• 9:00 AM – Grace Kim (AUS), Maja Stark (SWE)
• 9:10 AM – Nataliya Guseva (UNA), Yan Liu (CHN)
• 9:20 AM – Mao Saigo (JPN), Ayaka Furue (JPN)
• 9:30 AM – Chisato Iwai (JPN), A Lim Kim (KOR)
• 9:40 AM – Ariya Jutanugarn (THA), Minami Katsu (JPN)
• 9:50 AM – Patty Tavatanakit (THA), Ingrid Lindblad (SWE)
• 10:00 AM – Sarah Schmelzel (USA), Auston Kim (USA)
• 10:10 AM – Jin Hee Im (KOR), Ruoning Yin (CHN)
• 10:20 AM – Charley Hull (ENG), Jenny Bae (USA)
• 10:30 AM – Nasa Hataoka (JPN), Lexi Thompson (USA)
• 10:40 AM – Brooke M. Henderson (CAN), Minjee Lee (AUS)
• 10:50 AM – Rio Takeda (JPN), Haeran Ryu (KOR)
• 11:00 AM – Lottie Woad (ENG), Akie Iwai (JPN)
• 11:10 AM – Nanna Koerstz Madsen (DEN), Gaby Lopez (MEX)
• 11:20 AM – Somi Lee (KOR), Jennifer Kupcho (USA)
• 11:30 AM – Pajaree Anannarukarn (THA), Sei Young Kim (KOR)
• 11:40 AM – Jeeno Thitikul (THA), Nelly Korda (USA)

Edited by Ankita Yadav