Lauren Coughlin

Profile

Road to Erin Hills

S-10: Top 30 points leaders in the LPGA Tour's 2024 Race to the CME Globe
S-11: Winners of individual LPGA Tour co-sponsored events from the 2024 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2025 championship

Bio

Lauren Coughlin produced a career year in 2024, not only finishing in a tie for third in the season's first major, the Chevron Championship, but also producing her first two LPGA Tour victories: the CPKC Women's Open in Canada and the ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open. Previously, the University of Virginia graduate owned one career professional win: the 2018 PHC Classic on the Symetra Tour (now Epson Tour). Born in Minneapolis, Coughlin grew up in Chesapeake, Va., where she became the first female to play on the Hickory High boys' team all four years. She also claimed consecutive Virginia Women's Amateur titles in 2012 and 2013. At Virginia, Coughlin won the Atlantic Coast Conference individual championship in 2016. Coughlin's husband, John Pond, played football at Virginia and in 2024, he quit his job to become Coughlin's full-time caddie. Coughlin also represented the U.S. on the victorious 2024 Solheim Cup Team that competed not far from her Virginia home. This will be her second U.S. Women's Open start.