Three amateur club champions emerged victorious in the Women’s Divisions at the 2025 PGA National Club Championship in Palm Springs, California, on Dec. 8.
The Championship featured three Women’s Divisions: Open (any age), Senior (50-plus years old) and Legend (65-plus years old) competing on the Pete Dye Stadium and Nicklaus Tournament Course at PGA West and the Celebrity Course at Indian Wells Golf Resort.
Ryleigh Erickson (The Club at Kukui’ula, Koloa, Hawaii) took the Open Division with a score of 10-over 226 to win by four shots. Kim Keyer-Scott (Shadow Wood Country Club, Bonita Springs, Florida) finished at 8-over 224 to win by eight strokes and claim the Senior Division title for a second time. Lettia Collins (Green Tree Country Club, Midland, Texas) won a hard-fought Legend Division, finishing at 22-over 238 to win by two.
“This Championship is a wonderful showcase for the top amateur club champions in the country, while also shining a light on the PGA of America Golf Professionals who helped elevate their games,” said PGA of America President Don Rea Jr.
Erickson opened the championship with an impressive 74 on the Celebrity Course to claim a share of the first-round lead, but a 77 on the Nicklaus Tournament Course the next day kept her two strokes behind heading into Monday’s final round. The 22-year-old responded with a 3-over 75 on PGA West’s Stadium Course, giving her the low round of the day on Dec. 8 and securing the Open Division title.
Erickson (pictured) was especially appreciative of the support and texts she had already received from the people at The Club at Kukui’ula. “I’m glad that I can bring this back to them and just celebrate with them when I get back home,” she said.
Among those congratulating Erickson were The Club at Kukui’ula’s PGA Director of Golf Todd Michaelsen and PGA Assistant Golf Professional Oliver Jones.
At the 2023 PGA National Club Championship in Scottsdale, Arizona, Keyer-Scott battled to the very end to win the Senior Division by one shot. Two years later, the Florida native went wire-to-wire and cruised to an eight-shot victory for her second title.
“It’s great, wonderful actually,” said Keyer-Scott, who also finished second in the rain-shortened 2024 edition.
Meanwhile,Collins sat five shots off the lead in a tie for fourth heading into the final round, and her goal became to “finish in the top five.” She instead fired a 2-over 74 on Dec. 8 to catapult her to the Legend Division title.
The PGA National Club Championship features amateur club champions from facilities across the country with a PGA of America Golf Professional. Winners of any 2025 club championship received an invitation to compete from their PGA of America Golf Professional.
The men’s divisions competed in mid-December on the same three courses, and will be reviewed on PGAmagazine.com.
