There are currently five Women’s Majors: US Women’s Open, Women’s PGA Championship, Chevron Championship, Women’s British Open, and the Evian Championship. The first three are all held in the United States while the two are held in the United Kingdom and France respectively. The three US Majors are not part of the Women’s European Tour while the two European Majors are part of the LPGA Tour.

The five Majors, in the order they are currently played each year are:

CHEVRON CHAMPIONSHIP
It was first held in 1972 as the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle following its launch by singer and actress Dinah Shore, and the chairman of the Colgate-Palmolive company, David Foster. It became a Major in 1983 and became known by its current title following a sponsorship deal with Chevron in 2022. Held in April it is now the first Major of the year.

US WOMEN'S OPEN
Inaugurated in 1946, the US Women’s Open has been recognised as a Major since the launch of the LPGA in 1950 and is the oldest of the current five Women’s Majors. All Open winners between 1946-49 have retrospectively been granted Major status. The Open is annually held in June.

WOMEN'S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Inaugurated as the LPGA Championship in 1955 and has been one of the women’s Majors since inception. The Championship  was renamed the Women’s PGA Championship from 2015.Currently sponsored by KPMG the event is currently held in June.

EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Hel annually in France, the Evian Championship was founded as the Evian Masters in 1994 and was part of the Ladies European Tour until becoming part of the LPGA Tour in 2000. The tournament became the fifth women’s Major in 2013 and is now held in July, the week after the PGA

WOMEN'S BRITISH OPEN
The Women's Open, also known as the Women's British Open, was first held in 1976 when the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship allowed professionals to take part. The two events split into two separate tournaments in 1979. It became a Major in 2001 after the du Maurier Classic lost its Major status in 2000. Currently sponsored by AIG it is held in July each year.

FORMER MAJORS

Women's Western Open
Launched in 1930, the Women’s Western Open had the distinction of being the first women’s golf’s Major. Although the Majors were not inaugurated until 1950, all Western Open winners prior to that date were retrospectively classed as Major winners.

Titleholders Championship
The Titleholders Championship was played just 28 times, but all 28 were granted Major status. First held in 1937, winners between then and 1950 were retrospectively classed as Major winners. The Championship discontinued in 1966 but was revived for one year in 1972.

du Maurier Classic
Played in Canada, the du Maurier Classic was inaugurated as the 54-hole La Canadienne in 1973 before becoming the Peter Jackson Classic the following year. It became a Major in 1979 but winners between 1973-78 were not credited with a Major win.  The event was known as the du Maurier Classic during its time as a Major from 1979, until 2000 when it was replaced by the Women’s British Open.