2025 Athlete of the Year nominee: Shannon Tan

In 2025 she won the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit; becoming the first Singaporean golfer to do so. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A: I would call it Breakthrough. 2025 was a year where a lot of things seemed to come together for me. I learnt a lot about my game, gained confidence from being in contention more often and managed to turn those opportunities into wins! It felt like a year where I took a big step forward both as a player and person on and off the course.

Probably around May and June. I had three top-10 finishes back-to-back, and I could feel that my game was in a really good place.

After that, I won in Germany, which was a big moment for me, and the momentum continued with a fourth-place finish at the Houston Championship and another strong result at the La Sella Open.

Then winning the Women’s Indian Open a few weeks later and finding myself leading the Order of Merit really made me realise that my level had shifted.

Earlier in the year, I had chances but wasn’t always able to close things out on the final day, so being able to do that in Germany was quite a big turning point for me, and also playing my best round of the tournament on the final round of the AIG Women’s Open in tough conditions. 

I think the biggest thing was learning to focus more on my own process and not overthink everything around me.