Tag: 2023 Lotte Championship

Prize money payouts for each LPGA player at 2023 Lotte Championship

Coming into the Lotte Championship, rookie Grace Kim had made $4,460 in one made cut.

Coming into the Lotte Championship, rookie Grace Kim had made $4,460 in one made cut. By the end of the Lotte, Kim’s career earnings had ballooned to $304,460.

Needless to say, it was a banner day for the 22-year-old Australian, who was making only her third start to the season in Hawaii.

Yu Jin Sung, who was playing on sponsor invite, earned $159,346 for her share of second with Yu Liu.

Second-year tour player Lauren Hartlage took home the biggest check of her career, $58,483, with a share of sixth.

A total of 73 players made the cut. Here is the full breakdown of the Lotte Championship’s $2 million purse:

Pos Player Score Earnings
T1 Grace Kim -12* $300,000
T1 Yu Jin Sung -12 $159,346
T1 Yu Liu -12 $159,346
T4 Linnea Strom -11 $93,539
T4 Pei-Yun Chien -11 $93,539
T6 Georgia Hall -9 $58,483
T6 Lauren Hartlage -9 $58,483
T6 Natthakritta Vongtaveelap -9 $58,483
T9 You Min Hwang -8 $42,978
T9 Siyun Liu -8 $42,978
T11 Brooke Henderson -7 $36,656
T11 Caroline Inglis -7 $36,656
T13 Celine Boutier -6 $31,213
T13 Hye Jin Choi -6 $31,213
T13 Esther Henseleit -6 $31,213
T16 Nasa Hataoka -5 $27,000
T16 Perrine Delacour -5 $27,000
18 Celine Borge -4 $25,079
T19 Gabriella Then -3 $22,854
T19 Emma Talley -3 $22,854
T19 Amanda Doherty -3 $22,854
T19 Karis Davidson -3 $22,854
T23 Erika Hara -2 $18,278
T23 Ayaka Furue -2 $18,278
T23 Stacy Lewis -2 $18,278
T23 Frida Kinhult -2 $18,278
T23 Lucy Li -2 $18,278
T23 Bailey Tardy -2 $18,278
T23 Charlotte Thomas -2 $18,278
T23 Dewi Weber -2 $18,278
T31 Stephanie Meadow -1 $13,536
T31 Dana Fall -1 $13,536
T31 Aline Krauter -1 $13,536
T31 Jing Yan -1 $13,536
T31 Arpichaya Yubol -1 $13,536
T31 Mi Hyang Lee -1 $13,536
T31 Christina Kim -1 $13,536
T38 Marina Alex E $9,576
T38 Brittany Altomare E $9,576
T38 Ryann O’Toole E $9,576
T38 Lauren Stephenson E $9,576
T38 Stephanie Kyriacou E $9,576
T38 Xiaowen Yin E $9,576
T38 Sarah Kemp E $9,576
T38 Polly Mack E $9,576
T38 Yuna Nishimura E $9,576
T38 Maria Torres E $9,576
T48 Hyo Joo Kim 1 $6,708
T48 Pauline Roussin-Bouchard 1 $6,708
T48 Sarah Schmelzel 1 $6,708
T48 Gina Kim 1 $6,708
T48 Jennifer Song 1 $6,708
T48 Pavarisa Yoktuan 1 $6,708
T48 Magdalena Simmermacher 1 $6,708
T48 Soo Bin Joo 1 $6,708
T48 Valery Plata 1 $6,708
T57 Hinako Shibuno 2 $5,360
T57 Emily Kristine Pedersen 2 $5,360
T57 Pernilla Lindberg 2 $5,360
T57 Ilhee Lee 2 $5,360
T61 Wei Ling Hsu 3 $4,804
T61 Ines Laklalech 3 $4,804
T61 Su-Hyun Oh 3 $4,804
T61 Amy Olson 3 $4,804
T65 Hae Ran Ryu 4 $4,500
T65 Yae Eun Hong 4 $4,500
T67 Jaravee Boonchant 5 $4,298
T67 Riley Rennell 5 $4,298
T69 Yan Liu 6 $4,062
T69 Luna Sobron Galmes 6 $4,062
T69 Jeong Eun Lee 6 $4,062
72 Yealimi Noh 9 $3,943
73 Cristie Kerr 11 $3,893

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LPGA rookie Grace Kim wins Lotte Championship in third start as a tour player

The 22-year-old Australian counts Karrie Webb as a mentor.

Rookie Grace Kim clinched her first LPGA title in only her third start as a tour player. The 22-year-old Australian, who counts Karrie Webb as a mentor, smiled her way through the traditional winner’s hula dance at the Lotte Championship. The rookie shied away from nothing en route to a playoff victory over Yu Liu and Yu Jin Sung.

Kim birdied the last two holes in regulation and then birdied the 18th once again in overtime to collect the $300,000 winner’s check. She also played her way into next week’s Chevron Champions, the first major of the season.

“I guess it was a good day after all,” said Kim, who played aggressively throughout the final round.

Sung, who was trying to become the first sponsor invite to win on the LPGA since Lydia Ko in 2013, pulled out her makeup compact on the 18th tee in regulation. After the touchup, the Korean LPGA player made birdie on the last hole to join the playoff.

Sung had held at least a share of the lead since the second round, and faltered for the first time in the playoff when she thinned her third shot back over the green.

Lui was tied for 15th entering the final round and waited well over an hour for the playoff to commence. She closed with a 64 to vault into the clubhouse lead at 12 under.

Georgia Hall, the most decorated player on the board Saturday, looked poised to make a run after making a first-class par save on the ninth. Hall, a major champion, recently finished runner-up at the DIO Implant LA Open and LPGA Drive On Championship and came up short once again in Hawaii after her putter went cold down the stretch. The Englishwoman last won on the LPGA at the 2020 Portland Classic.

Sweden’s Linnea Strom battled at the top until a double-bogey on the par-4 14th gave her an uphill fight. The 2022 Epson Tour Player of the Year needed to get up and down from the front bunker for birdie on the 18th hole to get into the playoff. She closed with a 69 to take a share of fourth.

Kim is a four-time winner of the Karrie Webb Scholarship and was on hand at Hazeltine when fellow scholarship winner Hannah Green won the KPMG Women’s PGA. The scholarship comes with an all-expense-paid trip to an LPGA major with Webb.

“This win is definitely a credit to her for sure,” said Kim, who is the first rookie to win since Atthaya Thitikul captured her second 2022 victory at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship last September.

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LPGA: Dani Holmqvist didn’t just take a tour around Hawaii this week, she flew the helicopter

“The freedom with the helicopter was appealing.”

While it’s not unusual for players to do some sightseeing on the road, especially at a place like Hawaii, Sweden’s Dani Holmqvist didn’t just take the helicopter tour. She flew the helicopter.

The 34-year-old LPGA player began work on her helicopter license last May and has posted photos and images of her flights around the Palm Beach area, where she now makes her home on the east coast of Florida.

“I think it’s cool for women to be accomplished and do things that perhaps mostly men do,” Holmqvist told EpsonTour.com. “It’s just cool. I think helicopters are cool. I was thinking of trying a plane, but I don’t like how you are so dialed in with a flight map and have to plan so much ahead.

“The freedom with the helicopter was appealing.”

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Holmqvist, who is also studying to become a sommelier, missed the cut at the Lotte. An LPGA rookie in 2014, Holmqvist finished T-21 at LPGA Q-Series last December to earn back her card.

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LPGA: Yu Jin Sung holds lead while Georgia Hall, Celine Boutier, Brooke Henderson lurk at 2023 Lotte Championship

Here’s how it stands after three rounds in Hawaii.

Yu Jin Sung was one of the 36-hole leaders at the LPGA’s Lotte Championship at Hoakalei Country Club in Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, and thanks to a third-round 1-under 71, she will enter the final round with a one-shot lead.

Sung is in the field on a sponsor invitation.

On her heels is a group of players at 8 under, one of them being Georgia Hall who ranks second in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings.

After a Friday 66, Hall signed for a third-round 1-under 71. Grace Kim and Linnea Strom are with Hall at 8 under.

Nasa Hataoka and Christian Kim are among four golfers sitting two back at 7 under while Celine Boutier and Brooke Henderson are tied for ninth with two others at 6 under, three back.

Henderson and Boutier are each seeking to become the first two-time winner on the LPGA this season.

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Yu Jin Sung, Natthakritta Vongtaveelap lead the LPGA’s Lotte Championship in Hawaii after two rounds

Here’s how things stand after two days on Oahu.

After two rounds of the LPGA’s Lotte Championship at Hoakalei Country Club in Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, Yu Jin Sung and Natthakritta Vongtaveelap are tied for the lead at 8 under.

Sung has opened her week with back-to-back 68s while Vongtaveelap followed up her Thursday 66 with a Friday 70.

Georgia Hall, who is ranked second in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings, is tied for third alongside Linnea Storm. Hall couldn’t get much going on Thursday, opening the Lotte Championship with a 1-under 71. She played nicely on Day 2, however, signing for a 6-under 66.

Christina Kim, Grace Kim and Nasa Hataoka are tied for fifth at 6 under while Lauren Hartlage is 5 under and in solo eighth. Siyun Liu and Pernilla Lindberg round out the top 10 at 4 under, T-9.

Frida Kinhult, who held the 18-hole lead, shot a second-round 4-over 76 and is tied for 18th.

The tournament concludes Saturday. The first LPGA major of 2023 starts next Thursday outside Houston at the Chevon Championship.

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Sweden’s Frida Kinhult grew up playing on a windy island, and she leads after the first round of the LPGA’s Lotte Championship in Hawaii

It was a windy start in Hawaii.

Frida Kinhult grew up on an island in Sweden. This week, she’s playing on the Hawaiian islands. Although the two have stark differences, there is one commonality: wind.

The wind was blowing Wednesday during the first round of the LPGA’s Lotte Championship at Hoakalei Country Club in Ewa Beach. And it provided difficult conditions for everyone in the field, but Kinhult excelled.

The 23-year-old shot 6-under 66 to share the first-round lead with Natthakritta Vongtaveelap. Kinhult’s round included seven birdies and one bogey, which came on her last hole of the day, the par-3 ninth.

“It was very solid. Nothing crazy really happened,” Kinhult said. “Throughout the day tried to hit some fairways, and then I think I hit most greens, which is helpful in this wind. Just tried to stay patient out there shot by shot for real in this wind. A lot of the math in my head, so probably going to fall asleep pretty good tonight.

“Super happy with the start and pumped for the rest of the week.”

It’s the first time Kinhult has held a share of the 18-hole lead in her LPGA career.

Vongtaveelap had a bogey-free performance, which included an eagle on the par-5 fifth. She credited a strong driver with her great start.

Four players are tied for third at 4 under: Yu Jin Sung, Bailey Tardy, Nasa Hataoka and Hyo Joo Kim.

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