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Prize money payouts for each LPGA player at 2023 Dio Implant LA Open

Yin has now earned $453,799 in her LPGA career to date.

For the second week in a row, there was a $1.75 million purse and first-place prize good for $262,500 on the line on the LPGA.

At the Dio Implant L.A. Open, the LPGA’s fifth event of the 2023 season, 20-year-old Ruoning Yin won by a shot over Georgia Hall, narrowly avoiding a playoff at Palos Verdes Golf Club.

Yin has now earned $453,799 in her LPGA career to date.

The money ramps up at the Lotte Championship in two weeks, where the purse goes to $2 million and the week after that with the first major of 2023 with the $5.1 million Chevron Championship near Houston.

Position Player Score Winnings
1 Ruoning Yin -15 $262,500
2 Georgia Hall -14 $159,720
T3 Hyo Joo Kim -12 $102,749
T3 Patty Tavatanakit -12 $102,749
T5 Nelly Korda -11 $65,858
T5 Carlota Ciganda -11 $65,858
T7 Nasa Hataoka -10 $43,869
T7 Danielle Kang -10 $43,869
T7 Minami Katsu -10 $43,869
10 Atthaya Thitikul -9 $35,416
T11 Lilia Vu -8 $31,698
T11 Perrine Delacour -8 $31,698
T13 Megan Khang -7 $26,233
T13 Lizette Salas -7 $26,233
T13 Maja Stark -7 $26,233
T13 Maude-Aimee Leblanc -7 $26,233
17 Hinako Shibuno -6 $22,736
T18 Hye Jin Choi -5 $19,438
T18 Charley Hull -5 $19,438
T18 Jessica Korda -5 $19,438
T18 Pajaree Anannarukarn -5 $19,438
T18 Wichanee Meechai -5 $19,438
T18 Lucy Li -5 $19,438
T18 Hae Ran Ryu -5 $19,438
T25 Jennifer Kupcho -4 $14,351
T25 Hannah Green -4 $14,351
T25 Jin Young Ko -4 $14,351
T25 Jodi Ewart Shadoff -4 $14,351
T25 Sarah Schmelzel -4 $14,351
T25 Chella Choi -4 $14,351
T25 Mina Harigae -4 $14,351
T25 Moriya Jutanugarn -4 $14,351
T25 Matilda Castren -4 $14,351
T34 Lydia Ko -3 $10,975
T34 Xiyu Lin -3 $10,975
T34 Gemma Dryburgh -3 $10,975
T34 Frida Kinhult -3 $10,975
T38 Marina Alex -2 $9,112
T38 Thidapa Suwannapura -2 $9,112
T38 Esther Henseleit -2 $9,112
T38 Caroline Inglis -2 $9,112
T38 Mi Hyang Lee -2 $9,112
T43 Stacy Lewis -1 $7,586
T43 Gina Kim -1 $7,586
T43 Lauren Hartlage -1 $7,586
T43 Yuna Nishimura -1 $7,586
T47 Cheyenne Knight E $6,196
T47 Amy Yang E $6,196
T47 Lauren Coughlin E $6,196
T47 Yealimi Noh E $6,196
T47 Sung Hyun Park E $6,196
T47 Pernilla Lindberg E $6,196
T47 Sarah Kemp E $6,196
T54 A Lim Kim 1 $5,072
T54 Jenny Shin 1 $5,072
T54 Pauline Roussin-Bouchard 1 $5,072
T54 Brittany Altomare 1 $5,072
T54 Paula Creamer 1 $5,072
T59 Grace Kim 2 $4,460
T59 Amanda Doherty 2 $4,460
T61 Leona Maguire 3 $4,154
T61 Allisen Corpuz 3 $4,154
T61 Wei Ling Hsu 3 $4,154
T61 Yu Liu 3 $4,154
T65 Paula Reto 4 $3,716
T65 Ryann O’Toole 4 $3,716
T65 Alison Lee 4 $3,716
T65 Lauren Stephenson 4 $3,716
T65 Linnea Strom 4 $3,716
T65 Jennifer Song 4 $3,716
T71 Melissa Reid 5 $3,410
T71 Stephanie Kyriacou 5 $3,410
T71 Jaravee Boonchant 5 $3,410
T74 Haeji Kang 7 $3,303
T74 Ruixin Liu 7 $3,303
76 Polly Mack 8 $3,241
77 Mariajo Uribe 9 $3,200
78 Cristie Kerr 10 $3,159

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LPGA: 20-year-old Ruoning Yin wins 2023 Dio Implant LA Open

Yin is the second golfer from China to win, joining Shanshan Fang.

Ruoning Yin of China parlayed her first 36- and 54-hole leads into her first LPGA victory.

Yin, 20, shot 68-63-67-71 for a 1-shot victory at 15 under Sunday at the Dio Implant LA Open at Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes Estates, California, fending off England’s Georgia Hall.

Yin turned pro at age 17 on the China LPGA and promptly won her first three events there. Now she’s a winner on the LPGA. She is the second golfer from China to win, joining Shanshan Fang.

There was almost a playoff for the second time in seven days on the LPGA. Up a shot, Yin had a 25-footer for birdie on 18 that would’ve iced it but lipped it out. The door was open for Hall to force a playoff for the second straight week but her six-foot birdie slid past the hole on the left. After making her par, Yin then closed it out with a par of her own to win by one.

At 20 years, 6 months and 5 days, Yin is the youngest winner on the LPGA since Atthaya Thitikul at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship last season at age 19 years, 7 months, 5 days.

She earned $262,500 for her win.

Patty Tavatanakit and Hyo Joo Kim tied for third at 12 under. Carlota Ciganda and Nelly Korda tied for fifth at 11 under. Danielle Kang, who withdrew last week at the LPGA Drive On Championship and was later hospitalized, returned to action and tied for seventh at 10 under.

Jin Young Ko tied for 25th at 4 under. World No. 1 Lydia Ko tied for 34th at 3 under. Rookie Lucy Li, who shot 76-76 last week to finish last in the 144-gofler field, shot 67-73-6673 to post a tie for 18th.

Yin is the second first-time winner in 2023, joining Lilia Vu. Golfers from five countries have now won the five LPGA events this season: Yin (China), Celine Boutier (France), Brooke Henderson (Canada), Jin Young Ko (Korea) and Vu (U.S.).

There’s just one more event until the first LPGA major of 2023. The Lotte Championship in Hawaii in two weeks is the final tune-up for the 2023 Chevron Championship (April 20-23), which has moved from Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, to its new home at The Club at Carlton Woods near Houston.

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LPGA’s LA Open moves to Palos Verdes in 2023, with Los Angeles events now held one month apart

The DIO Implant LA Open is moving locations.

The DIO Implant LA Open is moving to Palos Verdes Golf Club in Los Angeles in 2023, the LPGA and Outlyr have announced. The event will be played March 30-April 2 and feature a field of 144 players and a purse of $1.75 million, up $250,000 from this year.

The LA Open was previously held at Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles. Next year, Wilshire will host the new JM Eagle LA Championship April 27-30 with a $3 million purse, double last year’s winnings.

In April 2022, two Los Angeles events were held in back-to-back weeks for the first time in tour history. Next season, they’ll be held one month apart.

The LA Open made its return to the LPGA schedule in 2018, marking the tour’s first time back in the Los Angeles market in more than a decade. Nasa Hataoka won this year’s LA Open at Wilshire. Previous winners include Brooke Henderson (2021), Minjee Lee (2019) and Moriya Jutanugarn (2018).

Marina Alex won the first LPGA event held at Palos Verdes earlier this year. Plenty of tour players were familiar with the course, however, given that the Northrop Grumman (now the Therese Hession) Regional Challenge women’s collegiate championship has been held there for more than 20 years. Past individual winners include Carlota Ciganda, Natalie Gulbis, Brittany Lang, Bronte Law, Andrea Lee, Leona Maguire, Lorena Ochoa and Annie Park.

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Nasa Hataoka wins by five to dominate DIO Implant LA Open, collects sixth LPGA victory

Hataoka began the final round with a four-shot lead and birdied four of the her first seven holes.

Nasa Hataoka began the final round of the DIO Implant LA Open with a four-shot lead and never wavered. Right from the start, the Japanese star poured in putts like someone on a mission, birdieing four of the first seven holes. Even her curling bogey putt on the sixth was impressive.

“My putting good all week,” she said, “that’s it.”

She held a five-shot lead over Hannah Green at the turn and won by the same margin. This marks Hataoka’s sixth LPGA victory and her first since the 2021 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. Prior to this week, her best finish of the season was a share of 11th at the HSBC Women’s World Championship.

Even Hataoka, 23, was surprised by what happened this week, noting that something “clicked” during Friday’s round.

Hataoka’s aggressive play continued throughout the final round, regardless of the size of her lead. Her bogey-free back nine was punctuated by impressive par saves and a long eagle putt on the 15th that shattered any hope Green might have had.

Inbee Park, Madelene Sagstrom and former LA Open champion Minjee Lee tied for third. Sagstrom closed with a bogey-free 66 to post her best finish of the season.

“I mean, I haven’t missed a cut since last May,” said Sagstrom, “so it’s really built a lot of confidence. Because before I was kind of, oh, I just want to make cuts. Now I’m making cuts, so now I want to start climbing up the leaderboard.”

A six-time winner on the JLPGA, Hataoka came into the week No. 12 in the Rolex Rankings. It looked like Sunday might be a showdown between the Japanese star and World No. 1 Jin Young Ko until a late-round disaster on Saturday knocked Ko down the leaderboard.

Ko and Hataoka were tied through 15 holes on Saturday. After a bogey on the 16th, Ko failed twice to get the ball out of a deep barranca on the 17th, making her first ever quadruple-bogey on the LPGA. Ko rebounded with a birdie on the 18th but the damage was done.

A flat Ko shot 75 on Sunday to finish T-21.

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Emily Kristine Pedersen rebounds from disastrous closing 10 at year’s first major to co-lead LA Open

“I think you need a bit of confidence going into this course,” said Pedersen of historic Wilshire Country Club.

Emily Kristine Pedersen recorded a 10 on the closing par-5 18th to miss the cut at the Chevron Championship after a deflating 78. She was, understandably, down after that disaster.

But the European Solheim Cup player rebounded with a share of 18th last week at the Lotte Championship in Hawaii and now co-leads with Nasa Hataoka after an opening 4-under 67 at the DIO Implant LA Open. She’s thrilled to see her momentum so radically shift.

“I think you need a bit of confidence going into this course,” said Pedersen of historic Wilshire Country Club.

“There are a few tight drives … quirky shots into the greens where you really have to be on the right angle and just commit to the shots. So I think definitely having a bit of confidence helps going into this course.”

So Yeon Ryu simply wanted to get over her jet lag after coming to Los Angeles from South Korea this week. She was pleased to feel rested when she woke up on Thursday and opened with a 68. Ryu said she had little confidence about her swing after the Chevron.

“The biggest thing was I feel like I have zero idea about my golf swing,” said Ryu. “But I feel like now I understand a lot and then now I know where to go, and then right now I feel like I’m going to the right direction.”

Ryu said she and good friend Inbee Park enjoy the taste of home that playing in Los Angles brings.

“You know, I almost feel like all the restaurant in K-Town is like, if I have to be like honest about it,” said Ryu, “sometimes I feel like it’s better than Korea.”

High praise, indeed.

Five players are tied with Ryu at 3 under including Sei Young Kim, Jennifer Song, Janie Jackson, Haylee Harford and Dewi Weber.

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