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2023 Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America prize money payouts for each LPGA player

The total purse for the event was $1.8 million.

Hyo Joo Kim earned $270,000 for her victory at the Ascendant LPGA, crossing the $2 million mark for the first time in her career. With $2,014,978 this season, the South Korean now has $8,617,877 in LPGA career earnings.

The total purse for the event was $1.8 million.

Bianca Pagdanganan earned $143,411 for a share of second, giving her a six-figure payday for a second straight week. Pagdanganan’s top-3 finishes the past two starts secured her card for 2024.

Monday-qualifier Katherine Muzi made $45,658 in her first LPGA start, which will go a long way in the early days of her pro career.

Lexi Thompson had only made $132,902 the entire season going into the Ascendant. She made $75,085 for her solo fifth in Texas.

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Position	Golfer	Score	Earnings
1	Hyo Joo Kim	-13	$270,000
T2	Bianca Pagdanganan	-9	$143,411
T2	Atthaya Thitikul	-9	$143,411
4	Sarah Kemp	-8	$93,286
5	Lexi Thompson	-7	$75,085
6	Cheyenne Knight	-6	$61,433
T7	Katherine Muzi	-5	$45,658
T7	Leona Maguire	-5	$45,658
T7	So Yeon Ryu	-5	$45,658
T10	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	-4	$34,280
T10	Sarah Schmelzel	-4	$34,280
T10	Frida Kinhult	-4	$34,280
T13	Sarah Jane Smith	-3	$28,092
T13	Yuna Nishimura	-3	$28,092
T13	Celine Boutier	-3	$28,092
T16	Ally Ewing	-2	$22,753
T16	Marina Alex	-2	$22,753
T16	Lindsey Weaver-Wright	-2	$22,753
T16	Sofia Garcia	-2	$22,753
T16	Nicole Broch Estrup	-2	$22,753
T21	Xiaowen Yin	-1	$19,477
T21	Weiwei Zhang	-1	$19,477
T21	Wei-Ling Hsu	-1	$19,477
T24	Jeongeun Lee6	E	$16,746
T24	Jenny Shin	E	$16,746
T24	Yu-Sang Hou	E	$16,746
T24	Dottie Ardina	E	$16,746
T24	Maria Torres	E	$16,746
T29	Minami Katsu	+1	$14,562
T29	Eun-Hee Ji	+1	$14,562
T31	A Lim Kim	+2	$11,945
T31	Aline Krauter	+2	$11,945
T31	Hannah Green	+2	$11,945
T31	Maria Fassi	+2	$11,945
T31	Cydney Clanton	+2	$11,945
T31	Azahara Munoz	+2	$11,945
T31	Gerina Mendoza	+2	$11,945
T31	Mariajo Uribe	+2	$11,945
T39	Ana Belac	+3	$8,750
T39	Min Lee	+3	$8,750
T39	Lucy Li	+3	$8,750
T39	Jaravee Boonchant	+3	$8,750
T39	Yealimi Noh	+3	$8,750
T39	Ruixin Liu	+3	$8,750
T39	Jing Yan	+3	$8,750
T46	Hyo Joon Jang	+4	$7,190
T46	Gemma Dryburgh	+4	$7,190
T46	Annie Park	+4	$7,190
T49	Karis Davidson	+5	$6,207
T49	Lauren Stephenson	+5	$6,207
T49	Amelia Lewis	+5	$6,207
T49	Louise Ridderstrom	+5	$6,207
T49	Charley Hull	+5	$6,207
T54	Chanettee Wannasaen	+6	$5,279
T54	Maddie Szeryk	+6	$5,279
T54	Pavarisa Yoktuan	+6	$5,279
T54	Jennifer Chang	+6	$5,279
T54	Emily Kristine Pedersen	+6	$5,279
T59	Luna Sobron Galmes	+7	$4,642
T59	Kiira Riihijarvi	+7	$4,642
61	Gabriella Then	+8	$4,460
T62	Caroline Inglis	+9	$4,278
T62	Albane Valenzuela	+9	$4,278
T62	Dewi Weber	+9	$4,278
T65	Lauren Miller	+10	$4,050
T65	Wichanee Meechai	+10	$4,050
T67	Brittany Lang	+11	$3,777
T67	Polly Mack	+11	$3,777
T67	Pornanong Phatlum	+11	$3,777
T67	Su Oh	+11	$3,777
71	Paula Creamer	+12	$3,596
72	Jeongeun Lee5	+14	$3,549
73	Ilhee Lee	+16	$3,503

Hyo Joo Kim goes wire-to-wire at Ascendant LPGA to collect sixth LPGA title

Kim has now won on the LPGA in each of the past three seasons.

Hyo Joo Kim became the third player to go wire-to-wire on the LPGA this season at the 2023 Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America in Texas. The South Korean began the day with a five-shot lead and never wavered, clinching her sixth career victory with a closing 69. Kim finished with a 13-under total, four strokes ahead of Bianca Pagdanganan and Atthaya Thitikul.

“My results this year wasn’t bad,” said Kim, “but there was some disappointment because I didn’t have a win. I had a lot of the time to think just for myself, and before this year passes, I really want to win.

“This week I was able to accomplish that, and it was just a really happy week for me.”

With the victory, Kim earned $270,000 and crossed the $2 million mark in season earnings for the first time in her career. She has now won on the LPGA in each of the past three seasons.

The long-bombing Pagdanganan shot 30 on the back nine to close with a 65 and vault into a share of second. Her share of second, coupled with a T-3 last week in Arkansas, secures her LPGA card for 2024 in only 10 starts. Thitikul birdied five of her last seven holes, but no one could rattle Kim.

“Short game is pretty much everything in this sport,” said Pagdanganan, “so I’ve been just putting in more time with chipping, putting, everything around the green. I really can say that the last two weeks that’s kind of what saved my game.”

Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand and Bianca Pagdanganan of the Philippines look on over the 16th green during the final round of the 2023 Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America at Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas. (Photo: Sam Hodde/Getty Images)

For Kemp, it was a step closer to securing her spot in the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, which includes the top 60 and ties in the year-long points race. CME is a personal sponsor of Kemp’s.

“It’s all I want to make,” said Kemp. “It’s my sponsor’s event, so I want to make it for Terry Duffy. They have been so good to me. I just want to make it so bad for them.”

Lexi Thompson entered the final round in a share of second but ended the day solo fifth at Old American Golf Club. Still, Thompson was very happy with her play as she heads into the PGA Tour event in Las Vegas next week.

“I’ll definitely need my top game going into next week,” said Thompson. “Get that driver more in tune. Didn’t hit it too much on this golf course, but I’m going to need it I’m sure there.”

Past champion Cheyenne Knight, who lives nearby and practices at Shady Oaks Country Club, closed with a bogey-free 63 to move into sixth place.

“I wasn’t feeling that great this morning,” said Knight. “It’s just been I feel like I’m just a little bit tired just like since Solheim. Just kind of been going.

“Once I tee’d off I was like, all right, you got 18 more holes and then I get a break, because I’m not playing until Malaysia. Told myself to enjoy it and kind of put but things into perspective. My family is out here watching and kind of get out of my own way a little bit.

Monday qualifier Katherine Muzi, playing in her first LPGA event, tied for seventh. Muzi played college golf at USC and South Carolina, where she worked at the latter toward a graduate certificate in data and communication. Because next week’s LPGA stop in China is a limited-field event, Muzi’s top 10 in Texas does not get her in.

“The whole thing has been surreal,” said Muzi, “especially this being my first ever LPGA event. Like ever. And then I just a happen to be a pro just playing in it. It’s crazy.”

Lexi Thompson heads to PGA Tour event in Las Vegas happy with her game after solo fifth

Since the Solheim Cup, Thompson has posted a pair of top-10 finishes on the LPGA.

Lexi Thompson heads to the PGA Tour fresh off a top-5 finish in Texas. While it looked like Thompson might make a run for her first LPGA title in four years at the Old American Golf Club, rounds of 71-70 over the weekend kept her too far away to add any real pressure to eventual winner Hyo Joo Kim.

Thompson finished solo fifth, six strokes back, at the 2023 Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America but carries confidence into the Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, where she’ll be the seventh woman to ever compete in a PGA Tour event.

“Overall, very happy,” said Thompson. “I’ve been working extremely hard on my game and to see to pay off in these last few weeks, starting at Solheim Cup there, just to see the improvements, that’s all I’ve needed.”

It wasn’t all that long ago that many were questioning Thompson’s place on the U.S. Solheim Cup team. Her play this season has been so underwhelming, in fact, that she still has work to do to play her way in the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship. Thompson missed the cut in six of seven starts on the LPGA over the summer and ranked 114^th on the CME points list heading into Texas. The top 60 and ties qualify.

“I really believe that I got on the right track before Solheim,” said Thompson, “and I knew Solheim usually brings out the best golf in me because it’s kind of what I live for, what I play for, to be able to represent my country.

“So to be able to play amazing golf there with my team and for my captain was a huge honor for me. Just trying to build off that and continue to work hard and see those improvements, that’s all I want to do, and continue to build on that.”

Thompson said she focused on something in particular with her ball-striking during the weeks leading up to the Solheim Cup and it paid off “tremendously.” While she wouldn’t go into the specifics of what she’s working on in press conferences, Golf Channel analyst and World Golf Hall of Famer Judy Rankin broke down a change in her setup during the final round in Texas.

“She has actually lowered her right shoulder from her left shoulder,” said Rankin. “She had gotten very high on her right side and low on her left side, that encouraged both some deep divots that she doesn’t like and a lot of the shots that you’ve seen her hit this season that start left and go left because it makes her get too steep.”

Since the Solheim Cup, Thompson has posted a pair of top-10 finishes on the LPGA, her first of the season.

While Thompson is playing next week in Las Vegas, the LPGA will hold the Buick LPGA Shanghai in China.

Hyo Joo Kim leads The Ascendant LPGA by four, Lexi Thompson tied for second after even-par 71

Kim is looking for her first win of the season.

On a day where any score around even par would be considered a success, Hyo Joo Kim shot an even-par 71 and now holds a four-shot lead at 10 under at The Ascendant LPGA Benefitting Volunteers of America. The event is being held at Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas.

Kim was 2 over through her first six holes on Saturday but started to battle back with a birdie at the par-4 8th. She’d add four more birdies to her card on the back nine — and one bogey — to solidify her even-par effort. The 7th-ranked player in the world is looking for her first top-10 finish since the AIG Women’s Open (T-4).

The Ascendant LPGA: Leaderboard

Alongside Sarah Kemp (2-under 69 on Saturday, 6 under overall) in second place is Lexi Thompson, who is gearing up for a special opportunity. Thompson will be teeing it up alongside the boys next week at the PGA Tour’s Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas.

Thompson was 3 over through five holes on Saturday but recovered nicely with four birdies and a bogey on the rest of her card to sign for an even-par 71. Kemp, on the other hand, shot an impressive 2-under 69.

Final-round coverage will be streamed live Sunday afternoon from 2-5 p.m. ET on Peacock. A taped version of the broadcast will be shown on Golf Channel at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Lexi Thompson tunes up for Vegas PGA Tour event with a 65 at LPGA’s Volunteers of America

Lexi Thompson has a big week ahead in Las Vegas. But first things first.

Thompson shot a second-round, 6-under 65 at the 2023 Ascendant LPGA benefitting Volunteers of America and will head to the weekend tied for third.

She is at 6 under, four shots back of Hyo Joo Kim at Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas, but Thompson’s game is definitely trending.

She posted a 3-1-0 Solheim Cup performance and then had a tie for eighth, her best finish on the LPGA this season, at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. That was her first top-10 finish since November 2022. A month ago, she posted a tie for 19th at the Kroger Queen City Championship. But prior to that, she missed five straight cuts. She has eight MC’s in all in 2023.

“It’s definitely gotten a lot better,” she told Golf Channel after her round. “I’ve been working hard the whole year. It’s just been a matter of time and putting in the productive work that’s needed, and to see it pay off truly means a lot. I’m going to continue to work hard.”

Kim, now at 10 under after 36 holes, also held the solo lead after the first round. The five-time LPGA winner hasn’t found victory lane in 2023 but she does have eight top-10s, including two runner-up finishes.

“I was at the top of the leaderboard couple times this season but weekend plays haven’t been as good some times,” she said. “This week, I’m hoping to focus more on my play and play as well as I did on the first day and today and finish strong.”

Charley Hull gives field the boot, wins 2022 Ascendant LPGA to end six year drought

The win is Hull’s first on the LPGA since the 2016 CME Group Tour Championship.

Charley Hull had so much fun shooting a 7-under 64 on Friday that she did it again on Sunday.

Tied after the first three rounds with Xiyu Lin, Hull made four birdies over her final seven holes to separate for a one-shot win at 18 under at the 2022 Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America at Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas.

The win is Hull’s second on the LPGA and first since the 2016 CME Group Tour Championship. The 26-year-old Englishwoman also has a trio of wins on the Ladies European Tour.

“I love a challenge, and this golf course is challenging. I play off the backs at home, off the back tees with the boys, and I always try and push myself to tricky golf courses when I’m at home so when I’m on tour, they are a bit shorter and a good length,” Hull explained. “So this week, I felt like it very much suited my game, and yeah, I found it very scorable for myself.”

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Lin and Lydia Ko each shot 6-under 65 in the final round to finish second and third, respectively, with last week’s winner, Atthaya Thitikul, in fourth at 12 under.

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Xiyu Lin, Charley Hull tied for lead, Celine Boutier and Lydia Ko one back at Ascendant LPGA

Sunday should be a good one down in Texas.

It’s a tightly-packed leaderboard after round three of the Ascendant LPGA Benefiting Volunteers of America at Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas.

Xiyu Lin and Charley Hull are tied for the lead at 11 under, while Celine Boutier and Lydia Ko sit one back with 18 holes left to play.

Lin got around Old American on Saturday with a 2-under 69, while Hull couldn’t get much going, firing an even-par round of 71.

Boutier signed for the second-best round of the day, a 5-under 66, which could have been a lot better if she took advantage of the par 5s (she birdied just one of four).

Ascendant LPGA: Leaderboard

After turning with a 2-under 33, Ko’s round was derailed a bit thanks to a double-bogey five at the par-3 11th. However, she made four birdies in her last seven holes to bounce back. She finished day three with a 4-under 67.

Lexi Thompson is T-9 at 7 under while Madelene Sagstrom is T-13 at 6 under.

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Xiyu Lin leads Ascendant LPGA Benefiting Volunteers of America; Atthaya Thitikul, Lizette Salas a shot back

Xiyu Lin eagled the 17th hole late in the day to overtake Atthaya Thitikul and Lizette Salas.

Xiyu Lin eagled the 17th hole to vault into the lead Thursday at the Ascendant LPGA Benefiting Volunteers of America.

Lin had five birdies and a bogey and shot a first-round 65, finishing late in the day to overtake rookie Atthaya Thitikul and veteran Lizette Salas by a shot at Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas.

Thitikul already has two LPGA wins this season and has climbed to No. 3 in the Rolex Rankings.

Lexi Thompson is among those tied for fourth, two shots back. Nelly Korda, who could be in position to reclaim the top spot in the rankings, opened with a 4-over 75. She had six bogeys and just two birdies and sits tied for 91st.

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Top spot in world rankings could change hands at Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America in Texas

The top-ranked player in the LPGA is not playing this week, leaving the door open for Nelly Korda.

Jin Young Ko will not defend her title at the Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America but despite the absence of the world’s top-ranked player, the tournament boasts its strongest field ever in its 10-year history.

Ko, who lives in Frisco, about 20 miles away from Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas, has missed the last month due to injury.

That has opened the door for Nelly Korda to return to the top spot world ranking. It was July of 2021 that Korda took over the title of No. 1 after winning the KPMG Women’s PGA. Six days later, Ko won the Volunteers of America tournament and when she won again in October 2021, she returned to the top of the rankings and has held the spot ever since.

That could change once again. Korda, who has six top-10s in 2022 but has yet to find the winner’s circle this season, could reclaim the top spot with a long overdue win this week.

Last week’s tournament winner, Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand, has two wins this season. She’s the first LPGA rookie to do that in five years. Thitikul is third in the Rolex Rankings after leapfrogging Minjee Lee and Lydia Ko, who is playing this field this week. Lee is not.

It’s also a big week for Stacy Lewis and Texas native Angela Stanford. Lewis, the 2023 Solheim Cup captain, named Stanford her third and final assistant captain on Tuesday.

“I love that we get to play here, and so, yeah, I think it’s going to be another great week,” she said at their Tuesday news conference ahead of the Volunteers of America event. “Like Stacy said, this is the most perfect time to be in Texas. I tell people all the time October is it, and we’re sneaking up on October.

“Just a great time to be here. (The Dallas) Cowboys won last night, so everybody is happy right now.”

After this Texas stop, the LPGA will have five events left, with a visit to California before back-to-back trips overseas to Korea and Japan. The season ends with consecutive tournaments in Florida, including the season finale, the CME Group Tour Championship at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida.

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