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2024 JM Eagle LA Championship prize money payouts for all the LPGA golfers at Wilshire Country Club

Green’s fifth win on the LPGA was good for more than a half a million dollars.

Hannah Green’s fifth win on the LPGA was good for $562,500 at the 2024 JM Eagle LA Championship in Los Angeles.

Green is now at $861,302 for the season and $5,375,243 for her official career earnings. She’s the 82nd golfer in LPGA history to surpass the $5 million mark.

Green shot 67-69-70 before saving her best – a 5-under 66 – for last to become the first LPGA golfer to win at at Wilshire Country Club multiple times. She joins Nelly Korda, who has five wins, have combined to win seven of the 10 LPGA stops in 2024.

Check out the full prize money list for the 2024 JM Eagle LA Championship.

Pos. Golfer Score Earnings
1 Hannah Green -12 $562,500
2 Maja Stark -9 $341,488
3 Haeran Ryu -6 $247,725
T4 Jin Young Ko -5 $172,940
T4 Jin Hee Im -5 $172,940
T6 Nataliya Guseva -4 $115,917
T6 Emily Kristine Pedersen -4 $115,917
T8 Madelene Sagstrom -3 $77,402
T8 Gaby Lopez -3 $77,402
T8 Xiaowen Yin -3 $77,402
T8 Mao Saigo -3 $77,402
T8 Esther Henseleit -3 $77,402
T13 Hye-Jin Choi -2 $46,990
T13 So Mi Lee -2 $46,990
T13 Yan Liu -2 $46,990
T13 Ashleigh Buhai -2 $46,990
T13 Hyo Joon Jang -2 $46,990
T13 Charley Hull -2 $46,990
T13 Kaitlyn Papp Budde -2 $46,990
T13 Aline Krauter -2 $46,990
T13 Celine Boutier -2 $46,990
T13 Wei-Ling Hsu -2 $46,990
T13 Jennifer Kupcho -2 $46,990
T13 Nasa Hataoka -2 $46,990
T25 Pernilla Lindberg -1 $31,864
T25 Wichanee Meechai -1 $31,864
T25 Patty Tavatanakit -1 $31,864
T25 Chanettee Wannasaen -1 $31,864
T25 Ayaka Furue -1 $31,864
T25 Ally Ewing -1 $31,864
T25 Grace Kim -1 $31,864
T32 Kristen Gillman E $24,011
T32 Isabella Fierro E $24,011
T32 Yealimi Noh E $24,011
T32 Jenny Shin E $24,011
T32 Paula Reto E $24,011
T32 Sei Young Kim E $24,011
T32 Rose Zhang E $24,011
T39 Jeongeun Lee5 1 $17,644
T39 Mi Hyang Lee 1 $17,644
T39 Lauren Coughlin 1 $17,644
T39 Allisen Corpuz 1 $17,644
T39 Alison Lee 1 $17,644
T39 Cydney Clanton 1 $17,644
T39 Gemma Dryburgh 1 $17,644
T39 Sarah Kemp 1 $17,644
T47 Stephanie Meadow 2 $12,638
T47 Alexa Pano 2 $12,638
T47 Jennifer Chang 2 $12,638
T47 Hee Young Park 2 $12,638
T47 Hyo Joo Kim 2 $12,638
T47 Megan Khang 2 $12,638
T47 A Lim Kim 2 $12,638
T47 Jiwon Jeon 2 $12,638
T47 Auston Kim 2 $12,638
T47 Xiyu Lin 2 $12,638
T57 Jenny Coleman 3 $9,909
T57 Caroline Masson 3 $9,909
T57 Carlota Ciganda 3 $9,909
T57 Karis Davidson 3 $9,909
T61 Amy Yang 4 $8,787
T61 Elizabeth Szokol 4 $8,787
T61 Alexandra Forsterling 4 $8,787
T61 Eun-Hee Ji 4 $8,787
T61 Haeji Kang 4 $8,787
T66 Sarah Schmelzel 5 $8,039
T66 Aditi Ashok 5 $8,039
T66 Yu Jin Sung 5 $8,039
T69 Mina Harigae 6 $7,455
T69 Polly Mack 6 $7,455
T69 Liqi Zeng 6 $7,455
T69 Jasmine Suwannapura 6 $7,455
73 Hinako Shibuno 7 $7,197
T74 Roberta Liti 8 $7,061
T74 Bianca Pagdanganan 8 $7,061
T76 Linnea Strom 9 $6,886
T76 Lucy Li 9 $6,886
78 Jaravee Boonchant 10 $6,755
79 Olivia Cowan 15 $6,668

 

Hannah Green repeats on LPGA with another win at 2024 JM Eagle LA Championship

Green won for the fifth time on the LPGA.

After 54 holes, there was an Aussie duo tied atop the leaderboard at the JM Eagle LA Championship in Los Angeles.

But while Grace Kim stumbled to a 76-77 weekend, defending champion Hannah Green was calm, cool and collected en route to a second straight victory at Wilshire Country Club.

Green shot a 5-under 66 on Sunday – a final round that was only bested by Madelene Sagstrom’s 65 – as she enjoyed a comfortable victory by three shots over Maja Stark.

“I felt like a couple times today almost got like a member bounce,” Green said. “I obviously really am fond of the golf club and joked that they didn’t approve it with me that they were making alterations. I love it here. Such a great atmosphere. Really good crowds this year.”

The Sunday crowd even delivered an “Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!” chant during the post-round celebration.

It’s Green’s fifth victory on the LPGA and she’s the first to defend on tour since Jin Young Ko did it in 2023.

Green’s up-and-down season continued this week on a high note. She won at the end of February at the HSBC Women’s World Championship, but then missed the cut in her next start. After a tie for 21st in Arizona, she missed the cut last week at the LPGA’s first major, the Chevron Championship.

“To obviously already win in Singapore and here this week, I hope that I can get closer to my goal of being Top 10 in the world and solidify my spot in the Olympics,” Green said.

For Stark, it’s a second straight solo second following her runner-up finish at last week’s Chevron. Haeran Ryu was solo third at 6 under, six shots back. Jin Young Ko tied for fourth with fellow Korean Jin Hee Im.

Grace Kim leads JM Eagle LA Championship, aims to be second Australian in a row to win at Wilshire Country Club

Kim has 11 birdies and an eagle with just one bogey through 36 holes.

Grace Kim tied the course record at Wilshire Country Club on Thursday with a 7-under 64. What would the Australian do for an encore in the shadows of the Hollywood Hills?

How about a second-round, 5-under 66, which staked her to a four-shot lead when she walked off the course late in the day Friday at the 2024 JM Eagle LA Championship.

Kim, who won as a rookie in 2023, is in a good position after 36 holes to earn her second LPGA victory. She would also be the third Aussie – and second in a row – to win at Wilshire, following Hannah Green (2023) and Minjee Lee (2019).

“I’ve been mentally in the dumps up until last week, and I wasn’t in a good place,” she said to Golf Channel’s Karen Stupples after her round. “But I knew I was close and I knew my game was good enough. I just mentally had to be sharp enough on the course, and I think having low expectations entering the week helped a lot.”

Kim went bogey free in her opening round. On Friday, after she bogeyed the par-3 12th hole, she quickly responded with an eagle on the 13th. Over two days, she has carded 11 birdies.

In seven LPGA tournaments so far in 2024, Kim has three missed cuts, including last week at the Chevron Championship, and a high finish of T-25, which came two months ago at the HSBC Women’s World Championship.

Aces high

Auston Kim made a hole-in-one on the par-3 18th hole, her ninth hole of the day, on Friday.

It was the third ace of the week, joining Jeongeun Lee5 (18th hole, Thursday) and Alexa Pano (12th hole, Friday).

Maja Stark continues hot streak at JM Eagle LA Championship after adopting no swearing rule

Stark had a new and interesting goal at last week’s Chevron Championship.

Maja Stark had a new and interesting goal at last week’s Chevron Championship: No swearing. No outward displays of frustration.

The advice came from Peter Hanson, a former pro who works with fellow Swede Ludvig Aberg, a rising star on the PGA Tour. Instead of telling Aberg to have more patience, they work on saying “just keep playing.”

The shift takes a player out of thinking about what just happened, and instead points them to thinking about what’s ahead.

“I think that has been way better for me just both with staying calm with what I’m doing now,” said Stark at the Chevron, “but also being aggressive on the next shot.”

Stark, 24, finished runner-up to Nelly Korda last week in Texas, her best finish in a major. Last month, she tied for third at the Ford Championship. This week at JM Eagle LA Championship at Wilshire Country Club, Stark opened with a 6-under 65 and sits one shot behind leader Grace Kim.

Stark said some of the frustration she’s felt on the LPGA is due to the tour playing tougher courses than what she experienced on the Ladies European Tour, where she won six times.

“You know, when you’re used to having more made cuts and top 10s and everything you kind of expect it,” said Stark, “but then the competition is just so much harder out here than it was on my previous tour.”

“So, yeah, and I just tended to get stressed a lot when I messed up and then that leads to me making more and more mistakes.”

Stark left Houston with a confidence boost after a more patient mindset enabled her to get up-and-down from some “really bad places.” That’s carried on this week in Los Angeles, where Stark has worked to conserve energy after a draining major championship run.

“I feel like I’ve just been more patient,” said Stark. “Haven’t made any dumb mistakes. Just taking my medicine where I needed to.”

2024 JM Eagle LA Championship
Hannah Green plays her shot from the fifth tee during the first round of the 2024 JM Eagle LA Championship at Wilshire Country Club. (Photo: Harry How/Getty Images)

Last year’s Wilshire winner, Hannah Green, opened with a 67. The Aussie has stayed with the same host family at the event since 2018 and enjoyed having Wilshire members out watching her play on Thursday. She’s a regular at the Great White Australian café that’s across the street when she has a late tee time. Wilshire is a comfortable place for the four-time winner.

“It’s nice to be able to switch off properly,” she said.

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2023 JM Eagle LA Championship prize money payouts for each LPGA player

Check out the prize money payouts at the 2023 JM Eagle LA Championship.

The purse at the LPGA stop at Wilshire Country Club doubled in 2023 to $3 million thanks to new title sponsor JM Eagle and presenting sponsors. The renamed JM Eagle LA Championship now boasts one of the biggest purses on the LPGA schedule.

As a result, Australia’s Hannah Green took home $450,000 after clinching her third career title in a two-hole playoff. Green has now collected $3,983,874 in career earnings.

The major champ has an interesting financial trend when it comes to winning on tour:

“I had actually missed the cut last week at Chevron, and my other two wins that I had on Tour, I missed the weekend the week prior. Not that I want to miss cuts, but it has been some sort of a recipe to a win.”

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Check out the prize money payouts at the 2023 JM Eagle LA Championship.

Pos Player Score Winnings
T1 Hannah Green -9* $450,000
T1 Xiyu Lin -9 $242,747
T1 Aditi Ashok -9 $242,747
T4 Ayaka Furue -8 $142,497
T4 Ruoning Yin -8 $142,497
T6 Nelly Korda -7 $89,094
T6 Cheyenne Knight -7 $89,094
T6 Hae Ran Ryu -7 $89,094
T9 Alison Lee -6 $65,472
T9 Jaravee Boonchant -6 $65,472
T11 Nasa Hataoka -5 $55,842
T11 Chella Choi -5 $55,842
T13 Gemma Dryburgh -4 $46,215
T13 Na Rin An -4 $46,215
T13 Stacy Lewis -4 $46,215
T13 Sarah Kemp -4 $46,215
T17 Hye Jin Choi -3 $35,608
T17 Hyo Joo Kim -3 $35,608
T17 Charley Hull -3 $35,608
T17 Madelene Sagstrom -3 $35,608
T17 Perrine Delacour -3 $35,608
T17 Gina Kim -3 $35,608
T17 Yuna Nishimura -3 $35,608
T24 Natthakritta Vongtaveelap -2 $29,424
T24 Ally Ewing -2 $29,424
T24 Lindsey Weaver-Wright -2 $29,424
T27 Ryann O’Toole -1 $24,725
T27 Lauren Coughlin -1 $24,725
T27 Emma Talley -1 $24,725
T27 Caroline Inglis -1 $24,725
T27 Yu-Sang Hou -1 $24,725
T27 Pavarisa Yoktuan -1 $24,725
T33 Atthaya Thitikul E $17,562
T33 Ashleigh Buhai E $17,562
T33 Hinako Shibuno E $17,562
T33 Amy Yang E $17,562
T33 Wichanee Meechai E $17,562
T33 In-Kyung Kim E $17,562
T33 Lucy Li E $17,562
T33 Jennifer Chang E $17,562
T33 Yu Liu E $17,562
T33 Ines Laklalech E $17,562
T33 Min Lee E $17,562
T44 Minjee Lee 1 $11,759
T44 Jin Young Ko 1 $11,759
T44 Georgia Hall 1 $11,759
T44 Lizette Salas 1 $11,759
T44 Eun-Hee Ji 1 $11,759
T44 Brittany Lincicome 1 $11,759
T44 Angel Yin 1 $11,759
T44 Linnea Strom 1 $11,759
T44 Azahara Munoz 1 $11,759
T53 Maja Stark 2 $9,397
T53 Stephanie Kyriacou 2 $9,397
T53 Pernilla Lindberg 2 $9,397
T53 Minami Katsu 2 $9,397
T57 Danielle Kang 3 $8,165
T57 Marina Alex 3 $8,165
T57 Pornanong Phatlum 3 $8,165
T57 Lauren Hartlage 3 $8,165
T61 Daniela Darquea 4 $7,395
T61 Hyo Joon Jang 4 $7,395
T61 Linnea Johansson 4 $7,395
64 Patty Tavatanakit 5 $7,087
65 Maude-Aimee Leblanc 7 $6,931
T66 Allison Emrey 9 $6,702
T66 Celine Borge 9 $6,702

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‘It’s been a long few years’: Australia’s Hannah Green survives three-way playoff to win third LPGA title at JM Eagle LA Championship

Hannah Green couldn’t hold back the emotion after clinching her first LPGA title in nearly four years.

LOS ANGELES – Hannah Green couldn’t hold back the emotion after clinching her first LPGA title in nearly four years. After finishing inside the top three the past two years at Wilshire Country Club, the steady and oft-stoic Aussie won a three-way playoff at the JM Eagle LA Championship.

“It’s been a long few years,” said Green, who parred the first 14 holes on Sunday but birdied the closing par-3 18th to finish at 9-under 275 alongside Aditi Ashok and Xiyu “Janet” Lin.

At one point late in the day, the crowded LA Championship leaderboard featured five players tied at 8 under.

American Cheyenne Knight looked primed to make a run for her second LPGA title until her second shot into the par-5 15th sailed out of bounds, resulting in a double-bogey seven. China’s Ruoning Lin held the outright lead until bogeys on the 17th and 18th derailed her bid.

The three players who found their way into the playoff did so with gutsy birdies on the closing par-3 18th. Lin actually birdied the last two in regulation.

In overtime, India’s Ashok suffered a hard lip-out from 15 feet on the 156-yard 18th, the first playoff hole. Lin then drained a 12-footer for birdie to put the pressure on Green, who hit an 8-iron to 4 feet and then converted to push it to a second hole.

After Lin found the bunker on her tee shot, Green needed only to two-putt from 25 feet to become the seventh Australian in LPGA history to earn at least three titles, joining Katherine Kirk (3), Wendy Doolan (3), Minjee Lee (8), Rachel Hetherington (8), Jan Stephenson (16) and Karrie Webb (41).

Now in her sixth season on the LPGA, Green broke through in 2019 at the KPMG Women’s PGA at Hazeltine and followed it with a second title that year at the Portland Classic. She’s a former Karrie Webb Scholarship winner, like fellow major champion Minjee Lee and recent LPGA winner Grace Kim.

Green earned $450,000 at Wilshire, bringing her career earnings total to $3,983,874.

“I said to my team and my caddie, I feel like once I get over the hurdle of having my third win that that will just open doors because I was really nervous today,” said Green.

“I hadn’t been in that position for quite some time to be especially in a playoff to win a tournament. So when I holed that 4-footer, I felt like I was literally shaking like crazy and you could see it visually. But I don’t really know. Maybe I’ll have a look at the footage.”

After missing the cut last week at the Chevron – Green missed the cut before all three of her victories – she spoke with LPGA sports psychologist Julie Aamto to get a fresh perspective and they talked about her post-shot routine.

Green had come to realize she when she hits a bad shot, she often holds onto that club until she gets to the ball. When she hits a good shot, Green typically gives her caddie the club back right away.

“Golf can be really frustrating,” said Green, “and sometimes showing emotion is a good thing, but just making sure that it doesn’t get too deep and affect your next shot.”

Ashok worked on building swing speed in the offseason and said the added distance helped her reach more par 5s in two this week. A four-time winner on the Ladies European Tour, Ashok began 2023 finishing 1-3-2 in her first three starts on the LET.

“I’ve never played in this position on the LPGA,” said Ashok, “so to be near the lead on the first day, kind of stay there the whole tournament. The competition is just so deep out here. Ten people have a good tournament but only one can win. I’m happy with the way I played.”

World No. 1 Nelly Korda played the weekend with sister Jessica’s caddie after her regular looper, Jason McDede, rushed home to Florida Saturday morning after wife Caroline Masson gave birth to their first child, a son.

“It was very unexpected,” said Nelly, “but they’re both doing really well, both healthy, and Jason is back home with the baby. Yeah, I can’t wait to meet him. Auntie Nelly.”

Masson, 33, has competed on the LPGA the past 10 years, winning the 2016 Manulife LPGA Classic. She has represented Europe in the Solheim Cup on four different occasions.

Jessica’s regular caddie, Kyle Morrison, will be on the bag for Nelly at next week’s International Crown team event at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Nelly took a share of sixth at Wilshire.

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Watch: Aditi Ashok jars it from the fairway for eagle at LPGA’s JM Eagle LA Championship

Ashok said on Thursday that she’s been working with a new putter in her bag this week. But who needs to putt when you can do this?

There’s making an eagle. There’s holing out for an eagle. And then there’s what Aditi Ashok did Friday in Los Angeles.

Playing the back nine first during her second round of the 2023 JM Eagle LA Championship, Ashok faced a third shot on the par-5 15th hole at Wilshire Country Club.

Aiming for a front pin, she had to carry a stream that fronts the green but dialed in the distance perfectly as the ball flew into the cup on the fly.

And let’s give Golf Channel some credit for the camera angle, too. This is fun to watch from the overhead view.

Ashok said on Thursday that she’s been working with a new putter in her bag this week, trying to overcome some recent issues.

“I think the last three weeks, I couldn’t lean on my putting as much,” she said. “It’s a similar blade. It’s just much lighter. It was too heavy for me, and I ended up leaving a bunch of them short. I have a lighter one at home, but it’s in India, so I had to go to Callaway and they made me the same Odyssey putter that I had, just lighter, so that’s the only difference.”

But knocking it right in the hole takes any putting issues off the table.

Ashok’s eagle came on the heels of back-to-back birdies. That’s right, she went 4 under over three holes to get to 9 under and grabbed the solo lead by three shots. The 25-year-old is seeking her first LPGA title.

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LPGA: Linnea Johansson, No. 358 in the world, leads after 64 at Wilshire Country Club

After several seasons on the Epson Tour, Johansson earned her LPGA card in 2020.

Linnea Johansson ranks 358th in the world, but the Swede’s opening 7-under 64 puts her atop the leaderboard early at the JM Eagle LA Championship. Johansson hit all 14 fairways, 15 greens and took 26 putts in her fifth round on tour this season. It marks the first time she’s broken par.

“I’ve been working a lot on my swing and trying to get a little bit more consistent ball flight, and I think that was very helpful today because I was able to attack a little bit more of the pins out there and give myself chances,” said Johansson of her bogey-free day. “The greens can be tricky, a lot going on, but I managed to read them and match the speed today, and they dropped for me.”

Johansson, 29, began her career at Nova Southeastern before transferring to Oklahoma State. After several seasons on the Epson Tour, she earned her LPGA card in 2020 and is still looking for her first career top-10 finish. Eight of the top-10 players in the world at in the field in Los Angeles.

“Obviously it’s been a little ride for me the past couple of years, struggling a little bit out here,” said Johansson. “The girls are good. It’s the best players in the world, so it should be tough, and so it is. It’s tough for everybody.

“But days when it clicks and when you really hit the shots that you want and manage to roll putts in, that’s the days you really enjoy it a little bit more, and it’s competitive out here, but starting off the tournament here like this, it’s great.”

Minjee Lee, a former champ at Wilshire Country Club, holds a share of second with Gemma Dryburgh.

Cristie Kerr opened with a 67. The 45-year-old is making her fourth start to the season this week, with her best finish, a 73rd, coming at the Lotte Championship.

Lilia Vu, last week’s winner at the Chevron Championship, shot 69.

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Lilia Vu thought she’d see Taylor Swift after missing her flight on Sunday but instead won a major. She’s back at Wilshire, where she played at UCLA

As a student-athlete at UCLA, Vu played Wilshire Country Club every Wednesday morning with her team.

After weather pushed back tee times for the final round of the Chevron Championship, Lilia Vu thought she might as well go to the Taylor Swift concert in Houston that night after missing her 8 p.m. flight.

But then she became the first player to win an LPGA major championship coming from outside the top 10 since Sherri Turner won the LPGA Championship in 1988. Swift would have to wait.

After landing in Los Angeles at 3 p.m. Monday, Vu and her parents went straight to their favorite restaurant – Thanh My in Westminster – and then packed for another three-week stretch.

Vu opened the JM Eagle LA Championship with 2-under 69 in her first round as a major champion. As a student-athlete at UCLA, Vu played Wilshire Country Club every Wednesday morning with her team.

“It’s nostalgia,” said Vu of coming back to the LA club, “and there’s really no golf course quite like Wilshire. I don’t think you can really compare it to anything in my opinion because they’re just so different from the typical surrounding LA courses around here. It’s not easy. Putting is going to be difficult. I think it’s going to be difficult for everybody”

Vu, the winningest player in UCLA history with eight titles, is one of six Bruins in the field this week.

Longtime UCLA coach Carrie Forsyth announced her retirement from coaching on Monday.

In 24 years as head coach at UCLA, Forsyth led the Bruins to two NCAA titles, nine NCAA Regional Championships and 74 tournament victories.

After the NCAA postseason, Forsyth will take on a newly-created role as a special assistant to The Alice and Nahum Lainer Family Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond.

Here’s a closer look at the six UCLA players in this week’s field:

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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