A birdie on the par-3 18th hole at Wilshire Country Club allowed Perth’s Hannah Green to claim her spot in a three-woman playoff at the LPGA’s JM Eagle L.A. Championship along with India’s Aditi Ashok and China’s Xiyu Lin.
And a birdie on the par-3 18th allowed Green to advance to a second extra hole, along with Lin.
And while a birdie on the par-3 18th would have clinched the title for the 26-year-old West Australian, a par did the trick as Green claimed her third career LPGA victory but her first since 2019.
“It’s been a long few years,” an emotional Green said after the win. “I played really well last year, but getting across the line has been difficult.”
Green stayed patient on the final day as birdie putts were hard to come by early. After 14 straight pars to open the round, she finally made a birdie on the par-5 15th hole. Then on the 18th, she rolled in a 25-footer to close out a two-under 69 for a nine-under 275 total.
Both Ashok and Lin also birdied the 72nd hole, to send the event into a playoff. Ashok missed a 12-foot birdie try on the first extra hole as she was attempting to become the first woman from India to win an LPGA event. Lin, meanwhile, rolled in a six-footer while Green made a four-footer to move to a second playoff hole.
Lin’s tee shot this time came up short in a greenside bunker, and she just got her ball on to the green with her second shot. Green cosied her birdie effort to 18 inches and when Lin couldn’t hole her par-saving putt from 25 feet, Green had the title wrapped up.
With the victory, her first on the LPGA Tour since 2019, Green grabbed the first-place cheque of $US450,000 from the overall purse of $US3 million. Here are the prizemoney payouts for everybody who made the cut this week in Los Angeles.
All figures in US dollars
Win: Hannah Green, -9, $450,000
P-2: Xiyu Lin, -9 $242,747
P-2: Aditi Ashok, -9 $242,747
T-4: Ayaka Furue, -8, $142,497
T-4: Ruoning Yin, -8, $142,497
T-6: Nelly Korda, -7, $89,093
T-6: Hae Ran Ryu, -7, $89,093
T-6: Cheyenne Knight, -7, $89,093
T-9: Jaravee Boonchant, -6, $65,472.50
T-9: Alison Lee, -6, $65,472.50
11: $57,768
12: $53,917
13: $50,527
14: $47,448
15: $44,674
16: $42,209
17: $40,054
18: $38,205
19: $36,665
20: $35,431
21: $34,200
22: $32,967
23: $31,736
24: $30,502
25: $29,424
26: $28,347
27: $27,266
28: $26,188
29: $25,111
30: $24,186
31: $23,261
32: $22,337
33: $21,412
34: $20,488
35: $19,719
36: $18,948
37: $18,179
38: $17,408
39: $16,636
40: $16,021
41: $15,406
42: $14,790
43: $14,172
44: $13,556
45: $13,094
46: $12,632
47: $12,170
48: $11,707
49: $11,245
50: $10,783
51: $10,477
52: $10,167
53: $9,858
54: $9,552
55: $9,243
56: $8,934
57: $8,627
58: $8,318
59: $8,012
60: $7,703
61: $7,550
62: $7,394
63: $7,241
64: $7,087
65: $6,931
66: $6,778
67: $6,625
