The LPGA took last week off. Hey, everyone is a fan of watching the Masters. But its back in California for the second time this year, playing at the JM Eagle LA Championship at El Caballero Country Club northwest of Los Angeles.
Four past champions and six of the top-10 players in the world—including 15 of the top 25—are on hand, playing for the $3.75 million purse with the winner taking home $562,500 for a victory. Jeeno Thitikul and Nelly Korda, world Nos. 1 and 2 respectively, are not playing, but Hyo Koo Kim, a two-time winner this year leads the pack at No. 3.
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Last year Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad captured her first LPGA title, topping Akie Iwai by a shot. Lindblad has struggled since that win and our Jill Painter-Lopez chronicled her honesty here.
The world’s top two ranked junior golfers, Asterisk Talley and Aphrodite Deng, have earned sponsor exemptions. Talley led the Augusta National Women’s Amateur while standing on the par-3 12th hole at Augusta National during the final round and dunked two in the water and made quadruple-bogey 7. He bogeyed 15, doubled 16 and tied for fourth place, six placed behind winner Maria Jose Marin.
Check back here Sunday after play is complete for updates.
Prize money payout in California
WIN: $562,500
2: $347,173
3: $251,849
4: $194,825
5: $156,813
6: $128,301
7: $107,393
8: $94,088
9: $84,584
10: $76,980
11: $71,276
12: $66,524
13: $62,343
14: $58,543
15: $55,120
16: $52,080
17: $49,420
18: $47,139
19: $45,239
20: $43,716
21: $42,198
22: $40,675
23: $39,157
24: $37,635
25: $36,305
26: $34,975
27: $33,642
28: $32,312
29: $30,983
30: $29,842
31: $28,701
32: $27,560
33: $26,419
34: $25,279
35: $24,330
36: $23,379
37: $22,430
38: $21,479
39: $20,527
40: $19,767
41: $19,008
42: $18,249
43: $17,486
44: $16,726
45: $16,156
46: $15,586
47: $15,015
48: $14,445
49: $13,875
50: $13,304
51: $12,926
52: $12,545
53: $12,163
54: $11,786
55: $11,404
56: $11,023
57: $10,645
58: $10,263
59: $9,886
60: $9,504
61: $9,315
62: $9,123
63: $8,934
64: $8,745
65: $8,552
66: $8,363
67: $8,174
68: $7,982
69: $7,793
70: $7,604
71: $7,510
72: $7,411
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
