October 17-20
Qizhong Garden Golf Club, Shanghai, China
$2,100,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
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โ LPGA (@LPGA) October 20, 2019
Two trips to Shanghai, two wins for Danielle Kang. On her 27th birthday, the American captured the 2019 Buick LPGA Shanghai, successfully defending her 2018 title at Qizhong Garden Golf Club with a one-stroke win over Jessica Korda. Kang shot a bogey-free 2-under 70 on Sunday, breaking her own tournament record to finish at 16-under 272.
Kang pulled two strokes clear of Korda with a birdie at the 15th, but on 17, Korda got back within one with a birdie of her own. At 18, Kang came up 3 feet short on her 25-foot birdie putt and admitted to a good case of nerves over what ultimately became her winning putt.
โIt was a really stressful day. I definitely played well out there. It was really tough because you're definitely watching what Jessica is shooting and scoring, and always just try to keep in my own game,โ said Kang. โThere were a lot of birdie opportunities. I made some really great up and downs. I've never been more nervous than the last putt for some reason, but I made it.โ
"I've never felt that nervous with anything else."
โ LPGA (@LPGA) October 20, 2019
Danielle Kang made her par putt on 18 to win back-to-back @BuickLpga titles. pic.twitter.com/2gLeaJqEez
Korda was unable to keep up with the mistake-free Kang. After starting the day one stroke ahead of Kang, she shot even-par 72 with three birdies and three bogeys.
โI just didn't have any like good numbers. I couldn't get anything going. Everything was half shots. I was either short or I was long,โ said Korda, who was looking for her sixth win in six different countries. โYou know, just couldn't get anything going today. It was just one of those days where it just wasn't meant to be, I guess.โ
Yu Liu, of the People's Republic of China, surged up the leaderboard with a final-round 65 and tied for third with Japanโs Nasa Hataoka and American LPGA rookie Kristen Gillman, who earned the best finish of her LPGA career. Megan Khang tied the 18-hole scoring record of 8-under 64, acing the par-3 11th to go with six birdies to finish tied for seventh.
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
Scores |
Total |
Prize Money |
1 |
Danielle Kang | -16 |
69 - 67 - 66 - 70 |
272 |
$315,000 |
2 |
Jessica Korda | -15 |
68 - 67 - 66 - 72 |
273 |
$192,103 |
T3 |
Yu Liu | -13 |
76 - 66 - 68 - 65 |
275 |
$111,310 |
T3 |
Nasa Hataoka | -13 |
67 - 73 - 67 - 68 |
275 |
$111,310 |
T3 |
Kristen Gillman | -13 |
73 - 66 - 68 - 68 |
275 |
$111,310 |
6 |
Sei Young Kim | -12 |
73 - 67 - 68 - 68 |
276 |
$70,993 |
T7 |
Megan Khang | -10 |
74 - 71 - 69 - 64 |
278 |
$55,743 |
T7 |
Ariya Jutanugarn | -10 |
73 - 69 - 69 - 67 |
278 |
$55,743 |
T9 |
Nelly Korda | -9 |
71 - 72 - 68 - 68 |
279 |
$42,947 |
T9 |
Jin Young Ko | -9 |
72 - 70 - 68 - 69 |
279 |
$42,947 |
T9 |
Brooke M. Henderson | -9 |
69 - 64 - 73 - 73 |
279 |
$42,947 |
T12 |
Nanna Koerstz Madsen | -8 |
71 - 69 - 72 - 68 |
280 |
$35,653 |
T12 |
Jodi Ewart Shadoff | -8 |
69 - 72 - 69 - 70 |
280 |
$35,653 |
T14 |
Shanshan Feng | -7 |
70 - 71 - 72 - 68 |
281 |
$30,570 |
T14 |
Georgia Hall | -7 |
71 - 69 - 72 - 69 |
281 |
$30,570 |
T14 |
Angel Yin | -7 |
68 - 71 - 69 - 73 |
281 |
$30,570 |
17 |
Marina Alex | -6 |
71 - 67 - 74 - 70 |
282 |
$27,346 |
T18 |
Jing Yan | -5 |
74 - 70 - 71 - 68 |
283 |
$25,558 |
T18 |
Caroline Masson | -5 |
72 - 73 - 69 - 69 |
283 |
$25,558 |
T20 |
Nicole Broch Larsen | -4 |
72 - 73 - 72 - 67 |
284 |
$22,928 |
T20 |
Alena Sharp | -4 |
72 - 72 - 71 - 69 |
284 |
$22,928 |
T20 |
Jeongeun Lee6 | -4 |
72 - 68 - 75 - 69 |
284 |
$22,928 |
T20 |
Brittany Altomare | -4 |
70 - 69 - 74 - 71 |
284 |
$22,928 |
T24 |
Annie Park | -3 |
71 - 72 - 72 - 70 |
285 |
$20,089 |
T24 |
Hyo Joo Kim | -3 |
73 - 74 - 67 - 71 |
285 |
$20,089 |
T24 |
Amy Yang | -3 |
67 - 71 - 75 - 72 |
285 |
$20,089 |
27 |
Jennifer Kupcho | -2 |
69 - 75 - 71 - 71 |
286 |
$18,615 |
T28 |
Jasmine Suwannapura | -1 |
74 - 71 - 73 - 69 |
287 |
$16,533 |
T28 |
Gerina Piller | -1 |
70 - 78 - 69 - 70 |
287 |
$16,533 |
T28 |
Carlota Ciganda | -1 |
72 - 73 - 70 - 72 |
287 |
$16,533 |
T28 |
Lydia Ko | -1 |
69 - 74 - 70 - 74 |
287 |
$16,533 |
T28 |
Na Yeon Choi | -1 |
70 - 71 - 71 - 75 |
287 |
$16,533 |
T33 |
Cydney Clanton | E |
76 - 74 - 67 - 71 |
288 |
$14,023 |
T33 |
Pajaree Anannarukarn | E |
70 - 70 - 76 - 72 |
288 |
$14,023 |
T33 |
Ashleigh Buhai | E |
72 - 71 - 72 - 73 |
288 |
$14,023 |
T36 |
Eun-Hee Ji | 1 |
72 - 73 - 70 - 74 |
289 |
$12,674 |
T36 |
Gaby Lopez | 1 |
73 - 72 - 69 - 75 |
289 |
$12,674 |
T38 |
Simin Feng | 2 |
74 - 73 - 73 - 70 |
290 |
$10,745 |
T38 |
Muni He | 2 |
74 - 75 - 70 - 71 |
290 |
$10,745 |
T38 |
Ruixin Liu | 2 |
72 - 74 - 71 - 73 |
290 |
$10,745 |
T38 |
Moriya Jutanugarn | 2 |
73 - 72 - 72 - 73 |
290 |
$10,745 |
T38 |
Katherine Kirk | 2 |
71 - 74 - 72 - 73 |
290 |
$10,745 |
T38 |
Ruoning Yin (a) | 2 |
75 - 71 - 70 - 74 |
290 |
$0 |
T38 |
Su Oh | 2 |
71 - 70 - 73 - 76 |
290 |
$10,745 |
T45 |
Lizette Salas | 3 |
76 - 73 - 74 - 68 |
291 |
$8,624 |
T45 |
In-Kyung Kim | 3 |
74 - 75 - 73 - 69 |
291 |
$8,624 |
T45 |
Amy Olson | 3 |
73 - 71 - 77 - 70 |
291 |
$8,624 |
T45 |
Wei-Ling Hsu | 3 |
75 - 74 - 71 - 71 |
291 |
$8,624 |
T45 |
Mi Jung Hur | 3 |
76 - 75 - 68 - 72 |
291 |
$8,624 |
T50 |
Mirim Lee | 4 |
77 - 70 - 75 - 70 |
292 |
$7,173 |
T50 |
Sarah Schmelzel | 4 |
72 - 75 - 74 - 71 |
292 |
$7,173 |
T50 |
Minjee Lee | 4 |
74 - 69 - 78 - 71 |
292 |
$7,173 |
T50 |
Mel Reid | 4 |
69 - 72 - 78 - 73 |
292 |
$7,173 |
T50 |
Azahara Munoz | 4 |
72 - 69 - 76 - 75 |
292 |
$7,173 |
55 |
Chella Choi | 5 |
74 - 76 - 73 - 70 |
293 |
$6,521 |
56 |
Mi Hyang Lee | 6 |
72 - 72 - 78 - 72 |
294 |
$6,310 |
57 |
Yanhong Pan | 8 |
77 - 73 - 73 - 73 |
296 |
$6,099 |
T58 |
Cheyenne Knight | 9 |
75 - 79 - 74 - 69 |
297 |
$5,491 |
T58 |
Paula Creamer | 9 |
77 - 73 - 77 - 70 |
297 |
$5,491 |
T58 |
Sakura Yokomine | 9 |
75 - 72 - 76 - 74 |
297 |
$5,491 |
T58 |
Tiffany Joh | 9 |
77 - 71 - 73 - 76 |
297 |
$5,491 |
T58 |
Jenny Shin | 9 |
76 - 72 - 71 - 78 |
297 |
$5,491 |
T63 |
Celine Boutier | 10 |
80 - 74 - 70 - 74 |
298 |
$4,996 |
T63 |
Xiyu Lin | 10 |
76 - 75 - 71 - 76 |
298 |
$4,996 |
T63 |
Xiaowen Yin (a) | 10 |
73 - 71 - 74 - 80 |
298 |
$0 |
66 |
Yuting Shi | 11 |
79 - 75 - 78 - 67 |
299 |
$4,839 |
T67 |
Charley Hull | 12 |
79 - 77 - 75 - 69 |
300 |
$4,628 |
T67 |
Pornanong Phatlum | 12 |
76 - 78 - 77 - 69 |
300 |
$4,628 |
T67 |
Yuli Shi | 12 |
75 - 75 - 73 - 77 |
300 |
$4,628 |
T70 |
Yunjie Zhang | 13 |
78 - 74 - 80 - 69 |
301 |
$4,364 |
T70 |
Jaye Marie Green | 13 |
72 - 80 - 75 - 74 |
301 |
$4,364 |
72 |
Xiang Sui | 14 |
75 - 79 - 75 - 73 |
302 |
$4,208 |
73 |
Anna Nordqvist | 16 |
79 - 77 - 75 - 73 |
304 |
$4,155 |
74 |
Jiaze Sun (a) | 19 |
80 - 77 - 79 - 71 |
307 |
$0 |
T75 |
Yezhou Lin | 20 |
77 - 81 - 75 - 75 |
308 |
$4,049 |
T75 |
Yifan Ji | 20 |
75 - 74 - 83 - 76 |
308 |
$4,049 |
T75 |
Jienalin Zhang | 20 |
79 - 72 - 79 - 78 |
308 |
$4,049 |
78 |
Ying Luo | 21 |
78 - 77 - 79 - 75 |
309 |
$3,948 |
79 |
Taoli Yang | 26 |
75 - 83 - 77 - 79 |
314 |
$3,898 |
80 |
Huize Lian | 32 |
78 - 83 - 79 - 80 |
320 |
$3,849 |
WD |
Bronte Law | 69 |
$0 |