Gainbridge LPGA R4

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R4
January 27-30
Boca Rio Golf Club, Boca Raton, Florida
$2,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

Lydia Ko signed for a final 69 on Sunday to reach 14-under and win the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio by one shot. This is her 17th title on the LPGA Tour going back to 2012, although she only became a member in 2014. She is the first player to reach 17 wins before turning 25 since Nancy Lopez in 1979.

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R4

“I tried to stay really patient out there and not get carried away on what everybody else was doing and just focus on my game, trying to make the lowest score I could. I think that helped me really dial it in and just kind of stay in the present, which I think is really important, especially when other players are playing well and I’m not making many birdies.”

The New Zealander is now tied for 32nd on the LPGA Tour Career Wins List joining Dottie Pepper, Ayako Okamoto and Beverly Hanson. The $300,000 winner’s check moves her into ninth on the LPGA Tour All-Time Career Earnings List with $12,668,796, passing World Golf Hall of Fame and LPGA Hall of Fame member Se Ri Pak.

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R4

“To finish off with a few birdies [on the back nine] was nice, and I think holing that putt on 15 was kind of the momentum shifter for me,” said Ko. “It wasn’t the easiest putt. I kept aiming more and more right because it looked like it was a swinging putt and ended up being the perfect read.

“I normally line up my ball where I want to start it. I lined it up and stood up to it and said, ‘I think this is still too low.’ I had already aimed quite a few feet out, and [my caddie] Derek [Kistler] had a point that was a few feet right of the hole. Sometimes I get frustrated because I end up trusting my feel over the ball. But in that case, feel helped me out.”

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R4

Ko now has 21 of the 27 points needed to gain entry into the LPGA Hall of Fame.

“My mom asked me earlier this week and so did my sister, ‘Hey, what if you’re about to retire but you’re one point away? Would you retire, or continue to play?’ To have my name alongside some of the legends, it would be a huge honor,” said Ko. “It is one of my goals, but I still have a long way to go. And people may think, ‘Hey, you’re just one point away. That’s one normal event win and then you’re there.’ It’s not easy to do that. It’s not easy to win. Not easy to have a top 10.”

Danielle Kang finished runner-up, a week after winning the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions.

“I played some really good golf out there. I hit some quality shots, today and yesterday,” said. Kang. “I just couldn’t get some of the things going my way. I flag hunted really well and hit some good putts that didn’t go in. Yeah, I tried really hard out there.”

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R4

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R4

Yuka Saso (67) finished in solo third place at 12-under, while Charley Hull (68) and Celine Boutier (69) shared fourth at 11-under.

Nelly Korda shot 2-under 76 to finish in a tie for 20th at 2-under and is now expected to lose the No. 1 spot in the Rolex Rankings to Jin Young Ko, who is projected to assume the spot for the fourth time of her career despite not competing in Boca Raton.

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R4

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
1	Lydia Ko	-14	63-70-72-69	274
2	Danielle Kang	-13	65-68-74-68	275
3	Yuka Saso	-12	67-70-72-67	276
T4	Charley Hull	-11	67-71-71-68	277
T4	Celine Boutier	-11	72-67-69-69	277
T6	Lexi Thompson	-7	70-70-73-68	281
T6	Brooke M. Henderson	-7	68-71-74-68	281
T8	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	-6	67-72-74-69	282
T8	Stacy Lewis	-6	68-72-72-70	282
T8	Hye-Jin Choi	-6	67-72-73-70	282
T11	Georgia Hall	-5	70-70-76-67	283
T11	Ally Ewing	-5	68-73-72-70	283
T13	Bronte Law	-4	68-70-78-68	284
T13	Amy Yang	-4	68-74-73-69	284
T13	Aditi Ashok	-4	66-72-76-70	284
T13	Patty Tavatanakit	-4	71-68-74-71	284
T13	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	-4	68-69-76-71	284
T18	Pauline Roussin-Bouchard	-3	73-70-74-68	285
T18	Ayaka Furue	-3	69-72-71-73	285
T20	Pornanong Phatlum	-2	72-71-74-69	286
T20	Megan Khang	-2	70-74-72-70	286
T20	Carlota Ciganda	-2	68-72-76-70	286
T20	Nelly Korda	-2	68-72-76-70	286
T20	Jessica Korda	-2	72-68-75-71	286
T20	In Gee Chun	-2	68-72-73-73	286
T20	Nasa Hataoka	-2	67-71-73-75	286
T27	Ryann O’Toole	-1	70-70-78-69	287
T27	Sarah Schmelzel	-1	71-73-73-70	287
T27	Su Oh	-1	69-70-78-70	287
T27	Anna Nordqvist	-1	71-74-71-71	287
T27	Leona Maguire	-1	73-70-71-73	287
T27	Sophia Schubert	-1	70-72-72-73	287
T27	Morgane Metraux	-1	72-66-76-73	287
T34	Xiyu Janet Lin	Par	72-72-75-69	288
T34	Dana Finkelstein	Par	68-75-76-69	288
T34	Gaby Lopez	Par	68-73-78-69	288
T34	Na Rin An	Par	71-70-75-72	288
T34	Perrine Delacour	Par	69-72-75-72	288
T34	Marina Alex	Par	68-71-77-72	288
T40	Jennifer Kupcho	+1	68-75-79-67	289
T40	Madelene Sagstrom	+1	70-72-78-69	289
T40	Jasmine Suwannapura	+1	71-73-75-70	289
T40	A Lim Kim	+1	70-71-78-70	289
T40	Yaeeun Hong	+1	70-73-74-72	289
T45	Lilia Vu	+2	70-73-77-70	290
T45	Jeongeun Lee	+2	70-75-74-71	290
T45	Hee Young Park	+2	72-72-75-71	290
T45	Atthaya Thitikul	+2	72-71-73-74	290
T49	Brittany Lincicome	+3	72-73-78-68	291
T49	Kelly Tan	+3	75-69-74-73	291
T49	Rachel Rohanna	+3	70-74-72-75	291
T52	Emma Talley	+4	76-68-76-72	292
T52	Albane Valenzuela	+4	71-73-76-72	292
T52	Wichanee Meechai	+4	72-72-75-73	292
T52	Pajaree Anannarukarn	+4	70-72-77-73	292
T52	Karrie Webb	+4	71-72-75-74	292
T57	Cydney Clanton	+5	74-71-76-72	293
T57	Stephanie Meadow	+5	75-69-77-72	293
T57	Amanda Doherty	+5	68-74-78-73	293
T57	Jenny Shin	+5	72-73-74-74	293
T57	Christina Kim	+5	70-75-74-74	293
T57	Jeongeun Lee6	+5	67-73-77-76	293
T63	Dewi Weber	+6	71-71-82-70	294
T63	Lauren Stephenson	+6	70-74-79-71	294
T63	Amy Olson	+6	69-75-78-72	294
T63	Laura Restrepo	+6	71-74-75-74	294
T63	Mel Reid	+6	71-72-76-75	294
T68	Muni He	+7	70-74-79-72	295
T68	Linnea Johansson	+7	72-71-77-75	295
T70	Brittany Lang	+8	72-73-76-75	296
T70	Lindsey Weaver-Wright	+8	74-71-74-77	296
72	Jaye Marie Green	+9	70-75-78-74	297
T73	Allison Emrey	+13	72-73-81-75	301
T73	Gerina Michelle Mendoza	+13	67-77-75-82	301
	Fatima Fernandez Cano	CUT	74-72	146
	Esther Henseleit	CUT	74-72	146
	Janie Jackson	CUT	74-72	146
	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	CUT	74-72	146
	Brittany Altomare	CUT	73-73	146
	Moriya Jutanugarn	CUT	73-73	146
	Matilda Castren	CUT	72-74	146
	Elizabeth Szokol	CUT	72-74	146
	Inbee Park	CUT	71-75	146
	Sophia Corinne Popov	CUT	69-77	146
	Luna Sobron Galmes	CUT	77-70	147
	Ana Belac	CUT	76-71	147
	Ariya Jutanugarn	CUT	75-72	147
	Mirim Lee	CUT	74-73	147
	Ruixin Liu	CUT	74-73	147
	Casey Danielson	CUT	72-75	147
	Caroline Masson	CUT	72-75	147
	Angela Stanford	CUT	71-76	147
	Cheyenne Knight	CUT	70-77	147
	Mina Harigae	CUT	78-70	148
	Ashleigh Buhai	CUT	74-74	148
	Paula Reto	CUT	74-74	148
	Bianca Pagdanganan	CUT	72-76	148
	Peiyun Chien	CUT	71-77	148
	Katherine Perry-Hamski	CUT	71-77	148
	Alison Lee	CUT	76-73	149
	Maria Fassi	CUT	75-74	149
	Cristie Kerr	CUT	74-75	149
	Marissa Steen	CUT	74-75	149
	Yu Liu	CUT	73-76	149
	Lauren Coughlin	CUT	71-78	149
	Yealimi Noh	CUT	78-72	150
	Austin Ernst	CUT	75-75	150
	Giulia Molinaro	CUT	73-77	150
	Annie Park	CUT	76-75	151
	Jennifer Song	CUT	74-77	151
	Katherine Kirk	CUT	76-76	152
	Jenny Coleman	CUT	74-78	152
	Pernilla Lindberg	CUT	74-78	152
	Beatriz Recari	CUT	78-76	154
	Taylor Collins	CUT	77-77	154
	Haeji Kang	CUT	74-80	154
	Angel Yin	CUT	78-79	157
	Nishtha Madan	CUT	77-80	157
	Na Yeon Choi	CUT	79-79	158
	Laura Davies	WD	71