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