LOTTE Championship 2022 R4
April 13-16
Hoakalei Country Club, Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
$2,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
Mahalo, @LPGALOTTE.
— LPGA (@LPGA) April 17, 2022
It was a week to remember 😍 pic.twitter.com/nSCjkGoBW9
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South Korean Hyo Joo Kim won her fifth career LPGA Tour title with a final-round 71 to reach 11-under and capturing the LOTTE Championship by two strokes over Hinako Shibuno of Japan.
LOTTE Championship 2022 R4
“I have been playing LOTTE Championship since the inaugural championship, and then because of this being my sponsor I always wanted to win and do well. I guess so far, the records are not as I expected, as I would expect, and it was a little sad personally for me. However, I prepared a lot for this year's championship so it's all the more meaningful and special for me to win this championship this year.”
"The shot of a champion."
— LPGA (@LPGA) April 17, 2022
Still reliving this moment on 18 right before Hyo Joo Kim hoisted the trophy. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/3pGCizoROZ
LOTTE Championship 2022 R4
Kim started the day with a three-shot lead but bogeyed the par-3 17th to drop her lead to just one. She made a great pitch from off the green at the 18th leaving herself a 2-foot birdie putt to take the victory.
“I'm proud of that shot,” said Kim. “Maybe I made a lot of people like sit on the edge of their chairs, so I felt great about it.”
LOTTE Championship 2022 R4
Shibuno carded two birdies in the final round for a bogey-free 70 but it was not enough to capture her first win since the 2019 AIG Women’s Open. It was enough for her best LPGA Tour finish since her major victory at Woburn.
“I was having very fun playing with (Kim),” said Shibuno. “My putting was a little, you know, couldn't go in, so that was the difference with her.”
Kim’s countrywoman Hye-Jin Choi shot a final-round 69 to take solo third at 7-under, her best LPGA Tour finish since a tie for second at the 2020 ISPS Handa Vic Open as a non-Member.
South African Ashleigh Buhai finished fourth at 6-under followed by South Korea’s Somi Lee at 5-under.
American Brianna Do, who earned a spot in the tournament via the local qualifier on Sunday, played in the final group with Kim and Shibuno but could not recapture the magic that had been with her all week. With a 5-over 77 on Saturday she fell into a tie for 12th.
Allisen Corpuz, the only Hawaii resident in the field, finished in a tie for 18th at 1-under overall.
LOTTE Championship 2022 R4
| Pos. | Player | To Par | Scores | Total |
| 1 | Hyo Joo Kim | -11 | 67-67-72-71 | 277 |
| 2 | Hinako Shibuno | -9 | 71-70-68-70 | 279 |
| 3 | Hye-Jin Choi | -7 | 70-70-72-69 | 281 |
| 4 | Ashleigh Buhai | -6 | 71-71-70-70 | 282 |
| 5 | Somi Lee | -5 | 71-70-69-73 | 283 |
| T6 | Atthaya Thitikul | -4 | 71-74-72-67 | 284 |
| T6 | Gerina Mendoza | -4 | 74-72-69-69 | 284 |
| T6 | Ryann O'Toole | -4 | 72-69-72-71 | 284 |
| T6 | Na Rin An | -4 | 71-68-73-72 | 284 |
| T10 | Brittany Altomare | -3 | 70-77-72-66 | 285 |
| T10 | Celine Boutier | -3 | 71-74-70-70 | 285 |
| T12 | Charlotte Thomas | -2 | 72-75-70-69 | 286 |
| T12 | Sophia Schubert | -2 | 75-71-69-71 | 286 |
| T12 | Andrea Lee | -2 | 71-70-73-72 | 286 |
| T12 | In Gee Chun | -2 | 72-70-71-73 | 286 |
| T12 | Ariya Jutanugarn | -2 | 70-68-73-75 | 286 |
| T12 | Brianna Do | -2 | 72-70-67-77 | 286 |
| T18 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | -1 | 67-77-76-67 | 287 |
| T18 | Lauren Stephenson | -1 | 75-72-70-70 | 287 |
| T18 | Jennifer Kupcho | -1 | 74-72-71-70 | 287 |
| T18 | Lydia Ko | -1 | 69-75-73-70 | 287 |
| T18 | Emily Kristine Pedersen | -1 | 74-69-71-73 | 287 |
| T18 | Allisen Corpuz | -1 | 70-72-72-73 | 287 |
| T18 | Ruixin Liu | -1 | 71-74-67-75 | 287 |
| T18 | Stephanie Meadow | -1 | 71-70-69-77 | 287 |
| T26 | Emma Talley | Par | 75-71-71-71 | 288 |
| T26 | Esther Henseleit | Par | 75-70-72-71 | 288 |
| T26 | Gaby Lopez | Par | 68-77-72-71 | 288 |
| T26 | Anna Nordqvist | Par | 70-77-69-72 | 288 |
| T26 | Perrine Delacour | Par | 71-72-73-72 | 288 |
| T26 | Stephanie Kyriacou | Par | 71-71-73-73 | 288 |
| T26 | Sarah Kemp | Par | 68-69-78-73 | 288 |
| T26 | Chella Choi | Par | 70-73-71-74 | 288 |
| T26 | Gemma Dryburgh | Par | 67-73-74-74 | 288 |
| T35 | Georgia Hall | +1 | 70-75-76-68 | 289 |
| T35 | Cheyenne Knight | +1 | 70-71-77-71 | 289 |
| T35 | Wichanee Meechai | +1 | 74-72-71-72 | 289 |
| T35 | Min Lee | +1 | 69-73-75-72 | 289 |
| T35 | Kelly Tan | +1 | 71-72-72-74 | 289 |
| T35 | Megan Khang | +1 | 72-72-67-78 | 289 |
| T41 | Amy Olson | +2 | 76-71-74-69 | 290 |
| T41 | Yu Liu | +2 | 74-72-74-70 | 290 |
| T41 | Lindsey Weaver-Wright | +2 | 71-74-72-73 | 290 |
| T41 | Janie Jackson | +2 | 68-72-77-73 | 290 |
| T41 | Aditi Ashok | +2 | 67-73-76-74 | 290 |
| T41 | Haeji Kang | +2 | 68-70-78-74 | 290 |
| T41 | Annie Park | +2 | 73-73-69-75 | 290 |
| T48 | Su Oh | +3 | 74-73-77-67 | 291 |
| T48 | Haru Nomura | +3 | 74-73-75-69 | 291 |
| T48 | Leona Maguire | +3 | 71-75-76-69 | 291 |
| T48 | Ana Belac | +3 | 75-71-73-72 | 291 |
| T48 | Jeongeun Lee5 | +3 | 71-71-77-72 | 291 |
| T48 | Alison Lee | +3 | 67-76-75-73 | 291 |
| T48 | Hannah Green | +3 | 66-76-75-74 | 291 |
| T48 | A Lim Kim | +3 | 72-67-76-76 | 291 |
| T56 | Yealimi Noh | +4 | 77-70-74-71 | 292 |
| T56 | Matilda Castren | +4 | 74-72-75-71 | 292 |
| T56 | Yuka Saso | +4 | 73-74-73-72 | 292 |
| T56 | Giulia Molinaro | +4 | 74-73-72-73 | 292 |
| T56 | Maria Fassi | +4 | 70-76-72-74 | 292 |
| T56 | Albane Valenzuela | +4 | 70-75-72-75 | 292 |
| T56 | Pernilla Lindberg | +4 | 71-72-71-78 | 292 |
| T56 | Dewi Weber | +4 | 70-74-69-79 | 292 |
| T64 | Paula Reto | +5 | 71-73-83-66 | 293 |
| T64 | Linnea Johansson | +5 | 70-77-73-73 | 293 |
| T64 | Dottie Ardina | +5 | 72-75-71-75 | 293 |
| T67 | Bianca Pagdanganan | +6 | 70-77-78-69 | 294 |
| T67 | Ayaka Furue | +6 | 71-73-78-72 | 294 |
| T67 | Lilia Vu | +6 | 73-73-75-73 | 294 |
| T67 | Isi Gabsa | +6 | 71-72-77-74 | 294 |
| T67 | Dana Finkelstein | +6 | 72-71-75-76 | 294 |
| 72 | Frida Kinhult | +8 | 74-72-75-75 | 296 |
| 73 | Jenny Coleman | +9 | 72-75-75-75 | 297 |
| T74 | Yu-Sang Hou | +10 | 71-76-78-73 | 298 |
| T74 | Ssu-Chia Cheng | +10 | 71-75-76-76 | 298 |
| 76 | Anne van Dam | +11 | 71-76-75-77 | 299 |
| 77 | Mi Hyang Lee | +14 | 72-73-76-81 | 302 |
| Carlota Ciganda | CUT | 76-72 | 148 | |
| Pajaree Anannarukarn | CUT | 75-73 | 148 | |
| Casey Danielson | CUT | 75-73 | 148 | |
| Maude-Aimee Leblanc | CUT | 75-73 | 148 | |
| Jasmine Suwannapura | CUT | 75-73 | 148 | |
| Savannah Vilaubi | CUT | 75-73 | 148 | |
| Brooke Matthews | CUT | 74-74 | 148 | |
| Marissa Steen | CUT | 74-74 | 148 | |
| Celine Herbin | CUT | 73-75 | 148 | |
| Maddie Szeryk | CUT | 73-75 | 148 | |
| Jenny Shin | CUT | 77-72 | 149 | |
| Olivia Cowan | CUT | 76-73 | 149 | |
| Peiyun Chien | CUT | 75-74 | 149 | |
| Jessica Peng | CUT | 74-75 | 149 | |
| Lauren Coughlin | CUT | 73-76 | 149 | |
| Wei-Ling Hsu | CUT | 73-76 | 149 | |
| Ruoning Yin | CUT | 79-71 | 150 | |
| Jennifer Chang | CUT | 76-74 | 150 | |
| Karis Anne Davidson | CUT | 76-74 | 150 | |
| Allison Emrey | CUT | 76-74 | 150 | |
| Eun-Hee Ji | CUT | 76-74 | 150 | |
| Amanda Doherty | CUT | 74-76 | 150 | |
| Lindy Duncan | CUT | 74-76 | 150 | |
| Cristie Kerr | CUT | 74-76 | 150 | |
| Agathe Laisne | CUT | 74-76 | 150 | |
| Kaitlyn Papp | CUT | 74-76 | 150 | |
| Nicole Broch Estrup | CUT | 73-77 | 150 | |
| Gina Kim | CUT | 73-77 | 150 | |
| Lauren Kim | CUT | 72-78 | 150 | |
| Brittany Lincicome | CUT | 72-78 | 150 | |
| Jiwon Jeon | CUT | 78-73 | 151 | |
| Sandra Gal | CUT | 76-75 | 151 | |
| Vivian Hou | CUT | 76-75 | 151 | |
| Min Song Ha | CUT | 75-76 | 151 | |
| Alana Uriell | CUT | 74-77 | 151 | |
| Sophia Popov | CUT | 72-79 | 151 | |
| Pauline Roussin-Bouchard | CUT | 80-72 | 152 | |
| Rachel Rohanna | CUT | 77-75 | 152 | |
| Jing Yan | CUT | 77-75 | 152 | |
| Moriya Jutanugarn | CUT | 76-76 | 152 | |
| Angela Stanford | CUT | 76-76 | 152 | |
| Nasa Hataoka | CUT | 75-77 | 152 | |
| Youngin Chun | CUT | 74-78 | 152 | |
| So Young Lee | CUT | 74-78 | 152 | |
| Teresa Lu | CUT | 72-80 | 152 | |
| Haylee Rae Harford | CUT | 71-81 | 152 | |
| Inbee Park | CUT | 80-73 | 153 | |
| Katie Yoo | CUT | 79-74 | 153 | |
| Sarah Schmelzel | CUT | 77-76 | 153 | |
| Caroline Inglis | CUT | 75-78 | 153 | |
| Weiwei Zhang | CUT | 75-78 | 153 | |
| Liz Nagel | CUT | 74-79 | 153 | |
| Cydney Clanton | CUT | 80-74 | 154 | |
| Fatima Fernandez Cano | CUT | 80-74 | 154 | |
| Mirim Lee | CUT | 77-77 | 154 | |
| Morgane Metraux | CUT | 81-74 | 155 | |
| Jennifer Song | CUT | 75-80 | 155 | |
| Suzuka Yamaguchi | CUT | 78-78 | 156 | |
| Katherine Perry-Hamski | CUT | 77-79 | 156 | |
| Sarah Jane Smith | CUT | 80-77 | 157 | |
| Pornanong Phatlum | CUT | 78-79 | 157 | |
| Austin Ernst | WD | 73 | ||
| Brooke M. Henderson | WD | 74 | ||
| Mariah Stackhouse | WD | 77 | ||
| Na Yeon Choi | WD | 78 | ||
| Danielle Kang | WD | 76 | ||
| Yaeeun Hong | WD |
