Wire-to-wire victory for Hyo Joo Kim

The Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America R4

Hyo Joo Kim closed with a 69 finishing at 13-under for a wire-to-wire win at The Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America.

The South Korean was one of just two players to shoot all four rounds under par at Old American Golf Club.

“My results this year wasn’t bad, but there was some disappointment because I didn’t have a win. I had a lot of the time to think just for myself, and before this year passes I really want to win,” said Kim. “This week I was able to accomplish that and it was just a really happy week for me… I do feel like there is a weight of the you shoulders.”

Thailand’s Atthaya Thitikul and Filipino golfer Bianca Pagdanganan shot 65s to move from T8 to T2, their best finishes of the season and the best of Pagdanganan’s career. The result is Thitikul’s 10th top-10 of the year, the most of any player on the LPGA Tour this season, and the 20-year-old was happy with a result in a season that she called “up and down.”

For Pagdanganan, this is her second top-five finish in a row after she earned a T3 result at last week’s Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. Her two great finishes are significant results for the 25-year-old, as she fought to keep her LPGA Tour status earlier this season and is now fighting to earn a spot in the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship.

“It’s just funny because it started off with conditional status. I just needed to get back in the reshuffle. Oh, reshuffle happens. Try to bump my way up. It’s a step-by-step process for me, so after last week I was, okay, I’m in a good position. Let’s try to stay within the top 100,” Pagdanganan said. “I actually didn’t play a lot of events this year… because of my status, and I feel like with that comes a lot of pressure… I think it just feels really good to see that all the time that I’m putting in is paying off.

Australian Sarah Kemp finished fourth at 8-under after closing with a 69 for her best finish of the year.

American Lexi Thompson finished fifth and said her ball striking is in a really good place before she heads to Las Vegas to tee-it-up on the PGA Tour at the Shriners Children’s Open.

Cheyenne Knight, who is a member at Old American, tied the 18-hole scoring record with an 8-under 63 on Sunday, which was last shot by her in 2022 and finished solo sixth at 6-under.

Pos.PlayerTo ParScoresTotal
1Hyo Joo Kim-1364 - 68 - 70 - 69271
T2Bianca Pagdanganan-970 - 70 - 70 - 65275
T2Atthaya Thitikul-970 - 69 - 71 - 65275
4Sarah Kemp-867 - 71 - 69 - 69276
5Lexi Thompson-771 - 65 - 71 - 70277
6Cheyenne Knight-670 - 71 - 74 - 63278
T7Katherine Muzi-573 - 69 - 69 - 68279
T7Leona Maguire-570 - 67 - 74 - 68279
T7So Yeon Ryu-572 - 69 - 68 - 70279
T10Jodi Ewart Shadoff-471 - 72 - 70 - 67280
T10Sarah Schmelzel-470 - 70 - 69 - 71280
T10Frida Kinhult-471 - 69 - 68 - 72280
T13Sarah Jane Smith-371 - 70 - 71 - 69281
T13Yuna Nishimura-369 - 69 - 74 - 69281
T13Celine Boutier-369 - 67 - 74 - 71281
T16Ally Ewing-271 - 70 - 72 - 69282
T16Marina Alex-267 - 70 - 76 - 69282
T16Lindsey Weaver-Wright-268 - 73 - 71 - 70282
T16Sofia Garcia-266 - 68 - 76 - 72282
T16Nicole Broch Estrup-269 - 70 - 70 - 73282
T21Xiaowen Yin-171 - 69 - 75 - 68283
T21Weiwei Zhang-169 - 71 - 74 - 69283
T21Wei-Ling Hsu-172 - 70 - 69 - 72283
T24Jeongeun Lee6E71 - 72 - 71 - 70284
T24Jenny ShinE68 - 73 - 72 - 71284
T24Yu-Sang HouE66 - 72 - 74 - 72284
T24Dottie ArdinaE72 - 70 - 69 - 73284
T24Maria TorresE69 - 68 - 73 - 74284
T29Minami Katsu+168 - 75 - 72 - 70285
T29Eun-Hee Ji+173 - 70 - 70 - 72285
T31A Lim Kim+272 - 67 - 79 - 68286
T31Aline Krauter+271 - 69 - 76 - 70286
T31Hannah Green+269 - 73 - 73 - 71286
T31Maria Fassi+272 - 71 - 71 - 72286
T31Cydney Clanton+272 - 68 - 74 - 72286
T31Azahara Munoz+266 - 71 - 77 - 72286
T31Gerina Mendoza+273 - 67 - 73 - 73286
T31Mariajo Uribe+269 - 71 - 71 - 75286
T39Ana Belac+372 - 72 - 74 - 69287
T39Min Lee+376 - 67 - 75 - 69287
T39Lucy Li+375 - 68 - 75 - 69287
T39Jaravee Boonchant+372 - 71 - 74 - 70287
T39Yealimi Noh+369 - 74 - 73 - 71287
T39Ruixin Liu+371 - 72 - 72 - 72287
T39Jing Yan+374 - 70 - 68 - 75287
T46Hyo Joon Jang+472 - 68 - 77 - 71288
T46Gemma Dryburgh+471 - 71 - 73 - 73288
T46Annie Park+473 - 68 - 74 - 73288
T49Karis Davidson+573 - 71 - 74 - 71289
T49Lauren Stephenson+571 - 71 - 75 - 72289
T49Amelia Lewis+570 - 71 - 76 - 72289
T49Louise Ridderstrom+569 - 72 - 75 - 73289
T49Charley Hull+572 - 69 - 72 - 76289
T54Chanettee Wannasaen+669 - 71 - 79 - 71290
T54Maddie Szeryk+671 - 71 - 76 - 72290
T54Pavarisa Yoktuan+673 - 68 - 75 - 74290
T54Jennifer Chang+669 - 71 - 75 - 75290
T54Emily Kristine Pedersen+670 - 71 - 72 - 77290
T59Luna Sobron Galmes+773 - 71 - 75 - 72291
T59Kiira Riihijarvi+772 - 72 - 74 - 73291
61Gabriella Then+869 - 75 - 77 - 71292
T62Caroline Inglis+972 - 72 - 75 - 74293
T62Albane Valenzuela+974 - 69 - 76 - 74293
T62Dewi Weber+972 - 72 - 73 - 76293
T65Lauren Miller+1072 - 72 - 76 - 74294
T65Wichanee Meechai+1071 - 71 - 75 - 77294
T67Brittany Lang+1173 - 71 - 79 - 72295
T67Polly Mack+1171 - 70 - 80 - 74295
T67Pornanong Phatlum+1169 - 73 - 78 - 75295
T67Su Oh+1173 - 69 - 75 - 78295
71Paula Creamer+1272 - 72 - 74 - 78296
72Jeongeun Lee5+1472 - 72 - 78 - 76298
73Ilhee Lee+1672 - 71 - 77 - 80300
CUTGaby Lopez+376 - 69
CUTIn Kyung Kim+375 - 70
CUTGina Kim+374 - 71
CUTArpichaya Yubol+374 - 71
CUTNarin An+373 - 72
CUTLauren Hartlage+372 - 73
CUTPaula Reto+372 - 73
CUTJennifer Song+372 - 73
CUTMarissa Steen+372 - 73
CUTJasmine Suwannapura+372 - 73
CUTBrianna Do+371 - 74
CUTDana Fall+371 - 74
CUTAlexa Pano+371 - 74
CUTBronte Law+370 - 75
CUTValery Plata+476 - 70
CUTManon De Roey+474 - 72
CUTMaelynn Kim (a)+474 - 72
CUTInes Laklalech+473 - 73
CUTRiley Rennell+473 - 73
CUTEmma Talley+473 - 73
CUTBrittany Lincicome+472 - 74
CUTJune Song (a)+472 - 74
CUTAngela Stanford+472 - 74
CUTKim Kaufman+471 - 75
CUTEllinor Sudow+578 - 69
CUTLindy Duncan+575 - 72
CUTMariah Stackhouse+574 - 73
CUTElizabeth Szokol+574 - 73
CUTYan Liu+573 - 74
CUTSamantha Wagner+573 - 74
CUTMina Harigae+572 - 75
CUTNanna Koerstz Madsen+677 - 71
CUTLinnea Johansson+676 - 72
CUTChristina Kim+675 - 73
CUTMel Reid+675 - 73
CUTStacy Lewis+674 - 74
CUTPernilla Lindberg+673 - 75
CUTKristy McPherson+673 - 75
CUTHinako Shibuno+673 - 75
CUTDori Carter+671 - 77
CUTPauline Roussin+669 - 79
CUTBrittany Altomare+776 - 73
CUTKum-Kang Park+776 - 73
CUTEmilee Hoffman+775 - 74
CUTSophia Schubert+774 - 75
CUTNatalie Yen (a)+980 - 71
CUTSydnee Michaels+978 - 73
CUTEllie Szeryk (a)+976 - 75
CUTAmanda Doherty+974 - 77
CUTCeline Herbin+1276 - 78
CUTSadena Parks+1376 - 79
CUTAllison Emrey+1474 - 82
CUTSoo Bin Joo+1576 - 81
CUTJill McGill+1676 - 82
W/DIn Gee Chun74
W/DNatalie Gulbis78
Updated: October 9, 2023
The Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America 2023
Date: 5th October - 8th October, 2023
Location: Old American Golf Club, The Colony, Texas
Purse: $1,800,000