

1 player in women's golf, had a 67 and tied for sixth. She tied for fourth with Ayaka Furue of Japan, who had a 65. But she finished with two bogeys for a 67 to fall to 8 under and miss the playoff. She birdied the par-4 14th to take the lead and then birdied the par-5 15th to build a two-shot lead. Ruoning Yin won in Los Angeles last month at the DIO Implant LA Open at Palos Verdes Golf Club and had a chance to win again. She won $450,000 from the $3 million purse.Ĭheyenne Knight, who had a two-shot lead going into the final round, closed with a 2-over 73 and tied for sixth. Green finished second here last year and third the year before at Wilshire. She captured her lone major in the 2019 KPMG Women's PGA at Hazeltine, and followed that with a win at the Portland Classic that year. Green and Lin birdied the first playoff hole on the par-3 18th. In a wild finish that featured a five-way tie for the lead late in the final round, Green made birdie for a 2-under 69 to join Aditi Ashok of India and Xiyu Lin of China in the playoff.Īshok, who had the 36-hole lead, and Lin each closed with a 67 and were the first to post at 9-under 275. Los Angeles - Hannah Green of Australia made a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole to join a three-way playoff, and then made par on the second extra hole to win the JM Eagle LA Championship on Sunday at Wilshire Country Club. He now has four PGA Tour titles in the last nine months. He was three behind Finau at the turn, but failed to birdie two of the par 5s with a poor drive on the 12th and a poor approach on the 14th that kept him from reasonable birdie chances.įinau now has two victories this season - his other was in the Houston Open last fall - to join Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and Max Homa as the only multiple winners on tour this season. Rahm closed with a 67 and certainly had his chances. 8 and a tee shot into the water on the 10th that led to double bogey. Finau answered with a birdie on the seventh, and then Wu fell back with a bogey from the bunker on No.
