Benedetta Moresco achieved an excellent eleventh place on the JM Eagle LA Championship, an LPGA Tour match performed at El Caballero Nation Membership, signing her greatest profession placement on the skilled circuit. The Italian closed the competitors at -15 (271 complete strokes), with a wonderful development within the 4 rounds: 71, 69, 68 and an excellent 65 within the ultimate spherical, which allowed her to climb the rankings.
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“It was an unimaginable week, I’m actually proud of this consequence,” commented Benedetta, who continues to indicate progress in her path on the LPGA. Her rating of -15, the results of a constant recreation and a virtually good ultimate spherical, represents an necessary sign for the longer term. Moresco shared the eleventh place with Chisato Iwai, sister of Akie, and different gamers, demonstrating nice solidity in a really high-level discipline.
The victory went to Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad, a 25-year-old former star at Louisiana State College, who triumphed in her third match as a member of the LPGA. Lindblad closed at -21 (277 strokes) with a ultimate spherical of 68 (-4), avoiding a playoff due to a bogey by Japanese rookie Akie Iwai on the ultimate gap. The Swede, who made six birdies within the ultimate spherical, with the final one on the par-5 eleventh gap, coolly managed the final seven holes in par, regardless of two bogeys within the first half of the spherical. A fortunate episode on the par-4 thirteenth gap, the place her drive hit a tree and bounced into the green, allowed her to take care of her lead. “You by no means count on to win so quickly, nevertheless it’s unimaginable to have achieved it in just some rounds,” stated Lindblad, who confirmed nice maturity in a extremely aggressive atmosphere.
Different high contenders included Lauren Coughlin, Esther Henseleit and Miyu Yamashita, who tied for third at 19 factors, whereas world primary Nelly Korda tied for sixteenth at 14 factors. The match, the LPGA’s ultimate occasion on the West Coast, will return to Wilshire Nation Membership subsequent yr after renovations are underway.
The JM Eagle LA Championship introduced by Plastpro returns to the LPGA Tour calendar for its seventh version, with a prize pool of $3.75 million, one of many highest exterior of the majors. The occasion, scheduled for this week, might be held for the primary time at El Caballero Nation Membership in Tarzana, California, whereas the standard Wilshire Nation Membership is present process renovations. Among the many high contenders is Italian Benedetta Moresco, who will compete with the most effective gamers on the earth.
Main the sphere is Rolex Ladies’s World Golf Rankings No. 1 Nelly Korda, returning after a sixth-place end in 2023. Becoming a member of her is two-time defending champion Hannah Inexperienced, who’s chasing a historic third consecutive title after victories in 2023 (in a playoff in opposition to Aditi Ashok and Xiyu Lin) and 2024 (by a transparent margin over Maja Stark). Different stars embody Jeeno Thitikul, with 4 top-fives this season, Madelene Sagstrom, contemporary from a win on the T-Cellular Match Play, and Lexi Thompson, returning for her third occasion of 2025. Rounding out the sphere are native gamers Angel Yin, Lilia Vu, Gabriela Ruffels and Ryann O’Toole, in addition to former champions Minjee Lee, Brooke Henderson and Nasa Hataoka.
The match, named “Match of the 12 months” in 2024, gives its 144 gamers free lodging and greater than $100,000 in additional prizes, due to the efforts of JM Eagle and Plastpro CEOs Walter and Shirley Wang. This yr, the Wangs additionally donated $1.5 million to victims of the Los Angeles wildfires, with a further $5 million pledged and free admission for first responders and affected residents.
Newcomers embody Caroline Canales, who makes her skilled debut, and 16-year-old Asterisk Talley, who was runner-up on the Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Newbie. Sophia Popov, winner of the 2020 AIG Ladies’s Open, rounds out the sponsor invitees.
