LOS ANGELES — Hannah Inexperienced made a 12-foot birdie putt on the primary further gap after coming from behind on the again 9 to win the JM Eagle LA Championship on Sunday, her first at El Caballero and her third in 4 years.
On the eleventh inexperienced, she was six pictures behind her taking part in accomplice Sei-young Kim, and closed with a 4-under 68, tying Kim (70) and Im Jin Hee (67) at 17-under 271 on the tree-lined structure.
In a playoff on the par-4 18th, Inexperienced hit a wedge from 130 yards and curled a right-to-left transition putt after Kim, eight pictures behind with 5 holes left in Saturday’s third spherical, left a 35-foot birdie attempt.
“That putt was clearly very near the regulation line, in order that gave me some peace of thoughts,” Inexperienced mentioned. “It was nonetheless a tough putt, so I’m actually glad I received it within the gap.”
Im, who acquired a stroke penalty for sluggish play on Saturday, hit the inexperienced in three after hitting a drive to the proper.
Inexperienced additionally gained the match at Wilshire Nation Membership in 2023 and 2024. The 29-year-old Australian joins Kim Hyo-joo as the one two-time winners on the LPGA Tour this season, taking her whole to 4 world titles in 2026.
That is Inexperienced’s eighth victory on the LPGA Tour. She gained the tour’s HSBC Ladies’s World Championship in Singapore early final month, and likewise gained the Australian Ladies’s Open and the Australian WPGA.
Sei-young Kim entered the spherical with a two-stroke lead and had a three-stroke lead on the again 9.
“It was a little bit disappointing as a result of we had likelihood to win,” she mentioned. “Yeah, however she’s taking part in effectively. Ending sturdy on the again 9.”
As a result of course renovations at Wilshire, the match was held at El Caballero for the second 12 months in a row. The Chevron Championship, the primary ladies’s main of the 12 months, begins Thursday in Houston.
Kim made an eagle on the eleventh to place Inexperienced again inside six strokes, and Inexperienced additionally birdied the opening to get his shot again. He then birdied Nos. 13 by means of 16 and was degree with Kim and Im (who made a 60-foot eagle on No. 16) when Kim bogeyed the par-3 seventeenth.
“Actually, I did not suppose I would be capable to play within the match but,” Inexperienced mentioned. “I used to be like, ‘Oh, I am simply going to attempt to get as many pins as I can.’ And that is the place it actually took off. I assumed the putt I missed on 16 was the defining second. So I used to be actually fortunate to a minimum of make the playoffs.”
Ina Yoon shot a 69 and was one stroke away from making the playoffs. She had an eagle on the sixteenth, a birdie on the seventeenth, and almost holed her 30-foot birdie try on the 18th.
Former UCLA star Patty Tavatanakit (70) was 14 below with Hyeran Ryu (66). Chiji Iwai (70), who led the primary spherical, was 12 below par with Minami Katsu (68).
Newbie Asterisk Tully shot a 70 and tied for thirteenth at 9 below. Talley, 17, was competing in her first match since shedding the lead on the again 9 of the Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Newbie. She’s additionally on the sphere at Chevron.
“Simply with the ability to play with the professionals and get a studying expertise is nice,” mentioned Talley, who additionally performs on the sphere for Chevron.
