JM Eagle LA Championship

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JM Eagle LA Championship
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Tournament information
Location Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Established 2023
Course(s) Wilshire Country Club
Par71
Length6,258 yards (5,722 m)
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play – 72 holes
Prize fund $3.75 million
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
Aggregate275 Hannah Green (2023)
275 Aditi Ashok (2023)
275 Lin Xiyu (2023)
To par−9 as above
Current champion
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The JM Eagle LA Championship is a women's professional golf tournament held in Los Angeles, California, United States as part of the LPGA Tour. A new event in 2023, it is played at Wilshire Country Club. [1]

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Wilshire Country Club hosted of the DIO Implant LA Open from 2018 to 2022, an event moved to Palos Verdes GC, making the JM Eagle LA Championship the second event to be played in the Los Angeles area on the 2023 LPGA Tour. [2]

In Hancock Park, south of Hollywood and six miles (10 km) northwest of downtown, Wilshire was founded 105 years ago in 1919 and hosted the Los Angeles Open on the PGA Tour four times. [3]

Winners

YearDateChampionWinning
score
To parMargin
of victory
Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2024 Apr 28Flag placeholder.svg3,750,000562,500
2023 Apr 30 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hannah Green 68-69-69-69=275−9Playoff3,000,000450,000

Tournament records

YearPlayerScoreRound [4] [5] [6]
2024 Im Jin-hee 63 (−8)3rd
2024 Nasa Hataoka 64 (−7)3rd
2024 Grace Kim 64 (−7)1st
2023 Linnea Johansson 64 (−7)1st

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References

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  2. Antonucci, Lisa (April 28, 2023). "2023 JM Eagle LA Championship: How to watch, who's playing in inaugural LPGA event at familiar Wilshire CC venue". NBC Sports. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  3. Hoffarth, Tom (January 17, 2018). "After a 13-year absence, LPGA returns to L.A. with an April stop at Wilshire Country Club". Orange County Register. (California). Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  4. "Jin Hee Im Sets New Scoring Record at Wilshire". LPGA. April 27, 2024.
  5. "Grace Kim Shoots 7-Under 64 at Wilshire Country Club to Lead LPGA Tour's JM Eagle LA Championship". LPGA. April 25, 2024. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
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