Paula Reto

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Paula Reto
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Reto in 2017
Personal information
Born (1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 (age 35)
Cape Town, South Africa
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Career
College Purdue University
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (2014–)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T18: 2016
Women's PGA C'ship T30: 2022
U.S. Women's Open CUT: 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023
Women's British Open T24: 2021
Evian Championship T12: 2024
Achievements and awards
Big Ten Conference Mary Fossum Award2013

Paula Reto (born 3 May 1990) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. [1]

Contents

Amateur career

Reto played field hockey and ran track in her youth and did not start playing golf until 2005. She played with the Purdue Boilermakers women's golf team between 2009 and 2012, and was a member of the 2010 NCAA National Championship team. [2] She was a three-time First-Team All-Big Ten Conference selection (2011-2013), and a First-Team All-American in 2013. She earned an individual third-place finish at the 2013 NCAA Championships and was named the 2013 Mary Fossum Award winner for low stroke average in the Big Ten Conference. [1]

Reto won the Dixie Amateur back to back in 2011 and 2012. In 2012 she reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, eliminated by eventual champion and the world's top-ranked amateur, Lydia Ko. [2]

Professional career

Reto qualified for the LPGA Tour through Q-School on her first attempt in 2013 and turned professional. She tied for 13th place to earn full status for the 2014 season. She finished 77th on the 2014 official LPGA money list and was seventh in the Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year race. Reto recorded a solo third at the 2014 Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic. She had a three-shot lead in Prattville, Alabama after 36 holes [3] and shared the lead after 54 holes. [4]

In 2019 she was runner-up at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship, two strokes behind Ssu-Chia Cheng.

Reto finished tied 16th at the 2016 Summer Olympics and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, but was forced to withdraw due to the COVID-19 protocol. [5]

She won her first LPGA Tour tournament at the Canadian Women's Open on 28 August 2022, scoring 62-69-67-67=265 (−19), for a one-stroke win over Nelly Korda and Choi Hye-jin. Her initial round 62 was a tournament record.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

Legend
Major championships (0)
Other LPGA Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-upWinner's
share ($)
1Aug 28, 2022 Canadian Women's Open 62-69-67-67=265−191 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Nelly Korda
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Hye-jin
352,500

Sunshine Ladies Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
121 Feb 2022 SuperSport Ladies Challenge −13 (67-65-71=213)10 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Casandra Alexander

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Chevron Championship T26T18T63T25CUTT54T71
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUTCUTCUT
Women's PGA Championship T48CUTWDCUTCUT70T30CUTT60T52
The Evian Championship CUTT48NTWDCUT68T12T38
Women's British Open CUTCUTT24T58CUTT29CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 00000276
U.S. Women's Open 00000040
Women's PGA Championship 000000105
The Evian Championship 00000174
Women's British Open 00000173
Totals0000043518

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins2nds3rdsTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2014 20900123154,8807772.79108
2015 2280000T13102,1878873.31118
2016 27190002T9224,3717471.7358
2017 2360000T1555,26713172.86143
2018 2050000T2129,66914374.04157
2019 500000MC0n/a73.75n/a
2020 320000T2815,03613871.89n/a
2021 18130001T7225,8117671.0553
2022 271910141808,1303471.1256
2023 27130002T6179,82710372.97142
2024 28210000T12516,0947471.7276
Totals^2201151021112,311,272190

^ As of 2024 season [6] [7] [8]
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearRankingSource
2013551 [9]
2014221 [10]
2015204 [11]
2016137 [12]
2017303 [13]
2018574 [14]
2019677 [15]
2020564 [16]
2021214 [17]
202258 [18]
2023153 [19]
2024175 [20]

References

  1. 1 2 "Paula Reto Bio". LPGA. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Women's Golf Roster: Paula Reto". Purdue University. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. "SA rookie Reto leads Yokohama Tire event". enca. enca. 20 September 2014.
  4. "Mi Jung Hur, Paula Reto share lead". ESPN. Associated Press. 20 September 2014.
  5. "Paula Reto was knocked out of the Olympics by an apparent false positive COVID test". Golf Digest. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  6. "Paula Reto Stats". LPGA. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  7. "Paula Reto results". LPGA. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  8. "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  9. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2013.
  10. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2014.
  11. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.
  12. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.
  13. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  14. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  15. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  16. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  17. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  18. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  19. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
  20. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2024.