After a thrilling week at the season’s first major championship, the LPGA Tour has turned its attention to the JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro in Los Angeles, Calif. Contested at Wilshire Country Club, this week’s event will see 144 players, including four past champions and six of the top 10 in the Rolex Women’ s World Golf Rankings, duke it out for a share of a $3.75 million purse and 500 Race to the CME Globe Points. Twenty of the 26 2024 LPGA Tour rookies and three of this year’s LPGA Tour winners are set to compete, including defending JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro champion Hannah Green and UCLA alum and Honda LPGA Thailand winner Patty Tavatanakit.
Take a look at who else is in the field this week at Wilshire Country Club:
Past Champions (4):
Hannah Green (2023), Nasa Hataoka (2022), Minjee Lee (2019), Moriya Jutanugarn (2018)
Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings Top 10 (6 of 10):
Celine Boutier (No. 3), Ruoning Yin (No. 4), Minjee Lee (No. 6), Jin Young Ko (No. 7), Charley Hull (No. 8), Hyo Joo Kim (No. 10)
2024 LPGA Tour Winners (3 of 5):
Hannah Green (HSBC Women’s World Championship), Patty Tavatanakit (Honda LPGA Thailand), Bailey Tardy (Blue Bay LPGA)
2024 LPGA Tour Rookies (20 of 26):
Isabella Fierro, Alexandra Forsterling, Savannah Grewal, Nataliya Guseva, Jin Hee Im, Mone Inami, Minji Kang, Gurleen Kaur, Auston Kim, So Mi Lee, Mary Liu, Benedetta Moresco, Malia Nam, Hira Naveed, Ana Pelaez Trivino, Gabriela Ruffels, Mao Saigo, Yu Jin Sung, Yuri Yoshida, Liqi Zeng
Southern California Natives:
Jenny Coleman (Rolling Hills Estates), Paula Creamer (Pleasanton), Alison Lee (Los Angeles), Andrea Lee (Hermosa Beach), Ryann O’Toole (San Clemente), Lizette Salas (Azusa), Angel Yin (Arcadia), Rose Zhang (Irvine)
Southern California Residents:
Allisen Corpuz (Los Angeles), Muni He (Simi Valley), Jeongeun Lee5 (Murrieta), Mary Liu (Rancho Mirage), Hira Naveed (Diamond Bar), Gabriela Ruffels (Indian Wells)
UCLA alumni:
Alison Lee, Ryann O’Toole, Patty Tavatanakit
University of Southern California alumni:
Jennifer Chang, Allisen Corpuz, Muni He, Malia Nam, Sophia Popov, Gabriela Ruffels, Lizette Salas, Jennifer Song
Other Southern California Collegiate Connections:
Danielle Kang (Pepperdine), Hira Naveed (Pepperdine)
Sponsor Invitations:
Muni He, Yu-Sang Hou, Emma Talley
Monday Qualifiers:
Cydney Clanton, Jennifer Chang
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