Brooke Henderson Wins the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions
Brooke Henderson went wire-to-wire to win the first LPGA Tour event of the season. Brooke shot a final round 70 to finish 16 under par to win the 13th LPGA title of her career. Similar to the PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour has a tournament of champions that hosts all the LPGA winners from the previous year.
Starting the season with a win! 🏆 Brooke Henderson wins the 2023 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions! 👏 pic.twitter.com/SvKRSJnjTZ — LPGA (@LPGA) January 22, 2023
Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament Review
The Hilton Grand Vacations TOC at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club brought out the stars in the first event of the year Brooke Henderson, Nelly Korda &
Nasa Hataoka. The final group had very average rounds with Brooke shooting a 70 (-2), Nelly firing a 72 (E) and, and Nasa shooting a 74 (+2). Notable players that made runs were Maja Stark. Maja had a fantastic final 2 rounds shooting 68 (-4) on Thursday and 69 (-3) on Friday to finish T-2. Charley Hull had a very consistent tournament finishing all 4 rounds with a 69 (-3) to also finish T-2.
Paula Reto and Yuko Saso both fired 67’s (-5) in the third to put them into contention but still had them trailing Henderson going into the final round. They were not able to catch Henderson into the final round where Reto and Yuko finished in a T-6 position.
Danielle Kang last year’s winner at this tournament was in the hunt. Danielle provided that little slimmer of hope that she might be able to make a late run like she did last year. That was until the third round when she tailed off at the end carding a 70 (-2) and a 74 (+2).
Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament Payout
1: Brooke M. Henderson, -16, $225,000
T-2: Maja Stark, -12, $152,898
T-2: Charley Hull, -12, $152,898
4: Nelly Korda, -11, $99,457
5: Nasa Hataoka, -9, $80,052
T-6: Gaby Lopez, -8, $56,117
T-6: Paula Reto, -8, $56,117
T-6: Yuka Saso, -8, $56,117
T-9: Leona Maguire, -6, $41,239
T-9: Ashleigh Buhai, -6, $41,239
11: Moriya Jutanugarn, -5, $36,386
T-12: Ryann O’Toole, -4, $31,890
T-12: Anna Nordqvist, -4, $31,890
T-12: Danielle Kang, -4, $31,890
15: Wei-Ling Hsu, -3, $28,139
T-16: Jennifer Kupcho, -2, $25,907
T-16: Gemma Dryburgh, -2, $25,907
T-18: Pajaree Anannarukarn, -1, $23,158
T-18: Ayaka Furue, -1, $23,158
T-18: Jodi Ewart Shadoff, -1, $23,158
T-21: Lizette Salas, E, $20,377
T-21: Nanna Koerstz Madsen, E, $20,377
T-21: Marina Alex, E, $20,377
T-21: Matilda Castren, E, $20,377
25: Ally Ewing, +1, $18,533
26: Celine Boutier,+ 2, $17,855
27: Andrea Lee, +3, $17,174
28: Patty Tavatanakit, +14, $16,495
29: Ariya Jutanugarn, +21, $15,816