DIO Implant LA Open Purse, Prize Money And Field 2023

Lydia Ko takes a shot during the 2023 HSBC Women's World Championship at Sentosa

World No.1 Lydia Ko returns to LPGA Tour action in the DIO Implant LA Open

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By Mike Hall

published 29 March 2023

After missing last week’s Drive On Championship, World No.1 Lydia Ko returns for the DIO Implant LA Open.

A tie for 31st in the HSBC Women’s World Championship earlier in the month aside, Ko’s performances have consolidated her standing at the top of the world rankings in recent months. Since the turn of the year, she has had three top-10 finishes across the LET and LPGA Tour, including victory in the Aramco Saudi Ladies International in February.

While she will be up against another high-quality field this week, including defending champion Nasa Hataoka, the New Zealander will surely be confident of taking her excellent form into the tournament as she bids for her 20th LPGA Tour title.

Nasa Hataoka kisses the trophy after winning the 2022 DIO Implant LA Open at Palo Verdes Golf Club — World No.12 Nasa Hataoka returns to defend her DIO Implant LA Open title

The event is taking place at a new venue, Palos Verdes Golf Club, after it had been held at Wilshire Country Club for the previous four years. This year’s venue was the host of last May’s Palos Verdes Championship. Back then, Marina Alex claimed victory, and she’ll surely be confident of another strong display this week given her relatively recent success there.

Like Ko, another player hoping to build on recent momentum will be Georgia Hall. The World No.13 missed out on her third LPGA Tour win last week when she was defeated in a playoff by Celine Boutier, but that display will have offered her plenty of encouragement as she looks for her first win on the Tour since the 2020 Cambia Portland Classic.

There are plenty more of the world’s best in this week’s field, not least World No.2 Nelly Korda. The American could only manage a tie for 57th last week, but her runner-up finish at the HSBC Women’s World Championship suggested she is not far away from her best form as she goes in search of her first win since November’s Pelican Women’s Championship.

World No.3 Jin Young Ko is in the field too. She beat Korda to that title in Singapore three weeks ago and followed that up with a tie for fifth last week. All the signs are that she has put her injury ravaged 2022 firmly behind her.

Thai World No.4 Atthaya Thitikul also plays. She has been on an impressive run of her own, with 10 top-10 finishes in her last 12 starts. However, she wasn’t quite at her best last week and could only manage a tie for 16th.

Two more players in the world’s top 10 also appear, World No.9 In Gee Chun and World No.10 Hyo-Joo Kim. Beyond that elite group, Honda LPGA Thailand winner Lilia Vu appears, as do Ireland’s Leona Maguire, World No.15 Danielle Kang, and AIG Women’s Open champion Ashleigh Buhai.

Elsewhere, LPGA Tour rookies Lucy Li and Gabriella Then will be hoping to impress in their native California.

Players are competing for a purse of $1.75m, with $262,500 awarded to the winner.

Below is the full prize breakdown and field for the 2023 DIO Implant LA Open.

DIO Implant LA Open Prize Money

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Position	Prize Money
1st	$262,500
2nd	$165,070
3rd	$119,746
4th	$92,633
5th	$74,559
6th	$61,003
7th	$51,062
8th	$44,736
9th	$40,217
10th	$36,602
11th	$33,890
12th	$31,630
13th	$29,642
14th	$27,835
15th	$26,208
16th	$24,762
17th	$23,498
18th	$22,413
19th	$21,509
20th	$20,786
21st	$20,064
22nd	$19,340
23rd	$18,618
24th	$17,894
25th	$17,262
26th	$16,630
27th	$15,596
28th	$15,363
29th	$14,731
30th	$14,189
31st	$13,646
32nd	$13,104
33rd	$12,562
34th	$12,019
35th	$11,568
36th	$11,116
37th	$10,665
38th	$10,212
39th	$9,760
40th	$9,399
41st	$9,038
42nd	$8,677
43rd	$8,314
44th	$7,953
45th	$7,682
46th	$7,410
47th	$7,139
48th	$6,868
49th	$6,597
50th	$6,326
51st	$6,146
52nd	$5,965
53rd	$5,783
54th	$5,604
55th	$5,422
56th	$5,241
57th	$5,061
58th	$4,880
59th	$4,700
60th	$4,519
61st	$4,429
62nd	$4,337
63rd	$4,248
64th	$4,158
65th	$4,066

DIO Implant LA Open Field

Marina Alex
Brittany Altomare
Narin An
Pajaree Anannarukarn
Aditi Ashok
Jaravee Boonchant
Celine Borge
Ashleigh Buhai
Matilda Castren
Jennifer Chang
Ching-Tzu Chen (a)
Peiyun Chien
Hye-Jin Choi
Chella Choi
In Gee Chun
Karen Chung
Carlota Ciganda
Allisen Corpuz
Lauren Coughlin
Paula Creamer
Daniela Darquea
Perrine Delacour
Amanda Doherty
Gemma Dryburgh
Jodi Ewart Shadoff
Ally Ewing
Dana Fall
Maria Fassi
Ayaka Furue
Isi Gabsa
Luna Sobron Galmes
Sofia Garcia
Hannah Green
Georgia Hall
Mina Harigae
Lauren Hartlage
Nasa Hataoka
Esther Henseleit
Daniela Holmqvist
Yaeeun Hong
Yu-Sang Hou
Wei-Ling Hsu
Charley Hull
Caroline Inglis
Eun Hee Ji
Linnea Johansson
Soo Bin Joo
Moriya Jutanugarn
Ariya Jutanugarn
Danielle Kang
Haeji Kang
Minami Katsu
Sarah Kemp
Cristie Kerr
Megan Khang
Hyo Joo Kim
Sei Young Kim
A Lim Kim
In Kyung Kim
Grace Kim
Gina Kim
Frida Kinhult
Cheyenne Knight
Lydia Ko
Jin Young Ko
Nelly Korda
Jessica Korda
Aline Krauter
Jennifer Kupcho
Stephanie Kyriacou
Ines Laklalech
Bronte Law
Maude-Aimee Leblanc
Mi Hyang Lee
Andrea Lee
Alison Lee
Min Lee
Jeongeun Lee5
Jeongeun Lee6
Stacy Lewis
Lucy Li
Xiyu Lin
Brittany Lincicome
Pernilla Lindberg
Yan Liu
Yu Liu
Ruixin Liu
Gaby Lopez
Polly Mack
Nanna Koerstz Madsen
Leona Maguire
Stephanie Meadow
Wichanee Meechai
Morgane Metraux
Azahara Munoz
Yuna Nishimura
Yealimi Noh
Ryann O'Toole
Alexa Pano
Sung Hyun Park
Annie Park
Kum-Kang Park
Emily Kristine Pedersen
Pornanong Phatlum
Valery Plata
Mel Reid
Riley Rennell
Paula Reto
Kiira Riihijarvi
Pauline Roussin
So Yeon Ryu
Hae Ran Ryu
Madelene Sagstrom
Lizette Salas
Yuka Saso
Sarah Schmelzel
Sophia Schubert
Hinako Shibuno
Jenny Shin
Jennifer Song
Maja Stark
Lauren Stephenson
Linnea Strom
Ellinor Sudow
Jasmine Suwannapura
Maddie Szeryk
Elizabeth Szokol
Emma Talley
Kelly Tan
Bailey Tardy
Patty Tavatanakit
Gabriella Then
Atthaya Thitikul
Mariajo Uribe
Albane Valenzuela
Lilia Vu
Samantha Wagner
Chanettee Wannasaen
Lindsey Weaver-Wright
Amy Yang
Angel Yin
Xiaowen Yin
Ruoning Yin
Pavarisa Yoktuan

Where Is The DIO Implant LA Open Played?

The 2023 DIO Implant LA Open will be played at Palos Verdes Golf Club having been held at Wilshire Country Club for the previous four years. The new venue was also the location for last May's Palos Verdes Championship.

Who Is In The Field For The DIO Implant LA Open?

Last year's champion Nasa Hataoka is back to defend her title, while many more of the world's best also play, including World No.2 Nelly Korda, World No.3 Jin young Ko and World No.4 Atthaya Thitikul. However, the player most attention will be on is World No.1 Lydia Ko.

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Mike has over 25 years of experience in journalism, including writing on a range of sports throughout that time, such as golf, football and cricket. Now a freelance staff writer for Golf Monthly, he is dedicated to covering the game's most newsworthy stories.

He has written hundreds of articles on the game, from features offering insights into how members of the public can play some of the world's most revered courses, to breaking news stories affecting everything from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf to developmental Tours and the amateur game.

Mike grew up in East Yorkshire and began his career in journalism in 1997. He then moved to London in 2003 as his career flourished, and nowadays resides in New Brunswick, Canada, where he and his wife raise their young family less than a mile from his local course.

Kevin Cook’s acclaimed 2007 biography, Tommy’s Honour, about golf’s founding father and son, remains one of his all-time favourite sports books.