2026 BMW Ladies Championship news, field updates, highlights, and leaderboard movement from Pine Beach Golf Links.
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Pine Beach Golf Links GuideDates: October 22-25, 2026
Location: Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Venue: Pine Beach Golf Links
Format: 72-hole LPGA Tour stroke play
Purse: $2.35 million
Tour: LPGA Tour
Defending Champion: Sei Young Kim
2025 Winning Score: 24-under 264
The BMW Ladies Championship returns to Pine Beach Golf Links in 2026. The seaside-cliff venue brings changing coastal wind, exposed playing corridors, elevation changes, and a demanding four-round test during the LPGA fall Asia swing.
Yuri Yoshida erased a four-shot deficit with a 4-under 68 and captured the 2026 BMW Ladies Championship at 17-under 271. The 26-year-old from Japan finished one stroke ahead of Hye-Jin Choi and 54-hole leader Haeran Ryu at Pine Beach Golf Links, earning the first LPGA Tour victory of her career.
CaddyBytes 🏆 Final Round Recap: Yoshida began Sunday four shots behind Ryu and immediately changed the championship. She eagled the par-5 second, then made three consecutive birdies at Nos. 5, 6, and 7 to turn in 5-under 31 and move into the lead. Her precise driving held up in the difficult, rainy conditions as she found every fairway during the final round.
The finish became far more dramatic. Yoshida dropped a shot at the 15th but answered with a birdie at the par-5 17th. A three-putt bogey at the 18th left her waiting at 17 under and gave both Ryu and Choi an opportunity to force a playoff from the final group.
Haeran Ryu opened with 15 consecutive pars before bogeying the 16th, birdieing the 17th, and arriving at the final hole tied with Yoshida. Ryu found trouble near the 18th green and could not save par, closing with a 1-over 73 and falling one stroke short at 16-under 272 after leading by four overnight.
Hye-Jin Choi remained in the title chase with four birdies and one bogey in a final-round 69. Her birdie attempt at the 18th narrowly missed, leaving her tied with Ryu for second at 16 under. Minsol Kim shot 67 and Hyo Joo Kim added a 68 to share fourth at 15 under.
Nasa Hataoka produced the low round among the final Top 10 with a 6-under 66. She joined Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Carlota Ciganda, and Grace Kim in a tie for sixth at 14 under, while Minsun7 Kim finished alone in 10th at 13 under.
| Pos. | Player | Country | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuri Yoshida | Japan | -17 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 271 |
| T2 | Hye-Jin Choi | South Korea | -16 | 71 | 66 | 66 | 69 | 272 |
| T2 | Haeran Ryu | South Korea | -16 | 67 | 64 | 68 | 73 | 272 |
| T4 | Minsol Kim | South Korea | -15 | 70 | 66 | 70 | 67 | 273 |
| T4 | Hyo Joo Kim | South Korea | -15 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 68 | 273 |
| T6 | Nasa Hataoka | Japan | -14 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 66 | 274 |
| T6 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | England | -14 | 70 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 274 |
| T6 | Carlota Ciganda | Spain | -14 | 69 | 68 | 70 | 67 | 274 |
| T6 | Grace Kim | Australia | -14 | 73 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 274 |
| 10 | Minsun7 Kim | South Korea | -13 | 69 | 64 | 72 | 70 | 275 |
Final-round takeaway: Yoshida's eagle and three-birdie burst erased Ryu's four-shot advantage before the final group reached the turn. Her closing bogey opened the door, but matching bogeys by Ryu and a narrow miss by Choi at the 18th preserved a one-shot victory and completed Yoshida's breakthrough week at Pine Beach Golf Links.
Official final-round highlights from the 2026 BMW Ladies Championship at Pine Beach Golf Links.