Paula Reto

{{short description|South African professional golfer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Paula Reto | image = Paula Reto (34523462042).jpg | image_size =  | caption = Reto in 2017 | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|5|3|df=y}} | birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa | death_date =  | death_place = | height = 5 ft 6 in | weight = | nationality = {{ZAF}} | residence = | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = Purdue University | yearpro = 2013 | tour = LPGA Tour (2014–) | extour =  | prowins = 2 | lpgawins = 1 | letwins =  | jlpgawins =  | klpgawins =  | lagtwins =  | alpgwins =  | futwins =  | otherwins = 1 | majorwins =  | nabisco = T18: 2016 | lpga = T30: 2022 | wusopen = CUT: 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023 | wbritopen = T24: 2021 | evian = T12: 2024 | wghofid =  | wghofyear =  | award1 = Big Ten Conference Mary Fossum Award | year1 = 2013 | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection =  }} '''Paula Reto''' (born 3 May 1990) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.<ref name=lpga>{{cite web |title=Paula Reto Bio |url=https://www.lpga.com/players/paula-reto/88128/bio |publisher=LPGA |access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref>

==Early life and amateur career== In 1990, Reto was born. She played field hockey and ran track in her youth and did not start playing golf until the age of 15, in 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.<ref name="purdue">{{cite web |title=Women's Golf Roster: Paula Reto |url=https://purduesports.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/paula-reto/2181 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref name="lpga" />

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.<ref name="purdue" />

==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<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.enca.com/south-african-rookie-reto-leads-yokohama-tire-event |title=SA rookie Reto leads Yokohama Tire event |work=enca |agency=enca |date=20 September 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=19 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100551/http://www.enca.com/south-african-rookie-reto-leads-yokohama-tire-event |url-status=dead }}</ref> and shared the lead after 54 holes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/11559648/mi-jung-hur-paula-reto-share-lead-yokohama-tire-lpga-classic |title=Mi Jung Hur, Paula Reto share lead |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=20 September 2014}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paula Reto was knocked out of the Olympics by an apparent false positive COVID test |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/paula-reto-out-of-olympics-over-seeming-false-positive-covid-test |publisher=Golf Digest |access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref>

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.

== Awards and honors ==

* While at Purdue University, she was a First-Team All-Big Ten Conference selection three times: in 2011, 2012, 2013 * In 2013, she was a First-Team All-American. * In 2013, she earned the Mary Fossum Award winner for low stroke average in the Big Ten Conference.<ref name="lpga" />

==Amateur wins== *2011 Dixie Amateur Championship *2012 Dixie Amateur Championship

==Professional wins (2)== ===LPGA Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Legend |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" |Major championships (0) |- |Other LPGA Tour (1) |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Winning score ! To par ! Margin of victory ! Runner-up ! Winner's share ($) |- |align=center|1 |align=right|Aug 28, 2022 |Canadian Women's Open |62-69-67-67=265 |align=center|−19 |1 stroke |{{flagicon|USA}} Nelly Korda {{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Hye-jin |352,500 |- |}

===Sunshine Ladies Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of victory !Runner-up |- |1||21 Feb 2022 || SuperSport Ladies Challenge ||align=center|−13 (67-65-71=213) || 10 strokes || {{flagicon|ZAF}} Casandra Alexander |}

==Results in LPGA majors== ''Results not in chronological order.'' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" ! Tournament !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 !! 2026 |- |align=left|Chevron Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T26 |T18 |T63 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T25 |CUT |T54 |T71 |69 |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| | |- |align=left|Women's PGA Championship |T48 |CUT |WD |CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |70 |T30 |CUT |T60 |T52 | |- |align=left|The Evian Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |T48 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |WD |CUT |68 |T12 |T38 | |- |align=left|Women's British Open |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T24 |T58 |CUT |T29 |CUT | |}  {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied

===Summary=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made |- |align=left|Chevron Championship || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 8 || 7 |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 |- |align=left|Women's PGA Championship || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 5 |- |align=left|The Evian Championship || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 7 || 4 |- |align=left|Women's British Open || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 7 || 3 |- !Totals !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 4 !! 36 !! 19 |} *Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2024 Chevron – 2025 Evian) *Longest streak of top-10s – 0

==LPGA Tour career summary== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" ! Year !! Tournaments played !! Cuts made* !! Wins !! 2nds !! 3rds !! Top 10s !! Best finish !! Earnings ($) !! Money list rank !! Scoring average !! Scoring rank |- |2014 |20 |9 |0 |0 |1 |2 |3 |align=right|154,880 |77 |72.79 |108 |- |2015 |22 |8 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T13 |align=right|102,187 |88 |73.31 |118 |- |2016 |27 |19 |0 |0 |0 |2 |T9 |align=right|224,371 |74 |71.73 |58 |- |2017 |23 |6 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T15 |align=right|55,267 |131 |72.86 |143 |- |2018 |20 |5 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T21 |align=right|29,669 |143 |74.04 |157 |- |2019 |5 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |MC |align=right|0 |n/a |73.75 |n/a |- |2020 |3 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T28 |align=right|15,036 |138 |71.89 |n/a |- |2021 |18 |13 |0 |0 |0 |1 |T7 |align=right|225,811 |76 |71.05 |53 |- |2022 |27 |19 |1 |0 |1 |4 |1 |align=right|808,130 |34 |71.12 |56 |- |2023 |27 |13 |0 |0 |0 |2 |T6 |align=right|179,827 |103 |72.97 |142 |- |2024 |28 |21 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T12 |align=right|516,094 |74 |71.72 |76 |- |2025 |25 |17 |0 |0 |0 |2 |7 |align=right|348,531 |77 |71.47 |70 |- !Totals^ !245  !132  !1  !0  !2  !13  !1  !2,659,803  !184  ! ! |} ^ As of 2025 season<ref name="stats">{{cite web |access-date=23 December 2025 |title=Paula Reto Stats |publisher=LPGA |url=https://www.lpga.com/athletes/paula-reto/88128/stats}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/athletes/paula-reto/88128/results |title=Paula Reto results |publisher=LPGA |access-date=23 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/stats-and-rankings/money-and-finishes#tab-list |title=Career Money |publisher=LPGA |access-date=23 December 2025}}</ref> <nowiki>*</nowiki> Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

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

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" ! Year !! Ranking !! Source |- | 2013 || 551 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2013-12-30 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 30, 2013}}</ref> |- | 2014 || 221 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2014-12-29 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 29, 2014}}</ref> |- | 2015 || 204 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2015-12-28 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 28, 2015}}</ref> |- | 2016 || 137 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2016-12-26 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 26, 2016}}</ref> |- | 2017 || 303 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2017-12-25 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 25, 2017}}</ref> |- | 2018 || 574 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2018-12-31 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> |- | 2019 || 677 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2019-12-30 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 30, 2019}}</ref> |- | 2020 || 564 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2020-12-28 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 28, 2020}}</ref> |- | 2021 || 214 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2021-12-27 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 27, 2021}}</ref> |- | 2022 || 58 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2022-12-26 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=26 December 2022}}</ref> |- | 2023 || 153 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2023-12-25 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=25 December 2023}}</ref> |- | 2024 || 175 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2024-12-30 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=30 December 2024}}</ref> |- | 2025 || 172 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2025-12-29 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=29 December 2025}}</ref> |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{LPGA player|paula-reto/88128}} *{{WWGR|5440}} *[http://www.purduesports.com/sports/w-golf/mtt/paula_reto_474420.html Profile at Purdue University Athletics]

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