Paula Reto (born 3 May 1990) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
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. 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.
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.
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 and shared the lead after 54 holes.
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.
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.
Amateur wins 2011 Dixie Amateur Championship 2012 Dixie Amateur Championship
Professional wins (2) LPGA Tour wins (1) LegendMajor championships (0)Other LPGA Tour (1) No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin ofvictory Runner-up Winner'sshare ($)1Aug 28, 2022Canadian Women's Open62-69-67-67=265−191 stroke Nelly Korda Choi Hye-jin352,500
Sunshine Ladies Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up121 Feb 2022 SuperSport Ladies Challenge −13 (67-65-71=213) 10 strokes Casandra Alexander
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Chevron ChampionshipT26T18T63T25CUTT54T7169U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTCUTCUTCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipT48CUTWDCUTCUT70T30CUTT60T52The Evian ChampionshipCUTT48NTWDCUT68T12T38Women's British OpenCUTCUTT24T58CUTT29CUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 7U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 4Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 3Totals 0 0 0 0 0 4 37 19 Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2024 Chevron – 2025 Evian) Longest streak of top-10s – 0
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournamentsplayed Cutsmade* Wins 2nds 3rds Top 10s Bestfinish Earnings($) Moneylist rank Scoringaverage Scoringrank201420900123154,8807772.7910820152280000T13102,1878873.31118201627190002T9224,3717471.735820172360000T1555,26713172.8614320182050000T2129,66914374.041572019500000MC0n/a73.75n/a2020320000T2815,03613871.89n/a202118130001T7225,8117671.05532022271910141808,1303471.1256202327130002T6179,82710372.97142202428210000T12516,0947471.72762025251700027348,5317771.4770Totals^245 132 1 0 2 13 1 2,659,803 184 ^ As of 2025 season * Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
World ranking Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Year Ranking Source 2013 551 2014 221 2015 204 2016 137 2017 303 2018 574 2019 677 2020 564 2021 214 2022 58 2023 153 2024 175 2025 172
References
External links
Profile at Purdue University Athletics