Paula Reto

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. 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. 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