Cheyenne Knight advances to the round of 16 as round-robin play concludes at LPGA Bank of Hope

Cheyenne Knight advanced to the round of 16 of the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play after tying her final round with Sei Young Kim. Knight had won her previous two round-robin matches. Had she lost the match to Kim, it would have been a three-way playoff between her, Kim, and Chien.

Kim was 1 up after 17 holes when she hit it outside the green on the last hole. Knight's second shot landed just two inches away from the hole. As Kim finished with a par, she had to settle for a tie, which was enough for Knight to cruise through the round of 16.

Anna Nordqvist also played a tie on Friday to sail through the knockout stage of the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play.

Five players have won all of their matches in the round-robin stage. One of them was Albane Valenzuela who stunned Lilia Vu. Vu was entering the Bank of Hope Match-Play after her first major win at the Chevron Championship.

Valenzuela was quoted saying, as per LPGA:

“It feels great. I also know how match play is. You can win three points. It doesn't matter tomorrow. It's just a huge reset."

Brooke Henderson also bowed out of the tournament in round-robin stage of the Bank Of Hope Match-Play. World No. 3 Celine Boutier advanced to the knockout with three wins in the group stage.

Absolute beauty 💯

What a shot by @CKnightGolf33 to tie the match and advance to the Round of 16! https://t.co/QkOWzQ2pZP

Pajaree Anannarukarn and Karis Davidson went into the only sudden-death playoff of the 2023 Bank of Hope Match-Play with the Thai golfer holing a par on the 18th to beat Davidson.

Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play leaderboard

Group 1

1 Albane Valenzuela (3-0-0)
2 Lilia Vu (2-1-0)
3 Nanna Koerstz Madsen (1-2-0)
4 Lauren Hartlage (0-3-0)

Group 2

1 Sophia Schubert (2-0-1)
2 Brooke M. Henderson (2-1-0)
3 Jeongeun Lee6 (1-1-1)
4 Yaeeun Hong (0-3-0)

Group 3

1 Celine Boutier (3-0-0)
T2 Paula Reto (1-1-1)
T2 Min Lee (1-1-1)
4 Sarah Schmelzel (0-3-0)

Group 4

1 Pajaree Anannarukarn (2-1-0)
2 Karis Davidson (2-1-0)
3 Mina Harigae (1-1-1)
4 Xiyu Lin (0-2-1)

Group 5

1 Alison Lee (1-0-2)
T2 Maria Fassi (1-1-1)
T2 Muni He (1-1-1)
4 Danielle Kang (1-2-0)

Group 6

1 Ayaka Furue (3-0-0)
T2 Gemma Dryburgh (1-2-0)
T2 Stacy Lewis (1-2-0)
T2 Celine Borge (1-2-0)

Group 7

1 Leona Maguire (3-0-0)
2 Jenny Shin (2-1-0)
3 Narin An (1-2-0)
4 Linnea Strom (0-3-0)

Group 8

1 Linn Grant (2-0-1)
2 Maddie Szeryk (1-1-1)
T3 Eun-Hee Ji (1-2-0)
T3 Matilda Castren (1-2-0)

Group 9

1 Daniela Darquea (2-0-1)
2 Marina Alex (1-0-2)
3 Allisen Corpuz (1-1-1)
4 Lucy Li (0-3-0)

Group 10

1 Perrine Delacour (2-1-0)
T2 Jennifer Kupcho (1-1-1)
T2 Aditi Ashok (1-1-1)
4 Caroline Inglis (1-2-0)

Group 11

1 Maja Stark (3-0-0)
2 Yu Liu (2-1-0)
3 Emma Talley (1-2-0)
4 Jodi Ewart Shadoff (0-3-0)

Group 12

1 Carlota Ciganda (3-0-0)
2 Amanda Doherty (1-1-1)
3 Pornanong Phatlum (1-2-0)
4 Gaby Lopez (0-2-1)

Group 13

1 Cheyenne Knight (2-0-1)
2 Peiyun Chien (2-1-0)
3 Sei Young Kim (1-1-1)
4 Sarah Kemp (0-3-0)

Group 14

1 Angel Yin (2-0-1)
2 Ally Ewing (2-1-0)
3 Esther Henseleit (1-1-1)
4 Jaravee Boonchant (0-3-0)

Group 15

1 Lindsey Weaver-Wright (2-0-1)
2 Hae Ran Ryu (2-1-0)
3 Frida Kinhult (1-2-0)
4 A Lim Kim (0-2-1)

Group 16

1 Anna Nordqvist (2-0-1)
2 Lauren Coughlin (2-1-0)
3 Andrea Lee (1-1-1)
4 Elizabeth Szokol (0-3-0)

Schedule for the Bank Of Hope LPGA Match-Play, round of 16

Alison Lee vs Carlota Ciganda: 7:30 pm
Pajaree Anannarukarn vs Cheyenne Knight: 7:40 pm
Linn Grant vs Daniela Darquea: 7:50 pm
Albane Valenzuela vs Anna Nordqvist: 8:00 pm
Ayaka Furue vs Maja Stark: 8:10 pm
Celine Boutier vs Angel Yin: 8:20 pm
Leona Maguire vs Perrine Delacour: 8:30 pm
Sophia Schubert vs Lindsey Weaver-Wright: 8:40 pm