3rd LPGA Tour HSBC Women’s World Championship
Jinyoung Ko (27), the world’s No. 1 in women’s golf, will compete in Singapore for the first time in the 2022 season.
Jinyoung Ko will participate in the HSBC Women’s World Championship ($1.7 million in total prize money) on the LPGA Tour held at Singapore Sentosa Golf Club New Tanjong Course (par 72, 6,749 yards) for four days from the 3rd.
This is the first official competition in three months since the CME Group Tour Championship in November, the final match of the 2021 season.
After the start of the 2022 LPGA Tour season, Jin-young Ko skipped three tournaments in January and February and continued quenching in Palm Springs, California, USA, before choosing to start the season in Asia.
Jin-young Ko, who won the CME Group Tour Championship for three consecutive years and won the Player of the Year, decorated the finale of the 2021 season splendidly. Start.
Koh Jin-young rose as the competitor Nelly Corda (USA), who was running for the first place, faltered in all three competitions this season.
While Jin-young Ko maintained the top spot for five weeks until the world rankings on the 1st, attention is focused on whether he can achieve an advantageous position in the competition to come by achieving good results in this competition without coda.
If Jin-young Ko hits 60 at-bats on all four days of this tournament, she can become the protagonist of a new record in this category by writing at-bats in her 60s for 15 consecutive rounds on the LPGA Tour.
He hit 60 at-bats in 14 consecutive rounds last year, on par with the LPGA Tour records set by Annika Sorenstam (Sweden) in 2005 and Soyeon Ryu (32) in 2017.
In October of last year, he shot 71 strokes in the first round of the BMW Ladies Championship, and his streak was cut off in the tie-breaking 14th round.
Another notable player is Kim Hyo-joo (27), who defends the title.
Kim Hyo-joo won the championship by sweeping eight birdies without bogey on the last day of last year at this tournament, and heralded the ‘resurrection of a genius’ by climbing to the top of the LPGA Tour event in five years and three months.
This is Kim Hyo-joo’s first appearance in this season as well.
The HSBC Women’s World Championship is also a competition where several Korean players, including Hyo-Joo Kim, experienced the joy of winning.
Park Seong-hyeon (29) in 2019, Park In-bi (34) in 2015 and 2017, Jang Hana (30) in 2016, and Shin Ji-ae (34) in 2009 lifted the trophy.
Among Korean champions, Kim Hyo-joo, Park Sung-hyun and Park In-bee will also participate in this tournament.
Other Korean players included Kim Se-young (29), Yoo So-yeon, Lee Jung-eun (26), and Jeon In-ji (28).
It is also interesting to see whether a Korean player who has not yet appeared on the LPGA Tour this season will win the championship.
Daniel Kang (USA Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions), Lydia Ko (New Zealand Gainbridge LPGA), and Leona Maguire (Ireland Drive-On Championship), who have won the past three tournaments, all took part in the season as well. aim for victory
The LPGA Tour event, held for the first time in a month since the Drive-on Championship, will feature 66 players and compete without missing a cut for four days.
/yunhap news
