After you are performed looking the very last round of the Volvik RACV Ladies Masters which -- spoiler alert! -- Cheyenne Woods won, you have got some "clean" golf to look ahead to. (And yes, that turned into sarcasm. I'm still not glad that we didn't get to peer it stay.) However, that does not imply that GC is unaware of how popular Cheyenne's win changed into, as she is featured prominently in their merchandising of this week's event.
The cause we get to look it's miles that this week's event is co-backed by means of the LET and LPGA. The ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open has been an LPGA occasion considering 2012, the year Jessica Korda received it for her first LPGA win. Jiyai Shin won it closing yr however won't be protecting this time. (You'll don't forget that she withdrew from the LPGA in advance this 12 months and is focusing her attention on Asian golfing. Less tour, extra rest.)
As usual, Tony Jesselli has done a great preview of the event which you can read here. An interesting note: Although GC has been promoting this as a "star-studded" event -- and there are a number of top players here, as there was at the Masters last week -- this is still a relatively weak field. According to Tony, "Ten of the top 25 players on the LPGA Priority List will not be in action, and 9 of the top 20 in the Rolex Rankings are skipping the event." He ranks the field strength at 51.5%.
To put that during attitude, his preview of the True Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic stated, "My energy of subject score is just 52%, which could have ranked as the 4th lowest range in the 2013 season."While that doesn't mean that a win comes easy, it does let you know that many of the big players aren't in action yet this season. However, we will see Suzann Pettersen, Stacy Lewis, Lydia Ko, and So Yeon Ryu in the field, which gives them 4 of the Top5 in the Rolex. [UPDATE: Ryu ISN'T playing -- my bad. That makes 3 of the Top5.] (Inbee Park will be back in action next week at the Honda LPGA Thailand, according to Randall Mell at GC.)
The Constructivist says that Mell is likewise reporting that Cheyenne intends to attention on the Symetra Tour this season. Clearly she desires to get back onto the LPGA Tour and, with closing week's win locking up a two-year exemption at the LET, now could be the suitable time to attempt.
At any rate, you can watch the first round of the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open tonight at midnight ET on GC . It's always great when we can see the women when they're actually playing, not on tape delay, and it will be interesting to see how Cheyenne deals with all the hoopla over her win. As much as she has been prepared for the attention she draws just by being a Woods, I can't believe she was ready for this. She has certainly sounded surprised in her interviews.
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