Angela Stanford, Inbee Park, Brooke Henderson
Group 11 – 9:30 a.m. – 1st Tee
2012 champion Angela Stanford will play alongside 2015 champion Inbee Park and Brooke Henderson. Stanford has three more top-10s in Singapore in addition to her win. Since missing the cut at the season opening Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, Stanford’s game has continued to trend upward with a T-66 finish in Australia and T-18 showing last week in Thailand. Park makes her second appearance since winning gold at the Olympic games in August. Park finished T-25 in her 2017 debut last week in Thailand. Henderson is making just her second appearance in Singapore where she finished just inside the top-10 last season. Henderson started her season with back-to-back T-21 finishes followed by a T-45 showing in Thailand.
Karrie Webb, Paula Creamer, Stacy Lewis
Group 15 – 9:54 a.m. – 1st Tee
2011 champion Karrie Webb is grouped with two other fellow champions on Thursday. Webb will be joined by 2014 winner Paula Creamer and 2013 champion Stacy Lewis. In addition to her victory at the HSBC Women’s Champions, Webb has three more top-10s in this event. But the Hall of Famer has struggled in her start to 2017 having missed the cut in Australia and finished T-56 in Thailand. Creamer received a sponsor invite to compete in Singapore where she won in 2014 – the site of her last victory on Tour. Creamer missed the cut in the Bahamas and is making just her second start of the year in Singapore where she finished in a share of 15th last season. Lewis got off to a strong start to the year with a third place finish in the Bahamas followed by a T-14 finish in Thailand. She’s also played well in Singapore where she has three more top-10s in addition to her victory in 2013.
Ariya Jutanugarn, Sung Hyun Park, In Gee Chun
Group 17 – 10:06 a.m. – 1st Tee
World No. 2 Ariya Jutanugarn is grouped with rookie Sung Hyun Park and world No. 3 In Gee Chun on Thursday in Singapore. Jutanugarn has two prior starts in this event, both resulting in fourth place finishes. Park, however, is making just her first start at the HSBC Women’s Champions. The seven-time winner last season on the KLPGA will be one to watch in her debut event and all season long. Chun is just one year removed from her debut season but took home the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year award with her consistent play in 2016. Chun finished fourth last week in Thailand in her 2017 debut. She’s making just her second start in Singapore where she finished T-37 in 2015.
Lydia Ko, Sei Young Kim, Lexi Thompson
Group 19 – 10:18 a.m. – 1st Tee
During round one, world No. 1 Lydia Ko, No. 9 Sei Young Kim and No. 5 Lexi Thompson are grouped together. Ko is making her fourth appearance in Singapore where she finished runner-up in 2015. Kim is coming off a third place finish in Thailand and will look to carry that momentum to Singapore where she finished T-34 last year. Thompson has had a hot start to 2017 – finishing second in the Bahamas and a share of fourth in Thailand. The top-ranked American hasn’t finished as strong in Singapore where she looks to better her T-19 finish last season.
Brittany Lincicome, Amy Yang, Ha Na Jang
Group 21 – 10:30 a.m. – 1st Tee
The first three winners of 2017 on the LPGA Tour are grouped together on day one in Singapore – Brittany Lincicome, Ha Na Jang and Amy Yang will play together in the opening round. Lincicome won the season opening Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic by defeating Lexi Thompson in a playoff and backed that up with a 13th place finish last week in Thailand. Lincicome has three top-20 finishes in Thailand, her best finish coming in a share of 14th in 2011. Jang captured the season’s second event of the year at the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open for her fourth career win on the LPGA Tour. She looks to defend her title this week after making a thrilling eagle on the 72nd hole to win last season. Yang is the Tour’s most recent winner, she captured last week’s Honda LPGA Thailand for the second time in her career and first victory since 2015. Yang finished third in this event last season.
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