The wait is lastly over! The LPGA Tour’s Asian Swing wraps up this week with the 2024 TOTO Japan Basic, co-sanctioned with the JLPGA. From October 31 to November 3, 78 gifted golfers divided into 43 from the LPGA and 35 from the Japanese Tour will tee off on the Seta Golf Course for the 72-hole occasion. The perfect half? No lower, so all gamers will compete in all 4 rounds.
This star-studded discipline boasts three top-10 gamers from the Rolex Rankings like Jin Younger Ko, Ayaka Furue, and Haeran Ryu. Brooke Henderson additionally returns to the TOTO Japan Basic for the primary time since 2018, contemporary from her top-10 end in Malaysia. With the Race to the CME Globe Tour Championship looming, this event is an important alternative for gamers to safe their spot.
Listed here are the tee timings and pairings for spherical 1 per the official LPGA website:-
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| Gap 1 | Ariya Jutanugarn (THA), Wichanee Meechai (THA), Haruka Kawasaki (JPN) |
| Gap 10 | Wei-Ling Hsu (TPE), Yuka Yasuda (JPN), Allisen Corpuz (USA) |
| Gap 1 | Sayaka Takahashi (JPN), Serena Aoki (JPN), Arpichaya Yubol (THA) |
| Gap 10 | A Lim Kim (KOR), Nataliya Guseva (UNA), Karen Tsuruoka (JPN) |
| Gap 1 | Chanettee Wannasaen (THA), Hikaru Yoshimoto (JPN), Jin Hee Im (KOR) |
| Gap 10 | Linn Grant (SWE), Hira Naveed (AUS), Minami Hiruta (JPN) |
| Gap 1 | Peiyun Chien (TPE), Saiki Fujita (JPN), Alexa Pano (USA) |
| Gap 10 | Ai Suzuki (JPN), Shina Kanazawa (JPN), Somi Lee (KOR) |
| Gap 1 | Jiyai Shin (KOR), Momoko Osato (JPN), Lucy Li (USA) |
| Gap 10 | Linnea Strom (SWE), Lala Anai (JPN), Pajaree Anannarukarn (THA) |
| Gap 10 | Mitsuki Kobayashi (JPN), Nanna Koerstz Madsen (DEN), Xiyu Lin (CHN) |
| Gap 1 | Minjee Lee (AUS), Kotone Hori (JPN), Erika Hara (JPN) |
| Gap 10 | Paula Reto (RSA), Haruka Amamoto (JPN), Jenny Shin (KOR) |
| Gap 1 | Sarah Schmelzel (USA), Yui Kawamoto (JPN), Chisato Iwai (JPN) |
| Gap 10 | Mi Hyang Lee (KOR), Haruka Morita (CHN), Shuri Sakuma (JPN) |
| Gap 1 | Narin An (KOR), Hinako Shibuno (JPN), Sakura Koiwai (JPN) |
| Gap 10 | Gemma Dryburgh (SCO), Moriya Jutanugarn (THA), Miyuu Abe (JPN) |
| Gap 1 | Yuka Saso (JPN), Gabriela Ruffels (AUS), Shiho Kuwaki (JPN) |
| Gap 10 | Kokona Sakurai (JPN), Leona Maguire (IRL), Minami Katsu (JPN) |
| Gap 1 | Brooke M. Henderson (CAN), Haeran Ryu (KOR), Miyu Yamashita (JPN) |
| Gap 10 | Hana Lee (KOR), Grace Kim (AUS), Amiyu Ozeki (JPN) |
| Gap 1 | Jin Younger Ko (KOR), Ayaka Furue (JPN), Rio Takeda (JPN) |
| Gap 10 | Hana Wakimoto (JPN), Seonwoo Bae (KOR), Sora Kamiya (JPN) |
| Gap 1 | Jennifer Kupcho (USA), Mao Saigo (JPN), Akie Iwai (JPN) |
| Gap 10 | Marina Alex (USA), MinYoung Lee (KOR), Yealimi Noh (USA) |
The $2 million purse is up for grabs on the occasion. World #1, Nelly Korda, and her robust opponent, Lydia Ko usually are not within the discipline. However earlier than the sport begins later as we speak, let’s be taught just a few issues concerning the event’s wealthy historical past.
The wealthy historical past across the TOTO Japan Basic
The TOTO Japan Basic is a giant deal in ladies’s golf! It’s been round since 1973 and has seen just a few venue and sponsor modifications. From 2006 by 2015, it was performed at Kintetsu Kashikojima Nation Membership in Shima, Mie. In 2016 and 2017, the occasion was held on the Minori Course of Taiheiyo Membership in Omitama, Ibaraki, then modified again to the North Course of Seta Golf Course in Ōtsu, Shiga prefecture for the 2018 occasion. It has had names like LPGA Japan Basic, Japan Basic, Mizuno Japan Basic, Mazda Japan Basic, Toray Japan Queens Cup, and a few different names.
Regardless of title and venue modifications, one factor stays the identical – its means to draw the world’s prime golfers. From legendary gamers to rising stars, everybody needs to win this prestigious occasion. Golf legends like Patty Sheehan, Nancy Lopez, Pat Bradley, Betsy King, and Karrie Webb have all lifted the trophy in Japan. Annika Sorenstam was unstoppable, profitable 5 consecutive occasions from 2001 to 2005. Speak about dominance.
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Current champions embody main winners Stacy Lewis (2012) and Shanshan Feng (2016, 2017). In 2023, JLPGA Tour participant Mone Inami received huge on the TOTO Japan Basic on Sunday, incomes her thirteenth victory on the LPGA Tour of Japan and first on the LPGA Tour.
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