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Weekly Field Breakdown January 18th
LPGA Tournament of Champions, The American Express, Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
Jack Middlebrook
January 18, 2023
Tournaments This Week
LPGA Tournament of Champions - The LPGA season kicks off for 2023 in Orlando at Lake Nona with the Tournament of Champions. The field includes 29 top players who have won on the LPGA tour over the past two years. The purse is $1.5 Million.
The American Express - The PGA Tour is active again this week, playing in Palm Springs at PGA West. The first three rounds will be played over the Stadium Course, Nicklaus Tournament Course, and La Quinta Country Club while the final round will be at the Stadium Course. The field is strong this year with 10 of the top 20 in the world led by Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm. The purse is $8 million.
Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship - The European Tour hosts the first Rolex Series event of the year with the HSBC Championship in Abu Dhabi at Yas Links. For many European Tour players, this will be the first start of the year, and they will play alongside some LIV tour players. The purse is $9 million.
Top 100 - Who is playing where
28 of the Top 100 Rolex Womenโs world golf rankings are active this week.
LPGA Tournament of Champions - 28
56 of the Top 100 OWGR players in menโs golf are active this week.
Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship - 19
The American Express - 37
Top 20 in LPGA Tournament of Champions
- 2 ๐บ๐ธ Nelly Korda
- 7 ๐จ๐ฆ Brooke Henderson
- 10 ๐ฏ๐ต Nasa Hataoka
- 11 ๐ฎ๐ช Leona Maguire
- 12 ๐ซ๐ท Celine Boutier
- 13 ๐บ๐ธ Jennifer Kupcho
- 16 ๐บ๐ธ Danielle Kang
- 17 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Charley Hull
- 21 ๐ฟ๐ฆ Ashleigh Buhai
- 23 ๐ฏ๐ต Ayaka Furue
- 30 ๐บ๐ธ Andrea Lee
- 31 ๐ธ๐ช Anna Nordqvist
- 33 ๐ฏ๐ต Yuka Saso
- 35 ๐บ๐ธ Ally Ewing
- 36 ๐ฒ๐ฝ Gaby Lopez
- 41 ๐บ๐ธ Marina Alex
- 45 ๐ธ๐ช Maja Stark
- 49 ๐บ๐ธ Lizette Salas
- 53 ๐ฉ๐ฐ Nanna Koerstz Madsen
- 55 ๐ฟ๐ฆ Paula Reto
Top 20 in American Express
- 2 ๐บ๐ธ Scottie Scheffler
- 4 ๐ช๐ธ Jon Rahm
- 5 ๐บ๐ธ Patrick Cantlay
- 6 ๐บ๐ธ Xander Schauffele
- 7 ๐บ๐ธ Will Zalatoris
- 12 ๐บ๐ธ Tony Finau
- 13 ๐บ๐ธ Sam Burns
- 14 ๐ฐ๐ท Tom Kim
- 17 ๐บ๐ธ Cameron Young
- 19 ๐ฐ๐ท Sungjae Im
- 23 ๐บ๐ธ Brian Harman
- 30 ๐บ๐ธ Tom Hoge
- 35 ๐บ๐ธ Aaron Wise
- 36 ๐ฐ๐ท Kyoung-Hoon Lee
- 40 ๐บ๐ธ Sahith Theegala
- 41 ๐ฐ๐ท Si Woo Kim
- 50 ๐บ๐ธ J.T. Poston
- 56 ๐ฟ๐ฆ Dean Burmester
- 59 ๐บ๐ธ Taylor Montgomery
- 60 ๐บ๐ธ Andrew Putnam
Top 20 in HSBC Championship
- 20 ๐ฎ๐ช Shane Lowry
- 24 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Tommy Fleetwood
- 25 ๐ฆ๐น Sepp Straka
- 26 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Tyrrell Hatton
- 28 ๐ณ๐ฟ Ryan Fox
- 29 ๐ฎ๐ช Seamus Power
- 38 ๐ง๐ช Thomas Pieters
- 39 ๐ธ๐ช Alex Noren
- 49 ๐ต๐ฑ Adrian Meronk
- 58 ๐ฆ๐บ Min Woo Lee
- 68 ๐ฟ๐ฆ Thriston Lawrence
- 73 ๐ช๐ธ Adrian Otaegui
- 76 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Robert MacIntyre
- 77 ๐ช๐ธ Pablo Larrazabal
- 79 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Jordan Smith
- 80 ๐บ๐ธ Patrick Reed
- 82 ๐ช๐ธ Adri Arnaus
- 92 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Richard Bland
- 94 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Callum Shinkwin
- 107 ๐ฟ๐ฆ Oliver Bekker
Enjoy the week ahead!