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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 Women’s world golf rankings are active this week.
LPGA Tournament of Champions - 28
56 of the Top 100 OWGR players in men’s golf are active this week.
Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship - 19
The American Express - 37
Top 20 in LPGA Tournament of Champions
- 2 🇺🇸 Nelly Korda
- 7 🇨🇦 Brooke Henderson
- 10 🇯🇵 Nasa Hataoka
- 11 🇮🇪 Leona Maguire
- 12 🇫🇷 Celine Boutier
- 13 🇺🇸 Jennifer Kupcho
- 16 🇺🇸 Danielle Kang
- 17 🏴 Charley Hull
- 21 🇿🇦 Ashleigh Buhai
- 23 🇯🇵 Ayaka Furue
- 30 🇺🇸 Andrea Lee
- 31 🇸🇪 Anna Nordqvist
- 33 🇯🇵 Yuka Saso
- 35 🇺🇸 Ally Ewing
- 36 🇲🇽 Gaby Lopez
- 41 🇺🇸 Marina Alex
- 45 🇸🇪 Maja Stark
- 49 🇺🇸 Lizette Salas
- 53 🇩🇰 Nanna Koerstz Madsen
- 55 🇿🇦 Paula Reto
Top 20 in American Express
- 2 🇺🇸 Scottie Scheffler
- 4 🇪🇸 Jon Rahm
- 5 🇺🇸 Patrick Cantlay
- 6 🇺🇸 Xander Schauffele
- 7 🇺🇸 Will Zalatoris
- 12 🇺🇸 Tony Finau
- 13 🇺🇸 Sam Burns
- 14 🇰🇷 Tom Kim
- 17 🇺🇸 Cameron Young
- 19 🇰🇷 Sungjae Im
- 23 🇺🇸 Brian Harman
- 30 🇺🇸 Tom Hoge
- 35 🇺🇸 Aaron Wise
- 36 🇰🇷 Kyoung-Hoon Lee
- 40 🇺🇸 Sahith Theegala
- 41 🇰🇷 Si Woo Kim
- 50 🇺🇸 J.T. Poston
- 56 🇿🇦 Dean Burmester
- 59 🇺🇸 Taylor Montgomery
- 60 🇺🇸 Andrew Putnam
Top 20 in HSBC Championship
- 20 🇮🇪 Shane Lowry
- 24 🏴 Tommy Fleetwood
- 25 🇦🇹 Sepp Straka
- 26 🏴 Tyrrell Hatton
- 28 🇳🇿 Ryan Fox
- 29 🇮🇪 Seamus Power
- 38 🇧🇪 Thomas Pieters
- 39 🇸🇪 Alex Noren
- 49 🇵🇱 Adrian Meronk
- 58 🇦🇺 Min Woo Lee
- 68 🇿🇦 Thriston Lawrence
- 73 🇪🇸 Adrian Otaegui
- 76 🏴 Robert MacIntyre
- 77 🇪🇸 Pablo Larrazabal
- 79 🏴 Jordan Smith
- 80 🇺🇸 Patrick Reed
- 82 🇪🇸 Adri Arnaus
- 92 🏴 Richard Bland
- 94 🏴 Callum Shinkwin
- 107 🇿🇦 Oliver Bekker
Enjoy the week ahead!