2023 HSBC Women’s World Championship: How to watch, who’s playing at LPGA’s Singapore stop

The LPGA’s HSBC Women’s World Championship, known affectionately as “Asia’s Major,” celebrates 15 years this week in Singapore, and nine of the top 10 golfers in the Rolex Rankings are set to tee it up in this anniversary event at Sentosa Golf Club’s Tanjong Course. Leading the 66-player field are world No. 1 Lydia Ko and defending champion and No. 5 Jin Young Ko, who will compete for the $1.8 million prize purse, with $270,000 going to the winner of the 72-hole, no cut event.

Making her tournament debut is American Lilia Vu, who became the first Rolex First-Time Winner of 2023 last week at the Honda LPGA Thailand. The 25-year-old Vu, a three-time All-American at UCLA, came from six strokes back after 54 holes to beat third-round leader and tour rookie Natthakritta Vongtaveelap, who was trying to win in her first start as an LPGA member. Vu carded a bogey-free, 8-under 64 in the final round at Siam Country Club to finish at 22-under 266 and beat Thailand’s Vongtaveelap by one stroke.

How to watch the HSBC Women’s World Championship

You can watch the 2023 HSBC Women’s World Championship on Golf Channel, Peacock, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app. Here’s the complete TV and streaming schedule:

• Wednesday, March 1: 9:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. ET, Golf Channel and Peacock

• Thursday, March 2: 9:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. ET, Golf Channel and Peacock

• Friday, March 3: 9:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. ET, Golf Channel and Peacock

• Saturday, March 4: 9:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. ET, Golf Channel and Peacock

Who’s playing in the 2023 HSBC Women’s World Championship

The same nine players in the Rolex Rankings Top 10 who played in Thailand will play in Singapore (includes finish at last week’s Honda LPGA Thailand):

• Lydia Ko (T-6)

• Nelly Korda (T-6)

• Minjee Lee (67th)

• Atthaya Thitikul (3rd)

• Jin Young Ko (T-6)

• Brooke Henderson (T-44)

• In Gee Chun (T-27)

• Hyo-Joo Kim (T-10)

• Nasa Hataoka (T-23)

Of note, all of five major champions from 2022 are competing this week: Chevron champion Jennifer Kupcho (USA), KPMG Women’s PGA champion Chun (South Korea), U.S. Women’s Open champion Lee (Australia), Amundi Evian champion Henderson (Canada) and AIG Women’s Open champion Ashleigh Buhai (South Africa).

Sponsor exemptions went to two-time Olympian Tiffany Chan of Hong Kong, China’s Yu Liu and Shi Yuting, world No. 33 Mao Saigo and Singapore’s own Amanda Tan, who won the HSBC Women’s World Championship Qualifying Tournament to advance to the LPGA event for a fifth time.

No. 23 Jessica Korda, who turned 30 on Monday, is currently listed in the field after missing last week for an undisclosed reason. Korda missed the final two events of 2022 due to a back injury. Skipping this week is No. 6 Lexi Thompson, who told reporters she would be at home in Florida practicing.

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Past winners of the HSBC Women’s World Championship

Previously at the HSBC Women’s World Championship

Last year at Sentosa Golf Club, then-world No. 1 Jin Young Ko kicked off her 2022 season with a victory in Singapore, carding a 6-under 66 in the final round to finish at 17-under 271 and winning by two strokes over Minjee Lee and In Gee Chun. The triumph marked Ko’s sixth win in her last 10 LPGA Tour starts and set two new benchmarks in the record books as she recorded her 15th consecutive round in the 60s and her 30th consecutive round under par.

Mexico’s Lorena Ochoa, who was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2017, won the inaugural Women’s World Championship in 2008. Ochoa set a tournament scoring record of 20-under 268 at Tana Merah Country Club, also in Singapore. South Korea’s Ha Na Hang set the scoring record at Sentosa Golf Club’s Serapong Course in 2016, finishing at 19-under 269. Fellow countrywoman Inbee Park matched Hang’s scoring record of 19-under in 2017 at Sentosa’s Tanjong Course, earning her second career HSBC Women’s World Championship.

More about Sentosa Golf Club’s Tanjong Course

Sentosa Golf Club’s Tanjong Course, which has hosted the HSBC Women’s World Championship since 2017, was originally designed by British golfer and architect Frank Pennink in 1972. It was redesigned by Max Wexler and Chris Pitman in the 1990s and again by general manager Andrew Johnston in 2015. Johnston had overseen work on Sentosa’s Serapong Course several years prior and and was invited by the club to stay on, first as an employee and later as the designer of a major overhaul. The course plays as a par 72, stretching 6,774 yards and featuring 54 bunkers. Twelve holes have areas where water comes into play. The course features large Bermudagrass greens, with an average size of 10,600 square feet. In recent years, the club has added more than 150 trees to the Tanjong Course.

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