The HSBC Women's World Championship brings the LPGA back to Singapore
SINGAPORE, 27 April 2021 –The HSBC Women's World Championship, which took place this week at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore, has indeed been the LPGA Tour's first tournament in Asia since November 2019. Players had the opportunity to re-acquaint themselves with the course and conditions.
Despite the 17-hour flight from Los Angeles to the Garden City and the need to follow stringent safety guidelines during their tour, the players' spirits were high.
“Winning in 2019 was a huge confidence boost. I usually don't start very well at the beginning of the season, but winning in Singapore, I think really gave me that confidence boost and I was able to play more comfortably throughout the season.” - Sung Hyun Park, who won her sixth Tour title in 2019 at Asia's Major, said.
The World No.1 Jin Young Ko is back in Singapore for the 3rd time, looking to build on her last two visits to Sentosa Golf Club.
“My game is getting better, so I hope soon to be in the winner's circle, and I will focus on my game and I will fight with heart.”
Commenting on her ranking, Ko said she took inspiration from her father, a former boxer.
Inbee Park is the only multiple winners of the HSBC Women's World Championship, earning her victories in 2015 and 2017. Now sitting at No.2 in the World Rankings since the last week of March 29th, Park said obtaining No.1 in the world again wasn't something she played for. Park, the reigning Olympic Gold medallist, said:
“Obviously this year is a very important year for me with the Olympics in August, and my main goal is trying to qualify for the team. The Korean team is not the easiest team to make. I'm just trying to play good golf; everything just comes with it when I play good golf, and I'm just trying to play week-by-week. It's a long season. I'm just trying not to get too quick with the season. Just trying to control my body conditions a little bit so I can have good [form] in the middle, later in the year.”
Lydia Ko is doing her best to adjust the time difference in Singapore. A 7-mile hike with Kristen Gillman before her flight helped her sleep for 13 hours en route.
Ko continues to ride off the high of her win two weeks ago. In her 16th victory on the LPGA Tour, Ko said she proved to herself she had the ability to make it back inside the winner’s circle.
And if battling jetlag was one obstacle, Ko said the heat will be another that the 69-player field will have to adjust to as the week goes on.
“The best way to explain it is like going to a sauna, but you don't have to pay. It's a complimentary sauna pretty much throughout the day. But everyone is playing in the same conditions. The storm is going to hit at the same time, so I don't think it's an advantage to one player or not.”
With limited spectator access due to Covid safety restrictions, fans can catch all the action as it unfolds in Singapore and around the world.
Fans in Singapore will be able to watch live coverage each day on Hub Sports and Channel 5 as well as via the tournament's live stream on Facebook.
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