LPGA Headed to TPC Harding Park in 2023

The LPGA as we speak introduced that Hanwha, a world enterprise conglomerate primarily based within the Republic of Korea, will function title sponsor for the Hanwha LIFEPLUS Worldwide Crown. The staff match-play competitors, an occasion that showcases the very best feminine golfers from the highest eight nations throughout the globe, will return to the LPGA Tour calendar for the primary time since 2018 and might be held at San Francisco’s famed TPC Harding Park on Might 4-7, 2023.

Held biennially, the Hanwha LIFEPLUS Worldwide Crown celebrates the world’s greatest feminine golfers. The four-day competitors sees gamers symbolize their nations reasonably than a continent or area, highlighting the worldwide nature of the sport of golf.

“The Hanwha LIFEPLUS Worldwide Crown is a real marker of the worldwide attain of the LPGA. The 32 athletes who will compete at TPC Harding Park in 2023 may have the last word honor of enjoying below their nationwide colours and representing their nations, one of the vital thrilling alternatives an athlete can expertise,” stated Mollie Marcoux Samaan, LPGA Commissioner. “We’re very joyful to convey the Worldwide Crown again to our schedule and are extremely grateful to our companions at Hanwha, TPC Harding Park and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Division for his or her shared imaginative and prescient and dedication to offering our gamers and our followers with a world-class expertise.”

The sphere of eight nations for the Hanwha LIFEPLUS Worldwide Crown might be decided by the mixed Rolex Girls’s World Golf Rankings of the highest 4 gamers from every nation as of Nov. 21, 2022, instantly following the CME Group Tour Championship. The ultimate discipline of 32 gamers might be decided by way of the Rolex Rankings as of April 2, 2023, instantly following the Palos Verdes Championship.

The competitors will happen over 4 days, however may have a brand new format for Sunday’s remaining day. Thursday, Friday and Saturday will characteristic four-ball competitors. The highest two nations from every pool will advance to Sunday. Two semifinal matches might be performed Sunday morning, with every match consisting of two singles matches and one foursomes match. The successful semifinal nations will compete within the remaining match on Sunday afternoon, together with a third-place match between the 2 dropping semifinal nations. The ultimate and third-place match might be performed in the identical format because the semifinals.

The 2023 Hanwha LIFEPLUS Worldwide Crown will mark the primary elite girls’s competitors to be held at TPC Harding Park.

“We’re thrilled to welcome the Hanwha LIFEPLUS Worldwide Crown to TPC Harding Park,” stated Tom Smith, common supervisor, TPC Harding Park. “There’s a wealthy historical past {of professional} competitors right here and we are able to’t consider a extra applicable venue and splendid metropolis to host the Worldwide Crown. We’re wanting ahead to offering a robust take a look at to the very best gamers on this planet.”

In 2018, the staff from the Republic of Korea (In Gee Chun, Sei Younger Kim, Sung Hyun Park, So Yeon Ryu) received the Hanwha LIFEPLUS Worldwide Crown on residence soil at Jack Nicklaus Golf Membership in Incheon, with the USA and England tied for second. The 2016 version was additionally received by the host nation, with the U.S. Workforce (Cristie Kerr, Stacy Lewis, Gerina Mendoza, Lexi Thompson) rising victorious at Benefit Membership in Illinois. The inaugural competitors in 2014, held at Caves Valley Golf Membership in Maryland, was received by the staff from Spain (Carlota Ciganda, Azahara Munoz, Belen Mozo, Beatriz Recari). The 2020 competitors was scheduled to be performed in England, however was postponed as a result of pandemic.

Data on tickets and gross sales packages, in addition to the official brand, might be obtainable later this 12 months.