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Well a very good afternoon and a warm welcome to live day one coverage of the curtain Razer here on the 2024 season of the klpga we’re in what is is usually Sunny Singapore for the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open where Park gong looks to defend the title she won back in
2022 that of course being the first event of last year’s season being a wraparound calendar and all but unfortunately the skies have opened and well we are stuck in a weather delay here at the tanam Country Club it’s heavy downpours and unfortunately electrical activities in the skies
Overhead the tanese course it’s still a pretty warm 34° cus what Breeze there is is coming straight out of the North and unfortunately as I mentioned earlier no play at the moment at tanamera all 108 players off the golf course and seeking refuge and shelter in the
Clubhouse it’s a pass 72 that was redesigned a couple of years ago by Phil Jacobs it’s a Stern test for the finest on the klpga tour lea1 seeks to start off her season how last year ended but while we wait for hopefully some good news from the
Weather Gods let’s have a look at some early action on the golf course the Philippines ran Michaela malixi was going along nicely in the morning wave that was a birdie at the sixth th started on the back nine 10 straight pars before blitzing off a couple of
Birdies that got her to three under par Park mini prolific winner on the kpg did have her struggles last year but she was in fine FAL early doors that a birdie at the par 34th that took Mii to two under par at that point joyer Rim still seeking a breakthrough title on
The kpj tour she’s been close a number of times this was a fine way to get her round underway that’s setting up a birdie three at her opening hole playing in the company of one of the local standouts here in Singapore Amanda tan j s canning one from just off the
Edge of the green the third player in that group so heang the former L open Champion getting her season of and running with the lovely birdie 3 but the big mover this morning was big hitting Bang Shin s second season on the klp Jor wouldn’t know it looking at the
Way she took apart the tanese course this morning started on the back nine did shinil but quickly started to Pepper in some birdies turned in 31 five under par and then would collect another couple of birdies on the way home hung Jong Min was a top 10 finisher last time
Out here in Singapore but started her day with a rotten triple bogey eight at the 10th did pick up a couple of birdies to try and Salvage the situation but over par here on day one how about this lovely second shot there into the first Hill Par Four with
The driving range on the left and trouble down the right yes a lovely early birdie there for Thailand’s jarov V bunchan playing on a sponsor invite this week and certainly making the most of it when she was still out in the golf course Kim minju one of the lucky few
Players to be able to complete their opening rounds Inu going off in the morning wave that was a lovely birdie at the 18 just one drop shot on the card of Kim minju she would sign for a round of 67 par 4 n short little Par Four come right back towards the
Clubhouse pinned at Ace cut just on that little back step pass a slope and that was very nicely managed indeed leading to a birdie now the defending champion Park G young approach into the long demanding power 4 seconds so hard to get it to stop on that back section but a lady who
Picked up three wins including a breakthrough major title last year making short work of that Par Four a birdie to take her up to one underp just as gong was getting her day started Bangin was bringing the curtain down on a very productive day at the office then should turned in 31 picked
Up a birdie at seven good solid approach there to the ninth and this left to right slider dropping in for a bogey free opening round of 65 to set the pace here on Thursday in Singapore that of course was some highlights from earlier in the day Bangin s sitting very comfortably at top
The leaderboard and safely in the clubhouse with an opening round of 65 mju and jayang returning matching 67 soan Jung well she still got a couple holes left to play play was interrupted about an hour ago due to inclement weather ran Michaela malixi going the
Best of the non Korean starters a 69 for the Filipino country woman Samantha Bruce just the par 51 18th to play and Le G young will be finishing her opening round on the par 49th Malaysia Ashley La in the company of gang she too is two underpar former Rookie of the Year
Winner SAA one underpar round of 71 see there the name of natak vona twice a runner up in the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific had a pretty poor start to her day but she’s battled back nicely she’s at one under with the ninth to play and all these ladies well it’s
Going to be a long wait and possibly an early alarm set tomorrow M jari Bunch Jong Yun G and former women’s amate Asia Pacific champion in Singapore at the Singapore Island Country Club IA galitzki they’re all at one under PES is Justice boio who’s one under through her
First two but as things stand at the moment unfortunately we’re in a weather delay here in the season opening event of the 2024 klpga tour season fingers crossed we see some golf action sooner rather than later there we are the east coast of Singapore right by Changi Airport and unfortunately many dark clouds
Overhead rain rain go away you see that storm cell it’s just moving in from the East we’ve got another coming down from the north doesn’t make for pretty reading does it this of course a 72 hole Championship players just having to wait patiently in the clubhouse plenty to smile about
Though for bang shinil winner of last year’s E1 charity ladies open great battle she had at the top of the Rookie of the Year Point series with wo an eventual winner Kim minol her work is done for the day 67 for her for the afternoon starters including
Your featured group there you can see p gong and leer onean the wait will go on to see if we can get any more golf I’ve been running today the meteorologists and our tournament directors will be keeping a close ey on the situation as it develops
But for the moment we’re stuck in a weather delay here at tanira for need e e e e e spe e e so we’re being told that the next weather update announcement will come right around 3:30 local time so 3:30 local time they’ll make an announcement
To see if there’ll be any further delays or we’ll get back out on the course for day one action here in Singapore but until then why don’t we go back and enjoy some action from earlier this morning at the tampones course that’ll still be for par for Park mini now Lis so
Young really one of those players that was adversely affected by the break during the covid pandemic six-time winner coming into that abrupt Halt and unfortunately really struggled to find her feet in the two years that followed did have a nice campaign out in 2023 though but she’s three over the card
Having started on the back nine today par do young to get herself back to even par short birdie look here at the par five fifth downhill sliding from left to right just grabs enough for the cup well done so you know she’s good good at bouncing back pair of birdies against a
Pair of bogy today to Young back to level pegging for the championship now Hong Jong mint and took a absolutely rotten triple bogey eight at her opening hole the power 510th so she’s turned in three over par 39 second now into the first that’s just going to settle the
Wrong side of a little spine but not bad with hybrid in hand it’s a big golf course this tanira country club expect to see a lot of long irons and hybrids coming into the green not that it’s going to bother natak Von vup though nickname Sim 300 6′
Tall can certainly shifted a long way out there and she’s got a good pair of hands on her as well lovely speed there on the second H playing in the company of Park m Park and Kung the company of hung Jong Min for these first two days coming at the left
Side of this Fairway doesn’t really give you the best angle this trouble right m okay well she’ll be able to get relief off that cart path but it’s going to be off a severe downhill line coming out of the rough to an elevated green bit of a miscue there from the two-time klpga
Champion two courses here at the toir Country Club the garden course just across the road H at the first ever edition of the HSBC women’s world Championship REI concluded last week now stage at the tanon course at santosa golf club this the tanese course it’s hosted a couple
Of big events as well HSBC Women’s World Championship most recently Singapore International and the Asian tour an international series Singapore won by Spain’s David poo back in August Gale had a great season last year on the klpga tour ibly her best season since 2018 where she picked up her first kpga tour
Title and only kpga tour title I should say at the sokong network ladies classic she’ll get things going shortly in the company of Kim jhe and Princess Mary superal of the Philippines at first up to last season’s Rookie of the Year Kim mbol birdie look for Kim at the second not going to
Go gosh he came close a bunch of times last year lost a couple of playoffs one for the Korean women’s open to Hung G1 mom the third player in that playoff also got bounced by hango Min at the daia mbn ladies open it was hang’s first title this par three sixth in today’s
Cut 15 from the front just nine from the left Edge Michaela malixi from the Philippines BL t-shot almost you play up to this Plateau green and she’s going to like it when she gets up there that’s a super shot there from malixi now H kyung all sitting okay but downhill Li is
Going to this is coming out low not what you want when you’re playing to an elevated green needs to settle needs to settle okay so she’ll have that left for par okay a lot of these runoffs at the tones course if you’re not spot on with your
With your iron play or your approach play you really have to expect that you’re going to have some awkward pit shots from around these greens now Kim jhe ready to get us underway in this afternoon wave at the moment three Co leaders P Kum Kim inju and big hitting Bang Shin
Sil was bogey free for this opening round go back out to the par 34th one of several greens that were reconfigured and reshaped over the last 12 months still presents a real Stern test for these players if you don’t find the correct sections of this screen too to a winner
Has and well she’s got a a decent look for birdie here at the par three it’s going to fall off low surely just never quite had the Steam on it both her winds coming at the high One resorts ladies open successful defense of her title last year that is view of the beautiful
Signature hole here at the tanese course the island green Par 3 16th well is so young smiling got a couple of smiles on the faces hung G1 as well perhaps good news we might be able to get out the golf course and keep those fingers crossed play was
Called just over an hour and a half ago due to unsafe weather conditions but those pictures are to be believed Sun’s breaking through the clouds the storm might have passed and as long as there’s no lightning overhead we should be able to get round one back underway here at
The tanese course you can see that very low flying Boeing Triple 7 Chi airport just a ston throw away from this great Phil Jacobs layout a weather delay at the moment but the signs are good that perhaps might be able to get these ladies back out on the golf course
That’ll be good news for of the late starters this morning that your natak V vops with just one hole left to play yeah see we’re on the sort of bottom right hand corner of that map looks pretty clear to me though I have to say it’s a nasty
Little patch of rain looking like it’s moving in from the west and you certainly don’t want the red spots that’s where the heaviest showers will be well that’s good news got some player transports sitting out by the clubhouse perhaps ready to shuttle the ladies back into position what this weather delay or what
This stoppage will mean is the course is going to be in slightly softer condition so perhaps an opportunity for the afternoon starters should the rain continue to stay away slightly softer conditions and not too much Breeze perhaps someone can make a run at Bangin s’s seven underpar
Target still looks a little touch and go to me don’t you think while we wait beat those fingers crossed that we’ll be able to resume play we’re on day one Just a Touch under 1.1 billion Korean one for grabs in this first event of 30 this year in the klpga
Tour head off to Blue Canyon puket next week for the inaugural Blue Canyon puket Championship where are we going says p g young are we going back out there Year One keeping things nice and loose and oh why wouldn’t you you’re one with over 1.4 billion one earned last season gong just
Under that barely under that 9 98 million Korean one one and three on the money list last season give us a wave year one got something in your ear just fix that for you it’s a real C Marauder out here in the klp to yes you play for a lot of
Money week in week out you want to bank big checks and kiss championship trophies but traveling with 100 of the same people week in week out just form a bond like no other and same could be said for any major golf tour so while the players stay loose
We’ll continue to keep our fingers crossed and Eyes to the Sky still no golf yet to be played on day one at tanira while we wait return to some action from earlier today going to be Speedy just over the other side of that slope right there it
Should start to work its way back right for Hong Jong mint just lacked a little conviction well out to the tea at the first k jhe p Princess Mary super all ready to get us underway for the afternoon stages of day one Well turns 23 on Sunday wouldn’t she like to give herself
A huge birthday present with a win here in Singapore’s National open splits the Fairway there with her t- shot J he Princess Mary superal from the Philippines that brilliant performance she put in at the Simone Asia Pacific ladies cup at the back end of 2022 just want to start it right if that
Fairway trap on the left should kick down down it comes for supero 28 years old now G has only ever lost her tour card once that was the end of the 2021 season but off the back of a very strong 2023 that saw her finished 26th on the money list did missed the
Cut in this Championship last timeout soly looking to make amends with confidence restored here in 2024 so your afternoon starters off and running 108 players in the field this week so young relatively slippery one from the backside of two coming downhill moving to her right stay pretty straight on
Her certainly had us both fool there so she’ll remain three over the card and seven shots a drift of the quartet of leaders here in the early stages of play at the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open lixie brilliant t-shot into the six really deserves a birdie three and a
Birdie three she will get three on the bounce for Mela malixi hun Kung for back at the second year in year out one of the best Putters on the klp Jer but you don’t want to leave yourself too many 20 Footers forart what are you’re not going to make
Your fair share of them so she’ll slip back to even and to the unmistakable silhouettes of Lee G young how popular was she when she picked up her breakthrough kale PJ to title at the kit championship by Tung Buu construction two seasons ago he’s
Next to the tea at the 6th at the fourth excuse me and that’s just going to funnel off the left hand side of the green you can see you get really severe mounding and Contours out at The Greens at the tampones course it’s going to be a little tester for short game skills
Power for first you see that driving range down the left in a penalty area that really does encroach into the right hand side of the green it’s only about three Paces off the right Edge so you get one just leaking a little right with too much cut spin that Ball’s going to be
Hydrated super looks to be a slight hanging lie here for Princess Mary not a bad thing with the whole cut in the back left section of the green balls above your feet does tend to promote a bit of a right to left movement you can see with cleaning place
In effect for the first two days here at the tanes course have had a deluge of rain in the lion City over the last week or two attention everyone for those of you you who has got some more holes to play We have got the all clear from the
Government NAA service so right now we have our referees and our cost maintenance guys checking the course at 3:45 go to the Vans your front line Vans is in front back 9 that means 10 to 18 is over the other side go to the van in
Your groups if possible so that we can make sure the flights go in together okay what we want to do is to Target for tea off at 4:00 be in your positions by 4:00 thanks for so get on your golf carts and head out the golf course there is Justice bosio
Former Singapore National head coach Matt Ballard on the bag or well on the push trolley by the looks of things there for the very talented Queens Linda J G also looking to get into position she’ll be on the par three fourth alongside bun chant and Pango Min
So looks like we are going to get a little bit more golf here on day one that’s always good news although how will this little weather delay have affected the afternoon starters and particularly some of these ladies who haven’t even completed their rounds H Jong men reigning Korea Women’s Open
Champion she’s off to get back in position as well G1 playing alongside pkj young and madom CH and Yu also trotting out there as is Lisa so young and saw that earlier did struggle a little bit in her opening round this morning still a little bit of golf left to play for her
But the signs are good on your golf carts at 3:45 get back into position and the Hooter will blow at 4:00 to Signal the resumption of play here on day one at the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open for for e e e so if you’re just joining us here on day
One at the Singapore Women’s Open where you been for the past 40 minutes unfortunately you haven’t missed very much we have been in a weather delay since right around 2:00 local time here in Singapore but but the good news is the skies have cleared Lightning’s moved on and players are starting to make
Their way back out to the golf course where we are anticipating a 400 p.m. local time restart so the news is good here at the tampones course and again full credit to the team at tanira and the the organizing committee Patrick fisel Chu Wang for the really good work
That you know they’ve put in to set this great Championship up and also to make sure that players can be fed out quickly safely and efficiently to resume action here on day one he has been regarded as one of the Premier clubs in the island on the island country of Singapore for many
Years tanira means red Earth I had to move quite a bit of Earth to get everything set up for this week a lady who was smiling the broadest last time the kpg to we in the lion City h g young company of leo1 and Thailand’s Patty tavatanakit highest
Ranked player in the Rolex women world rankings in the field this week they’ll be on the par three fourth to start there to restart their rounds I should say there you go partly cloudy now still a pretty barmy 31° it’s sticky out there though 65% humidity really
Does feel more like 85% and it looks like that Breeze is picking up just a bit still coming straight out of the North though this par 34th plays just under 170 yards it’s a green that’s 50 Paces deep pins on 44 so right in that back section B shinil setting the Target in
The clubhouse a delightful bogey free round of 65 for shin sils he’s a the top the board two ahead of Kim minju DJ and saan Jung who has two holes left to play to complete her opening round strongest of the local contenders kosaku even power round of 72 for the 34 year
Old see there gazing back down from behind the green at the par 47 that hole in a pretty accessible spot and it wouldn’t be a kpj Tour event some adorable T markers surprised no one’s tried to Nick any one of those Samantha Bruce marching back down the Fairway to get back into
Position cadd Aus on the bag normally Loops for Max lee chairo Taiwan star out on the Asian tour he’ll be hopping up to maau in a couple of days time to join Max Lee at the maau golf club International series maau will take place next week on the Asian tour tell
You what it’s pretty strong feel for that 21 golfers from the live golf league signed up have committed to play that including the likes of Patrick Reed Sergio Garcia and Company certainly going to be a very exciting time the second International series event of the year just on The
Horizon’s found playing golf in Singapore and this part of the world sometimes the most uncomfortable conditions are just after a big rain delay course is saturated and then the Sun comes out to play like it never left and all that heat and steam start to come up from the ground it’s almost like
Being in a SAA certainly make for pretty sticky and sometimes unpleasant conditions but hey it’s just what players have to get used to coming to this part of the world lej young did say it in the post round interview today that it’s easy to lose concentration in this kind of heat and
Humidity certainly had a wit about her this morning cing that 67 to leave a level second at this stage of the championship hydration focus and patience key ingredients here if you want to prevail at this season opening event on the 2024 kpga tour season looks like we’re almost
Ready for the resumption of play here at the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open e e e e e e e for e Oh it really was a 2023 to remember for the then 20-year-old Leo one coming off Rookie of the Year honors in 2022 started her year with a win on JG W then picked up another at the ducon weave championship before claiming a breakthrough major title at the height
Ginro championship at Blue herin and you when you look at her results last year just one cut missed in 29 starts 1.4 billion Korean one earned alongside those three victories she did have four runnerup finishes as well playoff loss to parmi at the surion chess getting dumped out at the
Hana classic KB Financial Group star Championship to the lead in your foreground there Park G young as well and a runner up at the S oil Championship py tanakit he was in the golfing doldrums for quite a number of years after winning rookie of the year on the LPGA Tour breakthrough LPGA Tour
Title at the Ana inspiration now known as the Chevrons well she’s going to be oozing with confidence coming into this week Financial Group here in Singapore I know they’re trying to grow the game um of golf in the Southeast and Asia Pacific um so it’s it’s an honor for me to
Represent one of the Asia specific countries and uh to be able to represent Hana Financial Group as well yeah it’s a very competitive tour um a lot of good players on this tour as well um The Passion of the game working hard and um just the mindset of always wanting to
Learn and grow I feel like I get inspired every single week after someone perform well or um it’s just really competitive out on that tour so I think a fellow Hana Bank a Hana Financial Group player lady a CO is uh has always been my my idol um and she is
Such a great golfer I have a lot of respect for her too um she’s a very personal um player and um I just always enjoy playing with her yeah just uh continue to learn and grow um I always want to improve um step by step with
With myself and my game so um just going to focus on that hi I’m Patty tavatanakit thank you so much for supporting and uh watching me all the way um byebye and really so good to see Patty stick around and play the Hana Financial Group Singapore women’s open after going
For three wins in a row last week at the HSBC women’s world championship and the LPGA Tour on the island of santosa eight of the top 10 in the Rolex rankings were here last week eventually won by Hannah green Patty tanic it did have a a rather
Rough opening round to 73 but certainly came good on Friday got herself back into contention played some nice golf despite being you can only imagine absolutely exhausted after wins in Riad at the aramco ladies Invitational on the ladies European tour and and then the Honda LPGA Thailand for a second as for
A second um LPG to a title having to Birdie the 72nd hole to claim a victory in front of her adoring home fans at the S Country Club a one shot victory at that over Swiss player Alban Valenzuela hoo is out but for good reason this time just about 4 minutes
Away from the resumption of play here in the opening round in Singapore T tanit Park and Lee all be looking to make in roads into Bang Shin SS lead at seven under par these players just coming to the end of their opening rounds natak Vil up in the company
Of prodigious winner on the kpg to park m won the money title two years in a row didn’t get it done in 2023 despite couple of Victories G1 and madom two of the three combatants in the playoff for the Korean women’s open at Rainbow Hills last year eventually won
By hung G1 daram holding a two shot lead with two holes to play before bogeying the 71st and 72nd holes to get into that playoff to fall into that playoff I should say Kim mball birding the 18th to make it a threeway playoff and gosh weren’t we entertained at the national championship of
Korea we’ll be returning to Rainbow Hills in a couple of months time but this is the national open of Singapore the curtain Razer on a your third event season in 2024 in the klpga tour work’s done for binil sit around and get her rest this afternoon she’ll be off late
Tomorrow being off in the morning first round she’ll be off the late afternoon tomorrow fingers crossed we avoid any weather delays there J just on her final hole a couple of holes I should say P J young what a story she was last year picking up her first kpg tour a
Title in her 279th start Mr L the 2022 season giving birth to her son her first child came back and well got herself right back where she wanted to be back into the winner circle for a first time in her career but that is the lady that leads
The way here on day one after a centilating opening round of 65 of course they’ll had to stick around she’s haed out but her two playing Partners haven’t yet on their final haul Ashley Glau from Malaysia to undera and Lee gay young of South Korea also in
That 200 under par Mark pair of them just sitting outside the top 10 in a share of 12 at the moment there be a lot of attention on leo1 this year my my words come off that great rookie campaign in 2022 where she ran away with the Rookie of the Year
Crown and to follow that up by winning player of the year the money list the points list three titles including a major there are five of them on the klpga tour first of which is going to be in just a couple of weeks time kpg championship at Lakewood and we’ll head
Over to the Korean women’s open the hanoa classic at Jade Palace KP Financial Group star Championship as well then we round things out at Blue Heron at the height ginro Championship where leer onean will defend all the players are in position already it’s just gone 4:00 on my watch so any moment
Now there we go we get there eventually we’ll get there in the end there you go not the most convincing sounding Hooter but I’m sure everyone is delighted that we can finally get back underway here at the tanese course so back at the fourth green we
Go this is match 25 hang yo Min runner up on last year’s Rookie of the Year points race despite her playoff victory at the daia mbn ladies open always found it so hard to come back after a weather delay after a stoppage of play to a chip shot that
Certainly wasn’t the easiest work to be done for y Min featured group this afternoon will be waiting pack on the te for Yin jie pun chant and Jong Yun G to get things sorted out on the green it’s a par three that can play almost 230 M long for the the
Professionals or the men when you play at this club and it’s certainly No Easy Task now Jovi bunad just missing that little slope that would have taken this to the lower tier of the green where the holes cut today 24 year old graduate of Duke one event play this season one top
10 a 9th at the Honda LPGA Thailand just a few weeks ago not stoned it yet for bunad picked up the game at the age of six now hopefully the final stroke in the round of Le gu young who got this for a closing birdie in a round of
69 well worth the wait you could say birdie birdie finish for Le gu young ah finally done with Thursday Jong Yun G noted Through The Years what an amazing ball Striker she is really is one of the Premier ion players on the klpga to and so long as that club in her
Hands right now cooperates expect her to pick up at least one title this year just the one win for y back in 2022 at the E1 ch ladies open that came in a five-way playoff it’s never had the conviction did it settling for a a par three not really
A bad thing at this fourth hole one of those tough little par three so easy to rack up a number on you can just see from that camera angle the the Contours and the slopes that are the primary defense of this green y Min this to clean up for her
PA we had a stellar amateur career did get to third of the World amateur golf rankings couple of years ago she was the low amateur at the Korean women’s open fourth place finish when Park M and park Kung had that terrific battle back in 20121 this for Part what the girls are going to have to get used to is even on puts inside of 6 feet sometimes you have so much movement so much break around the cups here really have to to trust that read and put an aggressive stroke on it now
Bunchan still a bit of work in this for Jovie her boyfriend multiple Asian tour winner sadom Kenan is probably one of the best in the game with the putter sadon did actually caddy for jarvie bunch at the Simone ladies Asia Pacific Cup in December last year too much
Conviction tell you what if you can get through a week at the tanese course without a three you are doing very well have to say it’s the the primary defense of this golf course the slopey surfaces bit of a clumsy three going to undo the good work at the first for bunchan now
Tavatanakit that P deep in that back left pocket of the green playing 154 M and understandably so more Bogies than bires forth hard toold the golf course but if you can just throw it a little bit right of that pin 10 Paces short there is a slope which sort of funnels the ball
Down rather heavily taped right wrist here on Thursday hopefully that’s not going to give Patty T too much trouble there’s that slope I was talking about should start to funnel just a little bit too much heat on it but watch this come around excellent t-shot from tavatanakit was going to be pressure
When you start a tournament as one of the favorites for the title that you be used to that by now now out to the ninth hole in last year’s Rookie of the Year Kim in Bell a frustrating start to 2024 for her that’ll make her feel a little
Better she’ll have that for a 74 year one really one of the favorites every time she teased it up such was her dominant display over the last 24 months in South Korea should get a good little kick and this one is going to feed down very nicely as
Well yeah to be good and to be lucky it’s a pretty deadly combination head to the power five fifth don’t need to hit driver here there’s a big Canal that cuts through the middle of this H forcing these ladies to play it as a three shot par five so just a
Three-w four position for yunji see there on that little mini leaderboard soan Jung’s just picked up a birdie at the par 470 so she’s within one of bang shinil the par five 18th to come now Pak Jong two lovely t- Shots by her playing Partners already that one not going to take the
Slope back like tavatanakit it’s okay though so much rather be long here on the fourth to that whole location than left of it it does get dark in Singapore just around 7:00 so these ladies have 3 hours to try to get 15 holes in more than likely an early alarm clock
To complete day one tomorrow morning as Jovie bunan sends a 3-wood down PA 5 fifth just missing the Fairway it’s going to make the layup a little bit more Awkward for the type been buil some going to be coming downhill just off a slope at the back of this
Screen so we’ll be Speedy should want to drift to her right unfortunately it’s just been one of those days at the office for Kim mbel pretty disappointing opening round of 75 look at this fair amount of swing in this one for madom up ahead on the green at the par 55
It’s always going to be low camera angles tend to flatten out topography quite a bit I can promise you that is a big old Mound on the front right of the fifth green parman Jeep the winningest player on the kpj tour in the last decade 16 titles couple of Majors sprinkled in
Amongst that but the critics will say she struggles with consistency it’s going be a pretty ham round of 72 to start her campaign in Singapore this week out to four options here you can elect to putt this or chip it just take that sort of sticky
Fringe grass out of play these Pas palum surrounds at the tanese course just look to land this on the Downs slope past The Fringe and everything will collect down to this ball where the holes cut this afternoon D on to stay in red figures yeah well hold with authority as well good t
T tanic get a lot of swing from her left for birdie at the par three breaks right across the face of the whole really good part but it stays above ground for Patty Park K just at the front of the par 58 pretty level Chip Shot here expect her
To get this one close nine times out of 10 maybe even scared the hole how about both in you go for a birdie four and parun kyong get herself back to one under those three straight B to start her back nine when you put the brakes on her around but she’s battling back
Nicely hopefully year one would have learned something from Patty tavat tanit’s but this to for birdie carbon copy it just illustrates the treachery of these greens at the tanese course it’s got to be positive with your speed they’re not rolling overly quick you can’t have them too quick with the
Amount of slope that they present to the golfer this will need to be started outside left Edge slightly different angle so it’s a little straighter for Park G young still it’s got to be hit with conviction okay tidy up and down for the defending Champion only has two WIS the kpj tour
But they’re both major titles hung G1 now at the T on the PA 3 sixth see a lot of players do that throughout the course of the week elevated tabletop green doesn’t play as long as it looks so she’ll be chipping from the back Edge for how that flag’s
Fluttering this just playing downwind as well bit of rotten start to the championship for p juu young double bogey at the second couple of bogey sprinkled around that she too sails it long at the sixth definitely not going to be a driver for tavatanakit here at the fifth an
A380 great spot for plane spotting if that’s your thing tanese course here at tanira Country Club it’s played the easiest hole for this opening round these girls are so good with wedge in hand and it’s a fairly friendly hole location in the front portion of this green
Just get your t- shot in play lay it up to a good wedge yardage and try and throw a dart at it 252 yards to run out of Fairway dad he does Carry Three Wood and a five wood I imagine this is that five wood inch perfect then well from the edge of
The Fairway right around 260 Ys to the front edge could she potentially have a crack at this green in too we will see just going to be a a smooth chippy driver for Leo one here top 10 in driving stats total driving on the kpj tour last season this
Club was a great asset for her continues to be a pretty good asset in 2024 driver as well the park G young so many of these ladies like to move the ball from right to left that’s a good view at what the players see I do want
To carry it over that left trap it’s about 200 yards to fly but just look out a little bit right so that clump of trees left of the right hand trap that’s a good start line second best par five scoring average on the kpg to 202 23 so she
Knows how to play The Long Halls well bunkered at the 18th is so Jun it’s coming towards the end of her round those are those cross bunkers about 70 yard short of the green look like she was just out side of one of them so good break there
But can get close to that pin on 18 today particularly with wedge in hand bunker to hit at the fifth is Wang yo Min and looks like she’s on a slight upset which is good news just got to make sure you clear that lip in front of you this one should
Have plenty of bite on it once it hits the green bit like a police dog that one excellent shot for the 20y old y from the right half of the Fairway that big slope that mound on the front right section of the green is kind of
Going to be directly in her line so we’ll need to carry it past that with spin you pitch on on the down slope it could shoot off towards the backside of this par five green yeah good intelligent shot there from yunji really great distance control with the short irons and
Wedges despite a 90-minute weather stoppage play back underway here on day one in Singapore and it’s still binil who looks down at the rest of the field after a delightful blemish-free opening round of 65 at the 2024 Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open e e e e e e e
Well she’s got the heavy artillery out but still players on the green so I think Patty’s just trying to smoke this up there as close as she can to this par five in two really want to keep this a little bit left of center try to minimize the amount of
That front slope you have to deal with if you do happen to push this right that is a good looking golf swing it’s good to see Patty T playing well again and wow she has gotten it all the way onto the cren certainly spooked hango Min what a shot from Patty
Tavatanakit my word above does she realize that she’s just pitched it on the front edge I don’t think she does you know somewhere in that front bunker is sawy and junk came up short with that approach not a ton of green to work with here but softer condition should help
This one stick and that’s nicely played oh hopefully that hasn’t scared The Living Daylights out of Hong yo men who has this for birdie giving that a good 4T of break from right to left it’s only about a 15 18 foot put I tell you what I tell you what
Oh that’s gone so 90° across the front of the cup great attempt from Wango mint just has to settle for that par five well this will definitely not scare the green cuz it’s a an iron and a layup for Park G young Gander here in my yardage book leave Patty tavatanakit carry that
Three-wood almost 250 yards that is a good hit now Yi got to start making parts of this range start to build that confidence up creates a lot of opportunities from right around 8 to 15 ft and that’ll go for jungan G lovely birdie so for a round of 66 soy and junk
Just inside right half of the cup oh no that’s a real shame any golf will tell you don’t care what that number in the box is at the end of your round always a little disappointed bogeying the last Hill particularly if it’s a power five especially when you’ve had a
Bogey free round the gulf going but still nothing to be ashamed of it’s a a solid opening Salvo here in Singapore Park young you can see just off the back side of that right bunker that’s when that big front shoulder of the green starts ideally you want to pitch this p
P High just like Jung Yuni did this is when it’s so important to try and lay up to a good number give yourself a nice full yardage make a good aggressive swing at the ball try to put maximum spin on it greens are softer they a little more
Receptive so what she can play a par five well brilliant shot from PK G Young surely a birdie incoming for the 2022 Champion yunji up the hill at the PA 3 sixth got to make sure you find that right half of the green there’s a big Valley in the middle that collects balls
That are pulled slightly just so hard to stop it in that back area but it’s not too bad there pretty makeable Chip Shot up now Yan coming from the right half of the fair in with this angle that front shoulder definitely going to be in her
Way trying to land it on the top of it really has all the tools to be a world class player not saying that she isn’t Leo one but she will only continue to get better as time goes on the super talented 21y old now pun chant just want to land this on that
Sort of a third of the way up between The Fringe and the pin but there’s a big gaping bunker short of the green on the right which does encourage players to just carry a little bit further though that is beautifully done from Jovie oh parun Kung at the final
Hall her final Hall excuse me for round of two underpass 70 this one will want to snap from right to left in the last two and a half three fet yeah but everything’s straight if you hit it that hard so a good finish Park and Kung and her day at two under
Par an eagle putt for Patty tavit my word I said this was going to be a three shot hle for everyone silly me counting out Patty tavatanakit now this is going to be quick can be straight down a little spine we’ll want to move right on her
Just at the end does it move that much from left to right she’s asking herself the same question but but still if you take your little twoot birdie consolidate a well played hole I like to see this plate just takes the guess work trying to work out how that Ball’s going to
Roll through The Fringe and Fairway out of the equation it’s pretty flat here from Jung Yun you just carry it onto the green it should trundle along keeps things tidy good little up and down three keep Jung G at 200 under just outside the top 10 now a year
One for a birdie four back at the fifth okay okay the 21-year-old balances her account for the day with a nice birdy conversion at the par five right edge of the green at the sixth is y Min putting over just a little Ridge so it should kick the ball
To the left as it makes its way up and over that it’s not exactly Stone dead for ju do find you’re going to leave yourself a lot of putts from that range when you play the Tamp Benes course demanding on your short game as Phil Jacobs layout
It’s a good birdie as well for Park G young second on the day brave t-shot from jovy bunchan still not an easy read this should go a little from left to right to start then might want to come back towards as it gets to the cup
Part of the runaway winning team at the Simone ladies Asia Pacific cup at pondok Inda to end 2023 alongside attire tiun so hatrick of birdies for our featured group at the fifth definitely want to take advantage of the easiest hole in the golf course and these three ladies certainly have done just
That now up to Kim jhe at the ninth so important to carry that little plateau in the middle of the green try and get it up to this back hole location wrong side of it that’s going to work its way down towards the front edge of the
Green not going to be a straightforward tart for jhe we gaze back down towards the T box at six play is the sixth hardest hole today seen a couple through the back of the green with tanit high speed and high launching ball flight should be able to get this to
Stop relatively quickly it’s just about picking that number trusting your yardage that t- box does play about 3 four yards uphill I mentioned earlier there a big gaping bunker short ride of this green so if you not precis with the striker you make poor contact it’s very eager to swallow up a
Golf bolt should be no more than a a 99 maybe even a wedge for Patty just throwing darts at it that is the difference major championship golf game a well traveled golf game able to play with your trajectories take advantage of your length now the seventh playing downwind
Today for Jong Yun trouble on the right with penalty area there the bunkers of the left that’s your target Fairway does kick a little from left to right this metronomic make the tempo that Jong Yun produces when she has a golf club in hand uh-oh see a couple of
Dark clouds in the Horizon let’s just hope they stay on the horizon don’t inch their way towards the tanamera country club little discussion for year one back on 6 really with the breeze today almost say the shorter clubs to play you don’t really want to be easy up on the longer
One coming down Breeze to an elevated green watch how technically sound this golf swing is such good width good shoulder turn really good balance at follow through oh that’s going to catch the slope is it and feed on into the middle of the green sometimes when you do take that
Shter club you just give it that little extra o you dof it a little you shut that club face and more often than not you miss his goal a little left so I mentioned this wasn’t an easy putt for Kim J heat really slow coming up the face of that slope then it’ll
Switch Dow grain downhill as it works its way to the cup all about the pace this one gave that downgrain section just a little too much respect so work to be done for an outward half of 35 for Kim Gio have to see she’s got an LPGA to a
Style of play she does like to alter the flight of Heron shots trap it low can Lodge it high and that needs to just settle now it’s going to catch the slope as well feed on down where Leo one’s ball went do get some big greens here at the
Tampan course and you best be sure you’re in the right section of them or you could be struggling much like P J young today has a chance to get one of her four Drop shots back birdie look here at the seventh for the 34y old that’s more like
It so bogy’s on four and five she’ll pick c a birdie there at 7 popular Park thankfully heading back in the right direction still no one’s been able to get close to Bangin Sill’s Clubhouse Target that’s 65 still looking very solid for the klpga to a sophomore she
Leads Here on day one of the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open by two e e e e that’s the second playing of the Singapore Women’s Open here on the kpga to nine countries represented the bulk of which as you can probably guess Kaling from South Korea but there’s a
Good International flare at the season opener this week tanamera country clubs tanese course playing host to the best from the kpj tour and around the world here in Singapore fatty tatan get certainly your star draw your headline player if you will coming into the week off the back
Of victories in Riyad the ramco ladies invitation on the ladies European tour and a very popular and emotional win in Thailand at the Honda LPGA Thailand just a fortnite ago for a second LPGA Tour title also a solid top 10 finish in Singapore at the HSBC Women’s World Championship last
Week looking to pick up a third win in the span of four weeks here on the klpga tour she did come close last season you recall the brilliant three-way playoff between tavatanakit mini Lee and Lee Dion the Huna Financial Group Women’s Open concluded at Bear’s Best in chunga terrific playoff one by Lee
Dion here one slowish put from the front or the middle of that f F green so very nearly an unlikely birdie too but she’ll happily settle for a twart par so poad as well for Le J young couple holes ahead at the ninth to turn in 35 okay now L hold for J
He one underp part of the turn did see some rather ominous looking clouds gathering overhead on those Beauty shots earlier on it was a rain short and 36 hole edition of this title that PK gong emerged triumphant about 14 months ago that one never really had the pace Co that was a bizarre
Week supposed to be a 54 hole Championship p g young was leading by one over four players going into Sunday and never had to hit a shot on the golf course Sunday afternoon play was cancelled and she was declared the champion Johnny sunk up the hill into
The par 58 pins on that front left quadrant of the green really Prime for these players to take dead aim today tavatanakit still has to respect this it wants to move hard right when it gets to the cup so it’s got to be played with Pace too much Pace though for Patty
Really skated up to the eighth green J Sun this for birdie Falls to her right as it gets to the cup okay Falls right in the middle that’s a good fall bu both the par fives of this wood nine it’s a little yinyang looking you’d
Have to say sunny skies on the right not so sunny skies on the left half of your screen split the middle of the fair weight at the seventh for Jung Yan G pins on that lower right half of the green there’s a little slope just to the
Left of this pin which he can use just pitched on a down slope there Yuni so an outside look for a birdie yeah this power 4 7 really section of the golf course where players can really start to think about trying to pick up some birdies seven playing
Straight pretty much down win eight being a a short par five and nine being a short Par Four to finish but you must avoid the right hand penalty area off the T here at the seventh that’s slightly pushed bank is shaved it will find trouble 20 and 22
Yds so 200 M to get to this front bunker on the left 240 yards to carry it right bunker really not going to be in play unless your name’s Patty tavatanakit General Campo this Fairway is from left to right but the major defense here is
Going to be that green which is 30 Paces deep and you can see from Jong Yun G’s approach just in that front right section there’s a little Downs slope where if you land on it just shoots on towards the the back half of the green it’s a real big hits Golf Course the
Tanese layout so it favors someone who can launch it the Air carry some of these Fairway bunkers and have short irons and wedges into these pins but you have to find the Fairway first tanit should be able to cover that left trap with relative ease playing your second shot out of the
Left half of the Fairway does make the approach into the green slightly easier Cho your rim to get herself back to even for her around yeah well done good birdie there for Choy year one not sure she can cover that left bunk a is around
230 M off the tea but it’s pretty heavy air right now at the tanese course she’s got to just look a little right not too far right cuz there is trouble that’s okay working on trying to stay deep stay her posture on the way down tends
To bad ones just sort of spin out of them lose a couple off to the right as p g Young high in the club face perhaps and I could have very well found that left hand trap I was talking about earlier now up on the green Jong G with
This slow putt laboring uphill for a birdie so easy to leave that one short not many greens tilt from front to back these days this right hand side of the seven certainly one of those horio Min really hasn’t been able to get much going thus far in this
Opening round there’s a chance here left to right slider for birdie no never had that high enough what look like she had that reddish streight these butting greens are fluing some of the finest on the klpga tour the golfman entertaining the scoring has been pretty good you’d have
To say particularly if you’re someone called bang shinil who turned in a blemish free opening round of 65 earlier this morning seven unanswered birdies for Bang e e e e e e so two good t- shots and one mly problematic one at the seventh for our feature group
And that’s exactly what par gon can see can’t even see the target maybe just the top part of the flag and it’s a big old lip she’s got to clear playing out of wet sand does make it easier to pick this ball cleanly can’t Advance it far enough to
Even think about carrying it on the green so Under Pressure here to save power as the defending Champion really love what the guys agent Tung Chief superintendent and his team have done with the bunkers at the tampan coast driving around yesterday having a look at the golf course these new edges of
The bunkers really do make them look proper menacing now up to Aiden Jong Yun G started at the two bunkers sort of straight down the Fairway in the distance as your line that measures right around 460 meters 519 yards struggling to think how most of these players are going to get
Home in two now hanging live for year one ball below her feet start this left of the TV tower just ease it into this pin position come off that slope this is a good smart shot if it just catches that little slope okay well played he plots her way around
The golf course the maturity Beyond her years the Year One creates so many opportunities for herself and she took a fair few of them over her last two seasons as a kpga tour member tavatanakit can take a much more direct line at this pinch he’s last to
Play see that flag just to the right of the TV tower it’s a much flatter lie for the tie pitch this in the flat get it to stop quick just like that for a player of tavatanakit skills soft defenseless golf course with not too much Breeze you know that is a happy Hunting
Ground now one of the amateurs in the field South Korean leeh song started on the back nine this her approach into the last pick picked up a birdie at the 13 did drop a shot at 15 and that’s a pretty handy one into the par five 18th year after year the South Koreans
Just produce a a smattering of uber talented young amate that eventually come out here on the kpg tour or even up to the LPG to to apply their trade and the play for pay ranks par to Young doing all she can to avoid dropping a shot here at seven that was Simply Sublime
M playoff winner in Inon last year at sky72 for the okay Financial Group okay man open birdie look here at the eighth and a birdie converted for dasom who was absolutely Tred in that Rookie of the Year race against Leo one finished second on that points list back in 2022
And that was by some stretch as well now Bas o hun playing with the amate two under off a slide up hill I so she’ll get good launch and height on this get that to drop like a sack of potatoes so a couple of good birdie
Looks to come for BA and Lee at the 18th now year one downhill right to lefta to get herself into red figures for the championship really great effort there we could just see seen a couple times already through the early stages of play ball really does break quite a bit
As it loses Pace near the cup so she’ll stay at even par Jong Yun second shot up the hill to the eighth greens just on the right edge of those left tree L that left tree line even if you’re in the left half of the Fairway those trees don’t really come into
Play a a visual an optical illusion so a chance to turn in 33 for basun o just shaves the right Edge two birdies on her card both of them coming at Par 3 is the 14th and the 16th for B just make a way across to start her
Back nine at the par 4 first now tavatanakit trying to start clawing her way up the leaderboard it’s a section of the golf course you can score on and score she will let one slip by at the six doesn’t make the same mistake at the seventh it’s a quality birdie from a quality
Player see if Leo song’s learned anything from that part of a playing partner Bas so he oh that’s a carbon copy Miss she’s that right Edge so even par 36 to the turn for the teenager this would be some PA for Park gong if she can muster it oh well done
Indeed that’s what the great Champions do you get out of position you’re not phased by it you just work out how you can scramble away with no damage done and that’s exactly what P gong’s done at seven now hango Min left half of the Fairway at the eighth tree shouldn’t bother her they’re
A good 30 yards short of the green just got to hoist them up and over it good shot took her time to adjust to professional life H mint so much was expected of her when she turned Pro back in 2022 now tavatanakit if she gets a good
One away here maybe might be able to get home in two it’s a wide Target can really open your shoulders up and give this one a good thumping aages just over 270 yards off the te on the LPGA T and that is deep up the Fairway at the par
Five he’s got about 260 yds to the front edge from there second shot playing around 6 seven yards uphill so we know it’s in the go zone for her not for year one who will hope to employ the strategy that served her well back on the other par
Five just chop her way up the Fairway stick a wedge close doesn’t miss many Fairways leer one just over 80% through her 29 events last year rounding up the group Park CH young that par on the last is going to feel like a birdie for Park a little bit further up ideal angle
For Jong Yuni slide uphill light we’ve seen these screens are pretty soft and receptive today so can pretty much play this as its full number the birdies are out there for the taking nobody’s made more than bang shinil here on Thursday she continues to lead the way with that opening round of
65 Yan Jong minju jayang in the clubhouse with matching 67s to leave them two behind Bang e e e e e e it’s a birdie chance for hango men and she’s had a couple she finally take advantage here at eight bit awkward cuz of that slope that little spine she’s putting down feels
Like it wants to shoot the ball right but really moves back to the left at the end a couple of tentative ones already this Thursday back down in the Fairway surely going to be a couple of layups for Park gang and leer one here have a tanit doing the math working out
If she can get home in too the problem for Park gong is is just being in the left side of the Fairway you’ve got those railroad ties down the left which again just a little bit of a bother optically really shouldn’t be in her way
She’ll get plenty of Loft on this and up and over them no problem but it’s that tree it’s just sort of directly in front of her which is a bit of an issue she’ll have to start it right of that try and sling a draw around it get this one to
Sort of turn up the Fairway with the way that this hole is shaped still got to have your wits about you for this layup now Year One no tree trouble for her down the right side of the Fairway Clear View at what she has to
Do tat tanit going for it that is the question up on the green jungan g made a really nice putt from about this range back at 5 that look like a good smooth stroke oh you are kidding me how’s that stop that’s one dimpled shy of dropping
In you got 10 seconds to wait for that ball to drop obiously can’t take an unreasonable amount of time to get to it but that’s a a little unfortunate for jungan Jeep oh at 9 Park Jong she’s starting to just Salvage the situation after a nightmare start this for a birdie after
A fine approach okay so despite being four over par through her first five she’ll turn in 38 well green is clear to have a tet has got the three would even if he’s just 10 yd short of the green that’s a good leave here you don’t want to go over the back that
Leaves you a tough two o lost that well right okay come straight down that’s a good break for tavat tanakit and with today’s whole location she’s got room to work with there one of those new tailor made 3 Woods she’s put in her bag certainly gives a little bit more
Distance and forgiveness which is what everyone’s chasing in the manufacturing game these days now a lengthy third shot into the 10th for Jour Sun trouble all the way down the left hand side of this par five the target safely found for Jun got bunkers down the right of this hole
There’s a sort of irritating little one that’s about 230 yards off the te little pot bunker in the middle of the fery that has to be avoided Park j y right around that 100 yard Mark 110 yard Mark to the front edge pins on about nine
Paces that slide up slope just got to be careful of getting stuck on your on your right side and flipping this one left you want to feel like you drive this in with the slope just left the club face open a smidge year one really only has about 60
Yards left to the pin sort of a similar distance to what she had back at five and she love for replication of that result also with a a slide uphel slope to contend with though doesn’t appear to be as severe as Park G Young’s it’s a friendly pin on this
Green today so players will certainly look to take advantage six out of 10 that one for year one really would have expected that at least a couple feet closer much depends on the live for tanit on the right hand side of the screen she’s going to be below the
Surface the island nation of Singapore home to 5.6 million people just at one degree north of the equator home to us this week on the klpga tour hin SS lead looks pretty solid right now she sits at top the board at 7even underpar e e e e e
Much depends on this life for Patty tetanic here at 8 well below the surface of the green coming out of this rough but it looks like it’s sitting up okay and the good news she doesn’t have to worry about this checking up too quickly on her unless
She gets it off the the top of the club face so we’ll be able to play for some release some grasp between Club face and bull on this angle ample amount of green will work with but still has to send this out to the right try to use that slope to feed it
On to the pin oh Sublime touch from the tipe 24 years of age graduate of UCLA now Yuni after that fine t- shot in tonight look to carry the little sale you’ve got a bit of a backboard so going deep on the ninth not too bad you get a Little Help from the
Slope good amount of right to left and this birdie opportunity for Park G Young Still it’s been solid going from gong so far yeah just the one drop shot coming back at the third for her jhe up at the par 4 11th lovely approach to leave her about 8 ft for birdie this one working from right to left okay well hold for Kim
Jhe so she gets to two under depart question is will she be able to complete her opening round she’s off in the first group in this afternoon session now the one for her birdie now just enough speed on that very nicely H from year one into red figures for the first and
Definitely not the last time in 2024 it was a brave third shot from J to be left at this pin on 10 she’s left herself an uphill put now can’t convert still 10 just one of those par fives which is just fraught with danger all the way down both sides of this
Hle so normally players looking to pick up shots on par FES they’d be pretty happy with four fives at the 10th this week I can guarantee you for backto back birdies still wants to slide a little right it’s got to be hit with with conviction inside left Edge
You power is such a huge advantage in the modern game no better example of that right now than Patty tavatanakit getting to three under through eight and well the longest it on the kpj to Bangin still leading the way on seven undera as the race to get as many holes
As we can in is very much on here on day one of the weather interrupted Singapore Women’s Open Yi sizing this one up from the back edge of the ninth green she is pretty much right on the top of that little knuckle on the back side of the green so
We’ll be quick off the putter face working downhill that just starts to look uphill slightly as it gets to the cup should move from left to right see that a lot from players putting at the back and nine you see the downhill bit you just forget that it
Starts to go uphill as to gets to the cup big sck out for Patty back on the T box so that little round bunker in the middle of the Fairway shouldn’t trouble her the long greenside trap down the left might it’s a pretty wide Landing Zone if you’ve got her power oh yes
Justes mean she’s only going to have about 50 odd yards to the pin certainly can overpower golf courses this 24 year old from Bangkok great contrast between the two styles of T tanid and year one the tactician the plotter in Year One going be a lot further back but you’ll
Have a nice full yardage and’ll be operating off a fairly flat line it’s coughed up 13 birdies today this ninth Hall keeping an anous eye on this one Park G young straight over the mouth of that little pot bunker no problems but looks like she’s on a slight Downs slow which
Is going to flatten out the trajectory just a little bit not what you need when you’re trying to get up to a back rise now across to 10 and an outside opportunity for Mad s to find a birdie at this par five that is not going to make the M
Family highlight reel anytime soon a very poor part from dasom and work to be done to avoid slipping back to even par that would put her in a share of 40 second right now now so 41 players in red figures already out of a field of 108 at the demanding tampones course now
To the 11th and second shot for j s plays downhill about three yards so year one as she has been for most of this opening round it’s going to be first play she’s just about in line with that little Fairway pot bunker so that should
Leave her around 90 yd to the front edge should be about 100 10 yd shot and that really is a sort of stock gap wedge for year one yeah not the longest hit on tour but with a a full shot coming in with lots of spin you definitely need to
Carry this at least 106 to make sure you clear that little slope look like playing video game golf sometimes with her give her a number and she executes pin high once more for year one it’s a very big green here at the 11th there’s a couple of humps and
Hollows as well it’s 46 Paces deep pined eight 34 on saw it from the other camera angle it’s a slight downhill line this be coming in a little bit lower T to get a little bit more grab on these as well so like here one she has to fly
Onto the top level bit long is okay you can use that slope just sticks up on the on the back Fringe for PK CH young little unlucky with the t-shot you have to say have a turn to get pretty much throw it on the Green from where she’s driven
This only awkward thing is sometimes when you’ve got these less than full shots with the wedge it’s really a feel sort of number for Patty coming with a little bit less spin try to fire this in the slope and Chase it over that was a crafty little shot from tavatanakit maybe just a
Little poor with the contact but not bad it’s a good clever shot that from the tie could look at what the players face here at the 10th you got out of bounds right trouble left just a fairway finding hybrid required for jungan Jeep she starts her back nine with those dark clouds starting
To just eek ever closer to this tanese course was the tournament committee and the on-site meteorologist going to be keeping a close eye on that you can play through rain as long as there’s no lightning overhead the players are safe play will continue punchan one over par after a couple of
Drop shots for jarvie at four and five hasn’t made a birdie since the first unfortunately for Wang Min did Bogey the night so she’s now back at two overp get no Advantage hitting driver here the landing era really does Pinch in you’re going to see a lot of three
Woods and hybrids from the players this week just trying to keep it down the straight narrow and odia actually overcooked that could very well be in the penalty area that would be more problems for hang yo Min birie look at the 11th the 12th I believe this is for Jour
S hard to left to right in this one now just want to get this with enough Pace to clear that Fringe slope will do the rest of the work okay good touch there from Park G Young J heat for birdie after that fine approach and yeah well done good
Conversion there back to back bird 30s for Kim going to move her to three underpar making good progress in this afternoon wave with she and tavatanakit got the low rounds of this late session Thursday Patty looking to improve here but not an easy putt we know how much
This turns and how much it slows up as it gets to the hole should be bitly disappointed only had a little flick wedge in but a tidy bogey free front line for Patty stays inside the top 10 now year one bit of a double breaker
This we’ll want to go right to left for most of the way and then just maybe fall back a little right as it gets to the hole certainly more from right than anything else I just never hit it B she so PA all round for the featured
Group they hit the turn G young and Y on it one under have a tanate at three it wouldn’t take a very brave soul to bet that b shinil wouldn’t be at the top of the leaderboard at Day end today that’s 7 and a pass some Sublime going from shinil this morning e
E e e e well we’re not going to be able to finish everyone off here on day one at the Singapore Women’s Open due to that unfortunate inclement weather suspension we had right around 2:00 local time so the name of the game for these ladies try
And get as many holes in before Darkness or fingers cross Gods forbid another Interruption cuz that sky is looking a little ominous tavatanakit starts the Back 9 at three underp t- shot at 10 downwind but just got to hit a chippy one try and find the short
Stuff it’s a fivewood carries a five and a three-wood in her bag guarantee you there’ll be quite a few members at the toera Country Club would’ love to hit a chippy fivewood that far certainly makes the layup a whole lot easier for the headline act at this week’s Singapore Women’s Open have a
Tanakit living up to that pre-tournament billing so far she’s four back of shinil halfway through this opening round Again full credit to her playing Partners Leo one and particularly this lady Park G Young Park coming off a stellar 2023 season which saw her claim three titles this one included then route to
A record year 989 million W banked for the 2 6-y old that’s definitely on the side of caution up the right but there’s a big old curb there which is going to keep that ball from trundling into the penalty area that little penalty area down the right hand side that’s going to
Get a Little Help from the cart path and well she’ll obviously be able to to take relief from there year one she’s hit a couple of sort of smoothie drivers today fairly finder drivers I wouldn’t be surprised if she opted to do it here at the
10th but again on a hole where you’re thinking right I have to play this as a three shotter yeah that is the sensible play just get the three wood out there’s no advantage in trying to poke this t- ball down any further than it needs to
Go so many amateurs just hit drive on a par five because it’s a long hole I want to get it as far as I can down there it’s not really the right play if it doesn’t give you a significant Advantage she spun out of that a little she’s looking concerned that’s heading a
Touch right and I get a friendly kick and settle into the first cut of row off 2023 player of the year the defending Champion Patty tavatanakit the highest ranked player in the field in the Rolex women’s W rankings start their March onto the back nine here at the tanese course now
Jhe wide left of the Fairway at the par 4 thir 13th her second shot out of the thick stuff oh from the thick stuff to about 2 feet away brilliant shot from Kim jhe who’s a really hit the afterburner since making the turn couple of nice birdies at 11 and
12 a little bit further up the 10th we find Jong yunji B slightly above her feet so she can start this at the TV tower just let it turn over don’t need to fight the slope to that left o location pretty good shot from there never easy with the ball sitting
Above your feet and trouble left bu CH much flatter lie for the typ right next to that star marking in the Fairway which is 125 yards to the front edge pins on 14 so right around 140 yards left for jarov starting on a slightly more aggressive line
And a much better golf shot for bunchan top 30 finish last outing out the kpga tour at Bears best in chunga towards the tail end of 2023 J playing down the hill to the 12 pins on eight Paces today that’s going to get a Little Help from
Big slope in the front third of this screen good shot there from Johnny Sun okay relief from the cart path taken for Park G young but this is where things can get a little bit award on the 10 she is coming out of the rough and that ball is going to be significantly
Below the level of her feet which normally promotes a left to right ball flight but with the way this whole is shape it cambers around that penalty here you can see the Green in the distance there camers around from right to left really you’d have to start this
Almost at the edge of the penalty here and just trust that that ball below feet line that hanging Li is going to sling this ball out to the right while she deciphers that we go up to the green and hango Min desperately trying to find something here will it come with a
Birdie at the 10th she’s been a little tentative with the putter throughout her round so far and unfortunately just unable to get the pace of these greens birdless in her exploits this Thursday afternoon she want to look sort of towards the greenside bunkers as a start
Line cuz you go a little bit too far right Venture into the rough and you get some pretty hanging lies there too yeah good shot there just a little abbreviate follow through back in good position up the Fairway is Park Yuni up ah hit on the green this one should move from her
Left yeah good Pace good effort from yunji that’s really what you want to see has a tendency to just get a little tentative with the Putter and things aren’t going her way y on the first cutter off that Ball’s sitting nicely almost like it’s on a TEEG got a little steep on
That but she’ll get away with with it to have a tate got a driving iron out looking to start this at that Fairway bunker and just turn a a hard trap drawer down the shape of this Fairway just left that a little right not quite sure where that second shots ended up
For PTY tavatanakit but I can promise you it’s drip to her friend and countrywoman up ahead on the green jarvey bun chant to try to get herself back to even par oh just losing Steam and peeling off low for Jovie it’s a real shame was a Sublime approach into this green and no
Progress to be made for the type that was a stunning second shot into 13 from Kim J he this little tiet has to get her up into a share of fif she doesn’t want this back nine to end it’s been a very solid start to the inward half for
Kim you see that trouble that just flanks the port side of this par five looks like that breeze is just out in a quarter a little it’s sort of coming straight off the left for Park G young looks like she’s taking dead aim here trying to hold a little draw
Against that left to right wind year one got away with a bit of a squirly second shot should be no more than an a TI in here for Lee he got an A on the side of course leave it a little right it’s just looking a little a
Little steep on the way down over the last couple of swings up this par five for year one now Patty fooled by the Fairway cameraman there she’s in Prime position here from this spot opens up the angle to this pin oh straight over the top of it just
A little long but a a decent opportunity awaits for tavatanakit to join Kim J Kim at four under par pair of them certainly taking advantage of some softer conditions this Thursday afternoon to try and make inroads to that bang shinil lead which currently sits at 7 under par two clear
Of Saw Kim and J Le J Young e e e e e so year one just shy of the Green in three at the 10th there’s a big old shoulder that comes off that front right bunker which can be a bit of a problem if she wants
To play a sort of pitch and run type shot she could to try and throw it a little bit deeper closer to the hole and eliminate that it’s coming out the first cut of rough so this should be sitting quite nicely yeah pretty good but that’s the
Top side of the hle so she’ll be putting downhill and saw from bunchan putt a little bit earlier on that that will want to move from right to left players get a little shuttle right across the bridge up to the 11th have a look at the driving stat of Jong Yuni
Just over 240 yards off the T does find 76% of her Fairways this Fairway 11 does tilt from left to right towards that Fairway bunker there’s that big kick that she’ll be operating out of the short grass for her second shot have a tanit downhill to move left to right then back
To her left looks like she’s read it pretty well just a little unlucky there you have to think with the way that this golf course sets up for her she should be there or thereabouts come Sunday afternoon being in Singapore whe the permitting of course she’s been red heart since she hit the
Turn three birdies in a row to get her up to four under par Kim jhe this is the par three 14th she’s giving herself a look at a fourth birdie in a row that would take into a share of second place with lejong Kimu and soan Jung who are all done and
Dusted for the day so one will want to move from right to left looking about a ball maybe a ball and a half outside right Edge and she is on a heater right now Kim jhe that’s four in a row could she be the one to perhaps
Bother bang shinil at the top of the leaderboard she’s got four to play back at 10 p g young this for a four got to hit it got to hit it gong lost that on the low side year one it’s a fiddly one this just got to keep your concentration
Start this outside right Edge easy to let this one slide by low if you’re not fully committed oh power at that through through the break I think she started that more than right Edge just shows you this 10th hole one or two sloppy swings little laps in concentration it could certainly cost
You a shot did Le a one now Patty for p okay safely in it’s been a welcome return to the top of the Rolex rankings for tavatanakit shot to prominence back in 2021 LPG to a rookie of the year major Champion then had her struggles with her
Game over the seasons and it’s good to see her winning once more as we look back and some of the highlights of this opening round at the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open Why not start with the lady that lifted the Trophy last time out Park
Gong getting her title defense off to a great start a solid part at the first and then that a birdie at the demanding par 4 second Hall really nobody was hotter on day one and Bang Shin so six birdies in her round to this point going off in the morning wave off the
10th T this her final hole of the day and just as the Hooter went beat it to the line a birdie three to close a Sublime round of 65 that sees bang shinil and her day at seven under par that’s when play was halted for right around 90 minutes due to inclement
Weather when we did eventually get back out in the golf course at 400 p.m. local time Park here and kyong started to chip away at the rust of the off season a pitch in birdie at the par 5/8 taking her to one under par and then this was something special
Tavatanakit three would off the tea at the fifth realistically the only player who could get home in two in the entire field on this par five the group ahead was still there she didn’t realize it it pitched on the Downs slope about 20 yard short of the green and with settle up
There giving her an eagle opportunity much to the surprise of hang y Min company ahead when she did eventually get up there wasn’t an easy putt to all working down a ridge all the way asking for that to come back right it did she would settle for a twart birdie to open
Her account for the championship and then at the seventh another booming t- shot another pure swing from tavatanakit taking advantage of that power game and setting up another birdy opportunity missed one from around this range at the par 3 six but she wouldn’t make it two for two that got her up to
Two under and as we leave we go off air I should say here on day one bankin H leads at seven underpar but Kim J he four birdies in a row with four holes left to play could she find herself at the top of the leaderboard as we go into day two action
Friday fingers crossed we get as many players completed as possible today fingers crossed the weather cooperates for the rest of the week but until tomorrow this is Timothy saying have a lovely Thursday evening and join us again on Friday for more action from the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open bye-bye for now
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It seems like the off-season was much longer than normal
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