LPGA Tour This Week at 2023 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational in Midland, Michigan

By Richard G. Mason

(courtesy Midland Country Club)

SOCIAL MEDIA: #DRIVEON

Tournament – @DowGLBI (Twitter, Instagram), #TeamUp

 

LPGA Tour – @LPGA and @LPGAMedia (Twitter), @lpga_tour (Instagram)

 

TV/STREAMING TIMES

(all times EDT)

Wednesday, July 19

3:00-6:00 p.m. – NBC Golf Channel, Peacock, NBC Digital streaming

 

Thursday, July 20

12:00-3:00 p.m. – NBC Golf Channel, Peacock, NBC Digital streaming
Friday, July 22

1:00-3:00 p.m. – NBC Golf Channel, Peacock, NBC Digital streaming

3:00-4:00 p.m. – Peacock, NBC Digital streaming

10:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. – NBC Golf Channel (Tape Delay)

Saturday, July 23

3:00-4:00 p.m. – NBC Digital streaming

4:00-6:00 p.m. – CBS, Paramount +

 

Live Coverage can be found on Digital at:

NBC – NBC Sports App, NBCSports.com, golfchannel.com

CBS – CBS Sports App, cbssports.com

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Competition Format: The tournament is a 72-hole, stroke-play team event with teams comprised of two players. The first and third rounds will be played in foursomes (alternate shot) and the second and final rounds will be played in a fourball (best-ball) format. After 36 holes, the field will be cut to the low-35 teams and ties.

 

In the event of a playoff, the champions will be determined by a hole-by-hole playoff in the foursomes format.

Each LPGA Member on the winning team will receive the standard two-year winner’s exemption on the LPGA Priority List. Non-Member win regulations apply to non-Members that are participating. CME points and prize money will be official for the purposes of the current-year LPGA Official Money List and Race to the CME Globe Standings. Rolex Player of the Year, Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year and U.S. Solheim Cup points will not be allocated, and statistics will not be calculated. Rolex Women’s World Rankings Points also will not be allocated.

Purse: $2.7 million; winning team will split $656,230 ($328,115 each)

 

Whiteline Par and Yardage: 35-35–70, 6,277 yards

(par and yardage are subject to change through the start of the tournament)

 

Past Champions and Runners-Up:

2022 – Jennifer Kupcho & Lizette Salas, 254 (-26); Matilda Castren & Kelly Tan, 259 (-21)

2021 – Ariya & Moriya Jutanugarn, 256 (-24); Cydney Clanton & Jasmine Suwannapura, 259 (-21)

2019 – Cydney Clanton & Jasmine Suwannapura, 253 (-27); Minjee Lee & Jin Young Ko, 259 (-21)

 

Tournament Scoring Records:

18 holes – Foursomes (alternate shot): 64, Ariya Jutanugarn/Moriya Jutanugarn (2019, R3); Lizette Salas/Jennifer Kupcho (2022, R3)

18 holes – Four-ball (best ball): 58, Minjee Lee/Jin Young Ko (2019, R4)

36 holes: 126, Ariya Jutanugarn/Moriya Jutanugarn (2021); Pauline Roussin/Dewi Weber (2022)

54 holes: 193, Lizette Salas/Jennifer Kupcho (2022)

72 holes: 253, Cydney Clanton & Jasmine Suwannapura (2019)

 

WHO’S IN THE FIELD

Past Winning Teams (1):

Cydney Clanton & Jasmine Suwannapura (2019)

 

2023 LPGA Tour Winners (5 of 13):

Pajaree Anannarukarn (Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play presented by MGM Rewards), Celine Boutier (LPGA Drive On Championship), Hannah Green (JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro), Brooke Henderson (Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions), Ruoning Yin (DIO Implant LA Open, KPMG Women’s PGA Championship)

 

2023 LPGA Tour Rookies (22 of 32):

Jaravee Boonchant, Celine Borge, Sofia Garcia, Soo Bin Joo, Aline Krauter, Ines Laklalech, Yan Liu, Polly Mack, Alexa Pano, Kum-Kang Park, Valery Plata, Riley Rennell, Kiira Riihijarvi, Hae Ran Ryu, Magdalena Simmermacher, Ellinor Sudow, Gabriella Then, Samantha Wagner, Chanettee Wannasaen, Laura Wearn, Xiaowen Yin, Arpichaya Yubol,

 

Michigan Connections:

Jennifer Song (native), Kris Tamulis (native), Kimberly Dinh (Midland native), Valery Plata (Michigan State Graduate)

 

Sponsor Invitation Teams:

Paige Crawford & Madison Barnett, Annabelle Pancake & Savannah Grewal, Bailey Davis & Christina Carroll and Jasmine Ly & Kimberly Dinh

COURTESY LPGA TOUR COMMUNICATIONS

 

 

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