By Carey Van Lue

This Week on the LPGA Tour

ISPS Handa World Invitational presented by Aviv Clinics

Galgorm & Castlerock Golf Club | Antrim, Northern Ireland | August 17-20, 2023

Thursday, August 17

Round 1

8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.– NBC GOLF Channel, Peacock, International

Friday, August 18

Round 2

8:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. – NBC GOLF Channel, Peacock, International

Saturday, August 19

Round 3

8:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. – NBC GOLF Channel, Peacock, International

12:30-1:30 p.m. – Peacock/International/Digital

Sunday, August 20

Final Round

6:00- 11:30 a.m. – NBC GOLF Channel, International

Live Coverage can also be found on Digital:

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

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Competition Format: 144 women (LPGA/LET) and 144 men (DP World Tour) will play two separate 72-hole, stroke play tournaments (one for the men and one for women) with two separate prize funds.

For the first two rounds, all players will play one round at Galgorm and one round at Castlerock Golf Club. The men and women will play in separate alternating groups on both courses. For rounds three and four, the men and women will again play in separate alternating groups in score order (within the separate tournaments) at Galgorm only.

In each tournament, a cut will be made after 36-holes to the leading 60 professionals & ties. A second cut after 54-holes will be made to the leading 35 players and ties in each tournament.

Men and women will play from different tees.

Purse: $3,000,000 total, $1,500,000 for women & $1,500,000 for men (each winner’s portion is $225,000)

Women’s Whiteline Par and Yardage:

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

Galgorm: 36-36 – 72; 6,527 yards

Castlerock Golf Club: 36-37 – 73; 6,231 yards

Past Champions and Runners-Up:

2022 – Maja Stark, 271 (-20); Allisen Corpuz 276 (-15)

2021* – Pajaree Anannarukarn, 275 (-16); defeated Emma Talley in a playoff with a par on the second playoff hole

Event was not played in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic

2019** – Stephanie Meadow, 278 (-10); Charley Hull, 279 (-9)

* The 2021 playing was the inaugural playing of the co-sanctioned event between the LPGA, Ladies European and DP World Tours

** The 2019 playing of the event featured on the Challenge Tour on the men’s side and was an invite only event on the women’s side

TOURNAMENT SCORING RECORDS (since becoming an LPGA/LET co-sanctioned event in 2021)*

18 holes: 63, Maja Stark (fourth round, 2022)

36 holes: 132, Emma Talley (2021)

54 holes: 205, Pajaree Annanarukarn, Jennifer Kupcho & Emma Talley (2021)

72 holes: 271 (-20), Maja Stark (2022)

*Course records set at Galgorm and Massereene Golf Club

WHO’S IN THE FIELD

LPGA Tour Members (including dual members): 78

LET Members (Including dual members): 85

LPGA/LET dual members: 22

Past Champions (1):

Stephanie Meadow (2019)*

*the tournament was not an LPGA/LET co-sanctioned event in 2019

2023 LPGA Tour Winners (1 of 15):

Leona Maguire (Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give)

All-Time LPGA Tour Winners (10):

Georgia Hall (2020 Cambia Portland Classic, 2018 Ricoh Women’s British Open), Christina Kim (2004 Longs Drugs Challenge, 2005 The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions, 2014 Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex), Ilhee Lee (2013 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic), Bronte Law (2019 Pure Silk Championship presented by Visit Williamsburg), Leona Maguire (2023 Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, 2022 LPGA Drive On Championship at Crown Colony), Azahara Munoz (2012 Sybase Match Play Championship), Ryann O’Toole (2021 Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open), Lee-Anne Pace (2014 Blue Bay LPGA), Annie Park (2018 ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer), Jasmine Suwannapura (2019 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, 2018 Dana Open)

2023 LPGA Tour Rookies (22 of 32):

Jaravee Boonchant, Manon De Roey, Sofia Garcia, Soo Bin Joo, Aline Krauter, Lucy Li, Polly Mack, Yuna Nishimura, Alexa Pano, Kum-Kang Park, Valery Plata, Riley Rennell, Kiira Riihijarvi, Magdalena Simmermacher, Ellinor Sudow, Gabriella Then, Samantha Wagner, Chanettee Wannasaen, Laura Wearn, Arpichaya Yubol

Northern Ireland Natives (3):

Jessica Ross (Newtownards), Olivia Mehaffey (Belfast), Stephanie Meadow (Jordanstown)

Ireland Natives (1):

Leona Maguire (Cavan)

Sponsor Invitations (4):

Jessica Ross, Olivia Mehaffey, Bel Wardle, Ayaka Sugihara

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