Ko Jin-young 'Withdrawal from Opening Match'... All Korean Players Absent
LPGA Tour 'King of Kings' TOC Starts on the 19th
Korean players, including world No. 5 Ko Jin-young (pictured), will not participate in the opening event of the 2023 LPGA Tour season.
The Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions (TOC, total prize money $1.5 million) organizing committee announced the list of participants on the 13th (local time), and not a single Korean player was included. The TOC will be held over four days starting on the 19th at the Lake Nona Golf Club (par 72, 6,617 yards) in Orlando, Florida.
This is a "champion of champions" event where only winners of tour events from the past two years can participate. Only five Korean players were eligible to compete this year: Ji Eun-hee, Park In-bee, Jeon In-ji, Ko Jin-young, and Kim Hyo-joo. Four of them, including Park In-bee, did not even submit entries, and Ko Jin-young withdrew just before the entry deadline. Ko accepted medical advice to rest longer to treat a wrist injury.
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Not only Korean players but also top-ranked players skipped the season opener. World No. 1 Lydia Ko (New Zealand), last year's Rookie of the Year Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand), and US Open champion Minjee Lee (Australia) will also not participate. The defending champion of the TOC is Danielle Kang (USA). Nelly Korda (USA), Brooke Henderson (Canada), Ariya Jutanugarn (Thailand), and Nasa Hataoka (Japan) will compete for the title.
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