The 64-player field at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas for the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play features six of the 11 winners this season on the LPGA: Danielle Kang, Hyo Joo Kim, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Jennifer Kupcho, Minjee Lee and Atthaya Thitikul.
Also in the field: 19 U.S. Women’s Open hopefuls.
The match-play event is the final LPGA tournament before the second women’s major of 2022.
The 156-player USWO field has 155 players locked in, and there is one open spot remaining in the field.
There 19 players in Las Vegas who have yet to qualify but can secure their spot with a win Sunday: Albane Valenzuela, Emma Talley, Kelly Tan, Esther Henseleit, Ashleigh Buhai, Chella Choi, Youngin Chun, Wei-Ling Hsu, Lauren Stephenson, Aditi Ashok, Su Oh, Elizabeth Szokol, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Sarah Schmelzel, Haeji Kang, Perrine Delacour, Jenny Shin, Jasmine Suwannapura and former USWO champ Eun-Hee Ji.
The 77th U.S. Women’s Open begins next Thursday at Pine Needles in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
Jennifer Kupcho won the LPGA’s first major of the year at the Chevron Championship. No player has won twice this year.
