A strong field has assembled at Sentosa Golf Club to challenge for the HSBC Women’s World Championship that came into existence in 2008 and moved to the club in 2013 from Tanah Merah Country Club.

Australia has four players in Singapore aiming to emulate Karrie Webb’s feat of winning the limited field event, with two-time winner in 2022 Hannah Green leading our charge.

DEFENDING CHAMPION: A stacked leaderboard on Sunday in 2021 presented an exciting conclusion when this event resumed after a hiatus in 2020 due to Covid, with 18 holes to play 11 of the top-12 were previous LPGA winners owning 17 major titles.

Korean Hyo Joo Kim continued her compatriots’ recent dominance of the event in the end, her final round 64 delivering her fourth LPGA Tour title one shot from West Australian Green who closed with 69.

RIGHT: Hyo Joo Kim claimed the title at Sentosa Golf Club in 2021 after a final round 64. PHOTO: Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images​.

COURSE: Sentosa Golf Club welcomes the Women’s World Championship for the ninth time this year, with the Tanjong Course the host layout for the best women’s professionals in the game.

First opened in 1974, the Tanjong was updated in 2016 by Andrew Johnston and Matt Swanson and is ranked No.3 in Singapore.

Situated alongside the Singapore Straits and showcasing views of metro Singapore, the Tanjong features Sandbelt style bunkers, undulating greens, water hazards and contoured fairways.

The renovations in 2016 have also transformed The Tanjong into one of the region’s most sustainable golf courses.

Offering stunning views, the par-3 4th hole is inevitably an important hole during the tournament with no bail out area from the tee meaning the result can just as easily be bogey or worse as it can be a birdie.

Measuring 6,718 yards this week, the par-72’s ‘Signature Hole' signals the end of the round, with some of the most memorable moments in tournament history taking place at the 18th, including Michelle Wie West’s 35-foot birdie from off the green to win the 2018 tournament by one shot.

PRIZEMONEY: US$1,700,000

The par-3 4th is a treacherous one shotter that can bring players undone with a poor tee shot. PHOTO: Sentosa Golf Club.

PLAYERS TO WATCH: World No.1 Jin Young Ko makes her 2022 LPGA Tour debut this week and after finishing 2021 with one of the best stretches in professional golf in recent years, and winning five times, it will be interesting to see the state of her game.

An extended hiatus shouldn’t be too much of an issue for one of the best players in the game, as Hannah Green showed when making her own return at the Vic Open.

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Green makes a big step up in terms of the quality of the field here, but after winning twice in two weeks, including beating a combined field at the TPS Murray River, she is undeniably in the best form of her burgeoning career.

Green has added clubhead speed to her game, increasing both her driving distance and the quality of her iron play, while her short game has looked extremely sharp so far in 2022. Factor in her runner-up finish here last time and Green is rightfully among the favourites.

Finishing first and second in two starts stateside, Danielle Kang was the joint runner-up at this event in 2018 when Michelle Wie West holed out from off the green to steal the title and avoid a play-off.

Kang is a gritty competitor who clearly enjoys the Tanjong course and is in good form making her one of the favourites for the title this week.

Arguably the form player in golf at the moment, major winner Hannah Green is sure to feature prominently here. PHOTO: PGA Tour of Australasia.

A winner in her last start, Lydia Ko has been a consistent presence at the top of leaderboards in this event and has the chance to make up some ground on the next player above her on the world rankings Nelly Korda who has remained in the U.S. this week.

Ko looks a refreshed player and after ending her equipment deal is plying her trade with a freedom that has been lacking over the past few years.

The defending champion Hyo Joo Kim is also in the field this week, and as a major champion and four-time Tour winner has to be considered a chance to go back-to-back here. Kim won twice on the KLPGA Tour last year in addition to her victory here and when on song is a very straight driver and good putter, a combination that works well on most LPGA venues.

Like the World No.1 Ko, Australia’s top-ranked player Minjee Lee makes her return to tournament play after last appearing at the Tour Championship where she shared fifth.

Fresh of her maiden major win in 2021, the World No.7 has this week revealed she hopes to one day be in the Hall of Fame and what better way to continue that quest than with a win at an event where she has finished in the top-10 twice in the last three stagings, including a runner-up in 2019.

72-HOLE RECORD: 268 (-20, Lorena Ochoa, 2008)

18-HOLE RECORD: 62 (Sei Young Kim, 2018)

PAST AUSSIE WINNERS: Karrie Webb (2011)

AUSTRALIANS IN THE FIELD: Minjee Lee, Hannah Green, Sarah Kemp and Su Oh.

TV TIMES*
Round 1: Thursday (Fox Sports 503 LIVE 1:30pm – 6:30pm)
Round 2: Friday (Fox Sports 503 LIVE 1:30pm – 6:30pm)
Round 3: No listed coverage.
Round 4: No listed coverage.
*AEDT, check local guides