Charley Hull joins world primary Nelly Korda and defending champion Lilia Vu on the entrance strains of the AIG Ladies’s Open in St Andrews Two rounds.
Korda gained the Chevron Championship earlier this season as a part of a run of six LPGA Tour victories in seven begins, whereas Vu is on observe to develop into the primary six-stroke winner since Yani Tseng in 2011. After the primary two consecutive champions took over Hull.
Hull’s runner-up end at Walton Heath was certainly one of two majors final 12 months, with the world quantity 10 anticipated to be the primary since Georgia Corridor gained the occasion in 2018 The primary British lady to win a serious championship.
Nelly Korda and Charley Hull additionally teamed up for final 12 months’s AIG Ladies’s Open at Walton Heath
The star-studded trio have made early attracts within the opening two days across the iconic Previous Course, with their group scheduled to kick off the primary spherical at 1.10pm on Thursday earlier than kicking off at 7.55am on Friday.
The primary two days at St. Andrews have been two-hole tees, with Lexi Thompson one of many first starters to tee off from the tenth gap in what could also be her final AIG Ladies’s Open.
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Lexi Thompson proclaims at U.S. Ladies’s Open her intention to retire from golf full-time on the finish of the season
Thompson will tee off at 7.44am on Thursday with Australia’s Minjee Lee and Scotland’s Gemma Dryburgh, who wants a powerful week on dwelling soil to enhance her Solheim Cup qualification probabilities Hopes, 2018 champion Georgia Corridor outs Fukue together with Rose Chang and Evian Championship winner Ayaka.
Olympic champion Lydia Ko joins France’s Celine Boutier and American Ally Ewing within the afternoon session, whereas former AIG Ladies’s Open champion A Ashleigh Buhai and Jin Younger Ko be a part of Eire’s Leona Maguire within the three-ball occasion.
Can Lydia Ko win her third Grand Slam title this week and first since 2016?
The primary two days of competitors are anticipated to begin at 7 am, with a complete of 144 gamers taking part, whereas the ultimate group competitors will begin at 2:16 pm on each days.
Chosen R1 kick-off instances (all instances BST)
United States except in any other case famous; * signifies beginning on the tenth tee
*0744 Minjee Lee (Australia), Lexi Thompson, Gemma Dryburgh (Scotland)
*0755 Georgia Corridor (English), Ayaka Furue (Japanese), Rose Zhang
1226 Celine Boutier (France), Lydia Ko (New Zealand), Ally Ewing
1237 Ashleigh Buhai (Rsa), Jin Younger Ko (Kor), Leona Maguire (Irl)
1310 Lilia Wu, Nellie Korda, Charlie Hull (English)
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Earlier than the AIG Ladies’s Open, Charlie Hull shocked a 9-year-old fan and invited her to play the primary gap across the Previous Course at St. Andrews!
When does the AIG Ladies’s Open air on Sky?
Sky Sports activities will broaden its stay protection of the ultimate Ladies’s Grand Slam of the 12 months, with seven hours of stay protection from noon every match day and a one-hour every day highlights recap of the very best from earlier rounds of Sky Sports activities Golf. Glorious efficiency.
You may obtain the Sky Sports activities app for information, interviews, highlights, clips, leaderboard scores and a devoted weblog, whereas different particular AIG Ladies’s Open applications are additionally accessible through Sky Sports activities On Demand.
Sky Sports activities+ is formally launched and might be built-in sky tvStreaming companies Now and Sky Sports Appthis 12 months Sky Sports activities prospects can watch greater than 50% of stay sports activities occasions without cost. Learn more here.
