My field rating for this tournament is 39%, the same as it was last year.
My breakdown is 41% from the LPGA Priority List and 37% from the Rolex Rankings.
The reason the field rating is so low is that this is a field of just 33 players (up from 32 last year) and lacks depth. But make no mistake about it, this is a very strong lineup where every player has won at least once in the last two years.
Top 10 players teeing it up this week:
Jeeno Thitikul #1
Nelly Korda #2
Charley Hull #5
Lydia Ko #6
Mao Saigo #10
Top 10 players skipping the event this week:
Minjee Lee #3
Miyu Yamashita #4
Ruoning Yin #7
Hyo Joo Kim #8
Sei Young Kim #9
Seventeen of the top 30 players, and 29 of the top 50 players in the Rolex Rankings will be teeing it up this week.
