HANABANK CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Incheon, South Korea.
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
Course: Sky 72 Golf Club, Ocean Course (6,364 yards, par 72).
Purse: $1.8 million. Winner’s share: $270,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Friday-Sunday, 4:30-6:30 p.m.).
Last year: Top-ranked Yani Tseng won the sixth of her seven 2012 LPGA Tour titles. Na Yeon Choi, the 2009 and 2010 winner, finished a stroke back.
Last week: Inbee Park rallied to win the LPGA Malaysia for her second victory of the year, beating fellow South Korean player Choi by two strokes. Park also won the Evian Masters in July and has six straight top-three finishes and 10 top-10s in a row.
Notes: Tseng has struggled after winning three times in the first five events of the season. The Taiwanese star tied for 49th in Kuala Lumpur. ... Park leads the money list with $1,954,608. ... Michelle Wie and Cheyenne Woods received sponsor invitations. The slumping Wie has broken par in only 12 of 51 rounds this season. Woods is Tiger Woods’ niece. ... Jack Nicklaus designed the Ocean Course. ... The LPGA Taiwan Championship is next week, followed by the Mizuno Classic in Japan.
