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In Gee Chun, So Yeon Ryu, Minjee Lee
Thursday – 7:59 a.m. – 10th Tee
Friday – 12:59 p.m. – 1st Tee
In a tight battle to secure their spots on the UL International Crown’s Republic of Korea team, In Gee Chun and So Yeon Ryu will tee it up together on Thursday and Friday alongside Australia’s Minjee Lee. Chun is currently holding the fourth and final spot on the team, with Ryu on the bubble in the sixth position. Lee looks to have locked up her position at No.1 for the Aussies.
Both Chun and Ryu are in the hunt for their first wins of 2016, the duo racking up a combined eight top-10’s so far this season. Lee is already a winner this year, having won the LOTTE Championship in Hawaii for her second career win on the LPGA Tour.
Ariya Jutanugarn, Lydia Ko, Cristie Kerr
Thursday – 8:10 a.m. – 10th Tee
Friday – 1:10 p.m. – 1st Tee
Chasing her third consecutive win on the LPGA Tour, Ariya Jutanugarn will play alongside world No.1 Lydia Ko and Cristie Kerr during the opening rounds of the LPGA Volvik Championship. Like Jutanugarn, Ko is also a two-time winner in 2016, notching back-to-back wins in March at the Kia Classic and ANA Inspiration. Kerr is searching for her first win of the year, trending upward in recent weeks with back-to-back top-20 finishes.
Xi Yu Lin, Brooke Henderson, Ryann O’Toole
Thursday – 12:59 p.m. – 1st Tee
Friday – 7:59 a.m. – 10th Tee
Xi Yu Lin is looking for a spark this week in Michigan playing alongside Brooke Henderson and Ryann O’Toole in rounds one and two. Lin has posted just one top-10 so far this season and missed the cut in three of her last five starts. After a streak of nine consecutive worldwide top-10 finishes, Henderson hasn’t played her best golf in recent weeks, relative to the play she showed earlier this season, finishing outside the top-25 in her last two starts, still impressive golf from the Canadian who has yet to miss a cut this year. O’Toole is still in search of her first win on Tour but has continued to put herself in contention, posting two top-10 finishes so far in 2016.
Inbee Park, Brittany Lincicome, Austin Ernst
Thursday – 1:10 p.m. – 1st Tee
Friday – 8:10 a.m. – 10th Tee
World No.2 Inbee Park continues her run at history this week, making her ninth start of the year. In her 10th start of this season, in what is her 10th year on the LPGA Tour, Park will earn qualification for the LPGA Hall of Fame. But Park has been playing injured, continuing to battle for months an injury in her left thumb. She’ll play alongside Brittany Lincicome and Austin Ernst in the opening rounds in Michigan. Lincicome is coming off one of her best finishes of the year, posting a T-8 at the Kingsmill Championship just last week. Ernst is looking to rediscover the form she showed earlier this season, posting a season best T-9 in February at the Coates Golf Championship.
Lexi Thompson, Charley Hull, Shanshan Feng
Thursday – 1:21 p.m. – 1st Tee
Friday – 8:21 a.m. – 10th Tee
Lexi Thompson has played great golf through the 2016 season, posting four top-10’s in her last five starts. She will play alongside Charley Hull and Shanshan Feng on Thursday and Friday, both in search of their first wins of the season on the LPGA Tour. Feng won two weeks ago in her home country of China, where she defended her title at the Buick Championship. Hull has played just twice on Tour since the ANA Inspiration in March where she finished in a share of runner-up, posting a T-16 finish in Texas before missing the cut in Alabama.