Groups & Tee Times - Opening Round in Australia

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Group 8 - 7:33 a.m. – 10^th Tee

Rookie Nelly Korda makes her first start down under at this week’s ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open. She’ll tee it up in the opening round alongside Kelly Shon and fellow rookie Aditi Ashok. Korda finished T-5 in her debut at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic. Nelly could be the second Korda to win in Australia as she looks to follow in her sister, Jessica’s footsteps. Jessica won this event in 2012 but is not in the field this week. Ashok, who won twice on the Ladies European Tour in her rookie season in 2016, is making her debut as a member of the LPGA Tour. Ashok enjoyed a tune-up to this week’s event. She competed in the LET’s Oates Vic Open where she finished T-51. Shon is looking to turn around a rough start to the season having missed the cut at the season opening Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic. She also missed the cut in Australia in her last two starts.

Group 10 – 7:44 a.m. – 10^th Tee

Brooke Henderson, Lydia Ko and Ha Na Jang are grouped together in the opening rounds in Australia. Henderson finished T-9 in this event last year after a final round 67. She looks to continue her strong start to the season after finishing T-21 in the Bahamas. Ko, the 2015 champion of this event, makes her 2017 debut this week. She'll be putting her changes to the test as the world No.1 begins the season with a new caddie, new equipment and a new instructor, but says she’s excited about the fresh start. Ko is likely to finish strong this week. She hasn’t finished outside the top-3 in Australia since 2013. Jang is also making her 2017 debut and like Ko, has fared well in Australia. The three-time winner finished in a share of fourth last season and in a share of seventh in 2015.

Group 12 – 7:55 a.m. – 10^th Tee

Thursday and Friday, World Golf Hall of Fame member Karrie Webb will play alongside major champion Mo Martin and Olympian Pernilla Lindberg. Webb makes her 2017 debut this week in front of a hometown crowd. She is a five-time winner of the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, winning between 2000 and 2014. The LPGA veteran came close to winning again last season but finished third after a disappointing final round 71. Lindberg rounds out this final group with the most experience so far to start 2017. The Swede has already played twice in 2017 – finishing T-31 in the Bahamas and T-18 at the LET’s Oates Vic Open. Lindberg finished T-60 in this event last season.

Group 33 – 12:34 p.m. – 1^st Tee

World No.2 Ariya Jutanugarn, defending champion Haru Nomura and 2016 CME Group Tour Championship winner Charley Hull are grouped together in the opening rounds in Australia. Jutanugarn is making her first start in this event since 2015 when she finished third. The 2016 Rolex Player of the Year is looking to bounce back from her T-47 start in the Bahamas. Nomura makes her first start of the year as defending champion, site of her first career win on the LPGA Tour. She fired a final round, seven-under par, 65 to hold off a charging Ko and Webb to win by three strokes. Hull finished off 2016 strong with her first victory on the LPGA Tour, but was unable to carry that momentum in the Bahamas where she missed the cut. The Olympian will look to recapture the magic she’s found in this event in years past, having finished T-7 in 2015 and T-14 last season.

Group 35 – 12:45 p.m. – 1^st Tee

Minjee Lee, Mariajo Uribe and Angela Stanford are grouped together during rounds one and two in Australia. Lee, the top ranked player in Australia makes her 2017 debut this week. She teed it up at last week’s LET event where she finished T-36. She’s had mixed success in this event in the past, her best finish coming in a share of seventh in 2015. Uribe makes her second start of the season this week after finishing in a share of 11^th in the Bahamas. Her best finish in this event came in a T-8 showing in 2013. Stanford, a veteran on the LPGA, is making her first start in Australia since 2013. She’ll look to find a spark after missing the cut at the season opening Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic.