PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — The LPGA Tour is back in action this week at Palos Verdes Golf Club for the third edition of the FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship. Past champions Marina Alex and Ruoning Yin are in the field, the latter of which will be looking to successfully defend her title for the first time on the LPGA Tour, and are joined by LPGA Drive On Championship winner Nelly Korda, Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings No. 1 Lilia Vu and major champion Patty Tavatanakit, who will also be duking it out for a share of a $2 million purse and 500 Race to the CME Globe points.
Take a look at who else is in the field at the FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship:
Past Champions (2):
Ruoning Yin (2023), Marina Alex (2022)
2024 LPGA Tour Winners (4 of 5):
Hannah Green (HSBC Women’s World Championship), Nelly Korda (LPGA Drive On Championship), Bailey Tardy (Blue Bay LPGA), Patty Tavatanakit (Honda LPGA Thailand)
2024 LPGA Tour Rookies (20 of 26):
Isabella Fierro, Alexandra Forsterling, Savannah Grewal, Nataliya Guseva, Jin Hee Im, Mone Inami, Minji Kang, Gurleen Kaur, Auston Kim, So Mi Lee, Mary Liu, Kaitlin Milligan, Malia Nam, Hira Naveed, Ana Pelaez Trivino, Gabriela Ruffels, Mao Saigo, Yu Jin Sung, Yuri Yoshida, Liqi Zeng
Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings Top 10 (6 of 10):
Lilia Vu (No. 1), Nelly Korda (No. 2), Ruoning Yin (No. 4), Charley Hull (No. 7), Hyo Joo Kim (No. 9), Xiyu Lin (No. 10)
Sponsor Exemptions:
Hannah Darling (a), Jiyai Shin, Gabriella Then
California Connections:
Jenny Coleman (Rolling Hills Estates), Allisen Corpuz (Los Angeles resident), Paula Creamer (Pleasanton), Mina Harigae (Monterey), Alison Lee (Los Angeles), Andrea Lee (Hermosa Beach), Lucy Li (Redwood Shores), Yealimi Noh (Concord), Ryann O’Toole (San Clemente), Gabriela Ruffels (Palm Springs resident), Lizette Salas (Azusa), Gabriella Then (Rancho Cucamonga), Lilia Vu (Fountain Valley), Rose Zhang (Irvine)
UCLA alumni:
Alison Lee, Ryann O’Toole, Patty Tavatanakit, Lilia Vu
University of Southern California alumni:
Allisen Corpuz, Malia Nam, Sophia Popov, Gabriela Ruffels, Lizette Salas, Jennifer Song, Gabriella Then
Other California Collegiate Connections:
Dani Holmqvist (University of California Berkeley), Danielle Kang (Pepperdine), Aline Krauter (Stanford), Andrea Lee (Stanford), Hira Naveed Pepperdine), Albane Valenzuela (Stanford), Rose Zhang (Stanford)
Monday Qualifiers:
Sophia Schubert, Alena Sharp