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Jeeno leads star-studded cast for Women's World C'ship
The Straits Times
|January 21, 2026
Nine of the world’s top 10 golfers have confirmed their participation for the HSBC Women’s World Championship, which will be held at the Sentosa Golf Club from Feb 26 to March 1.
World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul at last year's HSBC Women's World Championship, where she was joint-second. The Thai will be hoping to go one better in this year's edition at the Sentosa Golf Club from Feb 26 to March 1. PHOTO: HSBC WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
(HSBC WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP)
Thailand’s world No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul leads the star-studded lineup, with Australia’s Minjee Lee (third), Japan’s Miyu Yamashita (fourth) and England’s Charley Hull (fifth) also set for Singapore.
World No. 6 Lydia Ko will be defending her title after edging out Jeeno and Japan’s Ayaka Furue by four shots last March.
Only South Korean Ko Jin-young has won back-to-back titles (2022 and 2023) in 17 editions of the LPGA Tour event that is dubbed Asia’s Major.
China’s Yin Ruoning (seventh), South Korean Kim Hyo-joo (eighth), Japan’s Mao Saigo (ninth) and Kim Sei-young (10th) of South Korea round out the world’s top 10 golfers.
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