As the Buick LPGA Championship approaches, the all-star luxury lineup of the event is also attracting more and more attention. This year's Buick LPGA Championship is star-studded, attracting 13 top 20 players in the world and 15 LPGA champions of the year. Among these world-class masters, there are young players who have made a big splash when they are just starting out, and there are also champions who are in a state of hot condition and want to win the championship again... They will all launch an attack on the championship on that highly anticipated Sunday, and who will win the Buick Goddess Trophy at the Shanghai Qizhong Garden Golf Club?
China's No. 1 VS Japan's No. 1
In the just-concluded Japan LPGA Championship, , which represents the highest level of women's golf in China and Japan, respectively, Feng Shanshan and Hataoka Nasa had a head-on confrontation. At Nasa Hataoka, she led Feng Shanshan and Aoi Osaki to win the championship by 8 shots. Coupled with the support of the Kia Elite Championship at the beginning of the year, Nasa Hataoka is currently ranked sixth in the world, and is in full swing.
Hataoka Nasa
However, the Buick LPGA Championship is Feng Shanshan's home court, and "National Treasure Shan" won twice in Qizhong Garden in 2015 and 2016. After experiencing struggles at the beginning of the year, Feng Shanshan achieved the tenth LPGA championship in the Tsingberry Creek LPGA Classic in July. In the Evian Championship more than ten days later, Feng Shanshan took advantage of the victory and won the runner-up. Currently, Feng Shanshan ranks 21st in the world. She and a group of local LPGA young actresses such as Liu Yu, Lin Xiyu and will carry the local hope to go to the Buick LPGA Championship.
Feng Shanshan
Gao Zhenrong and the Korean Legion
Gao Zhenrong is now well-deserved world number one. After winning the 13th place in the Buick LPGA Championship last year, Gao Zhenrong in the new season not only won the championships of the ANA Championship and Evian Championships, but also won the championship trophy of the Founder Cup and the Canadian Open. He is almost far ahead in all important data and has already dominated the women's high-end women's field.
Gao Zhenrong
Similarly, she and any Korean player in the lineup are favorites to win the championship that cannot be ignored. At present, the top 20 in the world, Korean players account for almost half of the world. Judging from Shanghai's record last year, Kim Se-young, who is now ranked 13th in the world, should not be underestimated. In the four-day competition last year, she ranked in the top two in the lead list after each round, eventually tied for second place. This season she has won two championships and one second, with absolute strength.
High-People Sisters
Although the US team failed to achieve three consecutive victories in the Solheim Cup in early September, Jessica Koda and Nellie Koda became the focus in the Eagle Valley in Scotland. Not only did they not lose in a week, they also won all the big scores in two four-man two-ball matches and won their respective singles matches on Sunday. Both sisters who are in the online state will come to Shanghai. Nellie has had an experience in participating in Shanghai before. Jessica, who was absent due to injury last year, will participate in the competition for the first time. The two sisters' long-lasting play style are very suitable for this place.
Koda sisters
Similarly, another pair of sisters who both entered the top 30 in the world, Molia Juta Niujia and Areya -Juta Niujia, are also popular to win the championship. Former world number one Aria has a long-term playing ability that is no less than that of a man. She was second in Qizhong Garden last year and won 8 top ten in the past year. She will work with her sister Molia to make her first win in this year's Buick LPGA Championship.
Ariya
Molia
Defender champion Danielle Jiang
This year, defending champion Danielle Jiang's pre-match record was similar to last year. Although he did not win the championship, he had a good performance. He won a total of 8 top ten, including two tied for second in the Kia Classic and Northwest Arkansas Championships.
Danielle-Gang
Korean-American players always have the potential to explode, and suddenly rushed to the leading list when we were not paying attention and staged a big comeback drama. Last year, she caught four birdies in the last 8 holes and scored 69, leading the way, winning her second LPGA championship.Can Danielle Jiang perform last year's good show again in Qizhong Garden and successfully defend her title? Or will there be other contestants reenacting Danielle Jiang’s script last year? These are all worth looking forward to.
95 young power
Li Jingen, Brooke Henderson and Li Minzhi, three young but accomplished young players, are also popular candidates for the championship.
Before Li Jingen was admitted to the LPGA, she was already a world-class player. She won the Korean Tour prize king for two consecutive years. As soon as she entered the LPGA, she immediately won the most difficult test in the golf world: the US Women's Open. She has participated in China many times before. In October this year, she will perform her first Buick LPGA Championship in Shanghai
Li Jingen
. Brooke Henderson from Canada is one of the few players who won the LPGA championship under the age of 18. At the age of 21, she has accumulated 9 championships and has become Canada's most winning players on the Men's and Women's PGA Tour.
Similarly, Korean-Australian player Lee Min-ji is also talented. He became the world's number one in the amateur world when he changed his career at the age of 18 and has won the championship on the Australian Tour. This year, at the age of 23, she won her fifth LPGA championship at the Los Angeles Open, and also won two runner-ups in Singapore and Thailand.
Li Minji
At present, Lee Jingen and Brooke Henderson rank fourth and fifth in the world respectively, and Lee Minji rank seventh. They will both become powerful impactors of the Buick Goddess Trophy.
As the first stop of the LPGA Asian Autumn Tour, the Buick LPGA Championship attracted 62 LPGA seed players to join, with a total prize of US$2.1 million. There is no doubt that this will be a peak duel with extremely high value. No matter who wins the trophy after the four rounds of the competition, he will be a well-deserved powerful person. From October 17th to 20th, let us witness the birth of the champion at the Shanghai Qizhong Garden Golf Club!
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