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Lydia Ko hits her tee shot on the first hole during the first round of the HSBC Women s World Championship.
Lydia Ko made a tidy start at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore, but sits five shots off the lead at the end of the opening round. The Kiwi golfer finished the day at three-under at Sentosa Golf Club, good enough to have her in a tie for 14th. She began well on Thursday, with birdies on the second and third holes – both par fours – then added another on the par-five eighth so sit three-under at the turn.
29 Apr 2021 / 17:33 H. FROM LEFT: Lydia Ko, Minjee Lee, Inbee Park, Jin Young Ko and Georgia Hall visit Sentosa Golf Club’s Bee Sanctuary ahead of HSBC Women’s World Championship. FROM LEFT: Georgia Hall, Inbee Park, Jin Young Ko, Minjee Lee and Lydia Ko take time out to support Sentosa Golf Club’s environmental sustainability efforts. Players competing in HSBC Women’s World Championship take time out to support Sentosa Golf Club’s environmental sustainability efforts.
SINGAPORE: The 2021 HSBC Women’s World Championship kicked off today with a unique launch event celebrating the game-changing sustainability initiatives of tournament host Sentosa Golf Club.
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Lydia Ko hits her tee shot on the first hole during the first round of the HSBC Women s World Championship.
Lydia Ko has made what she calls “a pretty good start” at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore, but sits five shots off the lead at the end of the opening round. The Kiwi golfer finished the day at three-under on the Tanjong Course at Sentosa Golf Club, good enough to have her in a tie for 14th, and said she would hopefully “continue the momentum and keep building from today s round”.
Family affair for Parks as Inbee goes top at Sentosa 29 Apr 2021 / 19:30 H. Inbee Park at the HSBC Women’s World Championship.
SINGAPORE: World No. 2 Inbee Park showed her class on the first day of the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore, finishing with an 8-under par score of 64 to put her at the top of the leader board, one shot ahead of fellow South Korean Hee Young Park.
Already a multiple winner at Sentosa Golf Club, Park’s reputation as a formidable putter stood up to the test, with four birdies on both the front and back nine holes. The reigning Olympic champion comes to Singapore is in a rich vein of form having won the Kia Classic at the start of the year and tied for second place in the Lotte Championship a fortnight ago.