After a successful three years at Lake Merced Golf Club, the LPGA Mediheal Championship will make its debut at The Saticoy Club in Somis, California this week; an hour northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
The visit from the elite women’s circuit marks the first professional golf tournament to be held at the club and the tour’s first event in the area for over two decades. Last year, Matilda Castren made history when she became the first player from Finland to win on the LPGA Tour. The 27-year-old fired a bogey-free final round 65 to finish two clear of Min Lee and claim her maiden tour title.
World No.2 Atthaya Thitikul headlines the field this week and arrives in fine form. The 19-year-old, who is dubbed the fastest rising star in golf, finished fourth at last week’s Ascendant LPGA and claimed her second title of the year at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship a week prior, when she defeated Danielle Kang in a playoff.
Kang, who revealed after the second round of the US Women’s Open that she was diagnosed with a tumour on her spine, leads the American charge. In what will be just her fifth start since a return following treatment, the 29-year-old will be looking to add to the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions title earlier this year. Incidentally, she went to Westlake High School just 30 minutes down the road.
Ascendant LPGA champion Charley Hull is not in the field this week however, runner-up Xiyu Lin is set to tee it up. Hull secured her second LPGA Tour title, and her first in six years, in enthralling fashion and became only the fifth woman from England to win multiple events on the LPGA Tour.
Celine Boutier will be well fancied this week after a string of consistent performances. The 28-year-old has only finished outside the top-7 once in her last five starts and although winless so far in 2022, is desperate to change that – and perfectly equipped to do so in California.
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