2023 LOTTE Championship presented by Hoakalei

My field rating is an embassingly low 28%. This is one of the weakest fields ever!
My breakdown is 32% from the LPGA Priority List and 24% from the Rolex Rankings.

The field will led by Rolex Rankings top ten players:
Brooke Henderson
Hyo Joo Kim
Georgia Hall

There are way to many top players not teeing it up for me to list here, but players ranked in the top ten of the Rolex Rankings skipping the event are:
Lydia Ko
Nelly Korda
Jin Young Ko
Atthaya Thitikul
Minjee Lee
Lexi Thompson

The Monday qualifiers were:
Gigi Staal -1
Siyun Liu even par

There has been some important moves in the Rolex Rankings since the completion of the Dio Implant LA. Open two weeks ago:
Georgia Hall, with two consecutive runner-up finishes, jumps into the top ten 13-10. She replaces In Gee Chun, who drops out of the top ten.
Dio Inplant winner Ruoning Yin makes a gigantic move 146-30.
Carlota Ciganda jumps into the top fifty this week 52-42. She replaces Jeong Eun Lee6, who drops out of the top fifty.
Patty Tavatanakit jumps up from 76-58

There were also some big moves outside the top 100 by LPGA players:
Lucy Li 135-121
Maude-Aimee Leblanc 145-120
Perrine Delacour 183-143

Other stuff:
Nelly Korda's top ten finish at the Dio Implant LA Open was her Fourth top ten finish of the year. No one else has more than three.

The first five tournaments of the year has produced five different winners from five different countries.

Pre-tournament interview. Hyo Joo, In Gee, Hye Jin all make their opinions known!

Another good round by Yu Bin Sung four birdies one bogey back nine to tie the lead.

Only two other  Korean golfers in top thirty, Yoo Min Hwang eleventh and Mi Hyang Lee twenty eight.

Let's talk about just making the cut in different ways. 
Number one contender, Hyo Joo Kim finished bogey, double bogey, quad and  clutch par.

Hae Ran Ryu putter went ice cold, four bogeys no birdies with thirty-five putts.

Karen Chun three bogeys no birdies front nine, two birdies no bogeys back nine.

Yaeeun Hong three bogeys no birdies front nine, four birdies one bogey back nine.

Soo Bin Joo clean score card three birdies no bogeys

Kum Kang Park is a mystery, she drove two seventy with only four missed fairways.
However, she only hit seven greens and had one bogey front nine.
But she finished the back nine with five bogeys a double bogey and a par.