Course: Wildfire Golf Club, measuring at 6,500 yards. This is not a difficult golf course, and expect birdies to be flying as long as the weather allows it. Winning score could be close to twenty under par.
Strength Of Field: C+. Lydia Ko and Stacy Lewis are here, but there are quite a few players missing that played overseas last week, including Inbee Park, So Yeon Ryu, and Shanshan Feng. This is likely the weakest field we have seen so far this season.
Extra Tidbits: This was the tournament that did not award cash payouts to the players during the first iteration of the event, but that was abandoned after outcry from both players and fans...There have been four tournaments played, and Karrie Webb has won this event twice. Officially, that means Karrie Webb has won 50% of all the Founders Cups ever played, a ridiculous stat that makes no sense without context...Guilia Molinaro and Kathleen Ekey are the Monday qualifiers...Last year, Cheyenne Woods played this event on a sponsors exemption. This year, she gets in via her status on the LPGA Tour.
Fantasy Four:
Lydia Ko - No reason to jump off the Ko Train just because she got beat by the former number one two weeks ago. Hasn't finished worse than second in four starts in 2015. Luckily, there is no limit on how often you can pick a player in this game like there is the PGA Tour game, so expect Ko to be here almost all season.
Stacy Lewis - Holds the record for lowest winning score at this tournament. Finished third behind Inbee and Lydia two weeks ago. At this point, the question isn't whether Lewis will contend - she will The question is if she can win on Sunday.
Mirim Lee - Needs to work on her consistency, but she's becoming an elite player on the LPGA Tour. Finished tied for second three weeks ago in Thailand. Has a history of going low, and this is a course where you can shoot low scores.
Na Yeon Choi - Struggled after her victory to kick off the season in the Bahamas, but rebounded with a T12 two weeks ago. Choi does much better on easier courses, so perhaps she was just waiting to return Stateside to start contending again.
(SLEEPER) Minjee Lee - Seems like every other rookie has jumped out to an impressive start while Minjee is taking her time. Best finish is a tie for seventh in Australia, a course she had familiarity with already. She will make the cut, but where she finishes is a complete mystery.
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