Lydia Ko headlines field for new $750,000 Indonesia golf event / Photo: ROSLAN RAHMAN - AFP
-
Scheffler fires 60 to grab 36-hole PGA Travelers lead
-
Movie theaters are allies for streamers like us, Apple exec says
-
Austria's Rangnick shuts down conspiracy talk ahead of Algeria World Cup clash
-
DR Congo must take risks to keep World Cup 'dream alive', says Desabre
-
Should we fear an AI bubble bust?
-
Jangoo, Chase keep West Indies in touch against Sri Lanka
-
US strikes Iran sites after cargo ship attack
-
Dembele hat-trick as France swat Norway, Senegal stay alive
-
Gueye double keeps Senegal's World Cup hopes alive
-
Dembele hits hat-trick as France thrash second-string Norway at World Cup
-
US stocks recover from tech tremors as oil prices fall
-
Globalization isn't dead, just 'transformed,' says IMF chief economist
-
OpenAI restricts limited release of new model to US only
-
Israel and Lebanon hail Washington deal, rejected by Hezbollah
-
Scheffler fires 60 to grab early PGA Travelers lead
-
Usyk -- pugilist who kept Ukrainian spirits high in darkest days
-
Trump blasts 'godless' Democrats in incendiary speech to evangelicals
-
Orange wave: Dutch World Cup dream gathers pace
-
Venezuela earthquakes kill 920, tens of thousands missing
-
Swiss nuclear plant shut down due to heatwave
-
Hundred hero Duckett punishes New Zealand after Stokes sparks England revival
-
American businesswoman Michele Kang buys French club Lyon
-
South Korea coach bereft of answers with World Cup hopes on knife-edge
-
Lebanon, Israel, US sign trilateral framework agreement in Washington
-
Mistrial declared in deadly Los Angeles fire case
-
Antonelli scores 'double top' for Mercedes as Russell warns of McLaren threat
-
Verstappen wants to stay at Red Bull – in a fast car, says Mekies
-
Australia eye 'something special' after reaching World Cup last 32
-
Usyk says vacating heavyweight world title belts
-
UK sets new June temperature record for third day in a row: Met Office
-
Germany sees hottest temperature on record of 41.3C: weather service
-
AI abuse deterring good MPs: incoming IPU chief
-
Teenager Antonelli dominates practice for Austrian GP
-
More than 50,000 missing after Venezuela quakes, death toll soars
-
Japan say bring on Brazil at World Cup but wary of revenge mission
-
Caudullo challenges Montpellier to be 'watertight' against Dupont threat
-
Stocks recover from tech tremors as oil prices fall
-
Venezuela earthquakes toll soars to 589 amid desperate rescue effort
-
How heatwaves are dangerous to human health
-
Stokes strikes on England return before Duckett runs riot against New Zealand
-
Europe heatwave shattering temperature records: UN
-
UK hottest June day record broken for third day in a row: Met Office
-
Farm workers wilt in sweltering Italian shanty town
-
Tech jitters send stocks lower, oil prices fall
-
Keys to face Maria in Eastbourne final
-
Stokes strikes on England return as New Zealand all out for 438
-
Venezuela earthquakes toll doubles amid desperate rescue efforts
-
Caudullo challenges Montpellier to be 'watertight' against Dupont
-
Mercedes dominate opening practice at Austrian GP
-
Osaka sinks Wang to reach first grass court final
Lydia Ko headlines field for new $750,000 Indonesia golf event
Major winners Lydia Ko and Kim Hyo-joo will be the star attractions when women's professional tour golf returns to Indonesia for the first time in a decade next month.
World number five Ko of New Zealand and South Korea's eighth-ranked Kim will head a 40-player field for the inaugural Simone Asia Pacific Cup, the first event in the country since the 2012 Indonesia Ladies Open.
They will compete over 54 holes of stroke play from August 18-20 for a total of $500,000 in individual prize money at the Pondok Indah Golf Course, Jakarta, the Ladies Asian Tour announced.
Their scores will also count towards a team event, where an additional $250,000 purse is up for grabs for 20 two-player teams formed from 15 golf associations across the Asia-Pacific region.
Other leading players taking part include six-time winner on the LPGA Tour Ryo So-yeon of South Korea, 21-time Japan LPGA Tour winner Lee Bo-mee and up-and-coming Yealimi Noh of the United States, who placed third at the Evian Championship in France last year.
Hong Kong's sole representative on the LPGA Tour, double Olympian Tiffany Chan, has also signed up.
The Asia Pacific Cup is part of the ambitious new money-spinning Ladies Asian Tour Series of tournaments that began last month and will include events in South Korea in September and Singapore in December.
The circuit aims to expand to seven tournaments in Asia in 2023 and 10 for the 2024 season.
M.White--AT
