World No. 2 Sung Hyun Park brings her act here in three weeks time as she top-bills the first $100,000 The Country Club Ladies Invitational on March 6 to 8 at the TCC course in Santa Rosa, Laguna.
A two-time Major champion and only the second player to win the Rookie and Player of the Year honors on the LPGA Tour in 2017, Park is expected to set the standard in the 54-hole championship, which will also feature the leading players on the LPGA of Taiwan and the Ladies Philippine Golf Tour and top shotmakers in the region.
The talented 26-year-old Park is going all-out to claim the world top ranking this year, her confidence boosted by her recent linkup with Solaire Resort & Casino, now her chief backer on the LPGA Tour and other premier events all over the world for the next two years.
Park, whose contract with Solaire is said to be the richest in Korean women’s golf history, has started playing with Solaire in her cap in the ongoing Honda LPGA in Thailand. She’ll next vie in the Women’s World Championship in Singapore.
“I will head to the LPGA with a sense of responsibility to the solid support of my main sponsor,” said Park. “Now I now have the composure to take a step back and oversee my play and at the same time setting my goals and reaching for them one step at a time.”