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ISPS Handa Vic Open
13th Beach Golf Links | Barwon Heads, Victoria, Australia | Feb. 7-10, 2019
ON-SITE LPGA MEDIA OFFICIAL
Christina Lance, Senior Manager, Tour Media
christina.lance@lpga.com; +1 908-963-1691 (cell)
ABOUT THE ISPS HANDA VIC OPEN
In a format unique to world professional golf, the ISPS Handa Vic Open is a leader in sports equality. Staged at 13th Beach Golf Links on Australia’s Bellarine Peninsula, men and women play on the same courses, at the same time, for equal prize money. The ISPS Handa Vic Open is jointly sanctioned by the LPGA Tour, the ALPG, the European Tour and the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia.
MEDIA AVAILABILITY SCHEDULE (times subject to change)
Tuesday, Feb. 5
10 a.m. – Minjee Lee
1:30 p.m. – Andrew Johnston
1:45 p.m. – Pernilla Lindberg
Wednesday, Feb. 6
12:45 p.m. – Lucas Herbert
1:15 p.m. – Geoff Ogilvy
1:30 p.m. – Karrie Webb
INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS
ONLINE MEDIA CENTER
MONDAY BOX
The Monday Box includes updated statistics through the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions presented by Insurance Office of America, as well as the $1.1 million purse breakdown for the ISPS Handa Vic Open: https://lpga.box.com/s/1camqtp1bahgpkdgsff3oahdnlcxsns0
COMPETITION FORMAT
A field of 156 men and 156 women will play one round on each of the first two days across the Beach and Creek Courses. After the second round, the field will be cut to the leading 65 players plus ties for both men and women. A second cut will be made after the third round to the leading 35 players plus ties for both men and women. The third and fourth rounds will be conducted on the Beach Course.
PURSE
$1.1 million each for men and women; winner’s portion is $165,000
SOCIAL MEDIA
Tournament: @VicOpenGolf (Twitter and Instagram), #VicOpen
LPGA: @LPGA, @LPGAMedia (Twitter), @lpga_tour (Instagram)
TV TIMES (all times Eastern)
Thursday, Feb. 6 to Friday, Feb. 7 – 11 p.m. to 2 a.m., Golf Channel
Friday, Feb. 7 to Saturday, Feb. 8 – 11 p.m. to 2 a.m., Golf Channel
Saturday, Feb. 8 to Sunday, Feb. 9 – 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., Golf Channel
Sunday, Feb. 9 to Monday, Feb. 10 – 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., Golf Channel
WHITELINE PAR AND YARDAGE
Beach Course: 36-36–72, 6,479 yards (subject to change through the start of the tournament)
Creek Course: 36-37–73, 6,573 yards (subject to change through the start of the tournament)
WHO’S IN THE ISPS HANDA VIC OPEN FIELD
Past Champions (conducted by the ALPG from 2012-2018)
Georgia Hall (2016), Joanna Klatten (2012), Minjee Lee (2014, 2018), Mel Reid (2017), Marianne Skarpnord (2015)
2019 LPGA Rookies (18 of 27):
Robyn Choi, Youngin Chun, Isi Gabsa, Kristen Gillman, Jenny Haglund, Muni He, Becca Huffer, Cheyenne Knight, Jaclyn Lee, Ruixin Liu, Sarah Schmelzel, Klara Spilkova, Lauren Stephenson, Linnea Strom, Elizabeth Szokol, Charlotte Thomas, Anne Van Dam, Suzuka Yamaguchi
2019 STATISTICS
2019 STATISTICAL LEADERS
Official Money: Eun-Hee Ji, $180,000
Scoring Average: Eun-Hee Ji, 67.500
Driving Distance Average: Nelly Korda, 271.750
Eagles: Mirim Lee, 2
Birdies: Eun-Hee Ji, 21
Greens in Regulation: Mirim Lee, 84.7%
2019 AWARD LEADERS
Rolex Player of the Year: Eun-Hee Ji, 30
Race to the CME Globe: Eun-Hee Ji, 500
Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year: No points yet awarded
Rolex ANNIKA Major Award: No points yet awarded
2019 WINS BY COUNTRY (one tournament, one country)
1 – Republic of Korea (Eun-Hee Ji)
2019 WINS BY PLAYER (one tournament, one country)
1 – Eun-Hee Ji (Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions)
LEADERS TOP 10 COMPETITION
1 – Shanshan Feng, Georgia Hall, Brooke Henderson, Eun-Hee Ji, Moriya Jutanugarn, Lydia Ko, Nelly Korda, Mirim Lee, Stacy Lewis, Gaby Lopez, Lexi Thompson
USA SOLHEIM CUP TEAM STANDINGS
Lexi Thompson (283 points)
Nelly Korda (246.5 points)
Danielle Kang (233 points)
Jessica Korda (232 points)
Lizette Salas (220 points)
Marina Alex (208 points)
Brittany Lincicome (172 points)
Cristie Kerr (169 points)
Austin Ernst (169 points)
Megan Khang (167 points)
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