The LPGA Tour visits China this week for the 4th annual Blue Bay LPGA, the final event of its five-tournament Asian Swing.
The 80-player field is headlined by three of the world’s top-five ranked players – all of whom are major champions: World No. 1 Sung Hyun Park (2017 U.S. Women’s Open), No. 3 Shanshan Feng (2012 LPGA Championship), and No. 5 Anna Nordqvist (2017 Evian Championship).
Feng, who won last week in Japan, after a T3 and T2 in her two previous starts, is the (very) slight favorite to win her third title of 2017. The 28-year old Chinese star is listed with 3-1 odds.
Rookie of the Year Sung Hyun Park is essentially a co-favorite, alongside Feng as the 24-year old South Korean is listed with 4-1 odds. After Feng and Park, the payouts improve somewhat.
Anna Nordqvist, the long-hitting Swede, rounds out the top-three favorites at 10-1.
Australia’s Minjee Lee, the defending champion, is listed with 12-1 odds, as is American Lizette Salas and Thai Moriya Jutanugarn.
A couple of players who finished in the top 5 last week, and offer good payouts: South Korean Mi Hyang Lee (28-1, T5) and Aussie Sarah Jane Smith (80-1, T5).
THE SKINNY
Name: Blue Bay LPGA
Course: Jian Lake Blue Bay GC
Where: Hainan Island, China
Distance: 6,680 Yards, Par 72
Field: 80 players
Format: 72-hole stroke play/no cut
Total Purse: $1,500,000
Winner’s Share: $225,000
2016 Winner: Minjee Lee (Australia)
ODDS TO WIN: 2017 BLUE BAY LPGA
| Name | ODDS |
|---|---|
| Shanshan Feng | 3-1 |
| Sung Hyun Park | 4-1 |
| Anna Nordqvist | 10-1 |
| Lizette Salas | 12-1 |
| Min Jee Lee | 12-1 |
| Moriya Jutanugarn | 12-1 |
| In-Kyung Kim | 20-1 |
| Mi Hyang Lee | 28-1 |
| Hyo Joo Kim | 35-1 |
| Nelly Korda | 40-1 |
| Caroline Masson | 40-1 |
| Chella Choi | 40-1 |
| Ariya Jutanugarn | 50-1 |
| Azahara Munoz | 50-1 |
| Jessica Korda | 50-1 |
| Jenny Shin | 66-1 |
| Megan Khang | 66-1 |
| Michelle Wie | 66-1 |
| Nicole Broch Larsen | 66-1 |
| Yu Liu | 66-1 |
| Mel Reid | 66-1 |
| Candie Kung | 80-1 |
| Haru Nomura | 80-1 |
| Lee-Anne Pace | 80-1 |
| Pornanong Phatlum | 80-1 |
| Sarah Jane Smith | 80-1 |
| Xiyu Lin | 80-1 |
| Beatriz Recari | 100-1 |
| Brittany Lang | 100-1 |
| Karine Icher | 100-1 |
| Mi Jung Hur | 100-1 |
| Pernilla Lindberg | 100-1 |
| Alena Sharp | 125-1 |
| Austin Ernst | 125-1 |
| Morgan Pressel | 125-1 |
| Ryann OToole | 125-1 |
| Sandra Gal | 125-1 |
| Su Oh | 125-1 |
| Wei-Ling Hsu | 125-1 |
| Alison Lee | 150-1 |
| Ashleigh Buhai | 150-1 |
| Jeong Eun Lee | 150-1 |
| Na Yeon Choi | 150-1 |
| Sun Young Yoo | 150-1 |
| Ayako Uehara | 175-1 |
| Bronte Law | 175-1 |
| Christina Kim | 175-1 |
| Emily K Pedersen | 175-1 |
| Gaby Lopez | 175-1 |
| Yani Tseng | 175-1 |
| Jaye Marie Green | 200-1 |
| Jing Yan | 200-1 |
| Joanna Klatten | 200-1 |
| Mariajo Uribe | 200-1 |
| Lindy Duncan | 225-1 |
| Katie Burnett | 250-1 |
| Kelly Shon | 250-1 |
| Laura G. Escallon | 250-1 |
| Olafia Kristinsdottir | 250-1 |
| Pei-Yun Chien | 250-1 |
| Yan Liu | 250-1 |
| Amy Olson | 300-1 |
| Sandra Changkija | 300-1 |
| Tiffany Joh | 350-1 |
| Cydney Clanton | 400-1 |
| Ruixin Liu | 400-1 |
| Simin Feng | 400-1 |
| Wei Wei Zhang | 400-1 |
| Yeying Song | 400-1 |
| Yunjie Zhang | 400-1 |
| Jiayun Li | 500-1 |
| Tao Li Yang | 500-1 |
| Xiang Sui | 500-1 |
| Yanhong Pan | 500-1 |
| Lei Ye | 750-1 |
| Yan Jiao Jiang | 750-1 |
| Li Ying Ye | 1000-1 |
| Mengzhu Wang | 1000-1 |
| Ying Luo | 1000-1 |
| Zixuan Zhou | 1000-1 |
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