Who’s in, who’s out, who’s hot heading into LPGA restart at HSBC Women’s World Championship

The first three winners of the LPGA season were all-world, led by former No. 1 Lydia Ko, Danielle Kang and breakout Solheim Cup star Leona Maguire, who won for the first time. All three are in the field this week in Singapore.

Ko, of course, ended a three-year victory drought last year in Hawaii and then won again on the LET late in the year in Saudi Arabia.

The former teen prodigy seemingly takes a greater perspective into each season – even when it comes to the highs.

“I’ve been putting myself in contention a lot and I think when you start doing that more often, you just get a little bit more confidence,” said Ko. “Week in, week out, the technique and skill things doesn’t change that much. But when you get in a good rhythm of things, I think sometimes some putts that might have lipped-out, lips-in.

“For me, when I won Gainbridge, I hit a shot that I think most of the time it would have gone out of bounds, but I got a really lucky kick off the tree and then I was in bounds and I was able to save par from there. Kind of things start falling your way and I’ve kind of been able to feed off that kind of momentum, just trying to keep it super simple and just being confident and having fun out there.”