CLIFTON, N.J. — The 13th edition of the Cognizant Founders Cup is set to begin this week at Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, N.J. Six past winners will tee it up in the Garden State, including three-time Founders Cup champion Jin Young Ko and U.S. Solheim Cup Captain Stacy Lewis, and they’ll be joined by eight of the top 10 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, the most notable of which is Nelly Korda, who will be looking to earn her sixth straight LPGA Tour victory this week at Upper Montclair. Eighteen LPGA Tour rookies are also in the field, including Epson Tour graduates Isabella Fierro, Minji Kang, Auston Kim and Gabriela Ruffels, and all 144 players will be duking it out for a share of a $3 million purse as well as 500 points in the Race to the CME Globe.
Take a look at who else is in the field this week at the Cognizant Founders Cup:
Past Champions (6):
Jin Young Ko (2023, 2021, 2019), Minjee Lee (2022), Anna Nordqvist (2017), Sei Young Kim (2016), Stacy Lewis (2013), Yani Tseng (2012)
2024 LPGA Tour Winners (5 of 5):
Lydia Ko (Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions), Nelly Korda (LPGA Drive On Championship, FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship, Ford Championship presented by KCC, T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards, The Chevron Championship), Patty Tavatanakit (Honda LPGA Thailand), Hannah Green (HSBC Women’s World Championship, JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro) and Bailey Tardy (Blue Bay LPGA)
2024 LPGA Tour Rookies (18 of 26):
Isabella Fierro, Alexandra Forsterling, Savannah Grewal, Nataliya Guseva, Jin Hee Im, Mone Inami, Minji Kang, Gurleen Kaur, Auston Kim, So Mi Lee, Mary Liu, Malia Nam, Hira Naveed, Gabriela Ruffels, Mao Saigo, Yu Jin Sung, Yuri Yoshida, Liqi Zeng
Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings Top 10 (8 of 10):
Nelly Korda (No. 1), Celine Boutier (No. 3), Ruoning Yin (No. 4), Jin Young Ko (No. 5), Brooke Henderson (No. 6), Hannah Green (No. 7), Minjee Lee (No. 9), Lydia Ko (No. 10)
New Jersey Natives:
Marina Alex
Sponsor Exemptions:
Ashley Shaw (a) (Winner of The JOHN SHIPPEN Cognizant Cup), Bailey Shoemaker (a)
Monday Qualifiers:
Laura Wearn, Sophia Schubert
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