PROFESSIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT PREVIEWS

LPGA

HSBC Women’s World Championship

Course: Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore. Yardage: 6,749. Par: 72.

Prize money: $1.8 million. Winner’s share: $270,000.

TV: Wednesday-Saturday, 9:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. ET (Golf Channel)

This is the second of three consecutive LPGA tournament weeks in Asia. The HSBC Women’s World Championship dates to 2008 and typically gets a strong field. … Jin Young Ko is going for her third straight title in Singapore. … Lorena Ochoa set the course record of 268 in 2008, the inaugural year of the tournament. … The field features eight of the top 10 in the women’s world ranking, missing only Nelly Korda and Charley Hull. … Lydia Ko is the Race to CME Globe leader. … Atthaya Thitikul, No. 11 in the world, has a left thumb injury and does not plan to return until the end of March. … Former U.S. Women’s Open champion In Gee Chun is playing on a sponsor’s invitation. … Minjee Lee is in the field, playing for the first time this year on the LPGA tour. … Solheim Cup captain Stacy Lewis has named Paula Creamer, Angela Stanford, Brittany Lincicome and Morgan Pressel as assistants for this year’s matches in Virginia.

European and Sunshine Tours SDC Championship

Course: St. Francis Links in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Yardage: 7,192. Par: 72.

Prize money: $1.5 million. Winner’s share: $250,000. Television: None

The tournament is co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour of South Africa. … This is the second of three straight tournaments on the African continent. Darius van Driel won the Magical Kenya Open last weekend. … The field features four players from the top 100 in the world. The highest-ranked player is Rikuya Hoshino, who is at No. 81. … South Africa only has five players in the top 100 in the world. Christiaan Bezuidenhout, who plays the PGA Tour, is the topranked South African at No. 59. … Only two players from Nos. 126-200 in the FedExCup last year are in the field, Matthias Schwab and Jonas Blixt. Dylan Frittelli was in that category until winning this year to get full European tour membership. … Keita Nakajima, a former world No. 1 amateur, is in the field. He is eligible from winning the Japan Golf Tour money title last year. … The tournament became part of the European tour schedule last year. … Matthew Baldwin is the defending champion. … Rory McIlroy is the Race to Dubai leader.