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Twenty-player field finalized for LPGA Tour's Samsung World Championship

Elite event to take place September 17-20 on South Course at Torrey Pines in San Diego.

COURTESY SAMSUNG WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPPublished: September, 2009

The elite 20-player field for the 2009 Samsung World Championship has been finalized and includes 11 major championship winners, two Hall of Fame members and four past Samsung victors. The LPGA Tour event will be held September 17-20 on the South Course at Torrey Pines in San Diego.

Among those in the field are LPGA money list leader Cristie Kerr, world No. 1 Lorena Ochoa, and Paula Creamer, defending champion of the Samsung World Championship.
 
In addition, the winners of this year’s LPGA majors earned automatic berths into the field.  Ten weeks after giving birth to her second child, Catriona Matthew of Scotland secured her place in the Samsung after claiming victory at the 2009 Ricoh Women’s British Open. Eun-Hee Ji of South Korea birdied the final hole of this year’s U.S. Women's Open to claim the victory and her spot in the championship while Anna Nordqvist of Sweden qualified by capturing the McDonald’s LPGA Championship. Brittany Lincicome of Seminole, Fla., secured her trip to San Diego by winning the first major of the 2009 season, the Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage.
 
Past Samsung World Championship winner Sophie Gustafson qualified by leading the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, while Karrie Webb made the field by being the leading player in the top-30 on the LPGA money list who also is an active LPGA Hall of Fame member. Hall of Fame member Juli Inkster also is in the field, accepting the sole sponsor exemption.
 
Rounding out the 10 remaining spots are leading money winners Ji-Yai Shin of South Korea; Ai Miyazato of Japan; In-Kyung Kim of South Korea; Yani Tseng of Taiwan; Suzann Pettersen of Norway; Song-Hee Kim of South Korea; Lindsey Wright of Australia; Na Yeon Choi of South Korea; and Americans Angela Stanford and Kristy McPherson.
 
For tickets or general information about the Samsung World Championship call (888) 345-LPGA (5742) or visit samsung.com/golf.