LPGA BMW Ladies Championship 2024: Schedule, venue and top players explored

The LPGA’s latest stop is the BMW Ladies Championship at the Seowon Hills Course of the Seowon Valley Country Club. The event, scheduled for this week, features a purse of $2.2 million, $100,000 more than that of the last LPGA event, the Buick LPGA Shanghai.

The main tournament will start on 17 October and the final round will be on 20 October. Before 17 October, the golfers will arrive and Pro-Am matches will take place. Here's the detailed schedule for the LPGA's BMW Ladies Championship:

14 October ( Monday): Arrival of players

15 October (Tuesday): Pro-Am match

16 October (Wednesday): Official Practice

17 October (Thursday): Round 1

18 October (Friday): Round 2

19 October (Saturday): Round 3

20 October (Sunday): Round 4

Who are the top players at the BMW Ladies Championship and what's the full field?

A full field of 78 golfers will tee off this week at the BMW Ladies Championship. There are some top players on the field, such as Lydia Ko, who clinched a gold medal at the Olympics. The South Korean golfer also won the AIG Women's Open and two more LPGA events in 2024.

Other top names in the field include the 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai winner Ruoning Yin, the Amundi Evian Championship winner Ayaka Furue, Minjee Lee, and more. Here's the entire list of the full field for the 2024 BMW Ladies Championship:

1. Jeongeun Lee

2. Eun-Hee Ji

3. Danielle Kang

4. Yu Jin Sung

5. Kumkang Park

6. Jihyo Jung

7. Ayaka Furue

8. Lauren Coughlin

9. Haeran Ryu

10. Lydia Ko

11. Hannah Green

12. Lilia Vu

13. Ruoning Yin

14. Jeeno Thitikul

15. Brooke M. Henderson

16. Patty Tavatanakit

17. Mao Saigo

18. Maja Stark

19. Rose Zhang

20. Jennifer Kupcho

21. Megan Khang

22. Narin An

23. Yuka Saso

24. Chanettee Wannasaen

25. Sarah Schmelzel

26. Gabriela Ruffels

27. Andrea Lee

28. Amy Yang

29. Esther Henseleit

30. Sei Young Kim

31. Hye-Jin Choi

32. Moriya Jutanugarn

33. Ariya Jutanugarn

34. Jenny Shin

35. Madelene Sagstrom

36. Allisen Corpuz

37. Celine Boutier

38. Albane Valenzuela

39. Nanna Koerstz Madsen

40. Jin Hee Im

41. Grace Kim

42. Hinako Shibuno

43. Linnea Strom

44. Nataliya Guseva

45. Mi Hyang Lee

46. Alison Lee

47. Carlota Ciganda

48. Minjee Lee

49. Pajaree Anannarukarn

50. Hyo Joo Kim

51. Alexa Pano

52. Bailey Tardy

53. Angel Yin

54. Ryann O'Toole

55. Lucy Li

56. Peiyun Chien

57. Yuna Nishimura

58. Hira Naveed

59. So Mi Lee

60. Arpichaya Yubol

61. Yealimi Noh

62. A Lim Kim

63. Gaby Lopez

64. Ruixin Liu

65. Gemma Dryburgh

66. Paula Reto

67. Anna Nordqvist

68. Wichanee Meechai

69. Minami Katsu

70. Emily Kristine Pedersen

71. Jasmine Suwannapura

72. Wei-Ling Hsu

73. Ashleigh Buhai

74. Ssu-Chia Cheng

75. Hyojin Yang (a)

76. Soomin Oh (a)

77. Jiyai Shin

78. Auston Kim