Together with the 11 newcomers, there shall be a number of faces basically – with 35 entries from the skilled ranks to the normal curtain-raiser.

Sydney’s Grace Kim, winner of 2023’s Lotte Championship, shall be amongst these teeing off at Lake Nona in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday.

The one predictable pillar to lean on because the LPGA begins its 74th season is that golf followers are extremely prone to see some unpredictable issues.

A yr in the past, U.S pair Lilia Vu and Allisen Corpuz, Ruoning Yin of China and Celine Boutier of France all started the yr having by no means received a significant.

The 26-year-old Vu now has two to her credit score – the Chevron Championship and AIG Ladies’s Open – and makes her Match of Champions debut at Lake Nona.

Who shall be subsequent to interrupt by way of? And which seasoned gamers – standouts together with Nelly Korda and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko – will bounce again after 2023 seasons that fell in need of expectations?

“It is nice (that) you are undecided if the World No.1 Lilia Vu will win, or it may be a reputation that we aren’t as acquainted with,” stated Ko, a former global-rankings chief who at present sits twelfth.

“It is an incredible ambiance. It is actually enjoyable. It is just a bit bit extra chill and nice vibes.” – Brooke Henderson.

“That is simply the secret … you by no means know who’s going to win.

“We’re positively seeing a much bigger number of gamers … which can be taking part in rather well.”

On high of that checklist is Vu, final season’s LPGA participant of the yr, who begins the season high of the ladies’s world rating.

The season-opener options LPGA winners from the final two campaigns taking part in alongside a subject of celebrities from the sports activities and leisure sectors.

It is a relaxed manner for the LPGA gamers to start out anew, getting in 4 rounds in a no-cut occasion at a well-kept venue that performed host to the primary Solheim Cup in 1990.

Brooke Henderson of Canada received the occasion a yr in the past – however did not win once more in 2023.

“This can be a nice option to begin out the yr,” Henderson stated.

“It is an incredible ambiance. It is actually enjoyable. It is just a bit bit extra chill and nice vibes.”

The LPGA welcomed 12 first-time winners in 2023, 11 of whom have made the journey to Orlando to play this week.

First-timers embody Rose Zhang, 20, who received in her LPGA debut final season on the Mizuho Americas Open.

One other first-time LPGA winner was Mone Inami of Japan, the silver medallist from the Tokyo Olympics.

She wasn’t a tour member when she received the Toto Japan Traditional in her residence nation in November and has since taken up membership.

This shall be a busy season for the LPGA, which has 33 occasions on its schedule and can compete for greater than $US118 million ($A181 million) in prize cash.