The Indian trio of Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar, and Tvesa Malik will once again attempt to find their form this season as they tee up at the star-studded Northern Ireland Open also known as ISPS Handa World Invitational.
This has been a modest year so far for the Indians. While Dagar has had two Top-20 finishes, Tvesa is yet to have even one.
Aditi, on the other hand, has played mostly on the LPGA and a few events on LET, where her best was T-20 at Jabra Ladies. She had two Top-15 finishes right at the start of the season on LPGA.
The cut will be top 60 and ties after 36 holes, with a second cut to the top 35 and ties after 54 holes in each of the tournaments. For the first two rounds, all players will play one round on each course.
Defending champion Pajaree Anannarukarn returns to the site of her maiden LPGA Tour title, where she defeated Emma Talley with a par on the second playoff hole.
Anannarukarn rallied after recording a triple bogey early in the final day on No. 6, but grinded to record a final-round 70 to force extra holes and become the season's then fifth Rolex First-Time Winner of 2021.
One of the stars of the event will be the LPGA Hall of Fame member Laura Davies as well as major champion Georgia Hall, who finished in a tie for 14th in last year's event.
The field also includes Four-time LET winner Maja Stark, who leads in the Race to Costa del Sol, along with fellow countrywoman Linn Grant, the first woman to win a DP World Tour event at the co-sanctioned Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed, will also tee it up this week.
This is the second edition of the tournament and is co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour and the Ladies PGA. The event also sees the men from the DP World Tour also playing alongside.
A total of 132 men and 132 women will compete in two separate 72-hole stroke play tournaments (one for men and one for women).
In-form Bhullar, Rashid to lead Indian challenge
Gaganjeet Bhullar and Rashid Khan, the winner and runner-up last week on the Asian Tour, will lead a strong Indian challenge at the International Series Singapore.
The USD 1.5 million event has five players inside the world's top 100 and it also includes former Masters champion Patrick Reed.
Bhullar ended a long Indian title drought on the Asian Tour by winning the Mandiri Indonesia Open, even as Rashid finished tied second.
Bhullar will be hoping to maintain the momentum and Rashid will be looking to win his third Asian Tour title, and the first since the 2014 season when he won two times.
The Indian group of 16 is a mix of young and experienced players. Apart from Bhullar and Rashid, the others include Shubhankar Sharma, Shiv Kapur, Viraj Madappa, SSP Chawrasia, Chiragh Kumar, Aman Raj, Ajeetesh Sandhu, S Chikkarangappa, Rahil Gangjee, Honey Baisoya, and Veer Ahlawat.
There are also two legends of Indian golf. One is Jeev Milkha Singh, who this year is a rookie on the Senior's Tour and has had some good finishes including a Top-3 in Germany, with the other being Jyoti Randhawa.
Both Jeev and Randhawa have tasted success in Singapore. Amateur Yash Majumdar also finds a place.
Jeev said, "I am getting a feel of the game once again and am excited as I did well in some of the Senior events. At the end of the day it is a question of putting together a good round and a good week. Singapore has great memories for me and I love the city."
Bhullar has 10 wins on the Asian Tour including one co-sanctioned with Europe.
"A win is always great and I am feeling very confident," said Bhullar, one of the current standard bearers of Indian golf.