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ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open Preview & Pairings
The wait is over. After a three month break the LPGA season will kick off this week with the playing of the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open.

The long layoff it seems, wasn't long enough for most of the LPGA stars. Either that or Commissioner Michael Whan forgot to inform his players that there is a tournament this week.The following players will not be playing in this event:

Inbee Park, Na Yeon Choi, Ai Miyazato, Suzann Pettersen, Shanshan Feng, Mika Miyazato, Amy Yang, Cristie Kerr, Paula Creamer, Sun Young Yoo, Hee Kyung Seo, Sandra Gal, I.K. Kim, Candie Kung, Se Ri Pak, Hee Young Park, Julie Inkster, Meena Lee, Natalie Gulbis, Morgan Pressel, and Momoko Ueda.

This will be good news for the players who are way down on the Priority List, as they will be able to get into a tournament very early in the season. Cheyenne Woods and Lydia Ko, are two of this week's sponsor exemptions.

This is the first of 28 tournaments this season. Here are some of the key details:

Mostly Harmless: ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open Preview & Pairings

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Here are the pairings for the first 2 rounds:

LPGAScoring.com .:. LPGA Leaderboard

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Here are the leaders after round 2:

1- Mariajo Uribe -15
2- Jiyai Shin -14
2- Lydia Ko -14
4- Kristie Smith -10
5- Beatriz Recari -9
6- Holly Aitchison - 8
6- Sarah Jane Smith -8
8- Gerina Piller -7
8- Jessica Korda -7
8- Yani Tseng -7

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Leaders after round 3.



1- Jiyai Shin -17

1- Lydia Ko -17

3- Beatriz Recari -11

4- G. Nocera -9

4- Carlotta Ciganda -9

4- M. Jutanugarn -9

4- Y.Tseng -9

4- Mariajo Uribe -9

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Final standings:

1 Jiyai Shin -18 F
2 Yani Tseng -16 F
3 a-Lydia Ko -14 F
4 a-Moriya Jutanugarn -13 F
4 Beatriz Recari -13 F
6 Gwladys Nocera -12 F
6 Carlota Ciganda -12 F
8 Catriona Matthew -11 F
8 Thidapa Suwannapura -11 F
8 Katherine Hull-Kirk -11 F
8 Mariajo Uribe -11 F
12 Florentyna Parker -10 F
12 Anna Nordqvist -10 F
14 Dewi Claire Schreefel -9 F
15 Christel Boeljon -8 F
15 Stacy Lewis -8 F