Singapore: Korean Kim Hyo-joo has confirmed her title defence at the HSBC Women’s World Championship, to take place at Sentosa Golf Club from March 3-6, 2022.

This year’s tournament, played in late April, was the first major sports event to take place in Singapore since Covid-19 stopped play, with Kim emerging triumphant after a final-day tussle with fellow Major winners Park In-bee and Hannah Green.

The 2014 Evian Championship winner delivered a stunning closing 64 to secure her first victory on the LPGA Tour in five years and claim her fourth LPGA title by a single shot.

Kim, the sixth Korean winner of the HSBC Women’s World Championship and currently ninth on the Rolex World Rankings, said: “To win such a big event after not having won for such a long time felt so amazing. The tournament has had so many unbelievable winners – almost all of them Major winners – that it felt like such a huge win for me.

“It felt like a huge career moment for me, winning against such a world-class field.”

The 26-year-old added: “All of the players appreciated that we were able to travel to Singapore to play this year with all the international travel restrictions in place. It was nice to be a part of such an exciting final day and to come out on top.

“I am going to be very proud to stand on the first tee at beautiful Sentosa and be announced as the defending champion next year.”

The tournament will once again be played on the Tanjong Course at Sentosa Golf Club, hosting its ninth edition of the tournament.

A Facility Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation, Sentosa Golf Club is a leading light in driving sustainability initiatives in golf and was recently named ‘World’s Best Eco-Friendly Golf Facility’ at the World Golf Awards for the second consecutive year.

With the aim of becoming carbon neutral in 2022, the club has been utilising carbon mitigation measures, including achieving Singapore’s Green Mark (Platinum) certification through enhancing the energy efficiency of its clubhouse, becoming the first golf club in Asia to grind down food and horticultural waste to reuse as fertiliser on the golf courses and increasing the efficiency of its irrigation system by deploying some 1,200-water saving single-head control sprinklers across the property.

The 2022 HSBC Women’s World Championship will proceed with strict adherence to Singapore Government guidance and advice.

This year the event was played without spectators and with Covid-19 restrictions still in place in Singapore, no decisions or announcements regarding attendees at the 2022 edition will be made until closer to the event.