Chandler’s Whirlwind Golf Club hosts the Ford Championship on the LPGA Tour this weekend. The tournament runs Thursday through Sunday.

Yardage: 6,675.

Par: 72.

Prize money: $2.25 million. Winner’s share: $337,500.

Television: Thursday-Sunday, 3-4 p.m. (Golf Channel app), 4-6 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Hyo Joo Kim.

Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

Last week: Hyo Joo Kim won the Fortinet Founders Cup.

Next week: Aramco Championship.

Notes

• The field features nine of the top 10 in the women’s world ranking, missing only Women’s PGA champion Minjee Lee.
• Nelly Korda has won and been runner-up in her two tournaments this year as she returned to the top spot in the Race to CME Globe.
• Hyo Joo Kim goes from a victory in the Founders Cup to defending her title in the Ford Championship. Kim moved up to No. 4 in the women’s world ranking.
• Carla Tejedo, the former LSU player who earned her card off the Epson Tour, posted four rounds under par at the Founders Cup to tie for fifth. That got the Spaniard into the Ford Championship.
• South Korea, Australia and England each have two players among the top 10 in the world ranking.
• Hannah Green is coming off three straight victories, the last two in her native Australia.
• The LPGA has multiple winners from South Korea in the first five events of the year for the first time since 2020.