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Fast facts about the women's Australian Open golf tournament starting on Thursday in Adelaide.
WOMEN'S AUSTRALIAN OPEN GOLF AT A GLANCE
When: Thursday to Sunday
Where: The Grange Golf Club, Adelaide
The course: Par 72, 6079 metres
The purse: $US1.3 million ($A1.84 million)
Sanctioning tours: LPGA Tour, ALPG Tour, Ladies European Tour
The format: 72-hole stroke play
Past five champions: 2018: Jin Young Ko (South Korea); 2017: Ha Na Jang (South Korea); 2016: Haru Nomura (Japan); 2015: Lydia Ko (New Zealand); 2014 Karrie Webb (Australia)
PLAYERS TO WATCH
* ARIYA JUTANUGARN. Thailand's world No.1 has 10 won LPGA titles, including two majors. Was 2018 tour player of the year and topped the money list.
* MINJEE LEE. Australia's great hope has risen to world No.7 and has four LPGA victories. Won the 2014 Australian Amateur Championship at The Grange Golf Club.
* JIN YOUNG KO. The South Korean is the defending Open champion, becoming the just the second woman to win her debut tournament as an LPGA Tour member.
* GEORGIA HALL. England's world No.8 won the British Open last year in her first season on the LPGA Tour and finished second in rookie of the year standings.
* KARRIE WEBB: Australia's most successful golfer has won a record five Opens, the last in 2014. The Hall of Famer has 41 LPGA wins including seven Majors.
TRIVIA
* The Open was first held in 1974 but not staged between 1979-93.
* Webb (five wins), England's Laura Davies (two) and Taiwan's Yani Tseng (two) are the only multiple winners.
* Webb, Jan Stephenson and Jane Crafter are the only Australian winners.
* The Grange's women's course record is nine-under 63 by South Korea's SooBin Kim in the opening round of the 2016 Open.
* Japan's Haru Nomura won the 2016 Open at The Grange with a 16-under total.