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LPGA has first major of the year in Houston and PGA Tour has lone team event in New Orleans
- The Chevron Championship begins Thursday at Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston, with a 132-player field competing for a $1.2 million winner's prize.
- Kim Hyo-joo leads a contingent of 18 Korean players seeking a major breakthrough after Korea failed to produce an LPGA major champion in 2021, 2023, and 2025.
- Chun In-gee seeks a Career Grand Slam this week, while Memorial Park adds a pond at the 18th hole to maintain the traditional winner's leap into "Poppie's Pond."
- Top-Ranked amateur Kiara Romero and 17-year-old Asterisk Talley join eight amateurs competing alongside established major champions Ko Jin-young and Amy Yang.
- Memorial Park hosts the event after three years at Carlton Woods, following the course's recent hosting of the PGA Tour's Houston Open one month ago.
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