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World Nos. 1 and 3 staying on sideline - even for a major - as LPGA returns

The LPGA is making its restart amid the coronavirus pandemic this week with two of the top three players in the world uncertain when they will make their return to the American-based tour.

Rolex world No. 1 Jin Young Ko hasn’t teed it up in an LPGA event in eight months, since the CME Group Tour Championship at the end of last season. Rolex world No. 3 Sung Hyun Park also hasn’t played the tour in that same time span.

Neither Ko nor Park will play the next four LPGA events, including the AIG Women’s Open, the year’s first women’s major.