The field list is out for the LPGA’s first event since February and it’s, well, short. The new LPGA Drive On Championship was slated to have 144 players. There are 135 players signed up to compete July 31-Aug. 2 for a $1 million purse at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.

That’s due in part to the large number of international players who are choosing to skip the back-to-back events in Toledo. Some might fly (or drive) directly to Scotland for the Aberdeen Scottish Investments Ladies Scottish Open and AIG Women’s British Open. And some might skip those too.

Nelly Korda, Lexi Thompson, Danielle Kang and Minjee Lee are the only top-10 players in the field at Inverness. World No. 1 Jin Young Ko, Sung Hyun Park (No. 3), Nasa Hataoka (4), Sei Young Kim (6), Brooke Henderson (7) and Jeong Eun Lee6 (10) are all missing from the list.

There are 20 players in the top 50 of the Rolex Rankings in the field at Inverness. While it’s not a top-heavy field, it is chock full of players who are looking for a return to glory or a break-out moment, including 15 rookies.

Patty Tavatanakit, Albane Valenzuela, Haley Moore and Andrea Lee are among the rookies in the field, as well as Yui Kawamoto, who flew over from Japan last week and is in the midst of a two-week quarantine.

It looks like former Duke standout Leona Maguire has chosen to stay back in Ireland. Yealimi Noh, a hotshot rookie who has competed on the Korean LPGA, isn’t in the Drive On field either but she is signed up for the Marathon Classic.

Natalie Gulbis, Laura Diaz and Kris Tschetter are playing under the tournament winners category. Gulbis announced earlier this year that this would be her final season on the LPGA.

Tournament entry list