Mission Hills World Ladies Championship: Top Teams

HAINAN ISLAND, HAINAN - MARCH 09: Ryu So Yeon (L) and Inbee Park (C) of South Korea receive the team winner trophy from Tenniel Chu, vice-chairman of the Mission Hills Group after winning the World Ladies Championship at Mission Hills' Blackstone Course on March 9, 2014 in Hainan Island, China. (Photo by Victor Fraile/Getty Images) /

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Emily Pedersen (left) & Nicole Broch Larsen (right). Photo credit: Ladies European Tour /

This dynamic Danish duo could play their way past the Koreans on their way to Rio this summer.

Danish Olympic hopefuls Nicole Broch Larsen and Emily Kristine Pedersen are expected to form a formidable partnership at Mission Hills.

Broch Larsen was voted as the LET Players’ Player of the Year in 2015 after a tremendous second season on tour which saw her earn her maiden title at the Helsingborg Open at Vasatorps Golf Club in Sweden and record three other top five finishes. She has continued 2016 in similarly strong fashion and is currently third on the Order of Merit after finishing 17^th in New Zealand, 24^th in the Australian Open in Adelaide and third in the RACV Ladies Masters in Queensland.

Pedersen, the 2015 Rookie of the Year who earned her first professional victory in the Hero Women’s Indian Open at the demanding DLF Golf Club in Gurgaon, also enjoyed a strong start to 2016. She is 21^st on the Order of Merit after her first three tournaments, with her best finish so far being sixth in the ISPS HANDA New Zealand Women’s Open.

As the top-ranked women golfers in Denmark, Broch Larsen and Pedersen are practically assured a place in the Rio Olympics. Look for both of them to finish high in the individual competition at Mission Hills and look for Broch Larsen to challenge Korea’s Ko for the top of the board in the individual stroke play.

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