Jeeno Thitikul entered the 2026 LOTTE Championship at Hoakalei Country Club as the clear form player, seeking her fourth LPGA win of the season after strong results at the Honda LPGA Thailand, Mizuho Americas Open, and Standard Portland Classic. The 120-player field featured multiple top-10 ranked golfers including Miyu Yamashita, Hyo Joo Kim, and Hannah Green, along with recent winners and past Hoakalei champions such as defending titleholder Youmin Hwang, A Lim Kim, and Grace Kim. The event shifted to a standard Thursday-Sunday schedule for the first time, while early-week showers and wind on the par-72 layout added typical Hawaii variables. Traders weighed these elements alongside 36-hole cut implications and late-round momentum when assessing top-10 probabilities.