JENNIFER ROSALES tries anew to get back on track and follow up on her Women’s World Cup of Golf success with Dorothy Delasin when she competes in the Fields Open at the Ko Olina Golf Club in Hawaii Friday.

Rosales is itching to recover from her fruitless campaign in the SBS Open at Turtle Bay last week where she shot a 78 and 75, and missed the cut for the first time in the tournament she ruled in 2005.

This time, however, the 29-year-old product of the University of Southern California is confident of a good showing in the Fields Open and hopefully a breakthrough individual victory since returning to coach Bong Lopez late last year.

“Maybe there’s still a hangover after the World Cup. That trophy is so special, really.  It means that all the bad vibes that have been with me are all gone,” Rosales told the BusinessMirror.

Rosales tees off late afternoon Friday with Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) sophomore Allison Fouch and veteran Moira Dunn, while Delasin will be with Candy Rarick and Sarah Kemp in the morning flight.

Stacy Prammanasudh had a week of official competition to warm up for her second career-title defense.  She is returning to the course where she beat Jee Young-Lee by one stroke to claim her second career victory in 2007.

Prammanasudh will be joined by a strong supporting cast eager to leave the Hawaiian Islands with a victory.  Seven of the top 10 players on the 2007 LPGA Official Money List are competing, including the No. 2-ranked Rolex Rankings player Suzann Pettersen and teen sensation Michelle Wie.

Annika Sorenstam, last week’s SBS Open at Turtle Bay champion, is slated to make her first appearance at the Fields Open.

Sorenstam missed much of last season because of a back injury, but is healthy and well on her way to qualifying for the ADT Championship and pursuing the top spot on both the 2008 LPGA Official Money List and Rolex Rankings, a spot which she relinquished to Mexico’s Lorena Ochoa last year.

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