Malaysia's Natasha Andrea Oon will be one of the rising players from the region in the inaugural Simone Asia Pacific Cup at Pondok Indah Golf Course in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 18-20.

Oon, who turned professional earlier this year, will be joined by Thailand's Jaravee Boonchant, Australia's Cassie Porter, India's Diksha Dagar and Chinese Taipei's Cheng-Hsuan Shihin the US$750,000 event. The tournament will also feature some of the world's top players including Lydia Ko of New Zealand, Korean duo Hyo Joo Kim and So Yeon Ryu and Japan's Hinako Shibuno.

Oon, who is just a few months into her professional career, enjoyed a superb amateur career where she was ranked a career-best number seven in the world. She was one of the standout players on the US collegiate circuit for San Jose State University, with two wins this year and a runner-up individual finish in the NCAA Championship in May.

Shortly after joining the play-for-pay ranks last year, Jaravee made a swift impact by capturing the Thailand LPGA Master, the Thai LPGA Tour season-ending tournament, for her maiden professional victory. The 23-year-old is currently plying her trade on the LPGA's secondary circiot, the Epson Tour.

Porter is another up-and-coming professional hoping to put her ability to the test in Jakarta. In her rookie season on the WPGA Tour of Australasia, she secured nine top-10 finishes from 10 starts, highlighted by two runner-up results and tying for fourth in the Ladies European Tour co-sanctioned Women's NSW Open.

Shih has been one of the consistent performers of the LPGA Tour of Taiwan this season where she is currently ranked fifth on the Order of Merit, following two runner-up finishes. She is also a one-time winner on the Thailand LPGA.

Tatiana Jaqueline Wijaya will spearhead a strong six-player local contingent in the first international women's golf tournament on their home soil since the Ladies Indonesia Open in 2012.

The Simone Asia Pacific Cup features a team competition as well, where all 43 players will form 22 teams for the 54-hole stroke play tournament.

The tournament is part of the Ladies Asian Tour (LAT) Series, which teed off with its season-opening DB Group 36th Korea Women’s Open. Other tournaments on the schedule include the KRW 1,500,000,000 Hana Bank Group Championship, which will take place in September and the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open in December.

With the expected inclusion of existing tournaments in Thailand and the Philippines, the LAT Series is set to have seven tournaments in 2023 and 10 tournaments in 2024.