PGA TOUR
SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Jackson, Mississippi.
Route: Jackson Country Club. Report: 7461. By: 72.
Stock exchange: $6. 6 million. Winner’s share: $1. 18 million.
Television: Thursday to Sunday, from 16 to 19 h (golf channel).
Defending champion: Sebastián Muñoz.
FedEx Cup leader: Bryson DeChambeau.
Last week: Hudson Swafford the Corales Puntacana Club and Resort Championship.
Notes: The platoon includes five of the 50 most sensitive in the world rankings, led by Louis Oosthuizen in position 16 Array. Scottie Scheffler makes his first start since testing positive for coronavirus and had to withdraw from the US Open despite his asymptomatic . Array . . Sergio García plays for the first time. He fell into the World’s 50 Most Sensitive for the first time since 2011. Array . . Henrik Stenson is gambling Mississippi for the first time in 10 years. He directed in 2010 when time ran out due to illness and needed to hit the minimum of 15 field trips. Array . . Anirban Lahiri and Will Zalatoris came onto the field after completing 8th last week in the Dominican Republic. Zalatoris tops the Korn Ferry Tour points list. Array . . Davis Riley is betting on a sponsor exemption. It is # 3 on the Korn Ferry Tour. Array . . The excursion tournament has been part of the official PGA Tour calendar since 1994. It dates back to 1968 as the Magnolia Classic and took position the same week as the Masters. Payne Stewart won his first professional victory in the United States in 1982.
Next week: Shriners Hospital opens for children.
Online: https://www. pgatour. com/
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LPGA TOWER
SHOPRITE LPGA CLASSIC
Site: Galloway, New Jersey.
Course: Seaview Hotel and GC (Bay Course). Length: 6, 217. By: 71.
Scholarship: $2 million. Winner’s share: $300,000.
Television: Thursday to Sunday, 13:00 h. a. in the afternoon (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Lexi Thompson.
Race to headline the CME Globe: Danielle Kang.
Last tournament: Georgia Hall of the Cambia Portland Classic.
Notes: The tournament will be 72 holes for the time being since it started in 1986, the other instance was in 1990. The extra round replaces one of the pro-ams, canceled due to lack of spectators . . . Lexi Thompson hasn not won since the ShopRite Classic last year, when it was held in June . . . Thompson has won each and every season on the LPGA Tour since 2013 when he was 18 . . . The peloton includes the two wonderful champions of the year, Sophia Popov (British Women’s Open) and Mirim Lee (ANA Inspiration) . . . . The third of 4 primaries will take place next week at Aronimink outside of Philadelphia, home of the PGA Women’s Championship . . . . Brooke Henderson and Nelly Korda are on the field. They were part of Lee Hills’ project in the three-way playoffs for their first primary championship . . . Sung Hyun Park plays. She had her first LPGA kick off the year at ANA Inspiration . . . . Jin Young Ko, the number one in women’s golf, did not participate in this year’s LPGA Tour. She stayed at home in South Korea during the pandemic.
Next week: KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
Online: https://www. lpga. com/
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EUROPEAN TOUR
ABERBEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS SCOTTISH OPEN
Site: North Berwick, Scotland.
Course: Renaissance Club. Length: 7, 138. By: 71.
Scholarship: $7 million. Winner’s share: $1. 16 million.
Television: Thursday through Friday from 6:30 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. (Golf Channel); Saturday from 7 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. (Golf Channel); Sunday from 6:30 a. m. a .
Defending champion: Bernd Wiesberger.
Race to Dubai: Patrick Reed.
Last week: John Catlin at the Irish Open.
Notes: This kicks off two consecutive weeks of Rolex Series events, featuring a $ 7 million prize pool . . . The box includes Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick in the top 20 of the world rankings . . . Patrick Reed leads the race in Dubai on the basis of two primary tournaments, two world golf championships (won in Mexico) and the Saudi international . . . . Collin Morikawa is time and has yet to play a normal occasion of the European tour . . . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this is the last tournament of the Scottish Open . . . . The last time the Scottish Open was held on a liaison field used in the rotation of the British Open in Carnoustie in 1996, won through Ian Woosnam . . . . John Catlin has won two of his last 3 starts on the European Tour, moving the 29-year-old American to 14th in the Dubai race . . . Thomas Detry plays in his third country in as many weeks: United States, Dominican Republic R Republic and Scotland . . . Ian Poulter makes his first ecu appearance since the Italian Open last October.
Next week: BMW PGA Championship.
Online: https://www. europeantour. com/european-tour/
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TOUR DE KORN FERRY
SAVANNAH GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Savannah, Georgia.
Course: Landings Club (Deer Creek). Report: 7128. By: 72.
Scholarship: $600,000. Part of the winner: $108,000.
Television: None.
2019 winner: Dan McCarthy.
Leader: Will Zalatoris.
Last week: Jared Wolfe, the Wichita Open.
Next week: Orange County National Championships.
Online: https://www. pgatour. com/korn-ferry-tour. html
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OTHER TOURS
Symetra Tour: Symetra Classic, LPGA International (Jones Course), Daytona Beach, Florida Winner 2019: Leona Maguire Online: https://www. symetratour. com/
Challenge Tour: Italian Challenge, Castelconturbia GC, Agrate Conturbia, Italy Winner 2019: Matthew Jordan Online: https://www. europeantour. com/challenge-tour/
Sunshine Tour: Vodacom Championship, Huddle Park GC, Johannesburg Current Champion: New Online Event: https://sunshinetour. com/