Location: Memphis, Tennessee.
Background: TPC Southwind. Footage: 7,243. By: 70.
Cash prize: $15 million. Part of the winner: $2. 7 million.
Television: Thursday to Friday, from 15:00 to 19:00 (Canal Golf); Saturday, 13:00-15:00 (Canal Golf), 15:00-18:00 (CNB); Sunday, at 2 p. m. (Canal Golf), 2-6 p. m. (NBC).
Defending champion: Tony Finau.
FedEx Cup Leader: Scottie Scheffler.
Last week: Joohyung Kim the Wyndham Championship.
Notes: This is the start of the PGA Tour playoffs. The numbers are 4 times higher (2,000 numbers for the winner) and the first 70 advance to the BMW championship next week. … Scottie Scheffler enters the FedEx Cup playoffs as the No. 1 seed. He Led the FedEx Cup the last five months of the season. Array. . FedEx St. Jude started out as a regular PGA Tour event, then received the prestige of the World Golf Championship and is now becoming a playoff event when the Northern Trust decided against it. renews its sponsorship In title. Array. . Tony Finau won last year at the Liberty National in New Jersey. He won his last two games before the playoffs. Array. . . Adam Scott and Matt Kuchar are the only players to have qualified for the playoffs every year since the FedEx Cup began in 2007. Array. . . Nine players who have signed with LIV Golf have finished in the top 125. They did not count against the 125 qualifiers. Array. . Rickie Fowler took last place in the pack. Array. . Daniel Berger and Lanto Griffin (injuries) and Tommy Fleetwood (personal) are not playing
Next week: BMW Championship.
Online: https://www. pgatour. com/
Location: Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Route: Galgorm Castle GC (Metro: 6. 621, Par: 73) and Massereene GC (Metro: 6. 507, Par: 72).
Cash prize: $1. 5 million. Winner’s Participation: $225,000.
Television: Thursday to Friday from 8 a. m. to 12 p. m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 9:30 to 12:30 hrs. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 8am-11. 30am (Canal Golf).
Defending champion: Pajaree Anannarukarn.
CME Globe Race Leader: Minjee Lee.
Last week: Ashleigh Buhai, the AIG Women’s British Open.
Notes: The LPGA ends a month in Europe with a tri-sanctioned tournament with the Ladies European Tour and the European Tour. Men and women play from other beginnings and compete separately, the value being the same for both. . . None of the five wonderful champions of the year are in the 132-player bracket. . . . Thirteen players have won the last 14 primaries on the LPGA Tour, with Minjee Lee being the only player to have won more than one. The last time women’s golf had several primary champions in one year in 2019 with Jin Young Ko. . . . Lucy Li, who has already won the Epson Tour twice, won a sponsor exemption to play. . . . Leona McGuire of Ireland is the highest ranked player in the group, 17th in the women’s world rankings. . . Ko, the No. 1 player in the women’s world rankings, has only finished in the top 10 most sensitive in two of this year’s five primaries. . . Players from six countries occupy the six most sensible positions in the world rankings.
Next tournament: CP Women’s Canadian Open from August 25-28.
Online: https://www. lpga. com/ and https://ladieseuropeantour. com/
Location: Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Route: Galgorm Castle GC (Metro: 7. 151. Par: 70) and Massereene GC (Metro: 6. 817. Por: 70).
Cash prize: $1. 5 million. Winner’s Participation: $225,000.
Television: Thursday to Friday from 8 a. m. to 12 p. m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 9:30 to 12:30 hrs. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 8am-11. 30am (Canal Golf).
Owner: Daniel Gavins.
DP World Tour Theme Leader: Rory McIlroy.
Last week: Callum Shinkwin at the Cazoo Open.
Notes: The tour is three times sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Men and women play from other tees and compete separately, the prize being the same for both. Array. . This is the combined moment of the European tour in the last two months. The other was Scandinavian Mixed in Sweden in which men and women competed from separate tees. This was won by Linn Grant. Array. Richard Bland at No. 77 is the only player in the smartest hundred of the global rankings on the field. Bland has been participating in LIV Golf events since the beginning in June. In four months, it passed the top 50 in the global rankings. Array. . The tour was part of the Challenge Tour calendar in 2020 when Europe was facing restrictions similar to the COVID-19 pandemic. Array. . The European tour is only scheduled in Europe until November.
Next week: D Real Czech Masters.
Online: https://www. europeantour. com/dpworld-tour/
Site: Snoqualmie, Washington.
Course: The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge. Footage: 7,217. By: 72.
Cash prize: $2. 2 million. Winner’s Entry: $330,000.
Television: Friday, p. m. to 1 a. m. (Golf Channel-Tape Delay); Saturday, 6pm-8pm (Canal Golf); Sunday, 17:00-19:00 (Canal Golf).
Defending champion: Rod Pampling.
Charles Schwab Cup Leader: Steven Alker.
Last week: Jerry Kelly the Shaw Charity Classic.
Notes: Steven Alker and Jerry Kelly are the only three-time winners this year on the PGA Tour Champions. Array. Alker still tops the list of Charles Schwab Cup problems. He’s nearly $550,000 ahead of Kelly, and Kelly would need two more wins to upgrade him. Array. . . Kelly has earned several wins in 4 seasons on the PGA Tour Champions. at the Senior British Open and finished one shot away from the playoffs last week in Canada. The Irishman is No. 3 on the cash list, with roughly $1. 7 million in just nine starts. Womb. . . John Huston won his third start on the PGA Tour Champions in 2011. He made 141 starts in 11 years without a win. Houston lost in the playoffs to Kelly last week at the Shaw Charity Classic. . . . Dean Wilson, the Hawaii local with a PGA Tour title, played in his first PGA Tour Champions event last week since 2020. He finished tied for third place. Fred Couples is on the field. He grew up in public yards in the Seattle area.
Next week: Dick’s Sporting Goods Open.
Online: https://www. pgatour. com/champions. html
Location: Omaha, Nebraska.
Route: The Club in Indian Creek. Footage: 7,721. By: 71.
Cash prize: $835,000. Winner’s Entry: $153,000.
Television: Thursday to Friday from 12 to 14 hours (Canal Golf); Saturday, 9 p. m. m. to 11 p. m. (Golf channel band delay); Sunday, 14:00-17:00 (Canal Golf).
Previous winner: David Skinns.
Points Leader: Carl Yuan.
Last week: Andrew Kozan the Utah championship.
Next week: Albertsons Boise Open.
Online: https://www. pgatour. com/korn-ferry-tour. html
USGA: American Women’s Amateur, Chambers Bay GC, University Place, Washington. Defending Champion: Television: Wednesday, 6-9 (Golf Channel); Thursday-Friday, 7pm-10pm (Canal Golf), Saturday, 3pm-6pm (Canal Golf), Sunday, 7pm-10pm (Canal Golf). Online: https://www. usga. org/
Epson Tour: Four Winds Invitational, South Bend CC, South Bend, Indiana. Previous winner: Lilia Vu. Online: https://www. epsontour. com/
Asian Tour: International Series-Singapore, Tanah Merah CC (Tampines), Singapore. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: https://www. asiantour. com/
Challenge Tour: Frederikshavn Challenge, Frederikshavn GC, Frederikshavn, Denmark. Previous winner: New tournament. Online: https://www. europeantour. com/challenge-tour/
Sunshine Tour: Bain’s Whisky Ubunye Championship, Blue Valley Golf Estate, Pretoria, South Africa. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: https://sunshinetour. com/
Japan LPGA: NEC Karuizawa Golf Tournament, Karuizawa Golf (North), Nagano, Japan. Defending champion: Sakkura Koiwai. Online: https://www. lpga. or. jp/en/
Korean LPGA: Dayou Winia Ladies Open, Dayou Montvert CC, Pocheon, South Korea. Defending Champion: So Mi Lee. Online: https://www. klpga. co. kr/