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PGA TOUR
THE CJ BYRON NELSON CUP
Location: McKinney, Texas.
Course: TPC Craig Ranch. Yards: 7,414. By: 71.
Prize money: $9. 5 million. Winner’s share: $1,710,000.
Television: Thursday through Friday, 4 to 7 p. m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1:00-p. m. (Golf Channel), p. m. -6 p. m. (CBS).
Defending champion: Jason Day.
FedEx Cup Leader: Scottie Scheffler.
Last week: Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans.
Notes: Jordan Spieth, Will Zalatoris and Tom Kim lead the contingent of Dallas-area citizens at the tournament. . . . CJ Cup Takes Over Title Sponsor After AT
Next week: Wells Fargo Championship.
Online: https://www. pgatour. com/
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LIV GOLF LEAGUE
LIV GOLF SINGAPORE
Location: Singapore.
Course: Sentosa GC (Serapong). Yards: 7,406. By: 71.
Prize money: $20 million. Winner’s share: $4 million.
Television: Thursday to Saturday, nine o’clock in the evening. at 2 a. m. (CW app); Saturday to Sunday, from 1 p. m. to 6 p. m. (CW Network Band Delay).
Defending champion: Talor Gooch.
Points leader: Joaquín Niemann.
Last week: Brendan Steele LIV Golf Adelaide.
Notes: Last week, Brendan Steele became the third consecutive first-time winner in LIV Golf, matching the longest streak since the league was introduced in June 2022. Jon Rahm is yet to win since joining LIV this year, however, he is the only player in 2024 to have finished in the top 10 of all six events. . . Ian Poulter and Hudson Swafford were the only players not to shoot a under run last week in Australia. . . Poulter in 2009 and Sergio Garcia won the 2018 Singapore Open when it was played in Sentosa. Heading into the PGA Championship, LIV has 3 players among the 100 most sensible who are already eligible: Adrian Meronk, Lucas Herbert and Patrick Reed. LIV already has 10 players in the draw for the PGA Championship in Valhalla. After back-to-back weeks in Australia and Asia, LIV Golf will be suspended for a month until a week before the US Open.
Next tournament: LIV Golf Houston June 7-9.
Online: https://www. livgolf. com/
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EUROPEAN TOUR
OPENING VOLVO CHINA
Location: Shenzhen, China.
Course: GC Hidden Grace. Yards: 7,147. By: 72.
Prize money: $2. 25 million. Winner’s share: $375,000.
Television: Thursday to Friday, from 00:00 to 05:00 (Canal Golf); Saturday, 00:00 to 04:30 (Canal Golf); Saturday, 11:30 p. m. at 4:30 a. m. (Canal Golf).
Previous winner: Sarit Suwannarut.
Leader of the race to Dubai: Rory McIlroy.
Last week: Yuto Katsuragawa won the ISPS Handa Championship.
Notes: The China Open returns to the European excursion calendar for the first time since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The excursion was held last year, co-sanctioned through the Asian Tour and the China Tour. It’s the last chance that counts for the Asian swing over the European one. The top three players will earn exemptions for next month’s PGA Championship in Valhalla. Sebastian Soderberg, Keita Nakajima and Jesper Svensson occupy the top three places lately. . . . Thriston Lawrence leads the European excursion this season with five best results out of 10. . . Katsuragawa is the fourth Japanese player in the last seven months to win on the European Tour. The others were Ryo Hisatsune, Rikuya Hoshino and Nakajima. La tour continues with the PGA Championship from May 16-19. Thus began an era in which 17 consecutive events (outside of the majors) were organized in European countries.
Next tournament: PGA Championship May 16-19.
Online: https://www. europeantour. com/dpworld-tour/
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PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
INVITATION TO EXPERIMENT
Site: The Woodlands, Texas.
Course: The Woodlands CC (Tournament). Yards: 7,002. By: 72.
Prize money: $2. 7 million. Winner’s share: $405,000.
Television: Friday, 12:30-15:30 (Canal Golf); Saturday to Sunday, from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m. (Canal Golf).
Defending champion: Steven Alker.
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stephen Ames.
Last week: Stephen Ames, the Mitsubishi Electric Classic.
Notes: Bernhard Langer returns to the festival after injuring his Achilles tendon while playing pickleball on Feb. 1. Langer has won every year since he was first eligible for the PGA Tour Champions in 2007. Stephen Ames snatched the Charles Schwab Cup lead from Steven Alker with a victory at TPC Sugarloaf last week. It was his second win of the season. Alker is the two-time Protector Champion in The Woodlands. . . Ames is the only winner of the PGA Tour Champions in 2024. . . The field includes Steve Stricker, who missed the cut last week in New Orleans on the PGA Tour. . . . Paul Broadhurst of England won and finished in second place in his last two starts. This is the last normal occasion before the first of five majors on the PGA Tour’s Champions calendar.
Next week: Tradition of Regions.
Online: https://www. pgatour. com/pgatour-champions
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LPGA TOUR
Last week: Hannah Green won the JM Eagle LA championship.
Next week: Cognizant Founders Cup.
Race to the CME Globe: Nelly Korda.
Online: https://www. lpga. com/
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TOUR EN FERRY DE KORN
Last week: Tim extending the Veritex Bank championship.
Next tournament: AdventHealth Championship, May 16-19.
Points leader: Tim Wideding.
Online: https://www. pgatour. com/korn-ferry-tour
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OTHER TOURS
Epson Tour: Casino Del Sol Golf Classic, Sewailo GC, Tucson, Arizona. Defending Champion: Gigi Stoll. Online: https://www. epsontour. com/
PGA of America: PGA Professional Championship, Fields Ranch at PGA (East & West), Frisco, Texas. Defending champion: Braden Shattuck. TV: Tuesday, 5-8 p. m. (Golf Channel); Wednesday, p. m. -7 p. m. (Golf Channel). Online: https://www. pga. com/
Japan Golf Tour: The Crowns, Nagoya GC (Wago), Aichi, Japan. Defending Champion: Hiroshi Iwata. Online: https://www. jgto. org/en/
Asian Tour: GS Caltex Maekyung Open, Namseoul CC, Seongnam, South Korea. Defending Champion: Chanmin Jung. Online: https://asiantour. com/
Legends Tour: Barbados Leges, Apes Hills Barbados, Saint James, Barbados. Defending Champion: New Tournament. Online: https://www. legendstour. com/
Japan LPGA: Women’s World Championship Copa Salonpas, Ibaraki GC (East), Ibaraki, Japan. Defending Champion: Yuri Yoshida. Online: https://www. lpga. or. jp/en/
Korea LPGA: Kyochon 1991 Ladies Open, Sunsan CC, Gumi South Korea. Defending Champion: Bokyeom Park. Online: https://klpga. co. kr/
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