Europe stages its flagship tournament as LIV Golf concludes season with team event in Dallas

Updated Sep. 17, 2024 10:43 a.m. ET

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European Tour

BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Virginia Water, England.

Course: Wentworth Club (West). Yardage: 7,267. Par: 72.

Prize money: $9 million. Winner's share: $1.5 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Ryan Fox.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

Last week: Rasmus Hojgaard won the Irish Open.

Notes: This has been the European tour's flagship event since 1990. ... Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Robert MacIntyre lead a field that features 15 of the top 50 in the world ranking. ... The tournament offers 10 spots to PGA Tour players who finished in the top 70 in the FedEx Cup. Only six accepted, a group that includes Byeong Hun An, Si Woo Kim, Peter Malnati and Mark Hubbard. ... Sepp Straka is in the field through a Ryder Cup category. ... Billy Horschel returns to Wentworth. Horschel and Arnold Palmer are the only American winners of the tournament. ... Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald is playing for the second straight week. He is a two-time winner of the BMW PGA Championship. ... An, Kim and Adam Scott are the three Presidents Cup players in the field. ... McIlroy has gone 10 years since he last won at Wentworth. He was runner-up in 2018 and 2022.

Next tournament: Dunhill Links Championship on Oct. 3-6.

Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/

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LPGA Tour

KROGER QUEEN CITY CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Maineville, Ohio.

Course: TPC River’s Bend. Yardage: 6,705. Par: 72.

Prize money: $2 million. Winner's share: $300,000.

Television: Thursday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Minjee Lee.

Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

Last tournament: Haeran Ryu won the FM Championship.

Notes: Twelve players from the Solheim Cup last week are in the field, eight of them from Europe. The four Americans are Nelly Korda, Rose Zhang, Lexi Thompson and Andrea Lee. ... The tournament is in its third year. ... Kenwood Country Club, which hosted the first two events, is going under course improvements this year. ... Zhang (4-0-0) was among three Americans who didn't lose a match last week. The others were Lauren Coughlin (3-0-1) and Megan Khang (3-0-0). ... Ally Ewing (US) and Linn Grant (Europe) were the only players who didn't register a point in the Solheim Cup. ... Ewing, who won the inaugural tournament two years ago, is not in the field. ... Lydia Ko plays for the first time since she won the Women's British Open at St. Andrews. ... Korda has a 1,300-point lead in the Race to CME Globe over Ayaka Furue of Japan.

Next week: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.

Online: https://www.lpga.com/

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LIV Golf League

LIV GOLF TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP DALLAS

Site: Carrollton, Texas.

Course: Maridoe GC. Yardage: 7,535. Par: 72.

Prize money: $50 million. Winning team's share: $14 million.

Television: Friday, 1-6 p.m. (CW app); Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (The CW Network).

Defending champion: Crushers.

Points champion: Jon Rahm.

Last week: Jon Rahm won LIV Golf Chicago.

Notes: The final event of the LIV Golf League is a team competition among the top 13 teams. The winning team gets 60% of the $14 million, and each player gets $1.4 million. ... The Crushers are the top seed, followed by Legion 13 and Ripper. They all receive a bye into the semifinals on Saturday. ... Each contest consists of two singles matches and one foursomes match. It takes two points to advance. The highest-seeded teams in the semifinals get to choose their opponent. ... The final round is for the four remaining teams to compete over stroke play with every score counting. ... Anthony Kim and Hudson Swafford played as wild cards this year and are not eligible for the team championship. ... Jon Rahm won the individual title, following Talor Gooch (2023) and Dustin Johnson (2022). ... The Crushers led by Bryson DeChambeau won last year in Miami.

Next week: End of season.

Online: https://www.livgolf.com/

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PGA Tour Champions

PURE INSURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Pebble Beach, Calif.

Courses: Pebble Beach GL (Yardage: 6,858. Par: 72) and Spyglass Hill (Yardage: 7,025. Par: 72).

Prize money: $2.3 million. Winner's share: $345,000.

Television: Friday-Sunday, 6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Thongchai Jaidee.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Ernie Els.

Last week: Steve Stricker won the Sanford International.

Notes: The field is led by Ernie Els, who continues to lead the Charles Schwab Cup race in a tight battle with Stephen Ames. ... Steve Stricker moved to No. 5 in the Schwab Cup with his first victory of the year in the Sanford International. ... The tournament pairs a First Tee participant with a PGA Tour Champions player at Pebble Beach and Spyglass. They also have amateur partners. The First Tee players compete for the male/female pro-junior title. ... For the fourth straight year, the field will include a player from the First Tee in Morocco. ... Bernhard Langer has finished second and third in his last two PGA Tour Champions starts. ... Stricker became the first player to win a tournament three straight times on the PGA Tour Champions (Sanford International) and the PGA Tour (John Deere Classic). ... The field includes Mark O'Meara, a five-time winner of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Next tournament: Constellation Furyk & Friends on Oct 4-6.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions

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Korn Ferry Tour

NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPEN

Site: Columbus, Ohio.

Course: Ohio State University GC (Scarlet). Yardage: 7,422 Par: 71.

Prize money: $1.5 million. Winner's share: $270,000.

Television: Thursday-Sunday, 4-6 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Previous winner: Norman Xiong.

Points leader: Matt McCarty.

Last week: Paul Peterson won the Simmons Bank Open.

Next tournament: Korn Ferry Tour Championship on Oct. 3-6.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour

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PGA Tour

Last week: Patton Kizzire won the Procore Championship.

Next week: Presidents Cup.

FedEx Cup champion: Scottie Scheffler.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/

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Other tours

Epson Tour: Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout, Mystic Creek GC, El Dorado, Ark. Defending champion: Natasha Andrea Oon. Online: https://www.epsontour.com/

Japan Golf Tour: Panasonic Open, Arima Royal GC, Hyogo, Japan. Defending champion: Tomoharu Otsuki. Online: https://www.jgto.org/en/

Ladies European Tour: La Sella Open, La Sella Golf Resort, Jesus Pobre, Spain. Defending champion: Nuria Iturrioz. Television: Thursday-Sunday, 8-11 a.m. (NBC Sports app). Online: https://ladieseuropeantour.com/

Challenge Tour: Italian Challenge Open, Argentario GC, Monte Argentario, Italy. Previous winner: Matteo Manassero, Online: https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/

Sunshine Tour: Vodacom Origins of Golf-Sishen, Sishen GC, Northern Cape, South Africa. Defending champion: Kyle Barker. Online: https://sunshinetour.com/

Japan LPGA: Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Ladies Open, Rifu GC, Miyagi, Japan. Defending champion: Akie Iwai. Online: https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/

Korea LPGA: Daebo Haus D Open, Seowon Valley GC, Paju, South Korea. Defending champion: Ju Young Pak. Online: https://klpga.co.kr/

Legends Tour: Winston Golf Senior Open, Winston Open Course, Vorbeck, Germany. Defending champion: Scott Hend. Online: https://www.legendstour.com/

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