PGA Tour goes to Dallas for same course and new title. LIV Golf plays in Singapore
PGA TOUR
THE CJ CUP BYRON NELSON
Site: McKinney, Texas.
Course: TPC Craig Ranch. Yardage: 7,414. Par: 71.
Prize money: $9.5 million. Winner's share: $1,710,000.
Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).
Defending champion: Jason Day.
FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.
Last week: Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
Notes: Jordan Spieth, Will Zalatoris and Tom Kim lead the contingent of Dallas-area residents playing the tournament. ... CJ Cup takes over as title sponsor after AT&T ended its sponsorship after nine years. CJ Cup started out with a tournament in South Korea, then moved to Las Vegas and South Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic. ... The field features only 10 of the top 50 in the world ranking. Spieth is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 20. ... Scottie Scheffler is missing the tournament as his wife is expecting their first child. ... Adam Scott is playing the tournament for the third straight year. He won the Byron Nelson in 2008. ... This is the final week to finish among the top 70 in the PGA Championship points list to assure a spot at Valhalla in two weeks. The points list is PGA Tour earnings the last 12 months. ... Spieth now has gone 43 starts over two years on the PGA Tour since his last victory.
Next week: Wells Fargo Championship.
Online: https://www.pgatour.com/
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LIV GOLF LEAGUE
LIV GOLF SINGAPORE
Site: Singapore.
Course: Sentosa GC (Serapong). Yardage: 7,406. Par: 71.
Prize money: $20 million. Winner's share: $4 million.
Television: Thursday-Saturday, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. (CW app); Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (The CW Network-Tape Delay).
Defending champion: Talor Gooch.
Points leader: Joaquin Niemann.
Last week: Brendan Steele won LIV Golf Adelaide.
Notes: Brendan Steele last week became the third straight first-time winner on LIV Golf, matching the longest such streak since the league launched in June 2022. ... Jon Rahm has yet to win since joining LIV this year, but he is the only player in 2024 to have finished in the top 10 in all six events. ... Ian Poulter and Hudson Swafford were the only players who did not have a round under par last week in Australia. ... Poulter in 2009 and Sergio Garcia in 2018 won the Singapore Open when it was played at Sentosa. ... With the PGA Championship approaching, LIV has three players in the top 100 who are not already eligible — Adrian Meronk, Lucas Herbert and Patrick Reed. ... LIV already has 10 players in the PGA Championship field at Valhalla. ... After back-to-back weeks in Australia and Asia, LIV Golf is off for a month until a week before the U.S. Open.
Next tournament: LIV Golf Houston on June 7-9.
Online: https://www.livgolf.com/
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EUROPEAN TOUR
VOLVO CHINA OPEN
Site: Shenzhen, China.
Course: Hidden Grace GC. Yards: 7,147. Par: 72.
Prize money: $2.25 million. Winner's share: $375,000.
Television: Thursday-Friday, 12-5 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 12-4:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 11:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. (Golf Channel).
Previous winner: Sarit Suwannarut.
Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.
Last week: Yuto Katsuragawa won the ISPS Handa Championship.
Notes: The China Open returns to the European tour schedule for the first time since 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was held last year co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the China Tour. ... This is the final event that counts toward the Asian Swing on the European. The top three players get exemptions into the PGA Championship next month at Valhalla. Sebastian Soderberg, Keita Nakajima and Jesper Svensson are currently holding down the top three spots. ... Thriston Lawrence leads the European tour this season with five finishes in the top 10. ... Katsuragawa is the fourth player from Japan in the last seven months to win on the European tour. The others were Ryo Hisatsune, Rikuya Hoshino and Nakajima. ... The tour is off until the PGA Championship on May 16-19. After that begins a stretch in which 17 consecutive events (outside the majors) are staged in European countries.
Next tournament: PGA Championship on May 16-19.
Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/
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PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
INSPERITY INVITATIONAL
Site: The Woodlands, Texas.
Course: The Woodlands CC (Tournament). Yards: 7,002. Par: 72.
Prize money: $2.7 million. Winner's share: $405,000.
Television: Friday, 12:30-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Steven Alker.
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stephen Ames.
Last week: Stephen Ames won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic.
Notes: Bernhard Langer returns to competition after injuring his Achilles tendon while playing pickleball on Feb. 1. The injury caused him to miss the Masters. ... Langer has won every year since first becoming eligible for the PGA Tour Champions in 2007. He is a four-time winner of the Insperity Invitational. ... Stephen Ames took over the Charles Schwab Cup lead over Steven Alker by winning at the TPC Sugarloaf last week. It was his second win this season. ... Alker is the two-time defending champion at The Woodlands. ... Ames is the only multiple winner on 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 has won and finished runner-up in his last two starts. ... This is the last regular event before the first of five majors on the PGA Tour Champions schedule.
Next week: Regions Tradition.
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 CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.
Online: https://www.lpga.com/
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KORN FERRY TOUR
Last week: Tim Widing won the Veritex Bank Championship.
Next tournament: AdventHealth Championship on May 16-19.
Points leader: Tim Widing.
Online: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour
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OTHER TOURS
Epson Tour: Casino Del Sol Golf Classic, Sewailo GC, Tucson, Ariz. Defending champion: Gigi Stoll. Online: https://www.epsontour.com/
PGA of America: PGA Professional Championship, Fields Ranch at PGA (East and West), Frisco, Texas. Defending champion: Braden Shattuck. Television: Tuesday, 5-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Wednesday, 4-7 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: World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup, 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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