PGA Tour: FedEx St. Jude Championship
Place: Memphis, Tennessee.
Full time: 70 players.
course: TPC Southwind. Yardage: 7,243. Par: 70.
bonus: The winner will receive $3.6 million.
television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 pm (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-3 pm (Golf Channel), 3-6 pm (NBC). Sunday, 12-2 pm (Golf Channel), 2-6 pm (NBC).
Previous winners: Lucas Glover.
FedEx Cup leaders: Scotty Scheffler.
last week: Aaron Rai won the Wyndham Championship.
notes: FedEx Cup players start in the top 70 in the standings. Victor Perez beat Davis Riley by seven points to finish 70th. … After this week, the top 50 players advance to the BMW Championship and are guaranteed a spot in all of the $20 million Signature events next year. … Riley, who won at Colonial Country Club, is the only player to not make the playoffs after winning a tournament that offers all the FedEx Cup points. … Defending champion Lucas Glover at TPC Southwind Golf Club did not qualify. He was one of seven players who qualified for a Signature event but did not make the playoffs. … Scottie Scheffler led Xander Schauffele by 1,936 points heading into the first round of the playoffs. … Scheffler earned $8 million for winning the regular season. Sean Lowry finished 10th and received $2 million from a Comcast Business Top 10 finish. … Collin Morikawa, ranked No. 4, is the highest-ranked non-winner in the FedEx Cup.
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next week: BMW Championship.
LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour: ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open
Place: Owen, Scotland.
course: Dundonald Links. Yardage: 6,584. Couples: 72.
bonus: $2 million. Winner’s prize: $300,000.
television: Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 9 a.m.-12 noon (Golf Channel); Sunday, 8 a.m.-11 a.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champions: Celine Boutier.
Competing for CME Globe Leadership: Nellie Korda.
Last match: Moriya Jutanugarn wins the Portland Classic.
notes: Lydia Ko went from winning an Olympic golf medal to playing the next two weeks. … It’s the middle of a three-week European tournament and a warm-up for next week’s Women’s British Open at St. Andrews. … The field includes 37 players who competed in the Olympics outside Paris last week. … Since 2017, the event has been jointly sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA. … This is the sixth time the Women’s Scottish Open has been held at Dundonald Links, about 10 minutes from Royal Troon. … Nelly Korda vacationed with her family in the Czech Republic before the final major of the year. She did the same after the Tokyo Olympics. … Solheim Cup captain Stacy Lewis, who won the tournament in 2020, received a sponsor exemption. … Ayaka Furue won the Women’s Scottish Open two years ago with a closing 62.
next week: AIG Women’s British Open.
LIV Golf Greenbrier
Place: White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
course: The Old White Course at Greenbrier. Yardage: 7,299. Par: 70.
bonus: $20 million. The winner will receive $4 million.
television: Friday, 1-6 p.m. (CW app); Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (CW network).
Defending champions: Bryson DeChambeau.
Points leaders: Joaquin Niemann.
Last match: Jon Rahm wins the LIV London Golf Championship.
notes: U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau returns to the course where he shot 58 to win a year ago. … With just two individual tournaments left, Joaquin Niemann holds a narrow lead over Jon Rahm in the LIV Golf points race. LIV Golf last played a month ago outside London. The next event is in a month outside Chicago. … Kevin Lo, Hsien Lee and Niemann have each won a PGA Tour event at The Greenbrier. … Niemann is the only player to win two LIV Golf events this year. … Caleb Surratt, Harold Varner III and Brandon Grace are among 10 players who have played every LIV event this year but didn’t finish in the top 10. Surratt still earned more than $2 million in 11 events. … This is the fifth LIV event held in the U.S. this year. The next one is outside Chicago, and the team championship is in the Dallas area.
Next game: LIV Golf Chicago will be held September 13-15.
United States Golf Association: U.S. Amateur
Place: Chaska, Minnesota.
course: Hazeltine National Golf Club. Yardage: 7,552. Par: 72.
Previous winners: Nick Dunlap.
television: Wednesday-Friday, 5-6pm (Peacock), 6-8pm (Golf Channel); Saturday, 3-6pm (Golf Channel); Sunday, 2-5pm (Golf Channel).
award: Exemptions to the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open. Must maintain amateur status to qualify for exemptions to the Masters and British Open.
notes: Nick Dunlap turned professional after defeating Neal Shipley a year ago and winning the PGA Tour at the American Express. … Hazeltine last hosted a major event in 2021, the KPGA Women’s PGA Championship. It has hosted two U.S. Opens, two PGA Championships, two U.S. Women’s Opens and a Ryder Cup. … The top three amateurs in the world are Gordon Sargent, Jackson Koivin and Luke Clanton, who finished fifth at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday. Clanton has three top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour this summer and is ranked 140th in the world. … The Chaska Town Course is also used for stroke play qualifying. The top 64 players advance to the match play tournament, where a playoff is held to determine the No. 64. The winner that year was Richie Ramsay of Scotland.
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next year: Olympic Club.
DP World Tour: D+D Czech Masters
Place: Prague.
course: PGA National Oaks Golf Course. Yardage: 6,960. Par: 72.
bonus: $2.5 million. Winner’s prize: $416,667.
television: Thursday-Friday, 7-10 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 4-6 a.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champions: Todd Clements.
Race to Dubai leaders: Rory McIlroy.
Last match: Xander Schauffele wins the British Open.
notes: The field includes Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune, who earned a PGA Tour card last year and was one of the top 10 players who did not receive an exemption to the Race to Dubai. But he failed to make the PGA Tour playoffs. … Joost Luiten and Darius Van Driel of the Netherlands will play because the Dutch Olympic Committee refused to send them to the Olympics. … Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald will play. Qualifying for 2025 Europe does not begin until the end of this month. … Kevin Chappell was one of four players in the top 200 of the FedEx Cup last year on the PGA Tour and will play by virtue of that status. … The tournament has been part of the European Tour schedule since 2014. The only multiple winner is Belgium’s Thomas Pieters, who will play in the LIV Golf League, which begins this week in West Virginia. … The field includes two former major champions, Danny Willett and Francesco Molinari.
next week: Denmark Golf Championship.
PGA Tour Champions: Rogers Charity Classic
Place: Calgary, Alberta.
course: Canyon Meadows Golf Club. Yardage: 7,086. Par: 70.
bonus: $2.4 million. Winner’s prize: $360,000.
television: Friday, 9-11 p.m. (Golf Channel tape delayed); Saturday-Sunday, 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel tape delayed).
Defending champions: Ken Duke.
Charles Schwab Cup leaders: Ernie Els.
last week: Stephen Ames wins the Boeing Classic.
notes: Ernie Els continues to lead the Charles Schwab Cup, ahead of Stephen Ames by just $35,494. Both have won the Tournament of Champions three times this year. … Richard Green of Australia is fourth in the Charles Schwab Cup standings, the highest among players who have yet to win this year. … The six players in the Charles Schwab Cup lead come from six countries — South Africa, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Korea and the United States. Steve Stricker, who is sixth, is the leading player from the United States … Nota Begay III, who serves as a ground reporter for NBC, received a sponsor exemption. … The tournament has been part of the Tournament of Champions since 2013. Scott McCarron is the only multiple-time winner. He won back-to-back times in 2017 and 2018 and finished one stroke behind in 2019. … Rocco Mediate set the tournament scoring record with 191 points in 2013.
GCSAA Fact Sheet: Click here.
next week: Challenge of allies.
Korn Ferry Tour: Magnet Championship
Place: Jackson Township, New Jersey.
course: Metedeconk National GC. Yardage: 7,402. Par: 72.
bonus: $1 million. Winner’s prize: $180,000.
television: None.
Previous winners: Chen Jin.
Points leaders: Matt McCarthy.
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last week: Matt McCarty won the Pinnacle Bank Championship.
next week: Albertsons Boise Open.
Other Tourism
Epson Tour: Wild Horse Women’s Golf Classic, Wild Horse Golf Club, Pendleton, Ore. Last champion: Yin Xiaowen.
Challenge Tour: Vierumäki Finland Challenge, Vierumäki Resort, Vierumäki, Finland. Previous winner: Lauri Ruuska.
PGA TOUR Americas: Elkridge Saskatchewan Open, Elkridge Resort, Waskesoo Lake, Saskatchewan. Defending champion: New event.
Sunshine Tour: Vodacom Golf Origins – Highland Gate Mpumalanga, Highland Gate Golf & Trout Estate, Dullstrum, South Africa. Defending champion: Jacques Kruyswijk.
Legendary Journey: Zambia Legends Championship, Bonanza GC, Lusaka, Zambia. Defending champion: New event.
Japan LPGA: CAT Ladies, Hakone GC, Kanagawa, Japan. Defending champion: Minami Hiruta.
Korea LPGA: Master of Paradise, Paradise CC, Daebudo, South Korea. Defending champion: New event.
