PGA Tour: Memorial Tournament
Place: Dublin, Ohio.
course: Muirfield Village Golf Club. Yardage: 7,571. Par: 72.
Venue Size: 73 players.
bonus: $20 million. The winner will receive $4 million.
television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 12:30-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30-6 p.m. (CBS).
Defending champions: Victor Hovland.
FedEx Cup leaders: Scotty Scheffler.
last week: Robert MacIntyre wins the RBC Canadian Open.
notes: The Memorial Tournament, a signature tournament, has moved dates and will now be held the week before the U.S. Open. This will kick off a three-week run of two signature tournaments, sandwiched around the U.S. Open, at Pinehurst No. 2. … Robert McIntyre opted out after winning the Canadian Open and returned to Scotland. … This year’s Memorial Tournament winners are Julie Inkster and the late Tom Weiskopf. … Auburn University freshman Jackson Koivin, who swept all the awards for College Player of the Year, will receive a special sponsor exemption. … The four regular exempt players are Billy Horschel, Brandt Snedeker, Matt Kuchar and Alex Noren, none of whom are members of the PGA Tour’s policy committee. Kuchar and Horschel are both past Memorial Tournament champions. … Xander Schauffele is playing for the first time since winning the PGA Championship at Valhalla, his first major. … McIntyre is the eighth first-time winner on the PGA Tour this year.
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next week: U.S. Open.
LPGA Tour: ShopRite LPGA Classic
Place: Galloway, New Jersey.
course: Ocean View Resort (Bay Course). Yardage: 6,190. Par: 71.
bonus: $1.75 million. Winner’s prize: $262,500.
television: Friday, noon to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 5 to 7 p.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champions: Ashleigh Buhai.
Competing for CME Globe Leadership: Nellie Korda.
last week: Yuka Saso won the U.S. Women's Open.
notes: U.S. Women's Open champion Yuka Saso is in the mix. Her only two LPGA titles are the 2021 Olympic Club Women's Open and the 2024 Lancaster Women's Open. … Se Ri Pak (1998) and In Gee Chun (2015) are the other two players whose first two official wins on the LPGA were majors. … Karrie Webb is in the mix with a Hall of Fame exemption. She last played on the LPGA Tour at last year's ShopRite Classic, but missed the cut. She turns 50 in December. … One of the sponsor exemptions is Gianna Clemente. On Monday, the 14-year-old qualified for three straight LPGA events in 2022. … Saso rose all the way to No. 6 in the women's world rankings, all but securing a return to the Olympics. She's in the mix for the Philippines in 2021. … Hinako Shibuno was runner-up and will compete at ShopRite this week.
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next week: Major LPGA Classic.
LIV Golf League: LIV Golf Houston
Place: Houston.
course: Houston Golf Club. Yardage: 6,789. Par: 72.
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: New events.
Points leaders: Joaquin Niemann.
Last activity: Brooks Koepka won the LIV Golf Championship in Singapore.
notes: This is the first time LIV Golf has played in Texas. It will compete in team tournaments outside of Dallas after the season ends. … The Houston Open was held at Houston Golf Club from 2003 to 2019. LIV players who have won the Houston Open there are Ian Poulter, Matt Jones, Phil Mickelson, Paul Casey and Anthony Kim. … Bryson DeChambeau is playing for the first time since finishing runner-up at the PGA Championship. … Twelve players from LIV have qualified or earned exemptions for next week's U.S. Open. … Jon Rahm has not won since signing with LIV Golf in December. He is the only player to finish in the top 10 in all seven LIV events this season. … DeChambeau (twice), Cameron Smith and Tyrell Hatton are the only LIV players to finish in the top 10 in two majors this year.
Next Event: LIV Golf Nashville will be held June 21-23.
DP World Tour and Ladies European Tour: Volvo Cars Scandinavia Combined
Place: Helsingborg, Sweden.
course: Vasatops Golf Club. Yardage: 7,295 (Men), 5,772 (Women). Pairs: 72.
bonus: $2 million. Winner's prize: $333,333.
television: Thursday-Friday, 7am-12pm (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 7:30am-12pm (Golf Channel).
Defending champions: Dale Whitnell.
Race to Dubai leaders: Rory McIlroy.
last week: Lauri Kanter wins the European Open.
notes: The tournament features 78 players from all tours competing for the same prize and a trophy on the same course. The women play from tees that are about 1,500 yards shorter than the first two groups. … Linn Grant is one of the past winners, the only woman to have won a European Tour title. This is the fourth year the tournament has been held. … Jorge Campillo and Adrian Otaegui will continue to fight for Spain's second place in the Olympics. … Grant and Madelene Sagstrom are among the top LET players in the field. … Seve Ballesteros won on this course in 1978. … This is the fourth course in Sweden to host the Scandinavian Mix in four years. … Dale Whitnell won last year for the first time after 14 years and 106 European Tour events.
Next week's DP World Tour: U.S. Open.
Ladies European Tour next week: Italian Women's Open.
PGA Tour Champions: American Family Insurance Championship
Place: Madison, Wisconsin.
course: University Ridge Golf Course. Yardage: 7,083. Par: 72.
bonus: $2.4 million.
television: Friday, 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel – tape delayed); Saturday-Sunday, 2:30-5 p.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champions: Steve Stricker.
Charles Schwab Cup leaders: Steven Alcke.
last week: Ernie Els wins the Principal Charity Classic.
notes: Steve Stricker is the host and defending champion, one of six he won last year. … Ernie Els is in, fresh off his first PGA Champions Tour title of the year and fourth of his career. … Padraig Harrington is not in. The Irishman will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Monday and begins his U.S. Open campaign. … Players on sponsor exemptions include Wisconsin natives Skip Kendall and Mario Tiziani. … Stricker and Richard Green are the only two players in the top 10 of the Charles Schwab Cup standings who have yet to win this year. … Corey Pavin is in. He won the last of his 15 PGA Tour titles in Milwaukee. … Stephen Ames is the only PGA Champions Tour winner with multiple titles in 12 starts this year. … The U.S. Senior Open, the third major on the schedule, is in two weeks at Newport Country Club.
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Next game: Dick's Sporting Goods will be open June 21-23.
Korn Ferry Tour: BMW Charity Pro-Am
Place: Greer, South Carolina.
course: The Thorn Edge Club. Yardage: 7,045. Par: 71.
bonus: $1 million. Winner’s prize: $180,000.
television: Thursday, 12-2pm (Golf Channel); Friday, 9-11pm (Golf Channel – tape delayed); Saturday-Sunday, 8-10pm (Golf Channel – tape delayed).
Previous winners: Adrian Dumont de Chassart.
Points leaders: Widen the team.
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last week: Kaito Onishi won the UNC Health Championship.
next week: Wichita Open.
Other Tourism
Epson Tour: FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship, Battle Creek CC, Battle Creek, Mich. Defending champion: Siyun Liu.
Japan Golf Tour: BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup, Shishido Hills CC (West), Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Defending champion: Takumi Kanaya.
Challenge Tour: Iberostar Real Golf Novo Sancti Petri Cadiz Challenge, Cadiz, Spain. Defending champion: Sam Hutsby.
Sunshine Tour: SunBet Challenge, Gary Player Club, Johannesburg. Defending champion: Hennie Otto.
Legendary Journey: Costa Navarino Legends Tour trophy, Costa Navarino Resort, Pylos, Greece. Defending champion: New event.
Japan LPGA: Miyazato Ai Suntory Women's Open, Rokko International GC, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan Defending Champion: Chisato Iwai.
Korea LPGA: Celltrion Queens Masters, Seolhaeone GC, Gangwon-do, South Korea. Defending champion: Park Min-jee.