USGA: U.S. Open
Place: Pinehurst, North Carolina.
course: Pinehurst No. 2. Yardage: 7,540. Par: 70.
1st/2nd round tee times: Click here.
bonus: To be determined ($20 million in 2023). Winner's share: To be determined ($3.6 million in 2023).
television: Thursday, 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (USA Network), 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. (Peacock); Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Peacock), 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. (NBC), 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. (Peacock); Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon (USA Network), noon to 8 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 9 a.m. to noon (USA Network), noon to 7 p.m. (NBC).
Defending champions: Wyndham Clark.
last year: Wyndham Clark finished at Los Angeles Country Club with an even-par 70 and beat Rory McIrroy by one stroke for his first major championship. Scottie Scheffler finished third.
notes: This is the fourth U.S. Open to be held at the Donald Ross-designed Pinehurst No. 2 course. … Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Matt Kuchar are the only three players to have played at Pinehurst before, in 1999, 2005 and 2015. … Woods is making his third straight major and his first three in a row since 2020. … Scottie Scheffler is the first player to win five PGA Tour titles before the U.S. Open since Tom Watson in 1980. … Five different Americans have won the past five majors, the longest streak in 40 years. … This is the last tournament before the world rankings determine the 60 players who will play in the Olympics. One of them is David Puig of Spain, who only needs to make the cut to qualify for Paris this summer. … … The last U.S. Open playoff was in 2008, the longest gap between the four majors.
GCSAA Fact Sheet: Click here .
next year: Oakmont CC.
LPGA Tour: Meijer LPGA Classic
Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan.
course: Blythefield Country Club. Yardage: 6,638. Par: 72.
bonus: $3 million. Winner’s prize: $450,000.
television: Thursday-Saturday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 2-4 p.m. (CBS).
Defending champions: Leona Maguire.
Competing for CME Globe Leadership: Nellie Korda.
last week: Linnea Strom won the ShopRite LPGA Classic.
notes: Lilia Vu, last year's No. 1 player and double major champion, is playing for the first time since the Ford Championship in Arizona in late March because of a back injury. She has already missed two majors this year. … Nelly Korda will play after missing the cut at the U.S. Women's Open. She set a tournament record of 25-under 263 in 2021. … With two tournaments to go, the women's world ranking will determine the 60-player field for the Olympics in Paris this summer. … Megan Khang is expected to become the fourth American to play in the Olympics, but she is ranked just outside the top 15. Each country can send up to four players to compete, provided they finish in the top 15. … Lexi Thompson will play. She hasn't won in more than five years. Thompson said this will be her last year playing the full course, though she doesn't know yet how long she will play.
GCSAA Fact Sheet: Click here.
next week: KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
Korn Ferry Tour: Wichita Open
Place: Wichita, Kansas.
course: Crestview CC. Yardage: 6,910. Par: 70.
bonus: $1 million. Winner’s prize: $180,000.
television: not any.
Defending champions: Ricky Castillo.
Points leaders: Widen the team.
GCSAA Fact Sheet: Click here.
next week: Compliance Solutions Championship.
PGA Tour
last week: Scottie Scheffler won the Memorial Tournament.
next week: Travelers Championship.
FedEx Cup leaders: Scotty Schaeffler.
LIV Golf League
last week: Carlos Ortiz won the LIV Houston Golf Championship.
next week: Nashville Life Golf.
Points leaders: Joaquin Niemann.
DP World Tour
last week: Linn Grant won the Volvo Cars Scandinavian Mixed Championship.
next week: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Open.
Race to Dubai leaders: Rory McIlroy.
PGA Tour Champions
last week: Ernie Els wins the American Family Insurance Championship.
next week: Dick's Sporting Goods Open.
Charles Schwab Cup leaders: Stephen Ames.
Other Tourism
Epsom Tour: Otter Creek Championship, Otter Creek Golf Club, Columbus, Ind. Defending champion: New event.
Japan Golf Tour: Hana Bank Invitational, Namchuncheon Country Club, Chuncheon, South Korea. Defending champion: Yang Ji-ho.
Challenge Tour: Cascada Golf Challenge, Cascada Golf Resort Brno, Czech Republic. Defending champion: Martin Simonsson.
Ladies European Tour: Italian Ladies Open, Golf National de Sutri, Italy. Last winner: Morgan Metro.
Sunshine Tour: Mopani Zambia Open, Nkana Golf Club, Kitwe, Zambia. Defending champion: New event.
Japan LPGA: Nichirei Ladies, Sodegaura CC (Shinsode), Chiba, Japan Defending champion: Miyuu Yamashita.
Korea LPGA: DB Group Korea Women's Open, Rainbow Hills Country Club, Eumseong, South Korea. Defending champion: Hong Ji-won.
