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PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Zozo Championship (Collin Morikawa)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
FedEx Cup Champion: Viktor Hovland
NEXT TOURNAMENT: World Wide Technology Championship, Los Cabos, Mexico, Nov. 2-5
LPGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: BMW Ladies Championship (Minjee Lee)
THIS WEEK: Maybank Championship, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Oct. 26-29
Course: Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (Par 72, 6,596 yards)
Purse: $3M (Winner: $450,000)
Defending Champion: Inaugural Event
Race to the CME Globe chief: Celine Boutier
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV/Streaming: Wednesday-Friday, 10 p.m.-3 a.m. ET; Saturday, 11 p.m.-4 a.m. (All instances Golf Channel, Peacock)
X: @maybankchampionship
NOTES: This is the third of 4 occasions on the LPGA Tour’s Asian swing and options one of many largest non-major purses on tour. The 78-player, no-cut occasion consists of 68 LPGA Tour gamers and 10 gamers invited by Maybank. The subject consists of 18 of the 20 winners on tour this 12 months and 6 of the highest 10 gamers within the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings: Ruoning Yin (2), Jin Young Ko (3), Celine Boutier (5), Nelly Korda (6), Lydia Ko (9) and Allisen Corpuz (10). … Three occasions stay earlier than the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship. … Boutier reclaimed the lead within the Race to the CME Globe from Lilia Vu along with her tie for fifth on the BMW Ladies Championship. Vu leads the Rolex Player of the Year rankings forward of Boutier, with Ruoning Yin third in each.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Toto Japan Classic, Omitama, Ibaraki, Japan, Nov. 2-5
PGA Tour Champions
LAST TOURNAMENT: Dominion Energy Charity Classic (Harrison Frazar)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
Charles Schwab Cup chief: Steve Stricker
NOTES: Stricker has clinched the Charles Schwab Cup title with two playoff occasions remaining.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: TimberTech Championship, Boca Raton, Fla., Nov. 3-5
LIV Golf League
THIS WEEK: Season Complete
Series Winners: Talor Gooch (Individual), Crushers GC (Team)
NEXT TOURNAMENT: TBA
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