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Field Level Media’s Golf Glance gives weekly news and storylines from every of the key North American golf excursions.
PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Zozo Championship (Collin Morikawa)
THIS WEEK: World Wide Technology Championship, Los Cabos, Mexico, Nov. 2-5
Course: El Cardonal at Diamante (Par 72, 7,452 yards)
Purse: $8.2M (Winner: $1.476M)
Defending Champion: Russell Henley
FedEx Cup Champion: Viktor Hovland
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Saturday, 4:30-7:30 p.m. ET; Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel)
X: @WWTChampionship
NOTES: This is the primary PGA Tour occasion to be held on a course designed by Tiger Woods. The match had been held in Riviera Maya for the previous 16 years. … This is the fifth of seven occasions of the FedEx Cup Fall that finalizes eligibility for the 2024 season. Nos. 1-50 after the Tour Championship locked of their positions. Nos. 51-60 after the Fall sequence will qualify for 2 signature occasions subsequent 12 months: the ATT Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Genesis Invitational. The prime 125 will probably be exempt into full-field occasions and The Players Championship, whereas Nos. 126-150 will earn Korn Ferry Tour standing and conditional standing on the PGA Tour subsequent 12 months. … Maverick McNealy makes his first begin for the reason that RBC Canadian Open in June. McNealy, who’s the one tour participant gaining greater than a shot on the greens this season, has been rehabbing a shoulder damage and fell from No. 26 to No. 121 within the standings throughout his absence. … Michael Block, the educating professional who completed fifteenth on the PGA Championship, is within the area on a sponsor exemption together with Chris Gotterup, newbie Preston Summerhays and open qualifier Billy Davis. … Winners in the course of the Fall sequence obtain world rankings factors, a two-year PGA Tour exemption and invites to subsequent 12 months’s Tournament of Champions, The Players Championship, the Masters and the PGA Championship.
BEST BETS: Ludvig Aberg (900) is looking for his first PGA Tour win, with the rookie Ryder Cup member posting a T2 and T13 in his first two fall occasions. … Cameron Young (1200) is the highest-ranked participant within the area at No. 17 as he additionally seeks his maiden win on tour. This is Young’s first begin since a T15 on the BMW Championship in August. … Sahith Theegala (1600) claimed his first tour title on the Fortinet Championship and backed it up with a T19 on the Zozo Championship. … Lucas Glover (2500) can also be making his first begin for the reason that Tour Championship, the place he completed T18 after profitable the Wyndham and the primary leg of the playoffs on the FedEx St. Jude. … Emiliano Grillo (2800), who gained the Charles Schwab Challenge earlier this 12 months, rebounded from a pair of missed cuts to complete T10 on the Zozo. … Chris Kirk (3300) hasn’t teed it up for the reason that BMW. He has missed 5 of his previous 9 cuts, however Kirk gained the Honda final spring and has the veteran expertise to be a darkish horse in opposition to a considerably modest area.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Southampton, Bermuda, Nov. 9-12
LPGA Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: Maybank Championship (Celine Boutier)
THIS WEEK: Toto Japan Classic, Omitama, Ibaraki, Japan, Nov. 2-5
Course: Taiheiyo Club, Minori Course (Par 72, 6,598 yards)
Purse: $2M (Winner: $300,000)
Defending Champion: Gemma Dryburgh
Race to the CME Globe chief: Boutier
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 11 p.m.-2 a.m.; Saturday, 11:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m.; Sunday, 11 p.m.-2 a.m. (Golf Channel)
Streaming: Thursday-Friday, 10-11 p.m. ET; Saturday, 10:30-11:30 p.m.; Sunday, 10-11 p.m. (Peacock)
X: @LPGA
NOTES: This is the ultimate of 4 occasions on the LPGA Tours Asian swing. It is a 78-player, no-cut occasion with 43 LPGA Tour gamers competing together with 35 JLPGA members. Only 5 of twenty-two winners on the LPGA Tour this 12 months are within the area. … Boutier prolonged her lead within the Race to the CME Globe from Lilia Vu along with her fourth win of the 12 months. She additionally handed Vu within the Rolex Player of the Year rankings by three factors. Boutier, Vu and Ruoning Yin are the one three gamers mathematically alive within the Player of the Year race. … Dryburgh posted a four-shot victory at 20-under 268 within the first 12 months the occasion was performed over 72 holes.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: The Annika pushed by Gainbridge at Pelican, Belleair, Fla., Nov. 9-12
PGA Tour Champions
LAST TOURNAMENT: Dominion Energy Charity Classic (Harrison Frazar)
THIS WEEK: TimberTech Championship, Boca Raton, Fla., Nov. 3-5
Course: The Old Course at Broken Sound (Par 71, 6,943 yards)
Purse: $2.2M (Winner: $350,000)
Defending Champion: Bernhard Langer
Charles Schwab Cup chief: Steve Stricker
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Friday-Saturday, 1-4:30 p.m. ET; Sunday, 12-3 p.m. (Golf Channel)
X: @TimberTechChamp
NOTES: Stricker has clinched the Charles Schwab Cup title with two playoff occasions remaining. … This is a 54-hole occasion that includes the highest 54 gamers within the standings. The prime 36 after this week will qualify for the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship. … Langer has gained this occasion thrice, together with 2010 and 2019. The Boca Raton resident gained final 12 months’s occasion at Royal Palm Yacht Country Club whereas The Old Course at Broken Sound was present process a renovation. He set the match scoring document of 19-under 197 4 years in the past.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Charles Schwab Cup Championship, Phoenix, Nov. 9-12
LIV Golf League
THIS WEEK: Season Complete
Series Winners: Talor Gooch (Individual), Crushers GC (Team)
NEXT TOURNAMENT: TBA
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