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Field Level Media’s Golf Glance offers weekly news and storylines from every of the main North American golf excursions.
PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Sanderson Farms Championship (Steven Fisk)
THIS WEEK: Baycurrent Classic, Yokohama, Japan, Oct. 9-12
Course: Yokohama Country Club (Par 71, 7,315 Yards)
Purse: $8M (Winner: $1.44M)
Defending Champion: Nico Echavarria
FedEx Cup Champion: Tommy Fleetwood
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Wednesday-Saturday: 11 p.m.-3 a.m. (Golf Channel)
X: @Baycurrent_Clsc
NOTES: Only the highest 100 gamers within the FedEx Cup standings following the seven fall occasions will safe absolutely exempt standing for 2026. Those who started the autumn sequence within the high 70 have already clinched their top-100 eligibility, with Nos. 51-70 nonetheless working to safe spots within the first two signature occasions of 2026. … Yokohama Country Club is enjoying host to the occasion for the primary time. The course is about 25 miles south of Tokyo. … The occasion is co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour Organization and the sector consists of 14 JGTO members who earned entry. … Max Homa is within the subject as he makes an attempt to enhance on his present No. 99 rating within the FedEx Cup Fall standings. … Kazo, Japan, native Keita Nakajima will make his seventeenth begin on tour on a sponsor exemption. His greatest end in three earlier Baycurrent Classic begins was a T12 in 2022.
BEST BETS: Xander Schauffele (+1000 at DraftKings) is the highest-ranked participant within the subject at No. 4, however remains to be in search of his first victory of 2025. … Collin Morikawa (+1600) is making his forty third begin since his most up-to-date win on tour at this occasion in 2023. He has a pair of runner-ups amongst 4 top-10s this season. … Hideki Matsuyama (+1800) has a win in 2021 and a runner-up in 2019 amongst six earlier occasion begins. … Chris Gotterup (+2000) tees it up for the primary time since his T10 on the Tour Championship, which got here 5 begins after his maiden PGA Tour win on the Scottish Open.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Bank of Utah Championship, Ivins, Utah, Oct. 23-26
LPGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Lotte Championship (Youmin Hwang)
THIS WEEK: Buick LPGA Shanghai, Oct. 9-12
Course: Qizhong Garden Golf Club (Par 72, 6,703 Yards)
Purse: $2.2M
Defending Champion: A Lim Kim
Race to the CME Globe chief: Jeeno Thitikul
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday: 7-11 p.m. ET; Friday-Saturday: 11th of September p.m. (Golf Channel)
Streaming: Wednesday-Friday: 11 p.m.-4 a.m. ET; Saturday: 11 p.m.-4:30 a.m. (NBC Sports App)
X: @BuickLPGAShanghai2025
NOTES: This marks the beginning the five-event Asia swing, with the tour returning to the mainland United States in November. … The subject consists of World No. 1 Thitikul, No. 4 Minjee Lee and No. 7 Ruoning Ying. … Two-time occasion champion Danielle Kang (2018-19) is within the subject as considered one of 4 sponsor invitations.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: BMW Ladies Championship, Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do, Korea, Oct. 9-12
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
LAST TOURNAMENT: Constellation Furyk & Friends (Tommy Gainey)
THIS WEEK: SAS Championship, Cary, N.C., Oct. 12
Course: Prestonwood CC (Par 72, 7,237 Yards)
Purse: $2.1M (Winner: $315,000)
Defending Champion: Jerry Kelly
Charles Schwab Cup chief: Miguel Angel Jimenez
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Friday-Sunday: 7-9 p.m. ET (All occasions tape delayed on Golf Channel)
X: @ChampionsTour
NOTES: This is the ultimate occasion earlier than the beginning of the three-tournament Charles Schwab Cub playoffs. The high 72 gamers within the standings after this week will qualify for the primary leg at subsequent week’s Dominion Energy Charity Classic. … The subject consists of every of the highest 13 gamers within the standings. … Two-time winners of the occasion who’re within the subject are Kelly (2019, ’24) and Bernhard Langer (2012, ’18).
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Dominion Energy Charity Classic, Richmond, Va., Oct. 17-19
LIV GOLF LEAGUE
LAST TOURNAMENT: Team Championship (Legion XIII)
THIS WEEK: Season Complete
Season Winners: Individual: Jon Rahm; Team: Legion XIII
NEXT TOURNAMENT: LIV Golf Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 5-7
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