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The PGA Tour heads to Japan for the third occasion of the FedExCup Fall sequence, whereas spots in subsequent 12 months’s Masters and Open Championship are on the road at Spain’s nationwide open on the DP World Tour.
PGA TOUR
THIS WEEK: Baycurrent Classic, Yokohama, Japan, Oct. 8-11
Course: Yokohama Country Club (Par 71, 7,322 Yards)
Purse: $8M (Winner: $1.4M)
Defending Champion: Xander Schauffele
FedExCup Champion: Scottie Scheffler
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Wednesday-Saturday: 11 p.m.-3 a.m. ET (Golf Channel)
X: @Baycurrent_Clsc
NOTES: This is the third of eight tournaments within the FedExCup Fall, which finalizes eligibility for the 2027 PGA Tour season. Players who end inside the highest 100 within the standings turn into exempt for 2027. Players who completed Nos. 51-60 within the last FedExCup Fall standings earn spots into the primary two signature occasions subsequent season … The discipline contains 16 of the highest 50 gamers within the Official World Golf Ranking, led by No. 5 Wyndham Clark. … The match configuration will embody 16 holes from the West Course and two from the East Course. … Hideki Matsuyama holds the longest lively streak on the PGA Tour with 34 consecutive made cuts. … Max Greyserman, who has completed runner-up on this occasion the previous two years, sits at No. 98 within the standings. … Sponsor exemptions embody Japanese gamers Takumi Kanaya, who completed T4 final 12 months, Keita Nakajima, Jinichiro Kozuma and novice Koshin Nagasaki. … Nico Echavarria set the match scoring report of 260 in 2024.
BEST BETS: Schauffele (+910 at DraftKings) is the defending champion. It was his most up-to-date stroke-play victory, and he seeks to turn into the occasion’s first two-time winner … Clark (+1450) already has three wins this season, together with the U.S. Open. … Collin Morikawa (+1550) received the occasion in 2023 and completed T4 and T14 to complete the FedExCup Playoffs. … Matsuyama (+1750) received the occasion in his residence nation in 2021 and completed runner-up in 2019. … Jacob Bridgeman (+2150) is coming off securing the clinching level for the United States within the Presidents Cup. He additionally received his most up-to-date stroke-play occasion on the Biltmore Championship Asheville.
Last Tournament: Bank of Utah Championship (Austin Smotherman)
Next Tournament: Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Southampton, Bermuda, Oct. 22-25
DP WORLD TOUR
THIS WEEK: Open de Espana, Madrid, Oct. 8-11
Course: Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Black Course (Par 71, 7,154 Yards)
Purse: $3.75M (Winner: $625,000)
Defending Champion: Marco Penge
Race to Dubai Leader: Patrick Reed
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday: 8 a.m.-1 p.m. ET; Saturday: 7:30 a.m.-noon; Sunday: 7 a.m.-noon (Golf Channel)
X: @DPWorldTour
NOTES: First held in 1912, Spain’s nationwide open is the third-oldest golf match in Europe. … Spaniard Jon Rahm, a three-time occasion winner, withdrew as he and his spouse put together for the beginning of the couple’s fourth little one. … Reed, who’s coming back from a wrist harm, will tee it up in his twelfth completely different nation on tour this 12 months. He has two wins thus far and seeks to increase his factors lead over Rory McIlroy, who isn’t on this week’s discipline. … The winner will earn a spot in subsequent 12 months’s Masters, whereas the highest finisher not already exempt will earn a spot within the Open Championship.
Last Tournament: Alfred Dunhill Links Championship (Adrian Meronk)
Next Tournament: DP World India Championship, New Delhi, Oct. 15-18
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
THIS WEEK: Constellation Furyk & Friends, Palm Coast, Fla., Oct. September 11
Course: Hammock Beach Golf Resort & Spa, Ocean Course (Par 72, 7,149 Yards)
Purse: $2.2M (Winner: $330,000)
Defending Champion: Tommy Gainey
Charles Schwab Cup Leader: Stewart Cink
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Friday: 1-3 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday: 4-6 p.m. (Golf Channel)
X: @ChampionsTour
NOTES: Hammock Beach would be the host venue for the primary time within the six-year historical past of the occasion. … Cink (5) and Zach Johnson (6) have mixed to win 11 of the primary 23 tournaments this season. Cink leads Johnson by $478,062 within the season standings with two occasions remaining earlier than the playoffs. … Four-time PGA Tour winner Ryan Palmer will make his debut after turning 50 on Sept. 19. One of his 4 profession PGA Tour victories got here at Hammock Beach’s Conservatory Course in 2008 … Michael Block earned a spot within the discipline along with his top-10 end on the Jefferson Lehigh Valley Classic.
Last Tournament: Jefferson Lehigh Valley Classic (Steven Alker)
Next Tournament: SAS Championship, Cary, N.C., Oct. 16-18
LPGA TOUR
THIS WEEK: OFF.
Race to CME Globe Leader: Nelly Korda
Last Tournament: LOTTE Championship (Jeeno Thitikul)
Next Tournament: Buick LPGA Shanghai, Oct. 15-18
LIV GOLF
THIS WEEK: Season Concluded
Season Champions: Individual: Jon Rahm; Team: Legion XIII
–Field Level Media