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The PGA and LPGA excursions conclude their seasons this week with the ultimate two official tournaments of 2023 amongst main North American golf excursions.
PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Butterfield Bermuda Championship (Camilo Villegas)
THIS WEEK: The RSM Classic, St. Simons Island, Ga., Nov. 16-19
Course: SeaIsland Golf Club, Seaside Course (Par 70, 7,005 yards)
Purse: $8.4M (Winner: $1.512M)
Defending Champion: Adam Svensson
FedEx Cup Champion: Viktor Hovland
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 12-3 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Streaming: Thursday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. ET (ESPN)
X: @TheRSMClassic
SEASON FINALE: This is the ultimate occasion of the 2022-23 PGA Tour season and the ultimate occasion of the seven-tournament FedEx Cup Fall. Players who end No. 51-60 within the standings (the “Next 10”) will earn entry into two designated occasions subsequent yr. Those ending within the Top 125 will retain full-field standing and spots within the Players Championship. Nos. 126-150 will earn conditional standing and invitations to hitch the DP World Tour.
NEXT 10 STANDINGS (In Field)
No. 56 Nick Hardy
No. 57 Alex Smalley
No. 58 Luke List
No. 59 J.J. Spaun
No. 60 Sam Ryder
No. 61 Mark Hubbard
No. 62 Stephan Jaeger
No. 63 Thomas Detry
No. 64 Alex Noren
No. 65 Erik van Rooyen
No. 66 Davis Riley
No. 67 Brandon Wu
No. 68 S.H. Kim
No. 69 Keith Mitchell
No. 70 Hayden Buckley
TOP 125 BUBBLE STANDINGS (All in Field)
No. 121 Doug Ghim
No. 122 Nico Echavarria
No. 123 Troy Merritt
No. 124 Andrew Novak
No. 125 Carl Yuan
No. 126 Henrik Norlander
No. 127 Maverick McNealy
No. 128 Ryan Moore
No. 129 C.T. Pan
No. 130 Patton Kizzire
NOTES: The prime 50 within the Official World Golf Ranking on Jan. 1, 2024 will safe invites to the 2024 Masters. … Svensson is defending his maiden PGA Tour victory. … Curtis Thompson, the older brother of LPGA Tour star Lexi Thompson, secured the ultimate spot within the subject with a birdie on the fifth playoff gap of the Monday Qualifier. … Mark Hubbard will make his thirty ninth begin of the 54-event season, a single-season report since information began being stored in 1983. He is one among six gamers to compete in all six Fall occasions up to now. The others are: Tyson Alexander, Akshay Bhatia, Nick Hardy, Justin Lower and Kevin Yu. … The Open champion Brian Harman makes his first begin on tour because the Tour Championship. … Zach Johnson and Chris Kirk are the one gamers to compete within the occasion yearly since its debut in 2010. … Twin brothers David and Maxwell Ford are within the subject on sponsor exemptions. David received the 2023 Jones Cup. … Tournament host Davis Love III will make his 790th begin on tour.
BEST BETS: Ludvig Aberg (1400 at BetMGM) already has secured his standing among the many prime 125, and the standout Swedish rookie has his sights set on getting inside the highest 50 on this planet. He’s at the moment No. 53. … Russell Henley (1600) is the second highest-ranked participant within the subject at No. 25 and is one other Georgia resident (Columbus) within the subject. … Brian Harman (2000) is a St. Simons Island resident and can make his twelfth occasion begin after tying for second final yr. … Corey Conners (2200) tees it up for the primary time because the Tour Championship and received Valero Texas Open earlier this yr. … Eric Cole (3000) leads the rookie of the yr race and is forty eighth on this planet as he seeks his maiden tour win. Cole has three top-4 finishes in his previous 4 begins. … Kirk (4500) received the occasion in 2013 and completed T4 in 2014 and ’18. He sits forty ninth on this planet rankings. … Camilo Villegas (5500) adopted his runner-up two weeks in the past along with his first win in 9 years in Bermuda.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Sentry Tournament of Champions, Kapalua, Hawaii, Jan. 4-7
LPGA Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: The Annika pushed by Gainbridge at Pelican (Lilia Vu)
THIS WEEK: CME Group Tour Championship, Naples, Fla., Nov. 16-19
Course: Pelican Golf Club (Par 72, 6,556 yards)
Purse: $7M (Winner: $2M)
Defending Champion: Lydia Ko
Race to the CME Globe chief: Celine Boutier
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 3-5 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday, 4-7 p.m. (GC-Tape Delay); Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (NBC)
Streaming: Thursday-Saturday, 2-5 p.m. ET; Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (Peacock)
X: @cmegrouptourchamp
NOTES: The Top 60 gamers within the Race to the CME Globe standings certified for the season-ending occasion, which options the very best successful payout in girls’s golf. … Ko, who completed one hundredth within the standings, is the primary champion to fail to qualify to defend her title. Other notable names who didn’t qualify this yr embrace three-time main champion In Gee Chun (No. 75), 2018 champion Lexi Thompson (79) and U.S. Solheim Cup captain Stacy Lewis. … Vu leads Boutier by 27 factors within the Player of the Year standings. They are the one two gamers mathematically eligible to win the award. … Jin Young Ko holds the match scoring report of 23-under 265 set in 2021, when she claimed her second consecutive title. … Six rookies are within the subject: Grace Kim, Yuna Nishimura, Alexa Pano, Hae Ran Ryu, Chanettee Wannasaen and Rose Zhang. Three others making their occasion debuts are Stephanie Kyriacou, Linn Grant and Ruoning Yin.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: TBA
PGA Tour Champions
LAST TOURNAMENT: Charles Schwab Cup Championship (Steven Alker)
THIS WEEK: Season Complete
Charles Schwab Cup champion: Steve Stricker
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, Maui, Hawaii
LIV Golf League
THIS WEEK: Season Complete
Series Winners: Talor Gooch (Individual), Crushers GC (Team)
NEXT TOURNAMENT: TBA
–Field Level Media