Field Level Media’s Golf Glance offers weekly news and storylines from every of the foremost North American golf excursions.
PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: World Wide Technologies Championship at Mayakoba (Russell Henley)
THIS WEEK: Houston Open, Nov. 10-13
Course: Memorial Park Golf Course (Par 72, 7,412 yards)
Purse: $8.4M (Winner: $1.512M)
Defending Champion: Jason Kokrak
FedEx Cup chief: Seamus Power
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m. ET (All occasions Golf Channel)
Streaming: Thursday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Twitter: @HouOpenGolf
NOTES: There are two occasions left throughout the “Fall Swing.” Memorial Park’s origins date again to 1912 and the municipal monitor underwent a serious renovation earlier than the PGA Tour returned in 2020 after almost 60 years. … Kokrak is not going to defend his title after becoming a member of LIV Golf. … DP World Tour member and former Texas AM star Johannes Veerman is within the area on a sponsors exemption. He can be joined within the area by former Texas teammates Cole Hammer and Travis Vick … Stewart Cink will make his 650th profession PGA Tour begin this week, attempting Fred Funk for Thirty fifth-most all-time, whereas Henley will make his 250th profession begin. Henley has earned 1,031 profession FedEx Cup factors on the Houston Open, his most at any event.
BEST BETS: Dallas space resident Scottie Scheffler (600 at BetMGM) shot a final-round 62 on Sunday to say a T3 in Mexico. He now has six scores of 62 or higher since his rookie season in 2019-20 and tied for second in Houston final yr. … Sam Burns (1400) has posted consecutive T7s on the Houston Open, the one participant with two top-10s for the reason that occasion moved to Memorial Park. … Hideki Matsuyama (2500) completed runner-up the primary time Memorial Park hosted the occasion in 2020. … Tour rookie Taylor Montgomery (2500) has completed T15 or higher in all 5 begins this season. … Sahith Theegala (4000), who lately moved to the Houston space, has two top-10s in 4 begins this season.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: The RSM Classic, St. Simons Island, Ga., Nov. 17-20
LPGA Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: Toto Japan Classic (Gemma Dryburgh)
THIS WEEK: Pelican Women’s Championship, Belleair, Fla, Nov. 10-13
Course: Pelican Golf Club (Par 70, 6,341 yards)
Purse: $2M (Winner: $300,000)
Defending Champion: Nelly Korda
Race to the CME Globe chief: Lydia Ko
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 7:30-10:30 p.m. (Golf Channel, tape delay)
Streaming: Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1:30-4:30 p.m. ET (All occasions NBCSports.com and NBC Sports App).
Twitter: @pelicanlpga
NOTES: This is the ultimate full-field occasion of the yr and the final event earlier than the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship. … The 120-player area can be minimize to the top-70 and ties following 36 holes. … Korda defeated Ko, Sei Young Kim and Lexi Thompson on the primary playoff gap final yr. The 4 gamers every set a brand new event scoring document of 263. … Minjee Lee leads the season cash record with $3,759,835 and trails Ko by a single level within the race for Rolex Player of the Year honors. Six gamers nonetheless have a mathematical probability of profitable the award, together with Brooke Henderson, world No. 1 Atthaya Thitikul, In Gee Chun and Jennifer Kupcho. However, Ko can clinch the award with a win this week. … Thitikul will safe Rookie of the Year until Hye-Jin Choi wins this week. … Jessica Korda will miss the ultimate two occasions of the season on account of a again damage. … Brittany Lincicome will tee it up for the primary time since giving berth to her second youngster in August.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: CME Group Tour Championship, Naples, Fla., Nov. 17-20
Champions Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: Timber Tech Championship (Bernhard Langer)
THIS WEEK: Charles Schwab Cup Championship, Nov. 10-13
Course: Phoenix Country Club (Par 71, 6,860 yards)
Purse: $2.5M (Winner: $440,000)
Defending Champion: Alker
Charles Schwab Cup chief: Alker
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Sunday, 4-6:30 p.m. ET (All occasions Golf Channel)
Twitter: @SchwabCupFinale
NOTES: Alker leads the standings by 617,980 factors over Padraig Harrington, the one different participant with an opportunity to win the title. Harrington might win the championship with a victory however would additionally need assistance from Alker, who might nonetheless win with a top-five end. … Langer has a number of victories in 10 consecutive seasons and is one win shy of Hale Irwin’s all-time champions document of 45 wins. Only 34 gamers in Champions historical past have received 11 or extra occasions – Langer has received 11 occasions since turning 60.
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