PGA TOUR
HERO WORLD CHALLENGE
Site: Nassau, Bahamas.
Course: Albany GC. Yardage: 7,449. Par: 72.
Prize cash: $4.5 million. Winner’s share: $1 million.
Television: Thursday-Friday, 1:30-4:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, midday to 2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30-5 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 1:30-4:30 p.m. (NBC).
Defending champion: Viktor Hovland.
FedEx Cup champion: Viktor Hovland.
Notes: Tiger Woods returns to competitors for the primary time since fusion surgical procedure on his proper ankle in April. Woods final performed on the Masters however withdrew after making the lower. … This would be the first time Woods performs his vacation occasion since 2019. … The match has a 20-man discipline and is sanctioned by the PGA Tour, although it’s unofficial. It receives world rating factors due to standards that everybody be ranked inside the highest 50. … There is an exemption for the match host (Woods). … Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele withdrew from the unique listing of gamers. … The discipline consists of Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler, Max Homa and Collin Morikawa. … Hovland goes for his third straight victory within the match. Scheffler has been runner-up each instances. Woods is the one different participant to win again-to-again for the reason that occasion started in 2000.
Next match: The Sentry on Jan. 4-7.
Online: https://www.pgatour.com/
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EUROPEAN TOUR AND PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA
ISPS HANDA AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Site: Sydney.
Courses: The Lakes GC (Yardage: 6,832. Par: 72) and The Australian GC (Yardage: 7,228. Par: 71).
Prize cash: AD 1.7 million. Winner’s share: AD 310,000.
Television: Wednesday-Thursday, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. (Golf Channel); Friday, 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Adrian Meronk and Ashleigh Buhai.
Race to Dubai chief: Min Woo Lee.
Last week: Min Woo Lee received the Australian PGA Championship.
Notes: For the second straight 12 months, the Australian Open and Women’s Australian Open will probably be held concurrently for separate trophies and the identical prize cash. … The main three gamers not already exempt earn spots within the British Open subsequent 12 months as a part of the Open Qualifying Series. … The Australian Open is fifth-oldest nationwide championship on this planet, relationship to 1904. … Among the Australians enjoying of their dwelling open are main champions Geoff Ogilvy, Adam Scott and Cameron Smith, together with Cam Davis, Aaron Baddeley, Min Woo Lee and Marc Leishman. … Nick Hardy and Patrick Rodgers are the U.S. gamers who’re competing this 12 months. … This is the second straight week the European tour is co-sanctioning a match on the PGA Tour of Australasia. … The discipline consists of Jasper Stubbs, who received the Asia-Pacific Amateur to earn a spot within the Masters and British Open subsequent 12 months.
Next week: Alfred Dunhill Championship.
Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/ and https://pga.org.au/
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EUROPEAN TOUR AND SUNSHINE TOUR
INVESTEC SOUTH AFRICAN OPEN
Site: Johannesburg.
Course: Blair Atholl Golf & Equestrian Estate. Yardage: 8,161. Par: 72.
Prize cash: $1.5 million. Winner’s share: $250,000.
Television: Thursday-Friday, 5-10 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 5-9:30 a.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Thriston Lawrence.
Race to Dubai chief: Min Woo Lee.
Last week: Dean Burmester received the Joburg Open.
Notes: This is the second of three straight weeks the European tour is co-sanctioning a match in South Africa with the Sunshine Tour. … The South African Open dates to 1903, making it the third-oldest championship in golf behind the British Open (1860) and the U.S. Open (1895). … Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, now with LIV Golf, is within the discipline. He is a two-time runner-up of his nationwide Open however has but to win it. … Dean Burmester is the opposite LIV Golf participant within the discipline. … Matthias Schwab of Austria is competing beneath the Category 12 exemption for PGA Tour members who completed between Nos. 126 and 200 within the FedEx Cup final season. … Matti Schmid of Germany is enjoying two weeks after he secured his PGA Tour card by narrowly ending within the high 125. … Gary Player received the South African Open 13 instances. Bobby Locke is subsequent, successful it 9 instances.
Next week: Alfred Dunhill Championship.
Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/ and https://sunshinetour.com/
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OTHER TOURS
Japan Golf Tour: Golf Nippon Series JT Cup, Tokyo Yomiuri CC, Tokyo. Defending champion: Hideto Tanihara. Online: https://www.jgto.org/en/
Asian Tour: Taiwan Glass Taifong Open, Taifong GC, Changhua, Taiwan. Defending champion: Chien-yao Hung. Online: https://asiantour.com/
Legends Tour: Vinpearl DIC Legends, Vinpearl Resort, Nha Trang, Vietnam. Defending champion: New occasion. Online: https://www.legendstour.com/
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