Saudi-funded LIV Golf comes to America for Portland event
Notes: That is the primary of 5 LIV Golf occasions to be held in america. The PGA Tour doesn’t grant releases to members for tournaments held in North America. … The Saudi-backed sequence has added 4 gamers from the highest 50 on the planet because the inaugural occasion exterior London — Brooks Koepka, Abraham Ancer, Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed. It has eight of the world’s high 50. … Pumpkin Ridge is the place Tiger Woods gained his third straight U.S. Novice in 1996, and Alison Nicholas (1997) and Hilary Lunke (2003) gained the U.S. Girls’s Open. These had been on the Witch Hole course. The LIV occasion will use six holes from Witch Hole and 12 holes from the Ghost Creek course. … The sphere options eight of the highest 50 on the planet, greater than the PGA Tour and European tour mixed. … Dustin Johnson stays the highest-ranked participant within the LIV Golf group at No. 17. … The final PGA Tour-sanctioned event at Pumpkin Ridge was a Korn Ferry Tour occasion from 2014 by 2020.
Subsequent occasion: LIV Golf Invitational-Bedminster on July 29-31.
On-line: https://www.livgolf.com/
Course: TPC Deere Run. Yardage: 7,289. Par: 71.
Prize cash: $8.3 million. Winner’s share: $1.494 million.
Tv: Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).
Defending champion: Lucas Glover.
FedEx Cup chief: Scottie Scheffler.
Final week: Xander Schauffele gained the Vacationers Championship.
Notes: The event is held the identical week the Saudi-funded LIV Golf is staging its first occasion in North America. … Coming two weeks after the U.S. Open and two weeks forward of the British Open, the sector doesn’t characteristic anybody from the highest 50 on the planet rating. … Steve Stricker makes his first PGA Tour begin because the 3M Open in Minnesota final summer season. He’s coming off a runner-up end within the U.S. Senior Open. Stricker is a three-time winner of the John Deere Traditional, with three straight titles (2009-11). … Mark Hensby, who completed third within the U.S. Senior Open final week, gained his solely PGA Tour occasion on the John Deere Traditional in 2004. … Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson is taking part in in what he considers his hometown occasion. He gained in 2012 and misplaced in a playoff every of the next two years. … Sahith Theegala is taking part in after he was runner-up on the Vacationers Championship by making double bogey on the final gap. … Kevin Na was a runner-up on the John Deere Traditional. He’s taking part in the Saudi-backed LIV occasion this week.
Subsequent week: Genesis Scottish Open and Barbasol Championship.
On-line: https://www.pgatour.com/
Web site: Thomastown, Eire.
Course: Mount Juliet Property. Yardage: 7,264. Par: 72.
Prize cash: $6 million. Winner’s share: $1 million.
Tv: Thursday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Lucas Herbert.
DP World Tour factors chief: Will Zalatoris.
Final week: Haotong Li gained the BMW Worldwide Open.
Notes: The sphere consists of 5 of the highest 50 on the planet rating, led by former British Open champion Shane Lowry at No. 24. … Three-time main champion Padraig Harrington is taking part in his nationwide Open every week after he captured the U.S. Senior Open. He gained the Irish Open in 2007. … Lowry gained the Irish Open in 2009 as an novice. … Rory McIlroy selected to not play after 4 straight weeks within the U.S. He performed the Irish Open the primary 10 years of his professional profession. … The main three gamers from the highest 10 not already eligible can earn a spot within the British Open at St. Andrews subsequent month. … American Troy Merritt is taking part in on a sponsor invitation. … Mount Juliet is a Jack Nicklaus design that hosted a World Golf Championship gained by Tiger Woods in 2002 and Ernie Els in 2004. … The event dates to 1927 and was gained by George Duncan at Portmarnock. … Alex Fitzpatrick, the youthful brother of U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, is taking part in on a sponsor invitation.
Subsequent week: Genesis Scottish Open and Barbasol Championship.
Web site: Berthoud, Colorado.
Course: TPC Colorado. Yardage: 7,995. Par: 72
Prize cash: $750,000. Winner’s share: $135,000.
Defending champion: Tag Ridings.
Factors chief: Carl Yuan.
Final week: Pierceson Coody gained the Stay and Work in Maine Open.
Subsequent event: Memorial Well being Championship on July 14-17.
Final week: In Gee Chun gained the KPMG Girls’s PGA Championship.
Subsequent event: Dow Nice Lakes Bay Invitational on July 13-16.
Race to CME Globe chief: Minjee Lee.
On-line: https://www.lpga.com/
Final week: Padraig Harrington gained the U.S. Senior Open.
Subsequent week: Bridgestone Senior Gamers Championship.
Charles Schwab Cup chief: Steven Alker.
Problem Tour: Italian Problem Open, Golf Nazionale, Viterbo, Italy. Earlier winner: Ricardo Gouveia. On-line: https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/
Women European Tour: Amundi German Masters, Seddiner See Golf & CC, Berlin. Defending champion: New occasion. On-line: https://ladieseuropeantour.com/
Mackenzie Tour: Prince Edward Island Open, Dundarave GC, Cardigan, Prince Edward Island. Earlier winner: New occasion. On-line: https://www.pgatour.com/canada/en_us.html
Japan LPGA: Shiseido Women Open, Totsuka CC, Kanagawa, Japan. Defending champion: Ai Suzuki. On-line: https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/
Korean LPGA: McCall Mona Park Open, Birch Hill GC, Pyeongchang, South Korea. Defending champion: Hae Rin Kim. On-line: https://www.klpga.co.kr/
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