pga tour
Utah Bank Championship
Location: Ivins, Utah.
Course: Black Desert Resort. Yards: 7,421. Par: 71.
Prize: $6 million. Winner’s share: $1,080,000.
TV: Thursdays through Saturdays, 5pm to 8pm (Golf Channel). Sundays, 4:30-7:30 p.m. (Golf Channel).
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Defending Champion: Matt McCarty.
FedEx Cup Winner: Tommy Fleetwood.
Last tournament: Xander Schauffele won the Bay Current Classic.
Note: This is the second year the tournament in Utah has a title sponsor. … The field has two players in the top 20 in the world rankings in Alex Nolen (17th) and Maverick McNeely (19th) and five in the top 50. … The PGA Tour has just completed an open week and will have another open week next week, with three straight tournaments before the end of the season. … Only two of the final five tournaments of the fall will be held in the United States. … The purse was $6 million, down from $7.5 million in the first year. …Black Desert was designed by the late Tom Weiskopf. An LPGA tournament will also be held. … All four of the unrestricted sponsor exemptions were given to players with ties to Utah, including Preston Summerhays, who reached the second round of the U.S. Amateur this year, and Utah Tech freshman David Lichti. … Matt McCarty won last year after winning the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour three times.
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Next tournament: World Wide Technology Championship November 6-9.
Online: https://www.pgatour.com/
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LPGA Tour
Hanwha Life Plus International Crown
Location: Goyang, South Korea.
Course: New Korea CC. Yards: Par:
Prize: $2 million. Winning team’s share: $500,000.
TV: Wednesday-Friday, 10pm-3am (Golf Channel). Saturdays, 7:30pm-10:30pm (Golf Channel). Sundays, 12:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Thailand.
Race to CME Globe Leader: Jeeno Thitikul.
Last week: Sei Young Kim won the BMW Ladies Championship.
Note: Seven countries and “rest of the world” teams compete in two pools in one of golf’s premier multi-team competitions. … Ten countries have competed in the International Crown since its debut in Caves Valley in 2014. … The team (and its players) were determined by the women’s world rankings. … World team additions allow for the likes of Lydia Ko (New Zealand) and Brooke Henderson (Canada) … The seven countries are the United States, South Korea, Australia, Thailand, Japan, Sweden and China. … Nelly Korda has opted to withdraw from the U.S. team to rest from a lingering injury. … The format is four-ball games on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The top two countries from each pool advance to Sunday (semi-finals and finals), which consists of one foursomes match and two singles matches. … Spain won the first tournament but has not qualified since.
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Next week is Maybank Malaysia Championship.
Online: https://www.lpga.com/
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europe tour
genesis championship
Location: Cheonan, South Korea.
Course: Woojong Hills CC. Yards: Par:
Prize: $4 million. Winner’s share: $666,667.
TV: Wednesdays, 11pm to 4am (NBC Sports App). Thursdays, 4-8:30 a.m. (Golf Channel). 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. (NBC Sports App). Fridays, 4-8:30 a.m. (Golf Channel). 11:30 p.m.-4 a.m. (NBC Sports App). Saturday, 6:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. (Golf Channel), 10:30 p.m.-3:30 a.m. (NBC Sports App). Sunday, 6-8 a.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Ahn Byung-hoon.
Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.
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Last week: Tommy Fleetwood won the DP World India Championship.
Note: This is the final event where the top 70 players qualify for the final two tournaments on the European Tour, the Race to Dubai. … The field features former Masters champions Hideki Matsuyama and Adam Scott. … Keita Nakajima’s runner-up finish in India last week moved him up to 12th place in the Race to Dubai, making him ninth on the list of 10 players eligible to earn a PGA Tour card. He will be on site this week. … Lim Sung-jae and Kim Si-woo are among the Koreans playing at home this week. … McIlroy tied for 26th in India last week. His lead over Marco Penzi in the Race to Dubai is 441 points. Tyrrell Hatton is a distant third. …The top 110 players after the Genesis Championship hold their full 2026 European Tour cards. Among the players in the bubble are Dylan Frittelli and Bernd Wiesberger. … This is the 13th European Tour event to be held in an Asian country, with two more to be held before the end of the season.
Next tournament: Abu Dhabi Championship from November 6-9.
Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/
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pga tour champion
Simmons Bank Championship
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas.
Course: Pleasant Valley CC. Yards: 7,101. Par: 72.
Prize: $2.3 million. Winner’s share: $365,000.
TV: Friday through Saturday, 2pm to 5pm (Golf Channel). Sundays, 1:30pm-4:30pm (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Padraig Harrington.
Charles Schwab Cup Leader: Miguel Angel Jimenez.
Last week: Justin Leonard won the Dominion Energy Charity Classic.
Note: This is the second of three postseason events on the PGA Tour Champions. The top 36 players from the 52-man field will advance to next month’s Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Arizona. …This is the second year that the mid-season playoff event has been held in Arkansas. It was previously held in South Florida under a different sponsor. … Of the 54 players eligible to play, two are not on the field, including Bernhard Langer. That means the 68-year-old German has one more tournament left to qualify for the senior circuit, extending his record of winning at least one every year since turning 50. … Leonard became the first player in seven years to win by one stroke at the PGA Tour Champions last week with an eagle on the final hole. … Leonard becomes the seventh multiple winner at this year’s PGA Tour Champions. …Scott Parrell was the only player in the top 54 to qualify for this week’s event.
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Next tournament: Charles Schwab Cup Championship Nov. 13-16.
Online: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions
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Other tours
Augusta National GC and R&A: Asia Pacific Amateur Championship, Emirates GC (Majlis), Dubai, United Arab Emirates. TV: Thursday through Friday, 5-8 a.m. (ESPN2), Saturday, 4-7 a.m. (ESPN2), Sunday, 5-8 a.m. (ESPN2). Previous winner: Ding Wenyi. Online: https://www.aacgolf.com/
Asian Tour: International Series Philippines, Sta Elena GC, Santa Rosa, Philippines. TV: Thursday through Friday, 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. (NBC Sports app). Saturday, 12:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. (NBC Sports App), 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. (Golf Channel). Sunday, 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. (NBC Sports App), 10 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel). Defending Champion: New Tournament. Online: https://asiantour.com/
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European Women’s Tour: Wistron Ladies Open, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Sunrise Golf & CC. Defending champion: Chiara Tamburini. Online: https://ladieseuropeantour.com/
PGA Tour of Australia: Webex Player Series – Willunga GC, South Australia, Willunga, Australia. Defending Champion: Jack Buchanan. Online: https://golf.com.au/
Sunshine Tour: Blu Label Unlimited Challenge, Gary Player CC (Sun City and Lost City), Sun City, South Africa. Defending Champion: Jonathan Broomhead. Online: https://sunshinetour.com/
Legends Tour: Sergio Melpignano Senior Italian Open, San Domenico GC, Puglia, Italy. Defending champion: Thomas Gogele. Online: https://www.legendstour.com/
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Japan LPGA: Shinoda Group Masters, Masters GC, Hyogo Prefecture. Defending champion: Lee Min Young. Online: https://www.lpga.or.jp/
Korean LPGA: Gwangnam-Happiness Open, Happiness CC, Naju, South Korea. Defending Champion: New Tournament. Online: https://klpga.co.kr/
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