PGA TOUR
MAYAKOBA GOLF CLASSIC
Location: Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
Route: El Camaleon GC. Feature: 7,017. By: 71.
Premiums: $7. 2 million. Winner’s share: $1. 29 million.
Television: Thursday to Saturday, 2 p. m. at five o’clock in the afternoon (Golf Channel); Sunday, 1 p. m. at four o’clock in the afternoon (NBC).
Defending champion: Brendon Todd.
FedEx Cup leader: Dustin Johnson.
Last tournament: Robert Streb the RSM Classic.
Notes: Dustin Johnson was committed to playing before winning the Masters. He resigned last week. Array . . Justin Thomas is betting this time for the first time since his rookie season six years ago. Thomas (No. 3) is the only player in the top 10 sensitive global. Array . . The box also includes quadruple primary champion Brooks Koepka, Rickie Fowler and Harris English. Array . . Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker will play his first regular PGA Tour tournament game since the Memorial in July. Stricker maximum recently played at the US Open in September. Array . . Carlos Ortiz from Mexico plays for the first time as a PGA Tour winner. He won the Houston Open a week before the Masters and did not play at Sea Island. Ortiz and Abraham Ancer give Mexico two top sensitive 75 players. When the tournament began in 2007, there were no Mexicans at the top 200 sensitive. Array . . Joaquin Niemann donates his entire prize and $ 5,000 for each birdie ($ 10,000 for eagles) to help pay for a drug for his 2-month-old father in Chile. Array . . Former American amateur champion Andy Ogletree, the bottom amateur of the Masters, makes his professional debut with a sponsor waiver.
Next week: QBE Shootout.
Online: https://www. pgatour. com/
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LPGA TOWER
CLASSIC AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS
Site: Colony, Texas.
Course: Old American GC. Site: 6475. By: 71.
Premiums: $1. 75 million. Part of the winner: $262,500.
Television: Thursday to Saturday, from 17. 30 to 20. 30 hours (deadline to play golf on Channel-Tape); Sunday, 1 p. m. afternoon (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Cheyenne Knight.
Race to the CME Globe: Danielle Kang.
Last tournament: Sei Young Kim the Pelican Women’s Championship.
Notes: This is the first consecutive occasion in Texas, followed by the American Women’s Open at the Champions Golf Club in Houston. . . Jin Young Ko, the No. 1 player in women’s golf, is betting for the moment for a week in a row. . She tied for 34th place two weeks ago on her first occasion of the year on the LPGA Tour. . . Jeongeun Lee6, the women’s open champion, is also in the field . . . Six of the 10 most sensitive in the world rankings are gambling this week. Among those missing are Danielle Kang, Nelly Korda and Brooke Hfinisherson . . . Yeon Ryu is betting his first time in the United States on the LPGA Tour since the CME Group Tour championship at the end of the season last year. Champion. Cheyenne Knight won her first LPGA Tour tour tour last year at Old American. Since then, it has only had two more sensible ratings: the 10 . . . The tournament dates back to 2013. Inbee Park is the only player to have won more than once. .
Next week: U. S. Women’s Open.
Online: https://www. lpga. com/
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TORRE DEL SOL
SOUTH AFRICA OPENING
Site: Sun City, South Africa.
Course: Gary Player CC. Feature: 7,827. By: 72.
Premiums: 19. 5 million rand ($1. 28 million). Winner’s share: 3090750 rand ($202,000).
Television: Thursday, four a. m, to 6 a. m. , 8 a. m. 11 a. m. (Golf Channel); Friday from 6 a. m, to 11 a. m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 6 a. m. to 10:30 a. m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, five a. m. 9:30 a. m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Branden Grace.
Last week: Christiaan Bezuidenhuit the Alfred Dunhill Championship.
Notes: The tournament is co-sanctioned through the European Tour, which has created a new occasion for this week in Dubai . . . The South African Open dates back to 1903, making it the third oldest national open at the British Open (1860). and the US Open (1895) . . . . Gary Player holds the record with thirteen wins over a 25-year period. . . . Dylan Frittelli is betting his National Open for the first time since 2018. He took place last season in January 2020, and Frittelli was eligible for the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Kapalua. . . This is the last time before the 60 most sensitive qualify for the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai. Among those in the bubble is Dean Burmester at No. 62 . . . . By winning last week, Bezuidenhout rose to No. 41, each time sanctioned through the Europeans this week a player in the 50 most sensitive. Bezuidenhout also blocked virtually one position at the Masters next April.
Online: https://sunshinetour. com/
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EUROPEAN TOUR
DUBAI GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Course: Jumeirah Golf Estates. Report: 7480. By: 72.
Premiums: 1. 2 million euros. Winner’s share: 200,000 euros.
Television: None.
Defending champion: new event.
Last week: Christiaan Bezuidenhout the Alfred Dunhill Championship.
Notes: The tour tournament has been added to the calendar to create consecutive weeks in Dubai before the DP World Tour end-of-season championship, also held at Jumeirah Golf Estates . . . It is one of 15 excursions that were not part of the European Excursion Calendar at the beginning of the season . . . Austrian Bernd Wiesberger is the only player among the 50 most sensible on the field. . . . Robert MacIntyre of Scotland will also play, which will make the 50th most sensible in the next two weeks hoping to qualify for next year’s Masters. . . Former Primary champions Danny Willett and Martin Kaymer play.
Next week: DP World Tour Championship.
Online: https://www. europeantour. com/european-tour/