PGA Tour
American expression
Location: La Quinta, California.
Programs: PGA West-Pete Dye Stadium (Yardage: 7,187. Par: 72); PGA West-Nicklaus Championship (yardage: 7,147. nominal: 72); La Quinta CC (yardage: 7,060, nominal: 72).
Heart prize: $8 million. Winner’s share: $1.44 million.
TV: Thurs-Solar 3-7pm (Golf Channel).
Earlier winner: Hudson Swafford.
FedEx Cup Chief: Seamus Energy.
Final week: Si Woo Kim gained the Sony Open.
Notes: For a non-advanced occasion, the sector may be very robust, with 5 of the world’s high seven gamers and 10 of the highest 20. Kapalua’s profitable gamers embody John Rahm, Masters champion Scotty Scheffler and Patrick Cantlay. … Xander Schavelli on the sector after being examined for muscle spasms in his again. Schauffele made minor modifications to his coaching. … Ricky Fowler performs his first event of 2023 after claiming two high 10 titles within the fall, together with a runner-up end on the Zuzu Championship in Japan. … Japan’s Taiga Semikawa begins his second consecutive tour of the PGA Tour by exempting the sponsor. He gained twice on the Japan Golf Tour whereas nonetheless in faculty. … The event was beforehand hosted by Phil Mickelson till it was dropped by American Categorical after being partnered with Saudi-funded LIV Golf. … Will probably be the second time in three PGA Tour occasions this 12 months that the earlier winner (Hudson Swafford) has been suspended to signal with LIV Golf.
Subsequent week: Farmers Insurance coverage opens.
Linked: https://www.pgatour.com/
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LPGA Tour
Hilton Grand Trip Championship
Location: Orlando, Florida.
Course: Lake Nona Golf & CC. Yardage: 6,617. Nominal: 72.
Heart prize: $1.5 million. Winner’s share: $225,000.
TV: Thurs-Fri, Midday-3pm (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 2-3 PM (Golf Channel), 3-5 PM (NBC).
Defending champion: Daniel Kang.
Race to CME Globe Champion: Lydia Ko.
Final event: Lydia Ko gained the CME Group Tour Championship.
Notes: The LPGA’s inaugural occasion is notable for non-players, with solely three gamers within the high 10 of the ladies’s world rankings. … Lydia Ko, who gained the CME Group Tour Championship to return to primary on the planet, obtained married final month and isn’t anticipated to play till subsequent month’s Saudi Girls’s Worldwide. Ko has a house in Lake Nona, the place the event is held. … US Girls’s Open Champion Mingye Lee and Girls’s Skilled Golfer NJ Chun should not taking part in. … The Event of Champions is the primary occasion, however it’s a month till the LPGA season resumes in Thailand to begin the Asian swing. … Nelly Korda not too long ago signed a cope with Nike and is making an attempt to maintain up the momentum from late final 12 months. Her 2022 season was disrupted by surgical procedure as a consequence of a blood clot in her arm.
Subsequent event: Honda LPGA Thailand on February 23-26.
Linked: https://www.lpga.com/
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European tour
Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Course: Yas Hyperlinks Abu Dhabi GC. Yardage: 7,425. Nominal: 72.
Heart prize: $9 million. Winner’s share: $1.5 million.
TV: Thurs-Fri, 2:30-8:30am (Golf Channel); Sat-Solar, 2-8am (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Thomas Peters.
Race to Dubai winner: Rory McIlroy.
Final week: Continental Europe gained the Champions Cup.
Notes: The Official European Tour season kicks off with its first Rolex Sequence occasion… Whereas Abu Dhabi often has one of many strongest fields within the early a part of the season, Abu Dhabi won’t be internet hosting anybody within the high 10 on the planet. … Austrian Sepp Straka, a member of the PGA Tour his complete profession, is amongst those that play in hopes of getting large factors within the Ryder Cup. … The course options 10 gamers who competed in no less than 4 occasions final 12 months with Saudi-backed LIV Golf, together with Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson, Ian Poulter and Patrick Reed. … Reid, who has dropped out of the highest 80, will probably be competing for world rating factors for the primary time in about 4 months. … Two-time primary champion Martin Kaymer, who gained 3 times in Abu Dhabi, won’t play. … Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald is on the sector. Additionally taking part in is former European captain Padraig Harrington, who’s in Abu Dhabi after a break in Eire instead of the PGA Tour Champions opening match in Hawaii.
Subsequent week: Hero Dubai Desert Basic.
Linked: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/
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PGA Tour champions
Mitsubishi Electrical Championship in Hualali
Location: KA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii.
Course: Hualalai GC. Yardage: 7,107. Nominal: 72.
Prize cash: $2 million. Winner’s share: $340,000.
Tv: Thurs-Sat 7-10pm (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Miguel Angel Jimenez.
Charles Schwab Trophy Winner: Stephen Elkir.
Final Championship: Padraig Harrington wins the Charles Schwab Cup.
Notes: That is the premiere event of the PGA Tour Champions season and includes a Saturday prime time end. … Padraig Harrington is taking an prolonged break in Eire and never taking part in the opening sport. He’s taking half within the European Tour this week in Abu Dhabi. … Sponsors exemptions embody David Duvall, Justin Leonard, Tom Lehmann and Jeff Sloman, who is about to affix the USGA Government Committee. … KJ Choi and Jerry Kelly performed the Sony Open final week and missed out on scoring. They’re in Hualalai Subject. … Steve Stricker within the area. He hasn’t performed since profitable the Constellation Furyk & Pals title in Jacksonville, Florida, in October for his fourth win of the 12 months. He has not performed within the PGA Tour Champions postseason. … Bernhard Langer has 44 profession victories and wishes yet another victory to equal the document held by Hale Irwin. Langer gained twice final 12 months and has gained yearly since he turned 50 in 2007. The Tour takes two weeks earlier than it resumes in Morocco.
Subsequent event: Hassan II Cup, February 9/11.
Linked: https://www.pgatour.com/champions.html
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Different rounds
Corn Ferry Tour: Bahamas Nice Abaco Basic (Sunday-Wed), Abaco Membership at Winding Bay, Nice Abaco, Bahamas. Defending Champion: Brandon Harkins. Linked: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour.html
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