Box Stage Media’s Golfing Look supplies weekly information and storylines from each and every of the key North American golfing excursions.
PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Sanderson Farms Championship (Kevin Yu)
THIS WEEK: Black Desolate tract Championship, Ivins, Utah, Oct. 10-13
Route: Black Desolate tract Lodge (Par 71, 7,371 Yards)
Handbag: $7.5M (Winner: $1.368M)
Protecting Champion: Inaugural Match
FedEx Cup Champion: Scottie Scheffler
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday: 5-8 p.m. ET; Friday: 5:30-9 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday: 5-8 p.m. (All instances Golfing Channel)
Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. ET (Featured Teams)
X: @BDChampionship
NOTES: The PGA Excursion returns to Utah for the primary time since 1963, and the Black Desolate tract Lodge is ready in a lava box. The path may even play host to an LPGA Excursion occasion subsequent yr. … That is the 3rd of 8 occasions at the FedEx Cup Fall time table, which finalizes the end 125 gamers who will retain exempt standing for 2025. Nos. 126-150 after the autumn will retain conditional standing. Gamers who completed Nos. 51-70 within the FedEx Cup have secured their excursion playing cards, however are competing for spots within the first two signature occasions after the season-opening The Sentry. … St. George, Utah resident Jay Don Blake will make his five hundredth profession PGA Excursion get started this week and his first since 2018. The 65-year-old is within the box as a sponsor exemption.
BEST BETS: Keith Mitchell (+1800 at DraftKings) posted a solo twelfth and a T3 in his first two fall occasions. … Seamus Energy (+2500) completed T11 remaining week and is a two-time winner on excursion. … Chris Kirk (+3000), who gained The Sentry to start out the season, is the highest-ranked participant within the box at No. 41. … Patrick Fishburn (+3000) is an Ogden, Utah local and has accrued his fourth top-10 of his rookie season remaining week. … Beau Hossler (+3000) is coming off a solo 2nd remaining week after carding 4 rounds of 68 or higher.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Shriners Kids’s Open, Las Vegas, Oct. 17-20
LPGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Queen Town Championship (Jasmine Suwannapura)
THIS WEEK: Buick LPGA Shanghai, Oct. 10-13
Route: Qizhong Lawn Golfing Membership (Par 72, 6,672 Yards)
Handbag: $2.1M
Protecting Champion: Angel Yin
Race to the CME Globe chief: Nelly Korda
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Wednesday-Saturday: 11 p.m.-4 a.m. ET (Golfing Channel)
X: @buicklpgashanghai2024
NOTES: That is the fourth enjoying of the development, which was once now not held from 2020-22 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. It kicks of the Excursion’s four-event fall Asia swing. … The sector contains 62 LPGA Excursion gamers, 15 CLPGATour gamers and 4 sponsor invitations. … Global No. 4 Ruoning Yin is the top-ranked participant within the box. She has gained (Dow Championship) and completed T2 (AIG Girls’s Open) in her previous two begins at the LPGA Excursion. … Danielle Kang gained the development in 2018 and 2019. … 7th-ranked Hannah Inexperienced is enjoying in Shanghai for the primary time.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: BMW Women Championship, Seowon Hills, Republic of Korea, Oct. 17-20
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
LAST TOURNAMENT: Constellation Furyk & Buddies (Rocco Mediate)
THIS WEEK: SAS Championship, Cary, N.C. (Oct. 11-13)
Route: Prestonwood Nation Membership (Par 72, 7,005 Yards)
Handbag: $2.1M (Winner: $315,000)
Protecting Champion: Rod Pampling
Charles Schwab Cup chief: Ernie Els
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Friday-Sunday, 2-5 p.m. ET (Golfing Channel)
X: @SASChampionship
NOTES: That is the overall regular-season occasion prior to the three-tournament playoffs. Els, who gained this occasion in 2020, holds a $187,345 lead over Stephen Alker for the end spot within the Charles Schwab Cup standings. … Prestonwood CC is enjoying host to the 54-hole occasion for the twenty fourth consecutive yr. … Bernhard Langer set the match scoring document of 194 in 2018.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Dominion Power Charity Vintage, Richmond, Va., Oct. 18-20
LIV GOLF LEAGUE
THIS WEEK: Season Whole
2024 Champions: Person: Jon Rahm; Workforce: Ripper GC
NEXT TOURNAMENT: LIV Golfing Promotions, Abu Dhabi, Dec. 8-10
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