PGA Tour

BMW CHAMPIONSHIP

Location: Castle Rock, Colorado.

Course: Castle Pines GC. Length: 8,130 m. Par: 72.

Prize money: $20 million. Winner’s share: $4 million.

TV: Thursday to Friday, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, noon to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. (NBC).

Defending champion: Viktor Hovland.

Leader in the FedEx Cup: Scottie Scheffler.

Last week: Hideki Matsuyama won the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

Notes: This is the second FedEx Cup playoff event for the top 50 players. The top 30 after this week advance to the Tour Championship. … This is the first time the PGA Tour has played on a course over 8,000 yards. … Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas and Adam Scott are among 19 players in last year’s BMW Championship who did not qualify. … The 50 players are assured a spot in next year’s eight $20 million signature events. … Castle Pines is hosting a PGA Tour event for the first time since the International’s two-decade run ended in 2006. It has always used the modified Stableford scoring system, which is played by stroke play. … Adam Scott (2000) and Jason Day (2006) are the only players in the BMW Championship field to have played the International at Castle Pines. … This will be the first full FedEx Cup event at high altitude since Mexico City hosted a World Golf Championship in Chapultepec in 2020.

Next week: Tour Championship.

On-line: https://www.pgatour.com/

LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour

AIG BRITISH OPEN FOR WOMEN

Location: St. Andrews, Scotland.

Course: St. Andrews (Old Course). Length: 6,784 yards. Par: 72.

Prize money: $9 million. Winner’s share: To be announced.

TV: Thursday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (USA Network); Saturday-Sunday, 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. (USA Network), 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. (NBC).

Defending champion: Lilia Vu.

Leader in the race for the CME Globe: Nelly Korda.

Leader of the LET Order of Merit: Bronte Law.

Last week: Lauren Coughlin won the Women’s Scottish Open.

Notes: This is the last major championship tournament of the year on the LPGA Tour. … St. Andrews is hosting the Women’s British Open for the third time. Lorena Ochoa won in 2007 and Stacy Lewis in 2013. … Lilia Vu became only the second American in the last 10 years to win the Women’s British Open. The other was Mo Martin in 2014 at Royal Birkdale. … This is the final event before the Solheim Cup teams for the U.S. and Europe are determined. Lauren Coughlin clinched a spot for the Americans last week by winning the Women’s Scottish Open. … Coughlin, Hannah Green and Nelly Korda are the LPGA’s only multiple winners this year. Korda has won six times, including five in a row. … Three-time Women’s British Open winner Karrie Webb is playing. She is the only woman to win five different LPGA majors. She won at Turnberry in 2002, when the tournament was first recognized as a major.

Next week: FM Championship.

On-line: https://www.lpga.com/ And https://ladieseuropeantour.com/

European tour

DANISH GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

Location: Aarhus, Denmark.

Golf course: Lübker Golf Resort. Length: 7,026. Par: 71.

Prize money: $2.5 million. Winner’s share: $416,667.

TV: Thursday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 6:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Rasmus Højgaard.

Leader in the race to Dubai: Rory McIlroy.

Last week: David Ravetto won the Czech Masters.

Notes: Nicolai Hojgaard is the leading player in his domestic tournament and is the only player in the field from the world’s top 50. … Twin brother Rasmus Hojgaard is the defending champion. … The field also includes Thorbjörn Olesen and Danish legend Thomas Björn, who has been named tournament chairman. Björn was also Denmark’s captain at the Olympics. … Nick Watney is playing on a sponsor exemption. … An amateur spot went to Jacob Skov Olesen, the British amateur champion … Thorbjörn Olesen and Nicolai Hojgaard combined to score 25 under par at Le Golf National at the Olympics. Only the Americans combined to score better at the Paris Games. … The tournament has been part of the European Tour calendar since 2014. … Bernd Wiesberger is the only two-time winner of the tournament. He is in the field because he is in the top 40 of the European Tour’s career money list.

Next week: Betfred British Masters.

On-line: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/

PGA Tour Champions

THE ALLY CHALLENGE

Location: Grand Blanc, Michigan.

Course: Warwick Hills CC. Length: 7,085 yards. Par: 72.

Prize money: $2.2 million. Winner’s share: $330,000.

Television: Friday, 10:00 p.m.-midnight (Golf Channel – tape delay); Saturday, 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Vijay Singh.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Ernie Els.

Last week: Ken Tanigawa won the Rogers Charity Classic.

Notes: Vijay Singh is the defending champion and three-time winner at Warwick Hills when it hosted the PGA Tour’s Buick Open through 2009. … Singh and Jim Furyk are the only players in the field to have won at Warwick Hills on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions. … Among the other players in the field who have won when the course hosted the Buick Open are Justin Leonard, Kenny Perry and Scott Verplank. … Steve Stricker, who has finished in the top 10 in nine of his 10 starts this year, has not played at Firestone since July 14. He is caddied for his daughter Bobbi in the first phase of LPGA Q-School this week. … There are six tournaments left before the Charles Schwab Cup playoffs begin. … Ernie Els and Stephen Ames lead the PGA Tour Champions with three wins each this year. … Padraig Harrington and LIV Golf’s Richard Bland have won twice. Both of Bland’s victories were the two oldest majors.

Next tournament: Ascension Charity Classic from September 6th to 8th.

On-line: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions

Korn Ferry Tour

ALBERTSONS BOISE OPEN

Location: Boise, Idaho.

Course: Hillcrest CC. Length: 6,880 m. Par: 71.

Prize money: $1.5 million. Winner’s share: $270,000.

TV: Thursday to Friday, 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 5-7 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Previous winner: Chan Kim.

Points leader: Matt McCarty.

Last week: Max McGreevy won the Magnit Championship.

Next week: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour

Golf Club

Last week: Brooks Koepka won LIV Golf Greenbrier.

Next tournament: LIV Golf Chicago from September 13th to 15th.

Points leader: Jon Rahm.

On-line: https://www.livgolf.com/

Other tours

Japan Golf Tour: Sansan KBC Augusta, Keya GC, Fukuoka, Japan. Defending champion: Young-Han Song. Online: https://www.jgto.org/en/

Challenge Tour: Indoor Golf Group Challenge, Landeryds Golfklubb (Vesterby Links), Vesterby, Sweden. Previous winner: Max Rottluff. Online: https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/

PGA Tour Americas: CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open, Southwood Golf & CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Defending champion: New event. Online: https://www.pgatour.com/americas

Sunshine Tour: SunBet Challenge Times Square Casino, Wingate Park CC, Pretoria, South Africa. Defending champion: Malcolm Mitchell. Online: https://sunshinetour.com/

Japan LPGA: Nitori Ladies, Katsura GC, Hokkaido, Japan. Defending champion: Erika Kikuchi. Online: https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/

Korea LPGA: Hanwha Classic, Jade Palace GC, Chuncheon, South Korea. Defending champion: Suji Kim. Online: https://klpga.co.kr/

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