pga tour
Valspar Championship
Location: Palm Harbor, Florida.
Route: Innsbruck Resort (Copperhead). Yardage: 7,352. Par: 71.
Prize money: $9.1 million. Winner’s share: $1,638,000.
TV: Thursday-Friday, 2-6pm (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3pm (Golf Channel), 3-6pm (NBC).
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Defending champion: Victor Hovland.
FedEx Cup leader: Jacob Bridgeman.
Last week: Cameron Young won The Players Championship.
Note: For the tournaments following the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Players Championship, the field is very strong. Xander Schauffele is the only player in the top 10, but Valspar takes nine of the top 25 spots. …The list includes 12 former Grand Slam champions. … Brooks Koepka has tied for ninth and tied for 13th in his last two PGA Tour starts. He’s on the field, which means two players (Seamus Power and Matt Kuchar) were added to the field. … Just two weeks remain before the top 50 in the world have yet to qualify for a Masters invitation. Those on the bubble include Nicolai Hojgaard (No. 47) and Pierceson Coody (No. 52). … Considered one of Florida’s top championship courses, Innisbrook’s Copperhead course features occasional elevation and tree-lined fairways. … Patrick Cantlay, competing for the first time since finishing runner-up in 2017, had his cards stitched up after recovering from a serious back injury.
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Next week: Texas Children’s Houston Open.
Online: https://www.pgatour.com/
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LPGA Tour
Feita Founders Cup
Location: Menlo Park, California.
Stadium: Sharon Heights GC. Yardage: 6,542. Par: 72.
Prize: $3 million. Winner’s share: $450,000.
TV: Thursday-Sunday, 6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Noh Yealimi.
The race for CME global leadership: Jeeno Thitikul.
Last tournament: Mi Hwang Lee won the Blue Bay LPGA Championship.
Note: The LPGA returns to the United States after three tournaments in Asia. The Founders Cup kicks off four major championships leading up to the first major of the year at Chevron. … At the end of last week’s LPGA event, two major champions were victorious. Hannah Green (2019 Women’s PGA) won the Australian Women’s Open and Lee Jung-geun (2019 U.S. Women’s Open) won the Epson Tour Championship. Lee6 is a substitute player for the Founders Cup. … Eight players are in the top 10 in the women’s rankings, with only Green and Charlie Hull missing. … Nelly Korda is competing for the first time since winning the season opener, which was reduced to 54 holes. It was Korda’s first win since 2024. She has played in just 34 LPGA events over the past two years. … Sharon Heights hosts top professionals for the first time. The club opened in 1962 and completed renovations two years ago. … The LPGA last visited the Bay Area in 2021 at Lake Merced.
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Next week: Ford Championship.
Online: https://www.lpga.com/
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LIV Golf League
South Africa Liv Golf
Location: Midrand, South Africa.
Stadium: Steyn City FC. Yardage: 7,557. Par: 71.
Prize: $20 million. Winner’s share: $4 million.
TV: Thursday to Friday, 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. (FS1), 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. (FS2); Saturday, 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. (Fox); Sunday, 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. (FS1).
Defending Champions: New event.
Points leader: Jon Rahm.
Last week: Bryson DeChambeau wins LIV Golf Singapore.
Note: This is the third consecutive week that LIV Golf has hosted the event and it is also the first time it has hosted an event in South Africa. Officials said 90,000 tickets have been sold this week. …Phil Mickelson is making his 2026 debut after missing the first four LIV events due to family health issues. …Through four events this year, LIV Golf’s winners include a young newcomer (Elvis Smiley), a great comeback story (Anthony King) and two of its biggest stars (Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau). … The 4Aces and Ripper are the only winning teams this year, with two team titles each. … The Steyn Club hosted a joint European Tour and Sunshine Tour sanctioned tournament in 2022, won by Sean Norris. …This is the last LIV golf event before the Masters. …The home team for this tournament will be the Southern Guard (formerly Stinger) led by Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace, Charl Schwartzel and Dean Burmester.
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Next event: LIV Golf in Mexico City April 16-19.
Online: https://www.livgolf.com/
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Europe tour
Hainan Classic
Location: Hainan Island, China.
Route: Mission Hills Resort (Haikou). Yardage: 7,637. Par: 72.
Prize: $2.55 million. Winner’s share: $425,000.
TV: None.
Last winner: Marco Penge.
The race for CME global leadership: Patrick Reed.
Last tournament: Dan Bradbury won the Joburg Open.
NOTES: The Hainan Classic kicks off the Asian swing portion of the European Tour schedule, which begins with China and India, then China and Turkey, before the Masters. …Marco Penge won the first of his three European Tour titles on Hainan Island last year. He finished second in the Race to Dubai and earned his PGA Tour card. … South Africa’s Triston Lawrence is the only top-100 player playing in China this week. Lawrence is ranked 89th and has missed consecutive eliminations in South Africa. …Scotland’s Calum Hill finished second in back-to-back Middle East swings in Bahrain and Qatar. He participated in the Hainan Classic and ranked tenth in the Dubai Championship standings. … Five players from the European Ryder Cup-winning team finished in the top 10 at The Players Championship last week — Matt Fitzpatrick, Ludwig Aberg, Robert McIntyre, Tommy Fleetwood and Sepp Straka.
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Next week: Hero India Open.
Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/
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pga tour champion
klowi classic
Location: Tucson, Arizona.
Course: La Paloma CC. Yardage: 6,586. Par: 71.
Prize: $2.2 million. Winner’s share: $330,000.
TV: Friday 4-7pm (Golf Channel app), 10pm-midnight (Golf Channel – Tape Delay); Saturday 3-6pm (Golf Channel), 6-7pm (Golf Channel app); Sunday 3-6pm (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Steve Alker.
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stuart Cink.
Last game: Zach Johnson won the James Hardy Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational.
Note: The PGA Tour Champions will kick off a two-week tour in the West (Arizona and California) before returning to Florida for the Senior PGA Championship, the first major of the year. …This will be the third year at Palomar Country Club. …Zach Johnson made his second start since turning 50. Two weeks ago, he won in his debut at the PGA Tour Championship in Florida. … The event started in 2015 and Tucson previously hosted a PGA Tour event that ended in 2006. … Now in its 12th year, the Cologuard Classic has never produced multiple champions. …Mario Tiziani and Rob Labritz received sponsor exemptions. … David Duval won in Tucson in 1998, a year in which he won winter, spring, summer and fall PGA Tour events. …Stewart Cink still leads the Schwab Cup. … This week’s PGA Tour Championship is two-thirds full. …Fred Couples was there. He has typically made no more than 10 appearances per season over the past few years.
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Next week: The Hoag Classic.
Online: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions
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Glorious Ferry Tour
Last week: Dr. Redman won the Astara Chile Classic.
Next week: Club Car Championship.
Points leader: Ian Holt.
Online: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour
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Other travel
Epson Tour: Orlando Health Championship, Lawn Golf and CC, Lakeland, FL. Defending Champions: New event. Online: https://www.epsontour.com/
Ladies European Tour: Australian WPGA Championship, Sanctuary Cove Golf and CC, Hope Island, Australia. TV: Saturday-Sunday, 8pm-1am (Golf Channel App). Last winner: Su Oh. Online: https://ladieseuropeantour.com/
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Challenge Tour: DP World PGTI Open, Golf Classic and CC, Haryana, India. Defending champion: Kim Vidal. Online: https://www.europeantour.com/hotelplanner-tour/
Japan LPGA: V Point SMBC Women’s Division, Murasaki CC (Sumrie), Chiba, Japan. Defending champion: Yuri Yoshida. Online: https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/
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