The PGA Tour returns for the start of the FedExCup Fall schedule, while the DP World Tour has a strong field assembled for the BMW PGA Championship.
PGA TOUR
THIS WEEK: Biltmore Championship Asheville, Asheville, N.C., Sept. 17-20
Course: The Cliffs at Walnut Cove (Par 71, 7,249 Yards)
Purse: $5M (Winner: $900,000)
Defending Champion: Inaugural event
FedEx Cup Champion: Scottie Scheffler
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday: 3-6 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday: 1-4 p.m. (All times Golf Channel)
Streaming: Thursday-Friday: 7 a.m.-6 p.m. T (ESPN App)
X: @BiltmoreChamp
BEST BETS: Koivun (+1300 at DraftKings) won the 3M Open earlier this summer in just his third start as a professional. … Bridgeman (+1850) is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 29 and the only one who reach this year’s Tour Championship. … Davis Thompson (+2600) enters the week with three consecutive top-15s, although he did not qualify for the playoffs. … Canada’s Corey Conners (+2800) has only one top-10 finish this season but the two-time winner on tour is one of the more accomplished players in the field. … J.T. Poston (+3200) won the Memorial earlier this year and reached the BMW Championship, where he tied for 22nd. … Colombia’s Echavarria (+6100) also reached the second leg of the playoffs and his three career tour wins have all come in second-tier events, including this year’s Cognizant Classic.
Next Tournament: Presidents Cup, Chicago (Sept. 24-27)
DP WORLD TOUR
THIS WEEK: BMW PGA Championship, Surrey, England, Sept. 17-20
Course: Wentworth Club (Par 72, 7,267 Yards)
Purse: $9M (Winner: $1.5M)
Defending Champion: Alex Noren
Race to Dubai Leader: Patrick Reed
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday: 7 a.m.-1 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday: 7 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (All times Golf Channel)
X: @DPWorldTour
NOTES: The field at the tour’s flagship event includes 11 of the world’s top-20 players and three of this year’s four major champions, led by No. 2 Rory McIlroy, who is seeking his eighth Race to Dubai title. … Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton and Joaquin Niemann are among eight LIV Golf players in the field. … Noren, who also won at Wentworth in 2017, defeated Adrien Saddier on the first hole of a playoff last year. … Italy’s Filippo Celli is making his event debut after winning the Closing Swing.
Last Tournament: Irish Open (Shane Lowry)
Next Tournament: FedEx Open de France, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Sept. 24-27
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
THIS WEEK: Pure Insurance Championship, Monterey Peninsula, Calif., Sept. 18-20
Course: Pebble Beach Golf Links (Par 72, 6,806 Yards); Spyglass Hill Golf Course (Par 72, 7,000 yards)
Purse: $2.4M
Defending Champion: Doug Barron
Charles Schwab Cup Leader: Stewart Cink
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Friday: 2-5 p.m. ET; Saturday: 2:30-5 p.m.; Sunday: 1:30-5 p.m. (All times Golf Channel)
X: @ChampionsTour
NOTES: Four events remain before the start of the Charles Schwab Cup playoffs. … Cink and Zach Johnson have combined to win 10 of the first 21 events of the season, with Steven Alker having also won three times.
Last Tournament: Sanford International (Johnson)
Next Tournament: Jefferson Lehigh Valley Classic, Allentown, Pa., Oct. 2-4
LPGA TOUR
THIS WEEK: OFF.
Race to CME Globe Leader: Nelly Korda
Last Tournament: Solheim Cup (Team Europe)
Next Tournament: NW Arkansas Championship, Rogers, Ark., Sept. 25-27
LIV GOLF
THIS WEEK: Season concluded
Season Champions: Individual: Jon Rahm; Team: Legion XIII
