Field Level Media’s Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.
PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Zozo Championship (Nico Echavarria)
THIS WEEK: OFF
FedEx Cup Champion: Scottie Scheffler
NEXT TOURNAMENT: World Wide Technology Championship, Los Cabos, Mexico, Nov. 7-10
LPGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Maybank Championship (Ruoning Yin)
THIS WEEK: Toto Japan Classic, Otsu-shi, Shiga, Japan, Oct. 31-Nov. 3
Course: Seta Golf Course (Par 72, 6,616 Yards)
Purse: $2M (Winner: $300,000)
Defending Champion: Mone Inami
Race to the CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Wednesday-Thursday/Saturday: 11 p.m.-2 a.m. ET; Friday: 11:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. (All times Golf Channel)
X: @TOTO_JP_CLASSIC
NOTES: This is the fourth and final of the Tour’s four-event fall Asia swing. It is a 72-hole tournament with no cut. … Former World No. 1 Jin Young Ko makes her second consecutive start after taking more than a month off. She finished 67th at the Maybank. Brooke Henderson returns to the event for the first time since 2018 after tiying for 10th last week. … Inami set the tournament scoring record of 22-under 266 in beating Seon Woo Bae and Shiho Kuwaki by a shot last year. … The 78-player field for the co-sponsored event includes 35 JLPGA members.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Lotte Championship, Ewa Beach, Oahu, HI, Nov. 6-9
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
LAST TOURNAMENT: Simmons Bank Championship (Padraig Harrington)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Ernie Els
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Charles Schwab Cup Championship, Phoenix, Nov. 7-10
LIV GOLF LEAGUE
THIS WEEK: Season Complete
2024 Champions: Individual: Jon Rahm; Team: Ripper GC
NEXT TOURNAMENT: LIV Golf Promotions, Abu Dhabi, Dec. 8-10
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