Field Level Media’s Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.
PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Sanderson Farms Championship (Kevin Yu)
THIS WEEK: Black Desert Championship, Ivins, Utah, Oct. 10-13
Course: Black Desert Resort (Par 71, 7,371 Yards)
Purse: $7.5M (Winner: $1.368M)
Defending Champion: Inaugural Event
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 times Golf Channel)
Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. ET (Featured Groups)
X: @BDChampionship
NOTES: The PGA Tour returns to Utah for the first time since 1963, and the Black Desert Resort is set in a lava field. The course will also play host to an LPGA Tour event next year. … This is the third of eight events on the FedEx Cup Fall schedule, which finalizes the top 125 players who will retain exempt status for 2025. Nos. 126-150 after the fall will retain conditional status. Players who finished Nos. 51-70 in the FedEx Cup have secured their tour cards, but are competing for spots in the first two signature events after the season-opening The Sentry. … St. George, Utah resident Jay Don Blake will make his 500th career PGA Tour start this week and his first since 2018. The 65-year-old is in the field as a sponsor exemption.
BEST BETS: Keith Mitchell (+1800 at DraftKings) posted a solo 12th and a T3 in his first two fall events. … Seamus Power (+2500) finished T11 last week and is a two-time winner on tour. … Chris Kirk (+3000), who won The Sentry to begin the season, is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 41. … Patrick Fishburn (+3000) is an Ogden, Utah native and has collected his fourth top-10 of his rookie season last week. … Beau Hossler (+3000) is coming off a solo second last week after carding four rounds of 68 or better.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Shriners Children’s Open, Las Vegas, Oct. 17-20
LPGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Queen City Championship (Jasmine Suwannapura)
THIS WEEK: Buick LPGA Shanghai, Oct. 10-13
Course: Qizhong Garden Golf Club (Par 72, 6,672 Yards)
Purse: $2.1M
Defending Champion: Angel Yin
Race to the CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Wednesday-Saturday: 11 p.m.-4 a.m. ET (Golf Channel)
X: @buicklpgashanghai2024
NOTES: This is the fourth playing of the event, which was not held from 2020-22 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It kicks of the Tour’s four-event fall Asia swing. … The field includes 62 LPGA Tour players, 15 CLPGATour players and four sponsor invites. … World No. 4 Ruoning Yin is the top-ranked player in the field. She has won (Dow Championship) and finished T2 (AIG Women’s Open) in her past two starts on the LPGA Tour. … Danielle Kang won the event in 2018 and 2019. … Seventh-ranked Hannah Green is playing in Shanghai for the first time.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: BMW Ladies Championship, Seowon Hills, Republic of Korea, Oct. 17-20
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
LAST TOURNAMENT: Constellation Furyk & Friends (Rocco Mediate)
THIS WEEK: SAS Championship, Cary, N.C. (Oct. 11-13)
Course: Prestonwood Country Club (Par 72, 7,005 Yards)
Purse: $2.1M (Winner: $315,000)
Defending Champion: Rod Pampling
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Ernie Els
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Friday-Sunday, 2-5 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
X: @SASChampionship
NOTES: This is the final regular-season event before the three-tournament playoffs. Els, who won this event in 2020, holds a $187,345 lead over Stephen Alker for the top spot in the Charles Schwab Cup standings. … Prestonwood CC is playing host to the 54-hole event for the 24th consecutive year. … Bernhard Langer set the tournament scoring record of 194 in 2018.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Dominion Energy Charity Classic, Richmond, Va., Oct. 18-20
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
–Field Level Media