Right here’s a breakdown of this week’s occasions across the golf world:
PGA Tour: The RSM Basic
When and the place: Thursday-Sunday, Sea Island Golf Membership, St. Simons Island, Georgia
Purse: $7.6 million ($1,368,000 to winner)
2023 winner: Ludvig Åberg
Notables within the subject: Åberg, Stewart Cink, Harris English, Brian Harman, Mackenzie Hughes, Matt Kuchar, Webb Simpson, Sepp Straka, Camilo Villegas
TV schedule (stream hyperlinks; all occasions ET):
- Thursday and Friday, Midday-3 p.m. (Golf Channel/NBC Sports activities app)
- Saturday and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (GC/app)
Notes: Ultimate occasion of the FedExCup Fall and the final official PGA Tour occasion of 2024. … The highest 125 in FEC factors will earn exempt standing on Tour in 2025. … Nos. 51-60 in factors will earn spots within the ’25 AT&T Pebble Seashore and Genesis Invitational signature occasions. … Åberg is making his first begin since present process knee surgical procedure in September to restore a torn medial meniscus.
LPGA: CME Group Tour Championship
When and the place: Thursday-Sunday, Tiburon Golf Membership, Naples, Florida
Purse: $11 million ($4 million to winner)
2023 winner: Amy Yang
Notables within the subject: Lauren Coughlin, Ayaka Furue, Hannah Inexperienced, Brooke Henderson, Jin Younger Ko, Lydia Ko, Nelly Korda, Haeran Ryu, Lilia Vu, Jeeno Thitikul, Ruoning Yin
TV schedule (stream hyperlinks; all occasions ET):
- Thursday and Friday: 2-3 p.m. (NBC Sports activities app); 3-5 p.m. (Golf Channel/app)
- Saturday: 2-5 p.m. (app); 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel, tape-delayed)
- Sunday: 1-4 p.m. (NBC/Peacock/app)
Notes: Ultimate occasion of the 2024 season with a subject of 60 qualifiers. … The winner will earn the biggest paycheck in tour historical past ($1.6 million greater than this yr’s U.S. Ladies’s Open winner Yuka Saso). … Winners may even be decided for the season-long Race to the CME Globe, Vare Trophy (scoring common), rookie of the yr and cash title.
DP World Tour: BMW Australian PGA Championship
When and the place: Wednesday-Saturday, Royal Queensland Golf Membership, Brisbane, Australia
Purse: $2 million (Australian)
2023 winner: Min Woo Lee
Notables within the subject: Cam Davis, Jason Day, Lee, Marc Leishman, Geoff Ogilvy, Victor Perez, Cameron Smith
TV schedule (stream hyperlinks; all occasions ET):
- Wednesday-Saturday: 8-9:30 p.m. (NBC Sports activities app); 9:30 p.m. – 1 a.m. (Golf Channel/app)
Notes: First occasion of the 2024-25 DP World Tour schedule. … Co-sanctioned by the Australasian Tour. … Notable winners embody Adam Scott (2013, 2019), Smith (2017, 2018), Harold Varner III (2016), Greg Norman (1984, 1985), Seve Ballesteros (1981) and Hale Irwin (1979)
