Europe's Tommy Fleetwood walks off the 1st tee during his singles match at the Ryder Cup golf tournament at the Marco Simone Golf Club in Guidonia Montecelio, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
PGA TOUR
SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Jackson, Mississippi.
Course: Country Club of Jackson. Yardage: 7,461. Par: 72.
Prize money: $8.2 million. Winner’s share: $1.476 million.
Defending champion: Mackenzie Hughes.
FedEx Cup champion: Viktor Hovland.
Last tournament: Sahith Theegala won the Fortinet Championship.
Notes: The PGA Tour returns after a two-week break that included the Ryder Cup and resumes its fall schedule. … The headliner is a player in college four months ago — Ludvig Aberg, who made his Ryder Cup debut last week in Italy. He earned a card as the No. 1 player in PGA Tour University and is No. 136 in the FedEx Cup. … Tom Hoge, Eric Cole and Emiliano Grillo are among those who finished in the top 50 of the FedEx Cup and are playing the Sanderson Farms Championship. They are assured of being in the $20 million events next year. … NCAA champion Fred Biondi of Florida received an exemption. … The four Monday qualifiers are all 30 or older. … Mackenzie Hughes won last year right after being left off the International team for the Presidents Cup. … Grillo (No. 36) and Hoge (No. 50) are the only players from the top 50 in the world ranking. … Mississippi has not had a back-to-back winner since Dwight Nevil in 1973 and 1974.
Next week: Shriners Children’s Open.
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LPGA TOUR
THE ASCENDANT LPGA
Site: The Colony, Texas.
Course: Old American GC. Yardage: 6,475. Par: 71.
Prize money: $1.8 million. Winner’s share: $270,000.
Television: Thursday, 11 a.m. to noon (Peacock), noon to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel); Friday-Saturday, 4-7 p.m. (Peacock), 7:30-9:30 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay); Sunday, 2-5 p.m. (Peacock), 7:30-9:30 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay).
Defending champion: Charley Hull.
Race to CME Globe leader: Celine Boutier.
Last week: Hae Ran Ryu won the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.
Notes: Lexi Thompson is playing for the third straight week. After the Solheim Cup in Spain, Thompson tied for eighth last week in Arkansas for her first top 10 of the year. She moved up 24 spots to No. 114 in the Race to CME Globe. … Hae Ran Ryu is playing after the 22-year-old rookie won her first LPGA event last week. … Arpichaya Yubol of Thailand is coming over from China, where she won the gold medal in the Asian Games. … Maddie and Ellie Szeryk, sisters who live in Dallas, are together for the first time on the LPGA Tour. Ellie is making her LPGA debut. … Charley Hull won last year by closing with a 64. This is her first start since Europe retained the Solheim Cup, and a majority of players from Spain are in the field. For Europe, that includes Celine Boutier, Leona Maguire and Gemma Dryburgh. … The tournament is the first in Texas for the LPGA since Kathy Whitworth died last December. Whitworth, with a record 88 wins, handed out the trophy the last eight years.
Television: Thursday, 11 a.m. to noon (Peacock), noon to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel); Friday-Saturday, 4-7 p.m. (Peacock), 7:30-9:30 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay); Sunday, 2-5 p.m. (Peacock), 7:30-9:30 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay).
Defending champion: Charley Hull.
Race to CME Globe leader: Celine Boutier.
Last week: Hae Ran Ryu won the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.
Notes: Lexi Thompson is playing for the third straight week. After the Solheim Cup in Spain, Thompson tied for eighth last week in Arkansas for her first top 10 of the year. She moved up 24 spots to No. 114 in the Race to CME Globe. … Hae Ran Ryu is playing after the 22-year-old rookie won her first LPGA event last week. … Arpichaya Yubol of Thailand is coming over from China, where she won the gold medal in the Asian Games. … Maddie and Ellie Szeryk, sisters who live in Dallas, are together for the first time on the LPGA Tour. Ellie is making her LPGA debut. … Charley Hull won last year by closing with a 64. This is her first start since Europe retained the Solheim Cup, and a majority of players from Spain are in the field. For Europe, that includes Celine Boutier, Leona Maguire and Gemma Dryburgh. … The tournament is the first in Texas for the LPGA since Kathy Whitworth died last December. Whitworth, with a record 88 wins, handed out the trophy the last eight years.
