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Miami Herald
03-04-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Golf Glance: Final Masters spot at play in Texas; LIV makes '25 U.S. debut
Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours. PGA TOUR LAST TOURNAMENT: Texas Children's Houston Open (Min Woo Lee) THIS WEEK: Valero Texas Open, San Antonio, Texas, April 3-6 Course: TPC San Antonio, Oaks Course (Par 72, 7,438 Yards) Purse: $9.5M (Winner: $1.71M) Defending Champion: Akshay Bhatia FedExCup leader: Rory McIlroy HOW TO FOLLOW TV: Thursday-Friday: 4-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday: 1-3:30 p.m. (GC), 3:30-6 p.m. (NBC/Peacock); Sunday: 1-2:30 (GC), 2:30-6 (NBC/Peacock) Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday: 8:15 a.m.-7 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. X: @ValeroTXOpen NOTES: The Valero Texas Open was first held in 1922 and is the longest-running PGA Tour event to be held in the same city since its existence. ... The winner will earn a spot into next week's Masters if not already exempt. ... This is the final event for players to earn spots into the next signature event at the RBC Heritage via the Aon Swing 5. The list is currently led by Karl Vilips, Gary Woodland, Sami Valimaki, Davis Riley and Ryo Hisatsune. ... Bhatia led after each of the first three rounds last year before defeating Denny McCarthy on the first playoff hole. He's seeking to become the fifth player to successfully defend at the Valero Texas Open and the first since the event moved to TPC San Antonio in 2010. ... San Antonio native Mac Meissner will make his 39th career PGA Tour start and tied for 10th here last year. ... Amarillo, Texas, native Ryan Palmer is making his 22nd start in the event, the most by any player in the field. He tied for sixth in 2017 and had a T17 in 2021 but missed the cut in 2023 and 2024. BEST BETS: Ludvig Aberg (+1200 at DraftKings) of Sweden is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 5. In addition to winning The Genesis in February, he also tied for fifth at The Sentry. ... Canadian Corey Conners (+1600) claimed both of his PGA Tour wins to date at this event (2019, '23) and enters this week with three consecutive results of T8 or better. ... EnglishmanTommy Fleetwood (+1600), who tied for seventh here last year, is still seeking his first stroke-play victory in the United States. ... Japan's Hideki Matsuyama (+2000) also finished T7 here last year and won The Sentry to begin 2025. ... Akshay Bhatia (+2500) led the field in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green and Strokes Gained: Approach to Green last year. ... Daniel Berger (+3000) has five consecutive T25 or better finishes, including a T2 in Phoenix, as he seeks his first win since 2021. NEXT TOURNAMENT: Masters Tournament, Augusta, Ga., April 10-13 LPGA TOUR LAST TOURNAMENT: Ford Championship (Hyo Joo Kim) THIS WEEK: T-Mobile Match Play, Las Vegas, April 2-6 Course: Shadow Creek Golf Course (Par 72, 6,765 Yards) Purse: $2M (Winner: $300,000) Defending Champion: Nelly Korda Race to the CME Globe leader: A Lim Kim HOW TO WATCH TV/Streaming: Wednesday: 6-9 p.m. ET (Golf Channel/NBC Digital); Thursday-Friday: 6-9 p.m. (NBC Digital), 7-9 p.m. (GC); Saturday: 6-9 p.m. (GC/NBC Digital); Sunday: Semifinals, 1:30-3:30 p.m. (NBC Digital), Final, 6-9 p.m. (NBC Digital); 6:30-9 p.m. (GC) X: @LPGAMatchPlay NOTES: The 64-player field is divided into 16 four-player groups competing in three days of round-robin matches. A win earns one point, a tie earns a half-point and a loss is zero points. The winner of each group moves on to a 16-player, single-elimination bracket beginning Saturday. In the event of a tie for first place in a group, a playoff will determine which player advances. The quarterfinals will be played on Saturday, with the semifinals and final on Sunday. ... Korda defeated Leona Maguire 4 & 3 in last year's final. NEXT TOURNAMENT: JM Eagle LA Championship, Los Angeles, April 17-20 LIV GOLF LEAGUE LAST TOURNAMENT: Singapore (Individual: Juaquin Niemann; Team: Fireballs GC) THIS WEEK: LIV Golf Miami, April 4-6 Course: Trump National Doral (Par 72, 7,701 Yards) Purse: Individual $20M (Winner: $4M); Team: $5M (Winners: $3M) Defending Champions: Individual: Dean Burmester; Team: Legion XIII Season Leaders: Individual: Niemann; Team: Fireballs GC HOW TO WATCH TV/Streaming: Friday-Saturday: 1:15 p.m. ET (FOX, LIV Golf Plus); Sunday: 1:05 p.m. ET (FOX, LIV Golf Plus) X: livegolf_league NOTES: This is the fifth of 13 events on the 2025 schedule, which will be followed by the Team Championship. ... The field consists of 13 four-player teams competing in daily shotgun starts over 54 holes. Each team's top three scores are counted for each round. ... Doral plays host to its first regular-season event after being the venue for the Team Championship concluding the league's first two seasons. ... Niemann is the only player with multiple individual titles this season, while Legion XIII captain Jon Rahm is the only player with top-10 finishes in each of the first four events. ... Wild card Anthony Kim will make his first start in the United States since returning to professional golf last after a nearly 12-year retirement. NEXT TOURNAMENT: LIV Golf Mexico City, April 25-27 PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS LAST TOURNAMENT: The Galleri Classic (Steve Allan) THIS WEEK: James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational, Boca Raton, Fla., April 4-6 Course: The Old Course at Broken Sound (Par 72, 7,008 Yards) Purse: $2.2M (Winner: $330,000) Defending Champion: Inaugural event Charles Schwab Cup leader: Miguel Angel Jimenez HOW TO WATCH TV: Friday: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. ET; Saturday: 3:30-6 p.m.; Sunday: 2:30-4:30 p.m. (All times Golf Channel) X: @ JamesHardieInv NOTES: The field includes 78 Champions players and about two dozen Pro Football Hall of Fame members and other former players. Former NFL stars committed to the event include Ronde Barber, Jerome Bettis, Tim Brown, Terrell Davis, Richard Dent, Dwight Freeney, Jimmy Giles, Mike Haynes, Marshall Faulk, Rickey Jackson, Calvin Johnson, Brian Kelley, Steve Largent, Nat Moore, Anthony Munoz, Jonathan Ogden, John Randle, Andre Reed, Ed Reed, Warren Sapp, Duane Starks, Jan Stenerud, Lawrence Taylor, DeMarcus Ware, Roger Wehrli. The football legends will play two-man best-ball Friday and Saturday only. ... Masters champion Angel Cabrera was added to the field when Mark Hensby withdrew. NEXT TOURNAMENT: Mitsubishi Electric Classic, Duluth, Ga., April 25-27 Field Level Media 2025 - All Rights Reserved
Reuters
26-03-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Golf Glance: Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy collide in Houston
March 26 - Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours. PGA TOUR LAST TOURNAMENT: Valspar Championship (Viktor Hovland) THIS WEEK: Texas Children's Houston Open, March 27-30 Course: Memorial Park Golf Course (Par 70, 7,475 Yards) Purse: $9.5M (Winner: $1.71M) Defending Champion: Stephan Jaeger FedExCup leader: Rory McIlroy HOW TO FOLLOW TV: Thursday-Friday: 4-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday: 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (NBC/Peacock) Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday: 8:15 a.m.-7 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. ET X: @TCHouOpen NOTES: Memorial Park will play host to the event for the fifth consecutive year. ... The field includes 20 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking. The top 50 players in the OWGR after this week who are not otherwise exempt will earn spots into next month's Masters. In the field this week are No. 52 Michael Kim, No. 53 Ben Griffin, No. 61 Eric Cole and No. 66 Si Woo Kim. ... Houston native Matthew Riedel will make his event debut as a PGA Tour rookie. It's his seventh start since earning his card with a T4 at last year's Q-School, with his best finish to date a T26 in Puerto Rico. BEST BETS: Scottie Scheffler (+350 at DraftKings) finished one shot off the pace here last year and is seeking his first victory of 2025. ... Rory McIlroy (+650) has already won twice in 2025, but is making his debut at Memorial Park. ... Tony Finau (+3000) won the event in 2022 and tied for second last year. ... Min Woo Lee (+3500). ... Stephan Jaeger (+4500) has already won at Memorial Park and has a T6 in Mexico and a T20 at The Players among his past four starts. ... Alex Smalley (+5500) has yet to win on tour, but has been knocking on the door with six T21 or better finishes in his past eight starts. The other two were MCs. NEXT TOURNAMENT: Valero Texas Open, San Antonio, Texas, April 3-6 LPGA TOUR LAST TOURNAMENT: Blue Bay LPGA (Rio Takeda) THIS WEEK: Ford Championship, Chandler, Ariz., March 27-30 Course: Whirlwind Golf Club, Cattail Course (Par 72, 6,661 Yards) Purse: $2.25M (Winner: $337,500) Defending Champion: Nelly Korda Race to the CME Globe leader: A Lim Kim HOW TO WATCH: TV/Streaming: Thursday-Friday: 6-7 p.m. ET (NBC Digital), 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel/NBC Digital); Saturday-Sunday: 6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel/NBC Digital) X: @LPGA NOTES: The 144-player field will be cut to the top 65 and ties after 36 holes. ... All five winners on tour this year are in the field. ... Last year's inaugural edition of the event was contested at Seville Golf and Country Club. Whirlwind previously played host to a Korn Ferry Tour event from 2001-05. ... Korda has a pair of top-10 finishes in two starts this year, including a runner-up at the Tournament of Champions. She has six consecutive top-7 finishes dating back to last season. ... Gabby Barker, the first female Native American professional golfer, received a sponsor invitation this week along with seven-year LPGA Tour veteran Maria Fassi. NEXT TOURNAMENT: T-Mobile Match Play, Las Vegas, April 2-6 PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS LAST TOURNAMENT: Hoag Classic (Miguel Angel Jimenez) THIS WEEK: The Galleri Classic, Rancho Mirage, Calif. Course: Mission Hills Country Club (Par 72, 7,165 Yards) Purse: $2.2M (Winner: $330,000) Defending Champion: Retief Goosen Charles Schwab Cup leader: Jimenez HOW TO WATCH: TV: Friday: 10 p.m.-1 a.m. ET (Golf Channel - Tape Delay); Saturday-Sunday: 3-6 p.m. (GC) X: @GalleriClassic NOTES: The 54-hole event features a 79-player field with a combined 310 PGA Tour titles. ... Goosen is one of seven World Golf Hall of Fame members in the field. He is joined by Fred Couples, Ernie Els, Bernhard Langer, Colin Montgomerie, Jose Maria Olazabal and Vijay Singh. ... David Toms set the tournament scoring record of 200 while winning the inaugural event two years ago. NEXT TOURNAMENT: James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational, Boca Raton, Fla., April 4-6 LIV GOLF LEAGUE LAST TOURNAMENT: Singapore (Individual: Joaquin Niemann; Team: Fireballs GC) THIS WEEK: OFF Season Leaders: Individual: Niemann; Team: Fireballs GC NEXT TOURNAMENT: LIV Golf Miami, April 4-6 --Field Level Media
