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New York Post
08-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Nelly Korda shares Scott Scheffler similarities as she looks to recapture 2024 LPGA magic
The similarities are uncanny. Nelly Korda won seven LPGA tournaments in 2024, including one major championship, at one point posting five consecutive victories and six in seven weeks. Scottie Scheffler won seven PGA Tour events in 2024, including one major, and that doesn't include winning an Olympic gold medal. 4 Nelly Korda hits a tee shot on the first hole during the final round of The Chevron Championship. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Like Scheffler's 2025, Korda's '25 season has been a much different story than it was in '24. She enters this week's Mizuho Americas Open at Liberty National in Jersey City having played five events without a victory.
NBC Sports
30-04-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
PGA TOUR'S CJ CUP BYRON NELSON AND LPGA TOUR'S INAUGURAL BLACK DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP HEADLINE LIVE GOLF COVERAGE ON GOLF CHANNEL AND PEACOCK THIS WEEK
PGA TOUR's CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas – Thursday-Friday at 4 p.m. ET, Saturday-Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel LPGA Tour's Inaugural Black Desert Championship at Black Desert Resort in Utah – Live in Primetime on GOLF Channel Thursday-Sunday PGA TOUR Champions Insperity Invitational at The Woodlands Country Club in Texas – Begins Friday at 12:30 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel Top 20 Finishers in Today's Final Round of the PGA Professional Championship Earn Exemptions in PGA Championship – Today at 3 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel NCAA Division I Men's Selection Show – Today at 1 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel Grass League Grass Clippings Open Final Round – Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on Peacock STAMFORD, Conn. – April 30, 2025 – The PGA TOUR's CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch in Texas and the LPGA Tour's inaugural edition of the Black Desert Championship in Utah headline NBC Sports' live golf coverage across GOLF Channel and Peacock this week. PGA TOUR: CJ CUP BYRON NELSON Native Texans Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth and Will Zalatoris headline the field at this week's PGA TOUR CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, this week. Scheffler, Spieth and Zalatoris are all in search of their first wins of 2025. Scheffler has five top 10 finishes this season. Last year, Taylor Pendrith earned his first career PGA TOUR victory with a one-shot victory over Ben Kohles. Coverage airs on GOLF Channel on Thursday-Friday at 4 p.m. ET, with Saturday-Sunday lead-in coverage on GOLF Channel at 1 p.m. ET. GOLF Channel Broadcast Team Play by Play: Steve Sands Analyst: Johnson Wagner Holes: Tom Abbott On-Course: Arron Oberholser / Colt Knost Notable Teams This Week Scottie Scheffler Jordan Spieth Will Zalatoris Gary Woodland Sam Burns Ryan Fox Sungjae Im LPGA TOUR: BLACK DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP The inaugural edition of the LPGA Tour's Black Desert Championship takes place at Black Desert Resort in Ivins, Utah, this week. This marks the first LPGA Tour event to be played in the state of Utah in more than 60 years, dating back to when the Riverside Ladies Open was held in 1964 and won by Clifford Ann Creed. This week's Black Desert Championship comes on the heels of a thrilling finish at the LPGA Tour's first major of the season, The Chevron Championship, as Mao Saigo emerged victorious from a five-way playoff. Thursday-Friday coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET on the NBC Sports app and and moves to GOLF Channel at 7 p.m. ET. GOLF Channel will provide live third and final round coverage on the weekend beginning at 6 p.m. ET. NBC/GOLF Channel/Peacock Broadcast Team Play by Play: Cara Banks Analyst: Karen Stupples On-Course: Kay Cockerill / Mel Reid Notable Players This Week Brooke Henderson Lilia Vu Jennifer Kupcho Maja Stark Ruoning Yin Linn Grant Ayaka Furue PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: INSPERITY INVITATIONAL One week after The Chevron Championship was held down the road at The Club at Carlton Woods, The Woodlands plays host to the PGA TOUR Champions this week with the Insperity Invitational at The Woodlands Country Club. Bernhard Langer is a four-time winner of the event. Scott Dunlap was declared the winner of last year's Insperity Invitational when the final round was cancelled due to inclement weather. GOLF Channel's coverage begins Friday at 12:30 p.m. ET, with Saturday-Sunday coverage on GOLF Channel getting underway at 3 p.m. ET. Bernhard Langer Ernie Els Retief Goosen Vijay Singh Padraig Harrington Mike Weir PGA OF AMERICA: PGA PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP The final round of the PGA Professional Championship – the national championship for golf club professionals – will take place at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla., today at 3 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel. The top finishers that compose the Corebridge Financial PGA Team gain an invitation to the PGA Championship, while the newly-minted PGA Professional Champion receives exemptions into six PGA Tour events over the next 12 months. Play by Play: Justin Kutcher Analyst: Suzy Whaley On-Course: Tripp Isenhour / Gary Christian COLLEGE GOLF: NCAA MEN'S DIVISION I SELECTION SHOW The NCAA Division I men's golf regional fields will be announced on today's selection show at 1 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel. Resident college golf experts Steve Burkowski and Brentley Romine will anchor today's show, which will feature interviews with a variety of coaches. NCAA Division I men's golf regionals will be contested May 12-14 at six different sites with 13 or 14 teams at each site. The 81 teams consist of 28 automatic qualifiers that won their respective conference championships and 53 at-large bids. Five teams will advance out of each regional to the NCAA Championship at La Costa. GRASS LEAGUE: GRASS CLIPPINGS OPEN Live golf goes under the lights at Grass Clippings Rolling Hills in Tempe, Ariz., with the final round of the Grass League's Grass Clippings Open this Saturday night at 8 p.m. ET on Peacock. The Grass Clippings Open kicks is the first event of the 2025 Grass League season. The Grass League is the world's first high-stakes par 3 golf league, featuring competitive tournaments with both amateur and professional players in team-based formats. BROADCAST NOTES Golf Central will provide pre- and post-tournament coverage on GOLF Channel Wednesday-Sunday. Golf Central and Golf Today coverage is anchored by Steve Burkowski, Anna Jackson, Tripp Isenhour, and Jordan Cornette. Note: all times ET, post-round coverage begins following conclusion of play All GOLF Channel coverage also streams on and the NBC Sports app via authentication, giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high-quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. --NBC SPORTS--
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Scottie Scheffler returns to hometown Dallas event. LPGA makes its Black Desert debut in Utah
PGA Tour THE CJ CUP BYRON NELSON Site: McKinney, Texas. Course: TPC Craig Ranch. Yardage: 7,569. Par: 71. Prize money: $9.9 million. Winner's share: $1,872,000. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). Advertisement Defending champion: Taylor Pendrith. FedEx Cup leader: Rory McIlroy. Last week: Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Notes: Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth are playing in their hometown event together for the first time since 2022. Scheffler missed last year awaiting the birth of his first child, and Spieth missed in 2023 with a wrist injury. ... The tournament is in a tough spot, preceding a $20 million signature event and the second major of the year at the PGA Championship. ... Scheffler is the only player from the top 10 in the world in the field. He is among seven players from the top 50. ... Other Dallas-area residents in the field include Will Zalatoris, Tom Kim, Ryan Palmer and Si Woo Kim. ... Aaron Wise in 2018 is the last American to win the Byron Nelson. ... Teenager Blades Brown was given a sponsor exemption, then turned it down to play the Korn Ferry Tour after his runner-up finish last week. ... Texas junior Tommy Morrison received a sponsor's exemption. He won the European Amateur title last year. Advertisement Next week: Truist Championship and Myrtle Beach Classic. Online: ___ LPGA Tour BLACK DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Ivins, Utah. Course: Black Desert Resort. Yardage: 6,629. Par: 72. Prize money: $3 million. Winner's share: $450,000. Television: Thursday-Friday, 6-7 p.m. (NBC Sports app), 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: New tournament. Race to CME Globe leader: Hyo Joo Kim. Last week: Mao Saigo won The Chevron Championship. Notes: The inaugural tournament is held on the same course where the PGA Tour played last fall. ... Mao Saigo is in the field, making her first start since becoming a major champion at The Chevron Championship last week. ... Saigo moved up to No. 13 in the women's world ranking with her victory. ... The field has only four of the top 10 players in the world. Nelly Korda, Jeeno Thitikul and Lydia Ko at Nos. 1-2-3 are taking off this week. ... Japanese players now have won three of the last five majors, with Yuka Saso winning the U.S. Women's Open and Ayaka Furue winning The Evian Championship. ... All five players in the sudden-death playoff at the Chevron Championship are playing in Utah. ... The $462,966 that Lindy Duncan won for tying for second was more than she had earned in all but one season on the LPGA Tour. ... Thitikul has five top 10s in seven starts, the most on the LPGA this year. Advertisement Next week: Mizuho Americas Open. Online: ___ LIV Golf League LIV GOLF KOREA Site: Incheon, South Korea. Course: Jack Nicklaus GC. Yardage: 7,376. Par: 72. Prize money: $20 million. Winner's share: $4 million. Television: Thursday, 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. (FS1); Friday, 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (FS1); Saturday, 11:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. (FS1). Defending champion: New event. Points leader: Joaquin Niemann. Last week: Joaquin Niemann won LIV Golf Mexico City. Notes: Nine players now with LIV Golf played at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in the 2015 Presidents Cup, including Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen and Phil Mickelson, all of whom had unbeaten records that week in a U.S. victory. ... Joaquin Niemann is assured of getting the U.S. Open exemption awarded the leading LIV player from the top three in the standings not already eligible. ... This is the fourth LIV Golf event in an Asian country this year following stops in Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Singapore. ... Niemann won for the third time this year and fifth time since joining LIV in its inaugural season in 2022. Brooks Koepka is the only other player with five LIV victories. ... Niemann has not finished in the top 10 in the other three events that he didn't win. ... Jon Rahm increased his streak to 10 consecutive top 10s in LIV Golf. He has two victories during that streak that dates to last year. Advertisement Next event: LIV Golf DC on June 6-8. Online: ___ PGA Tour Champions INSPERITY INVITATIONAL Site: The Woodlands, Texas. Course: The Woodlands CC (Tournament). Yardage: 7,002. Par: 72. Prize money: $3 million. Winner's share: $450,000. Television: Friday, 12:30-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Scott Dunlap. Charles Schwab Cup leader: Miguel Angel Jimenez. Last week: Jerry Kelly won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic. Notes: Jerry Kelly became the 25th player with at least 13 victories on the PGA Tour Champions with his win north of Atlanta last week. ... Colin Montgomerie is in the field. He briefly played college golf in the area at Houston Baptist. ... This is the final regular tournament before the PGA Tour Champions begins its run of five major championships. ... Kelly moved up to No. 5 in the Schwab Cup standings, one spot behind Angel Cabrera. ... The average age of the leading five players in the Schwab Cup is 56.4 years. The youngest is Steven Alker (53) at No. 2, the oldest is 61-year-old Miguel Angel Jimenez at No. 1. ... Jimenez and Alker are the only two players to have surpassed $1 million in earnings this year. ... Jay Haas, 71, twice shot lower than his age last week. Haas now has 33 rounds on the PGA Tour Champions in which he shot his age or lower in his career. Advertisement Next tournament: Regions Tradition on May 15-18. Online: ___ Korn Ferry Tour TULUM CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Tulum, Mexico. Course: PGA Riviera Maya. Yardage: 7,272. Par: 72. Prize money: $1 million. Winner's share: $180,000. Television: None. Defending champion: New tournament. Points leader: Hank Lebioda. Last week: Johnny Keefer won the Veritex Bank Championship. Next tournament: Advent Health Championship on May 15-18. Online: ___ European Tour Last week: Marco Penge won the Hainan Classic. Next week: Turkish Open. Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy. Advertisement Online: ___ Other tours Epson Tour: Reliance Matrix Championship, Spanish Trail CC, Las Vegas. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: Japan Golf Tour: The Crowns, Nagoya GC (Wago), Aichi, Japan. Defending champion: Ren Yonezawa. Online: Asian Tour: GS Caltex Maekyung Open, Namseoul CC, Seongnam, South Korea. Defending champion: Hongtaek Kim. Television: Thursday-Saturday, 12-4 a.m. (NBC Sports app); Saturday, 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. (NBC Sports app). Online: PGA Tour Americas: Diners Club Peru Open, Los Inkas GC, Lima, Peru. Previous winner: Stuart Macdonald. Online: Advertisement Japan LPGA: Panasonic Open, Hamano GC, Chiba. Defending champion: Haruka Amamoto. Online: Korea LPGA: KLPGA Championship, Lakewood CC (Mountain and Forest), Yangju, South Korea. Defending champion: Jungmin Lee. Online: ___ AP golf:
Fox Sports
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Scottie Scheffler returns to hometown Dallas event. LPGA makes its Black Desert debut in Utah
Associated Press THE CJ CUP BYRON NELSON Site: McKinney, Texas. Course: TPC Craig Ranch. Yardage: 7,569. Par: 71. Prize money: $9.9 million. Winner's share: $1,872,000. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). Defending champion: Taylor Pendrith. FedEx Cup leader: Rory McIlroy. Last week: Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Notes: Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth are playing in their hometown event together for the first time since 2022. Scheffler missed last year awaiting the birth of his first child, and Spieth missed in 2023 with a wrist injury. ... The tournament is in a tough spot, preceding a $20 million signature event and the second major of the year at the PGA Championship. ... Scheffler is the only player from the top 10 in the world in the field. He is among seven players from the top 50. ... Other Dallas-area residents in the field include Will Zalatoris, Tom Kim, Ryan Palmer and Si Woo Kim. ... Aaron Wise in 2018 is the last American to win the Byron Nelson. ... Teenager Blades Brown was given a sponsor exemption, then turned it down to play the Korn Ferry Tour after his runner-up finish last week. ... Texas junior Tommy Morrison received a sponsor's exemption. He won the European Amateur title last year. Next week: Truist Championship and Myrtle Beach Classic. Online: ___ LPGA Tour BLACK DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Ivins, Utah. Course: Black Desert Resort. Yardage: 6,629. Par: 72. Prize money: $3 million. Winner's share: $450,000. Television: Thursday-Friday, 6-7 p.m. (NBC Sports app), 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: New tournament. Race to CME Globe leader: Hyo Joo Kim. Last week: Mao Saigo won The Chevron Championship. Notes: The inaugural tournament is held on the same course where the PGA Tour played last fall. ... Mao Saigo is in the field, making her first start since becoming a major champion at The Chevron Championship last week. ... Saigo moved up to No. 13 in the women's world ranking with her victory. ... The field has only four of the top 10 players in the world. Nelly Korda, Jeeno Thitikul and Lydia Ko at Nos. 1-2-3 are taking off this week. ... Japanese players now have won three of the last five majors, with Yuka Saso winning the U.S. Women's Open and Ayaka Furue winning The Evian Championship. ... All five players in the sudden-death playoff at the Chevron Championship are playing in Utah. ... The $462,966 that Lindy Duncan won for tying for second was more than she had earned in all but one season on the LPGA Tour. ... Thitikul has five top 10s in seven starts, the most on the LPGA this year. Next week: Mizuho Americas Open. Online: ___ LIV Golf League LIV GOLF KOREA Site: Incheon, South Korea. Course: Jack Nicklaus GC. Yardage: 7,376. Par: 72. Prize money: $20 million. Winner's share: $4 million. Television: Thursday, 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. (FS1); Friday, 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (FS1); Saturday, 11:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. (FS1). Defending champion: New event. Points leader: Joaquin Niemann. Last week: Joaquin Niemann won LIV Golf Mexico City. Notes: Nine players now with LIV Golf played at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in the 2015 Presidents Cup, including Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen and Phil Mickelson, all of whom had unbeaten records that week in a U.S. victory. ... Joaquin Niemann is assured of getting the U.S. Open exemption awarded the leading LIV player from the top three in the standings not already eligible. ... This is the fourth LIV Golf event in an Asian country this year following stops in Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Singapore. ... Niemann won for the third time this year and fifth time since joining LIV in its inaugural season in 2022. Brooks Koepka is the only other player with five LIV victories. ... Niemann has not finished in the top 10 in the other three events that he didn't win. ... Jon Rahm increased his streak to 10 consecutive top 10s in LIV Golf. He has two victories during that streak that dates to last year. Next event: LIV Golf DC on June 6-8. Online: ___ PGA Tour Champions INSPERITY INVITATIONAL Site: The Woodlands, Texas. Course: The Woodlands CC (Tournament). Yardage: 7,002. Par: 72. Prize money: $3 million. Winner's share: $450,000. Television: Friday, 12:30-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Scott Dunlap. Charles Schwab Cup leader: Miguel Angel Jimenez. Last week: Jerry Kelly won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic. Notes: Jerry Kelly became the 25th player with at least 13 victories on the PGA Tour Champions with his win north of Atlanta last week. ... Colin Montgomerie is in the field. He briefly played college golf in the area at Houston Baptist. ... This is the final regular tournament before the PGA Tour Champions begins its run of five major championships. ... Kelly moved up to No. 5 in the Schwab Cup standings, one spot behind Angel Cabrera. ... The average age of the leading five players in the Schwab Cup is 56.4 years. The youngest is Steven Alker (53) at No. 2, the oldest is 61-year-old Miguel Angel Jimenez at No. 1. ... Jimenez and Alker are the only two players to have surpassed $1 million in earnings this year. ... Jay Haas, 71, twice shot lower than his age last week. Haas now has 33 rounds on the PGA Tour Champions in which he shot his age or lower in his career. Next tournament: Regions Tradition on May 15-18. Online: ___ Korn Ferry Tour TULUM CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Tulum, Mexico. Course: PGA Riviera Maya. Yardage: 7,272. Par: 72. Prize money: $1 million. Winner's share: $180,000. Television: None. Defending champion: New tournament. Points leader: Hank Lebioda. Last week: Johnny Keefer won the Veritex Bank Championship. Next tournament: Advent Health Championship on May 15-18. Online: ___ European Tour Last week: Marco Penge won the Hainan Classic. Next week: Turkish Open. Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy. Online: ___ Other tours Epson Tour: Reliance Matrix Championship, Spanish Trail CC, Las Vegas. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: Japan Golf Tour: The Crowns, Nagoya GC (Wago), Aichi, Japan. Defending champion: Ren Yonezawa. Online: Asian Tour: GS Caltex Maekyung Open, Namseoul CC, Seongnam, South Korea. Defending champion: Hongtaek Kim. Television: Thursday-Saturday, 12-4 a.m. (NBC Sports app); Saturday, 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. (NBC Sports app). Online: PGA Tour Americas: Diners Club Peru Open, Los Inkas GC, Lima, Peru. Previous winner: Stuart Macdonald. Online: Japan LPGA: Panasonic Open, Hamano GC, Chiba. Defending champion: Haruka Amamoto. Online: Korea LPGA: KLPGA Championship, Lakewood CC (Mountain and Forest), Yangju, South Korea. Defending champion: Jungmin Lee. Online: ___ AP golf:
Associated Press
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Scottie Scheffler returns to hometown Dallas event. LPGA makes its Black Desert debut in Utah
PGA Tour THE CJ CUP BYRON NELSON Site: McKinney, Texas. Course: TPC Craig Ranch. Yardage: 7,569. Par: 71. Prize money: $9.9 million. Winner's share: $1,872,000. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). Defending champion: Taylor Pendrith. FedEx Cup leader: Rory McIlroy. Last week: Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Notes: Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth are playing in their hometown event together for the first time since 2022. Scheffler missed last year awaiting the birth of his first child, and Spieth missed in 2023 with a wrist injury. ... The tournament is in a tough spot, preceding a $20 million signature event and the second major of the year at the PGA Championship. ... Scheffler is the only player from the top 10 in the world in the field. He is among seven players from the top 50. ... Other Dallas-area residents in the field include Will Zalatoris, Tom Kim, Ryan Palmer and Si Woo Kim. ... Aaron Wise in 2018 is the last American to win the Byron Nelson. ... Teenager Blades Brown was given a sponsor exemption, then turned it down to play the Korn Ferry Tour after his runner-up finish last week. ... Texas junior Tommy Morrison received a sponsor's exemption. He won the European Amateur title last year. Next week: Truist Championship and Myrtle Beach Classic. Online: ___ LPGA Tour BLACK DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Ivins, Utah. Course: Black Desert Resort. Yardage: 6,629. Par: 72. Prize money: $3 million. Winner's share: $450,000. Television: Thursday-Friday, 6-7 p.m. (NBC Sports app), 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: New tournament. Race to CME Globe leader: Hyo Joo Kim. Last week: Mao Saigo won The Chevron Championship. Notes: The inaugural tournament is held on the same course where the PGA Tour played last fall. ... Mao Saigo is in the field, making her first start since becoming a major champion at The Chevron Championship last week. ... Saigo moved up to No. 13 in the women's world ranking with her victory. ... The field has only four of the top 10 players in the world. Nelly Korda, Jeeno Thitikul and Lydia Ko at Nos. 1-2-3 are taking off this week. ... Japanese players now have won three of the last five majors, with Yuka Saso winning the U.S. Women's Open and Ayaka Furue winning The Evian Championship. ... All five players in the sudden-death playoff at the Chevron Championship are playing in Utah. ... The $462,966 that Lindy Duncan won for tying for second was more than she had earned in all but one season on the LPGA Tour. ... Thitikul has five top 10s in seven starts, the most on the LPGA this year. Next week: Mizuho Americas Open. Online: ___ LIV Golf League LIV GOLF KOREA Site: Incheon, South Korea. Course: Jack Nicklaus GC. Yardage: 7,376. Par: 72. Prize money: $20 million. Winner's share: $4 million. Television: Thursday, 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. (FS1); Friday, 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (FS1); Saturday, 11:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. (FS1). Defending champion: New event. Points leader: Joaquin Niemann. Last week: Joaquin Niemann won LIV Golf Mexico City. Notes: Nine players now with LIV Golf played at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in the 2015 Presidents Cup, including Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen and Phil Mickelson, all of whom had unbeaten records that week in a U.S. victory. ... Joaquin Niemann is assured of getting the U.S. Open exemption awarded the leading LIV player from the top three in the standings not already eligible. ... This is the fourth LIV Golf event in an Asian country this year following stops in Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Singapore. ... Niemann won for the third time this year and fifth time since joining LIV in its inaugural season in 2022. Brooks Koepka is the only other player with five LIV victories. ... Niemann has not finished in the top 10 in the other three events that he didn't win. ... Jon Rahm increased his streak to 10 consecutive top 10s in LIV Golf. He has two victories during that streak that dates to last year. Next event: LIV Golf DC on June 6-8. Online: ___ PGA Tour Champions INSPERITY INVITATIONAL Site: The Woodlands, Texas. Course: The Woodlands CC (Tournament). Yardage: 7,002. Par: 72. Prize money: $3 million. Winner's share: $450,000. Television: Friday, 12:30-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Scott Dunlap. Charles Schwab Cup leader: Miguel Angel Jimenez. Last week: Jerry Kelly won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic. Notes: Jerry Kelly became the 25th player with at least 13 victories on the PGA Tour Champions with his win north of Atlanta last week. ... Colin Montgomerie is in the field. He briefly played college golf in the area at Houston Baptist. ... This is the final regular tournament before the PGA Tour Champions begins its run of five major championships. ... Kelly moved up to No. 5 in the Schwab Cup standings, one spot behind Angel Cabrera. ... The average age of the leading five players in the Schwab Cup is 56.4 years. The youngest is Steven Alker (53) at No. 2, the oldest is 61-year-old Miguel Angel Jimenez at No. 1. ... Jimenez and Alker are the only two players to have surpassed $1 million in earnings this year. ... Jay Haas, 71, twice shot lower than his age last week. Haas now has 33 rounds on the PGA Tour Champions in which he shot his age or lower in his career. Next tournament: Regions Tradition on May 15-18. Online: ___ Korn Ferry Tour TULUM CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Tulum, Mexico. Course: PGA Riviera Maya. Yardage: 7,272. Par: 72. Prize money: $1 million. Winner's share: $180,000. Television: None. Defending champion: New tournament. Points leader: Hank Lebioda. Last week: Johnny Keefer won the Veritex Bank Championship. Next tournament: Advent Health Championship on May 15-18. Online: ___ European Tour Last week: Marco Penge won the Hainan Classic. Next week: Turkish Open. Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy. Online: ___ Other tours Epson Tour: Reliance Matrix Championship, Spanish Trail CC, Las Vegas. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: Japan Golf Tour: The Crowns, Nagoya GC (Wago), Aichi, Japan. Defending champion: Ren Yonezawa. Online: Asian Tour: GS Caltex Maekyung Open, Namseoul CC, Seongnam, South Korea. Defending champion: Hongtaek Kim. Television: Thursday-Saturday, 12-4 a.m. (NBC Sports app); Saturday, 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. (NBC Sports app). Online: PGA Tour Americas: Diners Club Peru Open, Los Inkas GC, Lima, Peru. Previous winner: Stuart Macdonald. Online: Japan LPGA: Panasonic Open, Hamano GC, Chiba. Defending champion: Haruka Amamoto. Online: Korea LPGA: KLPGA Championship, Lakewood CC (Mountain and Forest), Yangju, South Korea. Defending champion: Jungmin Lee. Online: ___ AP golf:
