LPGA Tour and Japan LPGA

TOTO JAPAN CLASSIC

Site: Shiga, Japan.

Course: Seta GC. Movement: 6,616. Par: 72.

Prize money: $2 million. Winner’s Share: $300,000.

Television: Wednesday-Thursday, 23.00 – 2.00 (Gulf Channel); Friday, 11:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 11pm to 2am (Golf Channel).

Defending Champion: Mone Inami.

Race to the CME Globe Leader: Nelly Korda.

Last week: Ruoning Yin won the Maybank Championship.

Notes: This is the fourth and final stop on the LPGA’s fall “Asia Swing” before it heads to Hawaii and then ends its season with two weeks in Florida. … Ruoning Yin won two of the three Asian stops in Shanghai and Malaysia. He is not playing this week. … The Toto Japan Classic dates back to 1973. It was 54 holes to 72 holes for the first time in 2021. … Jeeno Thitikul was runner-up the past two years in the Maybank Championship. … The tournament is co-sanctioned by the Japan LPGA. Japan’s 35 LPGA members in the field include Chisato and Akie Iwai, twin sisters who each have three wins on their tour. … Yin becomes the fourth LPGA player with at least three wins this year, joining Nelly Korda, Hannah Green and Lydia Ko. … Celine Boutier has not finished in the top 10 in any of her four title defenses this year on the LPGA (Drive On, Evian, Scottish, Malaysia).

Next week: Lotte Championship.

Online: and https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/

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PGA Tour

Last week: Nico Echavarria won the Zozo Championship.

Next week: World Tech Championship.

FedEx Cup Champion: Scottie Scheffler.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/

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The European Tour

Last week: Byeong Hun An won the Genesis Championship.

Next week: Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/

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PGA Tour Champions

Last week: Padraig Harrington won the Simmons Bank Championship.

Next week: Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Charles Schwab Cup Leader: Ernie Els.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions

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Other trips

Asian Tour: BNI Indonesian Masters, Royale Jakarta GC, Jakarta, Indonesia. Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 am (Canal Golf); Saturday, 12:30-2:30 a.m. (NBC Sports app), 2:30-4 a.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 12-1am (NBC Sports App), 1-2am (Golf Channel). Defending Champion: Gaganjeet Bhullar. Online: https://asiantour.com/

Challenge Tour: Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final, Alcanada GC, Mallorca, Spain. Thursday-Saturday, 7 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel); Sunday, 5:30-10:30 (Golf Channel). Previous winner: Marco Penge. Online: https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/

Ladies European Tour: Aramco Team Series-Riyadh, Riyadh GC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Defending champion: Alison Lee. Online: https://ladieseuropeantour.com/

PGA Tour of Australasia: Queensland PGA Championship, Nudgee GC (Kurrai), Nudgee, Australia. Defending Champion: Phoenix Campbell. Online: https://pga.org.au/

Sunshine Tour: Blue Label Challenge, Gary Player CC (Sun City and Lost City), Johannesburg, South Africa. Defending champion: Luca Filippi. Online: https://sunshinetour.com/

Korean LPGA: S-Oil Championship, Elysian Jeju CC, Jeju Island, South Korea. Defending champion: Yujin Sung. Online: https://klpga.co.kr/

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