PGA TOUR
SAFEWAY OPEN
Site: Napa, Calif.
Course: Silverado Resort. Yardage: 7,166. Par: 72.
Purse: $6.2 million. Winner’s share: $1,116,000.
Television: Thursday-Sunday, 5:30-8:30 p.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Brendan Steele.
FedEx Cup champion: Justin Rose.
Last tournament: Tiger Woods won the Tour Championship.
Notes: This is the first tournament of the new PGA Tour season. … Phil Mickelson is the only Ryder Cup player at the Safeway Open. His management company runs the tournament. … The tournament finished last year shortly before wildfires closed in on Silverado. … Mickelson and Patrick Cantlay are the only players in the field who were at the Tour Championship two weeks ago. … Fred Couples is making a rare PGA Tour start. … Mark Mulder is playing on a sponsor’s exemption. The retired Oakland A’s pitcher won three consecutive American Century Classic titles, a tournament for athletes and celebrities. … Steele is going for this third straight victory at Silverado. … The winner receives an exemption to the Masters and to the Sentry Tournament of Champions is Kapalua at the start of next year. … The PGA Tour leaves for three straight weeks in Asia after this week, returning Nov. 1 in Las Vegas.
Next week: CIMB Classic in Malaysia.
Online: www.pgatour.com
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LPGA TOUR
UL INTERNATIONAL CROWN
Site: Incheon, South Korea.
Course: Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea. Yardage: 6,508. Par: 72.
Purse: $1.6 million. Winner’s share: $100,000 per player.
Television: Wednesday, 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. (Golf Channel); Thursday-Saturday, 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: United States.
Last tournament: Angela Stanford won the Evian Championship.
Notes: Eight countries of four players are divided into two pools, with South Korea and the U.S. leading each pool. … The first three days feature fouballs, with two points available for a win and one for a halve. Five teams advance to the final round Sunday of singles matches. … All points from pool play of fourballs carry over to the final day. Cumulative points determine the winner. … The other countries to qualify through the world ranking are Japan, England, Australia, Thailand, Sweden and Taiwan. … The South Korean team is the most difficult to make. Its players this year are Sung Hyun Park, So Yeon Ryu, I.K. Kim and In Gee Kim. … The American team features Michelle Wie, Cristie Kerr, Jessica Korda and Lexi Thompson. … The International Crown starts the fall Asian swing of the LPGA Tour, five more stops before the tour ends the season at the CME Group Tour Championship in Florida. … The tournament does not provide Race to CME Globe points.
Next week: LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship.
Online: www.lpga.com
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EUROPEAN TOUR
ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: St. Andrews, Scotland.
Courses: Old Course at St. Andrews (Yardage: 7,307. Par: 72); Carnoustie GL (Yardage: 7,345. Par: 72); Kingsbarn GC (Yardage: 7,227. Par: 72)
Purse: $5 million. Winner’s share: $833,333.
Television: Thursday-Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel); Sunday, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Tyrrell Hatton.
Race to Dubai leader: Francesco Molinari.
Last tournament: Tom Lewis won the Portugal Masters.
Notes: U.S. Open and PGA champion Brooks Koepka is playing with his caddie, Ricky Elliott of Northern Ireland. Koepka, who began his career on the European Tour, previously played with his father. … The tournament is patterned after the AT&T Pebble Beach, with professionals playing with an amateur partner over three courses before the final round at the Old Course. … Koepka is among five Ryder Cup players in the field. The others are Tommy Fleetwood, Tony Finau, Hatton and Thorbjorn Olesen. Also playing are four vice captains - Matt Kuchar, Luke Donald, Padraig Harrington and Robert Karlsson. … Sponsor exemptions were given to Norman Xiong and Ken Duke. … Harrington and Hatton are two-time winners of the event, which dates to 2001. … Carnoustie plays as a par 72 for the Dunhill Links.
Next week: British Masters.
Online: www.europeantour.com
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PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
Last week: Ken Tanigawa won the Pure Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach.
Next week: SAS Championship.
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Miguel Angel Jimenez.
Online: www.pgatour.com/champions
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OTHER TOURS
MEN
Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation: Asia-Pacific Amateur, Sentosa GC, Singapore. Defending champion: Yin Luxin. Online: www.aacgolf.com
Asian Tour: Yeangder TPC, Linkous International Golf and CC, Taiwan. Defending champion: Ajeetesh Sandhu. Online: www.asiantour.com
Challenge Tour: Monaghan Irish Challenge, Concra Wood GC, Castleblayney, Ireland. Defending champion: Julien Guerrier. Online: www.europeantour.com/challengetour
PGA Tour Latinoamerica: San Luis Championship, La Loma Golf, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Defending champion: Oscar Fraustro. Online: www.pgatour.com/la/en
PGA Tour China: Zhuhai Championship, The Orient GC, Zhuhai, China. Defending champion: New event. Online: www.pgatour.com/china
Staysure Tour: Farmfoods European Senior Masters, Forest of Arden Hotel & CC, Coventry, England. Defending champion: Stephen Dodd. Online: www.europeantour.com/staysuretour
WOMEN
Symetra Tour: Symetra Tour Championship, LPGA International (Jones Course), Daytona Beach, Fla. Defending champion: Rachel Rohanna. Online: www.symetratour.com
USGA: U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club, Vero Beach, Fla. Defending champion: Judith Kyrinis. Online: www.usga.org
Korean LPGA: Hite Jinro Championship, Blue Heron GC, Yeoju, South Korea. Defending champion: Seung Hyun Lee. Online: www.klpga.co.kr
Japan LPGA: Stanley Ladies Golf Tournament, Tomei CC, Shizuoka, Japan. Defending champion: Yumiko Yoshida. Online: www.lpga.jp.or
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