Daily Times (Primos, PA)

THIS WEEK’S TOURNEYS

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PGA TOUR QBE SHOOTOUT Site: Course:

Naples, Fla.

Tiburon GC. Yardage: Par: 72. $3.3 million (Winners share: $410,000 for each player)

Friday-Saturday, 1:304:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 1-2 p.m. (Golf Channel); 2-4 p.m. (NBC Sports).

Tournament dates to 1989 when it was known as the Shark Shootout, hosted by Greg Norman . ... The format is a scramble on Friday, modified alternate shot on Saturday (both players hit tee shots) and better ball for the final round . ... Matt Kuchar and Harris English, who both live at Sea Island, have won two of the last four years . ... Lexi Thompson is the lone LPGA Tour player in the field. She is playing with Tony Finau. ... Tiburon Golf Club held the CME Group Tour Championsh­ip on the LPGA Tour three weeks ago . ... Three players have won with three partners. Fred Couples won with Raymond Floyd, Brad Faxon and David Duval; Kenny Perry won with Sean O’Hair, Scott Hoch and John Huston; and Steve Elkington won with Floyd, Norman and Mark Calcavecch­ia. 7,382.

Purse: TV: Notes: EUROPEAN TOUR AND SUNSHINE TOUR AND ASIAN TOUR JOBURG OPEN Site:

Johannesbu­rg, South Africa.

Course:

72.

Purse: TV: Notes:

Randpark GC (Firethorn). Yardage: 6,982. Par:

ZAR $16.5 million. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay); Friday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay); Sunday, 4:30-9 a.m. (Golf Channel).

Race to Dubai leader:

Wade

Ormsby.

Dylan Frittelli is playing this week and next week in the Indonesian Masters as he makes his push to finish the year in the top 50 and get into the Masters. Frittelli played at Texas and holed the winning shot when the Longhorns won the NCAA title at Riviera . ... This is the final tourney of 2017 on the European Tour before it takes a break and returns in five weeks to South Africa . ... The tourney was played in February last season. ... Two-time winner Charl Schwartzel is not playing. Louis Oosthuizen is in.

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