THIS WEEK’S TOURNAMENTS PGATOUR

LAST TOURNAMENT: The Players Championship (Justin Thomas)

THIS WEEK: The Honda Classic, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Today-Sunday

Course: TPC Sawgrass (Par 70, 7,125 yards)

Purse: $7 million (Winner: $1.26M)

Defending champion: Sungjae Im

TV: Today, 7 a.m.-11 a.m. (Golf Channel); Today-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon (Golf Channel), noon-3 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 10 a.m.-noon (Golf Channel); noon-3 p.m. (NBC)

NOTES: PGA National features the stretch from Nos. 15-17 known as the “Bear Trap,” the fourth-hardest three-hole stretch on the Tour since 2007. It was named after Jack Nicklaus, who reimagined the course originally designed by Tom and George Fazio . ... Im will defend his maiden PGA Tour victory. His 6-under par score was tied for the second highest to win at the Honda Classic since it moved to PGA National in 2007 and the highest on Tour in a non-major since the 2016 Farmers Insurance Open. Last year’s event was the first non-major on Tour since 1996 without any players posting a score of 5-under or better in any single round . ... Former major champion Martin Kaymer is in the field on a sponsors exemption, as is APGA mini-tour star Kamaiu Johnson and Chase Koepka, the younger brother of Brooks Koepka . ... Former U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland, Scott Piercy and Doc Redman withdrew following positive COVID-19 tests.

BEST BETS: Daniel Berger (+1050 by DraftKings) was the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 15 until he withdrew Wednesday . ... Joaquin Niemann (+1300) is the highestranked player in the field in the FedEx Cup rankings at No. 12. He has made 13 consecutive cuts . ... Im (+1400) is coming off a T17 at The Players and has finished no lower than T32 in his past six starts . ... Adam Scott (+2200) was the 2016 champion and has made this a semi-regular stop as he makes his ninth event start . ... Lee Westwood (+2200) has consecutive runner-up finishes after holding 54-hole leads. He finished T4 last year . ... Chris Kirk (+4000) was in contention before fading with a 79on Sunday. He has a T2and T8in six 2020starts.

NEXT WEEK: World Golf Championships - Dell Technologies Match Play, Austin, Texas

LPGA TOUR

LAST TOURNAMENT: LPGA Drive On Championship (Austin Ernst)

THIS WEEK: OFF.

CHAMPIONS TOUR

LAST TOURNAMENT: Cologuard Classic (Kevin Sutherland) THIS WEEK: OFF