THIS WEEK ON TOUR
PGA Tour: CIMB Classic
Course: TPC Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
TV: Wednesday-Thursday, 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Friday-Saturday, 8 p.m. to midnight (Golf Channel).
Notes: This is the first of a three-week swing through Asia with limited fields and no cuts. … Justin Thomas won his first two PGA Tour titles at the CIMB Classic. He is among 10 players in the field who were in the season-ending Tour Championship three weeks ago. … Sixteen players competed in all three Asian events last year. Only three of them made it to the Tour Championship – Xander Schauffele, Paul Casey and Kyle Stanley. … Perez made 56 percent of his regular-season FedEx Cup points during the three-tournament Asian swing last year, starting with his victory in Malaysia. … Tway and two players he beat in a playoff at the Safeway Open, Brandt Snedeker and Ryan Moore, are among 30 players in the field who played in California last week.
LPGA Tour: KEB Hana Bank Championship
Course: Sky 72 GC (Ocean Course), Incheon, South Korea.
TV: Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay); Friday-Sunday, 9:30 a.m.noon (Golf Channel-tape delay).
Notes: In Gee Chun, who won all four of her matches last week, is among 21 players from the International Crown playing this week. That includes Sung Hyun Park, the No. 1 player in the world. … All four Americans from the International Crown are playing – Michelle Wie, Cristie Kerr, Jessica Kordan and Lexi Thompson). … Jin Young Ko, the defending champion, has a big lead over Women’s British Open champion Georgia Hall in the race of LPGA rookie of the year.
– Associated Press