The Mercury News

This week’s tournament­s

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LPGA TOUR

TOUR CHAMPIONSH­IP

Site: Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, Fla.

Purse: $2.5 million (Winner’s share: $500,000).

Television: ThursdaySa­turday, 1:30-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), tape delay; Sunday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., ABC Sports. Defending champion:

Charley Hull.

Last week: Shanshan Feng won the Blue Bay LPGA. CME Race to the Globe

leader: Lexi Thompson. Notes: The top five in the CME Race to the Globe only have to win this week to claim the $1 million bonus. The leading five players are Thompson, Sung Hyun Park, Feng, So Yeon Ryu and Brooke Henderson. … The top 12 have a mathematic­al chance to winning the bonus. Lydia Ko got the 12th spot. … Feng is now tied with I.K. Kim for most victories on the LPGA Tour with three. … Minjee Lee became the 16th player to go over $1 million in earnings this year, an LPGA record. … The top three players for the points-based LPGA player of the year — Ryu, Feng and Park — are separated by five points. Thompson is 15 points behind. … Thompson has a narrow lead in the Vare Trophy standings for lowest adjusted scoring average. She is at 69.15, with Park (69.26) and In Gee Chun (69.27) right behind. … Lizette Salas recorded five top 10s during the six weeks on the Asia swing. … Aditi Ashok of India started the year with conditiona­l status and made it to the CME Group Tour Championsh­ip.

PGA TOUR

RSM CLASSIC

Site: Sea Island GC, St. Simons Island, Ga.

Purse: $6.2 million (Winner’s share: $1,116,000). Television: ThursdaySu­nday, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion:

Mackenzie Hughes.

Last week: Patton Kizzire won the OHL Classic at Mayakoba.

Notes: Davis Love III is the tournament host. … This is the final tournament for 2017. The season resumes on Maui the first week of January. … Brandt Snedeker is playing for the first time since he withdrew from the British Open with a rib injury. He is just inside the top 50 and needs to stay there by the end of the year to secure his spot in the Masters. … Matt Kuchar at No. 14, who lives at Sea Island, is the only player from the top 25 in the world who is playing the RSM Classic. Also in the field are Brian Harman and Kevin Kisner, who are just outside the top 25. … Kisner won his first PGA Tour event at Sea Island in 2015. … John Oda of Honolulu, who left UNLV early to turn pro, earned a spot in the field with his eighth-place finish at the OHL Classic. … Russell Knox tied for ninth in Mexico for only his second top-10 finish this year. … Rickie Fowler has 12 runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour and four victories.

Next tournament: Sentry Tournament of Champions on Jan. 5-8.

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