THIS WEEK’S TOURNAMENTS

WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS

DELL TECHNOLOGIES MATCH PLAY

Site: Austin CC, Austin, Texas. Purse: $10 million. Winner’s share: $1.7 million. Television: WednesdayFriday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 7-11 a.m. (Golf Channel); 11 a.m.-3 p.m.(NBC);Sunday,7-11 a.m. (Golf Channel), noon-4 p.m (NBC). Defending champion:

Dustin Johnson.

Notes: Johnson is the No. 1 seed for the second straight year. … Justin Thomas will have a mathematical chance to reach No. 1 this week. … Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose, Adam Scott and Rickie Fowler are skipping Match Play for the second straight year. U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka also is missing while he recovers from a wrist injury, while Joost Luiten withdrew and was replaced by Julian Suri. … The No. 1 seed has won five times since this event began in 1999. Tiger Woods did it three times (2003, 2004, 2008). The others were Rory McIlroy (2015) and Johnson (2017). … There are 16 groups of four players, each group led by one of the top 16 seeds. The other three players for each group comes from seeds 17-32, 33-48 and 49-64. The winner of each group after three days of round robin advances to the 18-hole single elimination matches. … This is the third year at Austin Country Club. … This is the final week for players to get inside the top 50 and qualify for the Masters if they are not already eligible. … Thirteen of the 64 players are not in the Masters, a group that includes Charles Howell III.

PGA TOUR

CORALES PUNTACANA RESORT & CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Corales Puntacana Resort & Club, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Purse: $3 million.

Winner’s share: $540,000. Television: WednesdayThursday, 7:30-10 :30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: New

tournament.

Note: Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo received a sponsor’s exemption and makes his PGA Tour debut.

Next week: Houston Open.

LPGA TOUR

KIA CLASSIC

Site: Aviara GC, Carlsbad. Purse: $1.8 million. Winner’s share: $270,000. Television: ThursdayFriday, 5:30-7:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion:

Mirim Lee. Last week: Inbee Park won the Bank of Hope Founders Cup. Notes: This is the final event before the LPGA’s first major of the year. … The field features all of the top 10 for the first time this year, led by Shanshan Feng. She has held the No. 1 spot the last four months. … Lydia Ko now has gone 35 starts on the LPGA Tour since her last victory in July 2016. … Laura Davies was runner-up in Phoenix, her best finish in 11 years on the LPGA Tour. Next week: ANA Inspiration.

PGA TOUR

CHAMPIONS RAPISCAN SYSTEMS CLASSIC

Site: Fallen Oak GC., Biloxi, Miss. Purse: $1.6 million. Winner’s share: $240,000. Television: Friday, 7:309:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 2-4 p.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion:

Miguel Angel Jimenez.

Last tournament: Vijay Singh won the Toshiba Classic.

Notes: Fred Couples is in the field. He has not played since a tie for sixth in the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Classic in Hawaii on Jan. 20. … Bernhard Langer has finished out of the top 35 in his last three events, and his past two results — tie for 54th at the Cologuard Classic and tie for 58th at the Toshiba Classic — are his worst finishes in his PGA Tour Champions career.

Next tournament: Mitsubisihi Electric Classic on April 13-15.