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This week’s tournament­s

- — Field Level Media

PGA TOUR

LAST TOURNAMENT: The Genesis Invitation­al (Max Homa)

THIS WEEK: World Golf Championsh­ips Workday Championsh­ip at The Concession, today-Sunday

Course: The Concession Golf Club (Par 72, 7,564 yards), Bradenton, Fla.

Purse: $10.5 million (Winner: $1.82M)

Defending Champion: Patrick Reed

TV: Today-Friday, 10 a.m. 3 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 9-11:30 a.m. (GC), 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. (GC), 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. (NBC)

NOTES: This is a 73-player no-cut event . ... The venue was moved from Mexico to The Concession last month due to challenges related to COVID-19. The Concession was designed by Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin. ... This is the first WGC event of the season following the cancellati­on of the 2020 HSBC Champions . ... The field includes the top 15 players in the official world golf rankings and 48 of the top 50 . ... Daniel Berger has 26 consecutiv­e rounds of par or better, the longest active streak on the PGA Tour. ... Tiger Woods, Paul Casey and Brandon Stone were the only three eligible players who did not enter this week.

BEST BETS: Dustin Johnson’s (+550 by BetMGM) six WGC titles are second only to Woods’ 18. He struggled on Sunday at Riviera but remains the strong pre-tournament favorite with no worse than a T12 in his past 11 events . ... Rahm (+900) rallied for a T5 at Riviera with a 66 on Sunday. He has three top-7 results in four events since making the switch to Callaway clubs . ... Schauffele (+1400) has 16 consecutiv­e top25s, the sixth-longest streak since 1990, but has not won a stroke play event since 2019 . ... Patrick Cantlay (+1600) has a win and a runner-up among his six consecutiv­e top-15 finishes . ... Rory McIlroy (+1600) also has not won since ‘19 and is coming off a missed cut. He’s trying to join Johnson as the only players to win all four WGC events and McIlroy has three top-fives in his past four WGCs . ... DeChambeau (+2000), also coming off a missed cut, won the 2015 NCAA singles title at The Concession in 2015.

THIS WEEK: Puerto Rico Open, todaySunda­y

Course: Grand Reserve Country Club (Par 72, 7,506 yards)

Purse: $3 million (Winner: $540,000)

Defending Champion: Viktor Hovland

TV: Today-Friday, 7-10 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. (GC); Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.(GC)

NOTES: This is the 13th playing of the event . ... Hovland will not defend his title as he competes in the WGC event . ... Puerto Rico’s Rafael Campos seeks his third top-10 finish in 12 starts in the event . ... The winner receives 300 FedEx Cup points, a two-year PGA Tour exemption and an invitation to the Players Championsh­ip if not previously eligible.

NEXT WEEK: Arnold Palmer Invitation­al at Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando.

LPGA TOUR

LAST TOURNAMENT: Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions (Jessica Korda)

THIS WEEK: Gainbridge Championsh­ip, Orlando, Fla., today-Sunday

Course: Lake Nona Golf & Country Club (Par 72, 6,701 yards)

Purse: $2 million

Defending champion: Madelene Sagstrom

TV: Today, 4-6 p.m.; Friday, 3:30-5:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 5-8 p.m. (All times Golf Channel)

NOTES: The 120-player field will compete in a 72-hole, no-cut event . ... Sox of the top seven players in the Rolex Rankings are in the field, including No. 1 Jin Young Ko and No. 2 Sei Young Kim . ... Annika Sorenstam, 50, will compete in her first LPGA Tour event since 2008. Lake Nona is the home course for Sorenstam, winner of 72 LPGA events and 10 major championsh­ips.

NEXT WEEK: LPGA Drive On Championsh­ip, Ocala, Fla.

CHAMPIONS TOUR

LAST TOURNAMENT: Morocco Champions

(Brett Quigley)

THIS WEEK: Cologuard Classic, Tucson, Ariz., Friday-Sunday

Course: Omni Tucson National (Par 73, 7,218 yards)

Purse: $1.7 million (Winner: $255,000)

Defending champion: Bernhard Langer

TV: Friday, 8:30-10:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday, 4:30-7 p.m. (GC); Sunday, 5-7 p.m. (GC)

NEXT WEEK: Chubb Classic, Newport

Beach, Calif.

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