PROFESSIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT PREVIEWS

PGA Tour Corales Puntacana Championship

Course: Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales) in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Yardage: 7,670. Par: 72.

Prize money: $3.8 million. Winner’s share: $684,000.

TV (EDT): Thursday-Friday, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Golf); Saturday-Sunday, 2-5 p.m. (Golf).

Notes: Thomas Detry at No. 82 is the highest-ranked player in the field because the top 77 are in the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play that started Wednesday in Austin, Texas. … While this is the final week before the Masters takes the top 50 in the world ranking, no one in the Dominican Republic can move into the top 50 even with a win. … The tournament was on the Korn Ferry Tour schedule in 2016 and 2017 before becoming an opposite-field event on the PGA Tour. … Joel Dahmen is in the field. He won his only PGA Tour title at this event in 2021. … The field includes three major champions in Geoff Ogilvy, Jason Dufner and Jimmy Walker. … Sam Ryder has twice been runner-up at Punta Cana, once in a Korn Ferry Tour event and once in a PGA Tour event. … Erik Compton, twice a heart transplant recipient, received a sponsor exemption. … The field is 120 players.

LPGA LPGA Drive On Championship

Course: Superstition Mountain GC in Gold Canyon, Arizona. Yardage: 6,526. Par: 72.

Prize money: $1.75 million. Winner’s share: $262,500.

TV (EDT): Thursday-Friday, 9-11 p.m. (Golf, delay); Saturday-Sunday, 7-9 p.m. (Golf)

Notes: Leona Maguire won last year when it was held in Florida. … The Drive On series began in 2020 when the LPGA tour resumed after the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been played in Ohio and Georgia in 2020 and in Florida the last two years. … The field features six of the top 10 players in the world. … Lydia Ko, the No. 1 player, is not playing. She finished third last week in Singapore as part of the Saudi-funded Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour.

European Tour and Sunshine Tour Jonsson Workwear Open

Course: The Club at Steyn City in Johannesburg, South Africa. Yardage: 7,716. Par: 72.

TV: None

Notes: This is the third consecutive event co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour in South Africa. … The field has five players from the top 100 in the world ranking. This is the final event before the Masters takes the top 50 in the world. No one in the South African field is high enough to crack the top 50. … Adrian Otaegui has made 12 consecutive cuts dating to last fall, including a win and a runner-up finish. … Ockie Strydom of South Africa is in the field. He is No. 5 in the Race to Dubai. The leading 10 players from the European tour ranking will have access to a PGA Tour card next year. … This is the fifth European tour event in South Africa this season.

PGA Tour Champions The Galleri Classic

Course: Mission Hills CC in Rancho Mirage,

California. Yardage: 7,112. Par: 72.

TV (EDT): Friday, 11 p.m.-1 a.m. (Golf, delay); Saturday-Sunday, 5-7 p.m. (Golf)

Notes: This addition to the PGA Tour Champions schedule gives the Coachella Valley another tournament to replace the old Dinah Shore. The LPGA tour formerly played its first major at Mission Hills. Chevron took over as the title sponsor and moved the major to Houston. No word on whether the Champions winner will jump into Poppie’s Pond. … Bernhard Langer is in the field for another chance at winning his record 46th title on the PGA Tour Champions. He was the 36-hole leader last weekend at the Hoag Classic and shot 73 to tie for seventh. … Ernie Els won the Hoag Classic on Sunday first his first PGA Tour Champions win since October 2020. … Plenty of players in the field have history in the Coachella Valley. That includes David Duval, who shot a 59 to win the old Bob Hope Classic in 1999. … Steve Stricker already has surpassed the $700,000 mark for the season in four tournaments.