GOLF THIS WEEK
PGA OF AMERICA PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
■ Site: Tulsa, Oklahoma.
■ Course: Southern Hills
CC. Yardage: 7,556. Par: 70.
■ Television: Thursday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (ESPN+), 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. (ESPN); Saturday-Sunday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (ESPN), 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. (CBS).
■ Prize money: TBA ($12 million in 2021). Winner’s share: TBA ($2.16 million in 2021).
■ Defending champion: Phil Mickelson.
■ Last PGA champion at Southern Hills: Tiger Woods in 2007.
■ Last year: Mickelson won at Kiawah Island by two shots over Louis Oosthuizen and Brooks Koepka. At age 50, he became the oldest winner in major championship history.
■ Notes: Phil Mickelson withdrew, extending his hiatus from golf stemming from his disparaging comments involving the Saudi-funded rival league. In the last 75 years, Tiger Woods (2008) and Ben Hogan (1949) are the only other PGA champions who did not defend . ... Jordan Spieth goes after the final leg of the career Grand Slam. He got the third leg in 2017 in the British Open at Royal Birkdale . ... This is the fifth time Southern Hills has hosted the PGA Championship, the most of any course. It’s the seventh PGA in Oklahoma . ... Woods won the PGA at Southern Hills in 2007 by two shots over Woody Austin . ... The course went through a restoration project by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner. Among other things, the edges of the greens now funnel shots down shaved slopes . ... Vijay Singh is playing for the seventh time at Southern Hills, including the two previous PGAs, two Tour Championships, a U.S. Open and the Senior PGA.
... Spieth, Rickie Fowler and Patrick Cantlay are among nine players in the field who played Southern Hills in the 2009 U.S. Amateur.
■ Next year: Oak Hill CC.
KORN FERRY TOUR ADVENT HEALTH CHAMPIONSHIP
■ Site: Kansas City, Missouri.
■ Course: Blue Hills CC. Yardage: 7,364. Par: 72.
■ Television: None.
■ Prize money: $750,000. Winner’s share: $135,000.
■ Previous winner: New tournament.
■ Points leader: Carl Yuan.
■ Last week: Anders Albertson won the Visit Knoxville Open.
■ Next week: NV5 Invitational.
PGA TOUR
■ Last week: K.H. Lee won the AT&T Byron Nelson.
■ Next week: Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial.
■ FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.
LPGA TOUR
■ Last week: Minjee Lee won the Cognizant Founders Cup. ■ Next week: Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play.
■ Race to CME Globe leader: Minjee Lee.
EUROPEAN TOUR
■ Last week: Sam Horsfield won the Soudal Open.
■ Next week: KLM Open. ■ DP World Tour points leader: Viktor Hovland.
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
■ Last week: Steve Stricker won the Regions Tradition.
■ Next week: Senior PGA Championship.
■ Charles Schwab Cup leader: Steven Alker.
OTHER TOURS
■ Epson Tour: IOA Golf Classic, Alaqua CC, Longwood, Florida. Defending champion: Allison Emrey.
■ Challenge Tour: Challenge de España, Iberostar Real GC, Cadiz, Spain. Previous winner: Santiago Tarrio.
■ Ladies European Tour: Jabra Ladies Open, Evian Resort GC, Evian-lesBains, France. Defending champion: Pia Babnik.
■ Sunshine Tour: FBC Zim Open, Royal Harare GC, Harare, Zimbabwe. Previous winner: Bryce Easton (2018).
■ Japan LPGA: Bridgestone Ladies Open, Sodegaura
CC, Chiba, Japan. Defending champion: Mone Inami.
■ Korea LPGA: Doosan Match Play Championship, Ladena GC, Gangwon, South Korea. Defending champion: Min Ji Park.