This week’s golf tournaments
PGA TOUR
This week: Wells Fargo Championship, Today-Sunday Course: Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, N.C. (Par 71, 7,521 yards)
Purse: $8.1 million (Winner: $1.458M)
Defending Champion: Max Homa (2019)
TV: Today-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-noon (GC), Noon-3 p.m. (CBS) Notes: The event returns after being canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic . ... The field includes four of the top five players in the world: No. 2 Justin Thomas, No. 3 Jon Rahm, No. 4 Xander Schauffele and No. 5 Bryson DeChambeau . ... No player has successfully defended at the event, but Homa is coming off a T6 last week and has four top-10s in 18 starts this season . ... Phil Mickelson will make his 17th consecutive start at the Wells Fargo. He holds the tournament record with 10 top-10 finishes. ... Brendan Todd withdrew on Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by J.J. Spaun.
LPGA TOUR
This week: Honda LPGA Thailand, Wednesday-Saturday Course: Siam Country Club Pattaya, Old Course, Chonburi, Thailand, (Par 72, 6,576 yards)
Purse: $1.6 million
Defending Champion: Amy Yang
TV: Wednesday-today, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.; Friday-Saturday, 8:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. (All times Golf Channel).
Notes: Yang is a three-time champion (2015, ’17, ’19). ... Three of eight winners this year are in the field, Hyo Joo Kim, Lydia Ko and Patty Tavatanakit . ... Ko leads the money list with $830,966 earned in 2021.
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
This week: Regions Traditions, today-Sunday Course: Greystone Golf & Country Club, Birmingham, Ala. (Founders Course; Par 72, 7,277 yards)
Purse: $2.5 million (Winner: $360,000)
Defending Champion: Steve Stricker
TV: Today-Friday, 8-11 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, noon-2 p.m. (All times Golf Channel)
Notes: This is the first major of 2021 for the Champions tour . ... The event moved to Alabama in 2011 and has been held since 2016 at Greystone, where Bernhard Langer won the first two times . ... Stricker won the Chubb Classic in his most recent start on tour and has four consecutive top-5s.