It’s a loud week in pro golf

PGA TOUR WM PHOENIX OPEN

Site: Scottsdale, Arizona. Course: TPC Scottsdale. Yardage: 7,261. Par: 71. Prize money: $8.8 million. Winner’s share: $1.584 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (NBC). Defending champion: Scottie Scheffler. FedEx Cup leader: Matthieu Pavon. Last week: Wyndham Clark won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Notes: Scottie Scheffler will try to become the first player to win the same tournament three straight years since Steve Stricker at the John Deere Classic (2009-2011). … The tournament is not a signature event but has the feel of one. Scheffler, Pebble winner Wyndham Clark and Patrick Cantlay are among five of the top 10 in the world ranking who are playing. … Viktor Hovland and Xander Schauffele were in the field until withdrawing on Monday. … The three-tournament points list that determined the “Swing 5” players who got into Pebble Beach will now add points from the Phoenix Open to determine the five who get into Riviera next week. … The Phoenix Open has been decided by a playoff five of the last eight years. … Bud Cauley is playing a PGA Tour event for the first time since September 2020 because of injuries from a 2018 car accident. He has two finishes inside the top 35 on the Korn Ferry Tour in the Bahamas. … Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald is playing on a sponsor exemption. Next week: Genesis Invitational. Online: https://www.pgatour.com/

LIV GOLF LEAGUE

LIV GOLF LAS VEGAS Site: Las Vegas. Course: Las Vegas CC. Yardage: 7,089. Par: 70. Prize money: $20 million. Winner’s share: $4 million. Television: Thursday, 1-6 p.m. (CW app); Friday-Saturday, 1-6 p.m. (CW Network). Defending champion: New event. Points leader: Joaquin Niemann. Last week: Joaquin Niemann won LIV Golf Mayakoba. Notes: LIV Golf has its second tournament of the year in Las Vegas during the week of the Super Bowl in Las Vegas. … This is a new tournament on the LIV schedule. … Las Vegas Country Club most recently hosted an LPGA Tour event from 2003 to 2006. It was the host course for a PGA Tour event between 1983 and 1991, and was part of the Las Vegas Invitational rotation until 1995. Next tournament: LIV Golf Jeddah on March 1-3. Online: https://www.livgolf. com/

EUROPEAN TOUR COMMERCIAL BANK QATAR MASTERS

Site: Doha, Qatar. Course: Doha GC. Yardage: 7,475. Par: 72. Prize money: $2.5 million. Winner’s share: $416,667. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-9 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 4:30-9 a.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 3:30-8:30 a.m. (Golf Channel). Previous winner: Sami Valimaki. Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy. Last week: Dylan Frittelli won the Bahrain Championship. Notes: This is the fifth and final tournament in the Middle East to complete the early portion of the European tour schedule. … Dylan Frittelli has been playing under a new category for PGA Tour players who finished from No. 126 to 200 in the FedEx Cup. The South African is in the field in Qatar. … Jorge Campillo is in the field. He also was listed as an alternate for the Phoenix Open. Campillo earned one of 10 PGA Tour Cards, though he has yet to play anywhere but the European tour this year. Campillo won the Qatar Masters in 2020. … The tournament has been part of the European tour schedule since 1998. Next tournament: Magical Kenya Open on Feb. 22-25. Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/

KORN FERRY TOUR ASTARA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Bogota, Colombia. Course: Bogota CC. Yardage: 7,237. Par: 71. Prize money: $1 million. Winner’s share: $180,000. Television: None. Defending champion: Rhein Gibson. Points leader: Aldrich Potgieter. Last week: Isaiah Salinda won the Panama Championship. Next tournament: Visa Argentina Open on Feb. 29-March 3. Online: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour

LPGA TOUR

Last tournament: Nelly Korda won the Drive On Championship. Next tournament: Honda LPGA Thailand on Feb. 22-25. Race to CME Globe leader: Lydia Ko. Online: https://www.lpga. com/ PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS Last tournament: Steven Alker won the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai. Next week: Chubb Classic. Charles Schwab Cup leader: Steven Alker. Online: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions

OTHER TOURS

Ladies European Tour: Magical Kenya Ladies Open, Vipingo Ridge, Kilifi County, Kenya. Defending champion: Aditi Ashok. Online: https:// ladieseuropeantour.com/ Sunshine Tour: Bain’s Whisky Cape Town Open, Royal Cape GC, Cape Town, South Africa. Defending champion: Benjamin Follett-Smith. Online: https://sunshinetour.com/ PGA Tour of Australasia: Webex Players Series Sydney, Castle Hill CC, Norwest, Australia. Previous winner: David Micheluzzi. Online: https://pga. org.au/