TOURNAMENT PREVIEWS

LPGA

Volunteers of America Classic

Course: Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas. Yardage: 6,475. Par: 71. Prize money: $1.5 million. Winner’s share: $225,000.

TV (ET): Thursday-Sunday, 5-8 (Golf) Notes: Nelly Korda, the Race to CME Globe leader, was part of the field until winning the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, her second straight victory. … Lizette Salas with her Women’s PGA runner-up finish moved up 24 spots to No. 21 in the women’s world ranking. She moved past four players and is in the top spot for the two Solheim Cup picks that come off the ranking. … Defending champion Angela Stanford is an assistant Solheim Cup captain. She is No. 10 in the standings, with the top seven automatically qualifying after the Women’s British Open.

European Tour

Dubai Duty Free Irish Open

Course: Mount Juliet Estates in Thomastown, Ireland. Yardage: 7,250. Par: 72.

Prize money: $3.568 million. Winner’s share: $594,000.

TV (ET): Thursday-Friday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. (Golf); Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Golf).

Notes: Rory McIlroy is playing the Irish Open for the first time since 2018. He is the only player from the top 10 in the field. … The Irish contingent includes Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington, British Open champion Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell. … The leading three players not already exempt earn spots in the British Open if they make the cut.

PGA Tour Champions

Dick’s Sporting Goods Open

Course: En-Joie GC in Endicott, New York. Yardage: 6,994. Par: 72. Prize money: $2,050,000. Winner’s share: $307,500.

TV (ET): Friday, 12:30-2:30 p.m. (Golf); Saturday-Sunday, 3-5:30 p.m. (Golf)

Notes: With his Bridgestone Senior Players Championship victory Sunday, Steve Stricker now has won three majors on the PGA Tour Champions. He is not in the field this week. … Seven players have gone past

$1.5 million in earnings for the year. Jerry Kelly leads the Schwab Cup money list with nearly $2.2 million. … The field features Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Bernhard Langer, Vijay Singh and David Toms. … Of the 81 players in the field, five are former U.S. Open champs, the greatest representation of any major. … The field includes Colin Montgomerie. … The U.S. Senior Open is next week in Omaha, Nebraska. That will be followed two weeks later by the final major at Sunningdale for the Senior British Open.