European Tour and Sunshine Tour

Joburg Open

Site: Johannesburg.

Course: Houghton GC. Yardage: 7,153. Par: 71.

Prize money: 17.5 million Rand. Winner’s share: 2.916 million Rand. Television (ET): Thursday-Friday, 5-10 a.m. (Golf); Saturday-Sunday, 5-9:30 a.m. (Golf).

Defending champion: Thriston Lawrence.

DP World Tour winner: Rory McIlroy. Last week: Jon Rahm won the DP World Tour Championship.

Notes: The tournament is co-sanctioned by the European tour. … The field includes Christian Bezuidenhout among top-ranked South African golfers. At No. 74, he is the third-highest ranked South African behind Louis Oosthuizen and Dean Burmester. … LIV Golf players in the field include Shaun Norris and Hennie DuPlessis. … The Joburg Open has been co-sanctioned by the European tour since it began in 2007. … Nine of the 14 winners of the Joburg Open were South Africans. Former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel is a two-time winner. He is not in the field this week. … Last year’s tournament was shortened to 54 holes because of travel restrictions, and then to 36 holes because of weather. … Lawrence won the first of two European events last season at the Joburg Open.