PROFESSIONAL GOLF

PGA Tour & Japan Golf Tour Zozo Championship

Course: Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Chiba, Japan. Yardage: 7,079. Par: 70.

Prize money: $8.5 million. Winner’s share: $1.53 million.

TV (EDT): Wednesday-Saturday, 11 p.m.-3 a.m. (Golf)

Defending champion: Keegan Bradley.

Last week: Tom Kim won the Shriners Children’s Open.

Notes: This is the last remaining PGA Tour event in Asia after previously having a three-event swing. … Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa and Rickie Fowler are playing for the first time since the Ryder Cup. … A year ago, the PGA Tour went from Japan to South Carolina in consecutive weeks. The tour is off next week before resuming in Mexico. … Nicolai Hojgaard of Denmark, who received an exemption to Las Vegas after his Ryder Cup debut, received an exemption to the Zozo. … Takumi Kanaya is in the field. His lead on the Japan Golf Tour money list is about $8,000 over Keita Nakajima, who made his pro debut in the Zozo Championship last year. … Schauffele won an Olympic gold medal in Japan in 2021. His mother and his mother-in-law grew up in Japan. … Hideki Matsuyama is playing for the first time in two months. He last played at the BMW Championship.

LPGA tour BMW Ladies Championship

Course: Seowon Valley Country Club (Seowon Hills) in Gyeonggido, South Korea. Yardage: 6,647. Par: 72.

Prize money: $2.2 million. Winner’s share: $330,000.

TV (EDT): Wednesday-Saturday, 11 p.m.-3 a.m. (Peacock); Thursday, 5-8 p.m. (Golf, delay); FridaySunday, 5:30-8:30 p.m. (Golf, delay)

Defending champion: Lydia Ko Last week: Angel Yin won the Buick LPGA Shanghai

Notes: This is the second of four tournaments in the LPGA tour’s fall Asian swing. … The tournament began in 2015 and became part of the LPGA schedule in 2019. It only was postponed one year by the COVID-19 pandemic. … Lilia Vu returned to the top of the Race to CME Globe standings with her playoff loss in Shanghai. She leads by fewer than five points over Celine Boutier. Both are in the field this week, along with Women’s PGA champion Ruoning Yin, who is 73 points behind Vu. … Lexi Thompson missed the cut by three shots on the PGA Tour in Las Vegas. She is not playing until the LPGA returns to Florida after the Asia swing. Thompson is at No. 87 in the Race to CME Globe. Only the top 60 make it to the Tour Championship. … Jin Young Ko is a three-time winner of the tournament, twice when it was a Korean LPGA event. … The field includes Nelly Korda and Rose Zhang.

– Associated Press