Golf Glance

[October 10, 2018]  PGA TOUR

LAST WEEK: Safeway Open (Kevin Tway)

THIS WEEK: CIMB Classic, Oct. 11-14

TPC Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Par 72, 7,005 yards)

Purse: $7 million (Winner: $1.26M and 500 FedEx Cup points)

Defending champion: Pat Perez

Television: Wednesday-Thursday, 10:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m.; Friday-Saturday, 11 p.m.-3 a.m. (All times on Golf Channel)

The 72-player field is open to players from top 60 in last season's FedEx Cup standings, down to the 125th spot, along with the top-10 available money leaders from the Asian Tour Order of Merit and eight sponsor exemptions. ... Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas withdrew due to visa issues and was replaced by Sam Ryder. ... Perez is seeking to become the third repeat champion of the event (Ryan Moore in 2013-14, Justin Thomas in 2015-16). He earned 56 percent of his FedEx Cup points last year during the three-event Asian swing. ... This is the second of eight events during the PGA Tour's fall wraparound schedule before a seven-week break. ... Thomas (262 in '16) holds the tournament scoring record, while Nick Watney (71 in '12 fourth round) holds the 18-hole record. ... Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat will make his first start as a member of the PGA Tour. ... Moore and Brandt Snedeker, who lost to Tway in the three-way Safeway Open playoff on Sunday, are in the field.

NEXT WEEK: CJ Cup, South Korea

LPGA TOUR

LAST WEEK: UL International Crown (South Korea)

THIS WEEK: LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship, Oct. 11-14

SKY72 Golf & Resort, Ocean Course, Incheon, Korea (Par 72, 6,316 yards)

Purse: $2 million (Winner: $300,000)

Defending champion: Jin Young Ko

Television: Thursday, 1:30-5:30 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 12:30-3 p.m.; Sunday, 12:30-3 p.m. (All times on Golf Channel)

Top-ranked Sung Hyun Park is one of two members of the winning South Korean team from last week in the field (In Gee Chun). Park has finished second in the event two of the past three years. ... This marks the official start of the LPGA Tour's "fall swing" in Asia. ... Park and No. 2 Ariya Jutanugarn are the only three-time winners on Tour this season. Jutanugarn continues to lead the CME Race to the Globe with 3,512 points, well ahead of No. 2 Minjee Lee (2,538). ... Ko will be paired with 2015 champion Lexi Thompson and 2016 champion Carlota Ciganda in Thursday's opening round.

NEXT WEEK: Buick LPGA Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Champions Tour

LAST WEEK: OFF.

THIS WEEK: SAS Championship, Oct. 12-14

Prestonwood CC, Cary, N.C. (Par 72, 7,237 yards)

Purse: $2.1 million (Winner: $315,000)

Defending Champion: Colin Montgomerie

Television: Friday-Sunday, 3-5:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)

This is the final event before the start of the third annual Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs. The top 72 players in the rankings will make next week's field, along with anyone who finishes within the top 10 this week who is not otherwise qualified. ... Nick Faldo will make just his second start of the season. ... Montgomerie won last year's event by three shots over Vijay Singh and defending champion Doug Garwood. ... Scott McCarron enters the event leading the Charles Schwab Cup standings for the first time in his career with $1,749,908 in season winnings, just $3,040 ahead of Miguel Angel Jimenez.

NEXT WEEK: Dominion Energy Classic, Richmond, Va.

--Field Level Media

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