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PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba
(Viktor Hovland)
THIS WEEK: Houston Open, Houston, Nov. 11-14
Course: Memorial Park Golf Course (Par 70, 7,412 yards)
Purse: $7.5M (Winner: $1.35M)
Defending Champion: Carlos Ortiz
FedEx Cup Leader: Sam Burns
HOW TO WATCH
TV: Thursday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m. ET (Golf Channel).
PGA Tour Live: Thursday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. (Featured
Groups)
NOTES: Only two events remain in the 2021 PGA Tour calendar
year. ... Brooks Koepka had a hand in the $34 million redesign
of Memorial Park Golf Course, which returned as a tour venue in
2020 for the first time in nearly six decades. ... Sponsors
exemptions include Koepka's brother, Chase, along with
Houston-area residents MJ Daffue and Shawn Stefani. Arizona
State senior Cameron Sisk is also in the field as a sponsors
exemption after winning the Maridoe Intercollegiate. ... Ortiz
finished runner-up last week and now seeks to become the first
player to successfully defend a Houston Open title since Vijay
Singh in 2004-05. Ortiz became the first Mexican player to win
on the PGA Tour in 42 years. ... The Houston Open sold 2,000
tickets per day last year as the first domestic event to allow
spectators since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
BEST BETS: Burns (+1200 at DraftKings) won earlier this season
at the Sanderson Farms Championship and has not finished lower
than T21 in his past seven starts. ... Texas native Scottie
Scheffler (+1800) is coming off a solo fourth in Mexico. He
finished T32 in this event last year. ... Cameron Smith (+1800)
has four top-10s in his past six events, including a T9 at The
CJ Cup in his last start. ... Sung-Jae Im (+2000) won two starts
ago at the Shriners Children's Open and backed it up with a T9
at The CJ Cup. ... Matthew Wolff (+2500) was the 36-hole leader
last week before posting a 74 on Saturday. He rebounded to close
with a 64. ... Brooks Koepka (+2800) is coming off a missed cut
as he attempts to grind his way out of a slump. He did post a T5
here last year and is the highest-ranked player in the field at
No. 15.
NEXT WEEK: The RSM Classic, Sea Island, Ga., Nov. 18-21
LPGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: BMW Ladies Championship (Jin Young Ko)
THIS WEEK: Pelican Women's Championship, Belleair, Fla., Nov.
11-14
Course: Pelican Golf Club (Par 70, 6,353 yards)
Purse: $1.75M (Winner: $262,500)
Defending Champion: Sei Young Kim
Race to the CME Globe leader: Ko
HOW TO WATCH
TV: Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. ET (Golf Channel);
Saturday-Sunday, 7:30-10:30 p.m. (Golf Channel, tape delay)
STREAMING: Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday,
1-4 p.m. (NBC Sports App, golfchannel.com)
NOTES: Kim won the inaugural event by three shots over Ally
Ewing with a score of 14-under 266. ... Nelly Korda leads the
tour in 2021 money ($1.975M) and scoring average (69.074) but
has been passed by Ko in the Race for the CME Globe and Rolex
Player of the Year standings with only two events remaining. ...
Ko leads the tour with four wins this year as she enters with
consecutive victories and three in her past five events. ...
Lexi Thompson leads the tour in greens in regulation at 78.4
percent.
NEXT WEEK: CME Group Tour Championship, Naples, Fla., Nov. 18-21
CHAMPIONS TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: TimberTech Championship (Steven Alker)
THIS WEEK: Charles Schwab Cup Championship, Phoenix, Ariz., Nov.
11-14
Course: Phoenix Country Club (Par 71, 6,853 yards)
Purse: $2.5M
Defending Champion: Kevin Sutherland
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Bernhard Langer
TV: Thursday-Sunday, 4-6:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
NOTES: The top 30 players in the standings advanced to the
season-ending event. However, only Langer, Jim Furyk, Miguel
Angel Jimenez and Ernie Els have a chance to win the Charles
Schwab Cup. With 880,000 points on the line, only Langer and
Furyk can guarantee the title with a win this week. The other
two would need to win along with Langer finishing at least T6 or
worse. Among various scenarios, Langer can also claim the title
with a solo second as long as Furyk does not win.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: PNC Championship, Orlando, Dec. 17-19
--Field Level Media
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