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PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: The Houston Open (Jason Kokrak)
THIS WEEK: The RSM Classic, Sea Island, Ga., Nov. 18-21
Course: Sea Island Golf Club; Seaside, Plantation Courses (Par
70, 7,005 yards)
Purse: $7.2M (Winner: $1.296M)
Defending Champion: Robert Streb
FedEx Cup Leader: Sam Burns
HOW TO WATCH
TV: Thursday-Friday, 12-3 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m.
(Golf Channel)
PGA Tour Live: Thursday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. (Featured
Groups)
NOTES: This is the final PGA Tour event of the year, with the
season resuming at the Tournament of Champions in January. ...
Both of Streb's PGA Tour victories have come at Sea Island, the
first being in 2014. ... Among the numerous tour players who
reside in Sea Island are Harris English, Matt Kuchar, Zach
Johnson, Brian Harman, Patton Kizzire, Keith Mitchell and J.T.
Poston. ... Team USA Presidents Cup captain Davis Love III is
the tournament host. He is also playing after sitting out last
year due to a neck injury. Love and his brother Mark redesigned
the Plantation Course in 2019, while the Seaside Course was
renovated by Tom Fazio. ... Sponsor exemptions including Vaughn
Taylor, Camilo Villegas, Ludvig Aberg and Davis Thompson.
Villegas lost in a playoff in 2016 and finished T6 last year;
Aberg plays for Texas Tech and is the third-ranked amateur in
the world; Thompson is the son of tournament director Todd
Thompson; Davis played for the United States in this year's
Walker Cup.
BEST BETS: Scottie Scheffler (+1000 at DraftKings) shot a
course-record 62 in the second round last week following a
fourth-place finish in Mexico the previous week. ... Cameron
Smith (+1400) has four top-10s during a streak of nine
consecutive made cuts and is coming off a T15 last week. ...
Louis Oosthuizen (+1600) is the top-ranked player in the field
at No. 9. He has put together an excellent year, but one lacking
a win thus far. ... Webb Simpson (+1800) lost in a playoff at
Sea Island in 2019. He has slipped to No. 26 in the world but
did finish T14 in his most recent start at The CJ Cup. ...
English (+2500) knows the course well but hasn't finished four
rounds in an event since the Tour Championship. ... Adam Scott
(+3500) is making his event debut and offers appealing odds. He
is coming off a T54 following a T5 at The CJ Cup. ... Kevin
Kisner (+4000) set the tournament scoring record of 260 in 2015
and finished second last year in a playoff. ... Mackenzie Hughes
(+5000) won his lone tour event to date at Sea Island in 2016,
winning a four-way playoff that finished on Monday due to
darkness.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Hero World Challenge, Albany, New Providence,
Bahamas, Dec. 2-5
LPGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Pelican Women's Championship (Nelly Korda)
THIS WEEK: CME Group Tour Championship, Naples, Fla., Nov. 18-21
Course: Tiburon Golf Club (Par 72, 6,556 yards)
Purse: $5.0M (Winner: $1.5M)
Defending Champion: Jin Young Ko
Race to the CME Globe leader: Ko
HOW TO WATCH
TV: Thursday-Friday, 3-5 p.m. ET (Golf Channel; Saturday, 4-7
p.m. (GC, tape delayed); Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (NBC)
STREAMING: Thursday-Saturday, 2-5 p.m. ET; Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (NBC
Sports app and golfchannel.com)
NOTES: This is the final event of 2021 and the season-long Race
to the CME Globe. The field includes the top 60 players in the
points standings competing in a 72-hole, no-cut event for the
largest prize in women's golf. ... Ko won by five shots last
year over 2019 champion Sei Young Kim and Charley Hull. Ko and
Korda each have four victories this year, with Ko entering the
finale with a slim 100-point advantage. ... Hull holds the
tournament scoring record of 19-under, 269 set in 2016. ...
Korda leads the tour in 2021 earnings ($2.24M) and scoring
average (68.845). ... Patty Tavatanakit has clinched the Rookie
of the Year and Rolex Annika Major awards. ... The average age
of winners on tour this year is 25.29. ... The event's purse
will increase to $7 million next year, with the winner earning
$2 million. ... Inbee Park is the only winner this year who is
not in the field.
CHAMPIONS TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Charles Schwab Cup Championship (Phil
Mickelson; Bernhard Langer won season-long title)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: PNC Championship, Orlando, Dec. 17-19
--Field Level Media
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