With the PGA Tour off this week, the LPGA Tour begins its four-event Asian swing while the DP World Tour features a strong field in India with players jockeying for playoff position.
LPGA TOUR
THIS WEEK: Buick LPGA Shanghai, Oct. 15-18
Course: Sheshan Golf Club (Par 72, 6,735 Yards)
Purse: $3.2M (Winner: $480,000)
Defending Champion: Jeeno Thitikul
Race to CME Globe Leader: Nelly Korda
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Wednesday-Saturday, 11 p.m.-4 a.m. ET (Golf Channel)
X: @LPGA
NOTES: This is the first of four events on the fall Asian swing. … Sheshan Golf Club is hosting for the first time in the sixth edition of the event. It has previously hosted 14 editions of the WGC-HSBC Champions. … Thitikul defeated Minami Katsu in a five-hole playoff last year after overcoming a four-shot deficit with five holes to play. No. 2-ranked Thitikul is the highest-ranked player in the field ahead of No. 5 Miyu Yamashita. Korda is taking the Asian swing off for the third consecutive year. … The four sponsor’s exemptions this week are former major champion and two-time event champion Danielle Kang (2018-19), two-time LPGA Tour winner Linn Grant and amateurs Ziyan Meng and Ningyao Xu.
Last Tournament: LOTTE Championship (Jeeno Thitikul)
Next Tournament: BMW Ladies Championship, Haenam, South Korea, Oct. 22-25
DP WORLD TOUR
THIS WEEK: DP World India Championship, New Delhi, Oct. 15-18
Course: Delhi Golf Club, Lodhi Course (Par 72, 6,912 Yards)
Purse: $4M (Winner: $680,000)
Defending Champion: Tommy Fleetwood
Race to Dubai Leader: Patrick Reed
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Sunday, 4-7:30 a.m. ET (live on Golf Channel)
X: @DPWorldTour
NOTES: This is the penultimate regular-season event. The top 70 players will qualify for the first leg of the two-event DP World Tour Playoffs. … Rory McIlroy, who is third in the standings, trails Reed by 308 points and Eugenio Chacarra by 142 points. McIlroy will be paired with Fleetwood and Robert MacIntyre for the first two rounds. … With the course measuring only 6,912 yards, 42% of last year’s 138-player field chose not to use a driver. … Subash Tamang will become the first player from Nepal to compete on the DP World Tour, marking 120 different nations in the tour’s history.
Last Tournament: Open de Espana (Grant Forrest)
Next Tournament: Genesis Championship, Cheonan, South Korea, Oct. 22-25
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
THIS WEEK: SAS Championship, Cary, N.C., Oct. 16-18
Course: Prestonwood Country Club (Par 72, 7,237 Yards)
Purse: $2.3M (Winner: $345,000)
Defending Champion: Alex Cejka
Charles Schwab Cup Leader: Stewart Cink
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Friday-Sunday: 2-5 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
X: @ChampionsTour
NOTES: This is the regular-season finale. The top 72 players in the standings after this week will qualify for the first leg of the three-event playoffs. … Cink, No. 2 Zach Johnson and No. 3 Steven Alker are not in this week’s field. … The event has been held at Prestonwood every year since its debut in 2001. … Two-time event winner Bernhard Langer holds the tournament scoring record of 22-under-par 194 set in 2018. His other victory came in 2012.
Last Tournament: Constellation Furyk & Friends (Vaughn Taylor)
Next Tournament: Stifel Charity Classic, St. Louis, Oct. 23-25
PGA TOUR
THIS WEEK: OFF.
FedEx Cup Champion: Scottie Scheffler
Last Tournament: Baycurrent Classic (Michael Brennan)
Next Tournament: Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Southampton, Bermuda, Oct. 22-25
LIV GOLF
THIS WEEK: Season Concluded
Season Champions: Individual: Jon Rahm; Team: Legion XIII