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Players Tour 6 Champion: Paul Imondi

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Players Tour 2 Champion: Brian Dwyer

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Players Tour 8 Champion: Travis Vick

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Players Tour 9 Champion: Tanner Napier

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French ‘spy’ detained in Moscow

Russia has claimed it arrested a French foreign agent in Moscow on Thursday on suspicion of gathering information about the activities of the country’s military.

A criminal case has been launched against the unnamed Frenchman, who was seen being loaded into the back of a van by masked officers, for violating Russia’s law that labels many foreign workers as agents and restricts their activities. Russia’s investigative committee said the man was involved in the “targeted collection of information in the field of military [and] military-technical activities of the Russian Federation”. “Such information, if obtained by foreign sources, may be used against the security of the state,” it added.

According to the committee, the man had repeatedly visited Russia for several years and held meetings with Russian citizens.

The man could face up to five years in prison. The French Foreign Ministry in Paris is yet to comment.

It comes as French authorities accused an ex-Russian soldier of plotting a bomb attack on Western weapons suppliers in France.

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02:47 PM BST

Ukraine orders evacuations from parts of donetsk region.

Ukraine on Thursday announced it was ordering the evacuation of children and their guardians from several towns and villages in the eastern Donetsk region, where fighting with Russia is intensifying.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russian firepower is now concentrated on the Donetsk region, which the Kremlin claimed to have annexed in 2022, despite not having full control over it.

“This is an important decision designed primarily to save the lives of our children,” the Donetsk regional governor Vadym Filashkin said on social media.

“The security situation in the region is constantly deteriorating, and the intensity of shelling is increasing.”

He listed the town of Lyman, which was briefly held by Russian forces before being recaptured, as well as several other villages near the frontline, including the hamlet of Progres.

02:36 PM BST

Zelensky discusses ukraine summit with modi.

President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the Ukraine summit in Switzerland with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.

“We rely on India’s participation at the highest level. I also invited prime minister Modi to visit Ukraine at a convenient time,” Mr Zelensky said on X.

He congratulated Modi on the election victory and wished a speedy formation of the government.

02:14 PM BST

Biden says us ‘will not walk away’ from ukraine.

President Joe Biden said Thursday that the United States would “not walk away” from Ukraine.

“We will not walk away because if we do Ukraine will be subjugated and it will not end there,” Mr Biden said during commemorations of the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy.

“Ukraine’s neighbours will be threatened, all of Europe will be threatened,” he added, describing President Vladimir Putin as a “tyrant bent on domination”.

01:41 PM BST

Pictured: destruction in kherson.

In this photograph, Raisa Abramtseva, 68, stands in her heavily damaged house in the village of Novovorontsovka, Kherson region.

01:23 PM BST

Ukraine prolongs outages after power plant strikes.

Kyiv on Thursday said it would maintain emergency blackouts across the country and import electricity from Europe to ease the fallout from Russian strikes on its power plants.

Attacks on Ukraine’s thermal and hydroelectric plants in recent weeks have forced authorities to take sweeping measures to keep the grid from total collapse.

“Restrictions on household and industrial consumers are being applied throughout the day, throughout Ukraine,” the energy ministry said in a statement.

It has called on households and private businesses to limit consumption and recently increased imports from neighbouring countries to maintain supplies.

Authorities in the capital Kyiv are aiming to guarantee residents between four and six hours of electricity everyday, according to schedules published online.

Businesses have reverted to generators to keep the lights on and doors open to customers during scheduled and unscheduled emergency outages.

12:53 PM BST

Nato nations ‘need to build more’ military equipment.

Nato nations “need to build more” military equipment to face up to the growing threat from Russia, the alliance’s top general Christopher Cavoli told AFP on Thursday.

“When it comes to military equipment... we need to build more, we need to expand our industrial base,” Supreme Allied Commander Europe Mr Cavoli said at D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations in Normandy.

But he added that Nato “is ready to do collective territorial defence”, pointing to a vast exercise dubbed Steadfast Defender 24, which involved 90,000 allied troops across multiple European countries from January to May.

“We’ve shifted our focus entirely over the last couple of years, we used to do out-of-area operations, now we’re focused on defending the territory of the alliance,” Mr Cavoli said.

12:28 PM BST

Zelensky in normandy for d-day anniversary.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Normandy on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings on D-Day.

Today, @ZelenskaUA and I arrived in Normandy, France, for important events and meetings aimed at strengthening our country and promoting the unity among all those who respect human values and life. We will also be honored to participate in a special event commemorating the 80th… pic.twitter.com/jd44LpI5bV — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) June 6, 2024

“This event and day serve as a reminder of the courage and determination demonstrated in the pursuit of freedom and democracy. Allies defended Europe’s freedom then, and Ukrainians do so now. Unity prevailed then, and true unity can prevail today,” he said in a post on X, announcing his arrival.

12:11 PM BST

Pictured: firefighters battle flames caused by russian attack.

Firefighters have been battling flames at the site of a household items shopping mall hit by a Russian military strike in Kherson, Ukraine.

12:09 PM BST

Ukraine seeks damages for russia’s destruction of dam.

Ukraine’s Ukrhydroenergo, which administers many major hydro power plants along the Dnieper and Dniester rivers, said on Thursday it had initiated international arbitration seeking damages for Russia’s destruction of the Kakhovka Dam and power station in June 2023.

The state-run hydro-electric company estimated the damage at 2.5 billion euros, it said.

11:44 AM BST

Nato has ‘no plans to deploy forces to ukraine’.

Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday said that the alliance had no plans to deploy forces to Ukraine, despite many of its members supplying Kyiv with weapons since Russia’s invasion.

“Nato has no plans to deploy forces to Ukraine,” Mr Stoltenberg said during a visit to Finland, adding that the alliance was seeking “long term financial commitment to ensure that we stand by Ukraine for as long as it takes”.

“Over the last months, we have seen some gaps, some delays in the provision of military support to Ukraine,” Mr Stoltenberg said, adding: “we need to ensure that that doesn’t happen again.”

11:24 AM BST

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10:55 AM BST

Ukraine destroys russian tugboat off crimea.

Ukraine destroyed a Russian tugboat on Thursday, Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence agency said, part of continued efforts to deny Russia use of the Black Sea.

The agency said on the Telegram messaging app that one of its units had struck and destroyed the “Saturn” (or “Proteus”) tugboat off the coast of Russian-occupied Crimea after successfully breaking through the defensive barriers.

Ukraine has launched multiple long-range attacks on targets on and near the Crimean peninsula during Russia’s 27-month-long full-scale invasion, seeking to destroy Moscow’s military capabilities and force its fleet to pull back from the Black Sea.

10:41 AM BST

Hungary will attend ukraine peace conference in switzerland.

Hungary will attend a Ukraine peace conference in Switzerland on June 15, its Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday at an economic forum held in Saint-Petersburg.

“Hungary will be represented at the conference at foreign minister level,” Mr Szijjarto said.

10:16 AM BST

Russia ‘could use nuclear weapons’.

Despite his comments denying the possibility of attacking Nato countries, Vladimir Putin cautioned the West that Russia could use “all available means” to defend itself if its sovereignty or territorial integrity were threatened.

He said that Russia’s nuclear doctrine permits its weapons to be used in response to several threats.

“For some reason, the West believes that Russia will never use it,” Putin said.

“We have a nuclear doctrine, look what it says. If someone’s actions threaten our sovereignty and territorial integrity, we consider it possible for us to use all means at our disposal. This should not be taken lightly, superficially.”

09:52 AM BST

Russia ‘could provide long-range weapons to others to strike western targets’.

As he criticised the West’s delivery of long-range weapons to Ukraine, Vladimir Putin argued that Moscow could respond “in kind” by deploying similar arms to other countries to attack Western targets.

Putin warned that the use of Western weapons would “mark their direct involvement” in a war against Russia.

Putin said that because using such Western weapons for striking Russian territory involves military personnel of the respective countries controlling the missiles and selecting targets, Moscow could take “asymmetrical” steps.

That could include giving such weapons to others to target facilities of respective countries elsewhere in the world, he explained.

“If they consider it possible to deliver such weapons to the combat zone to launch strikes on our territory and create problems for us, why don’t we have the right to supply weapons of the same type to some regions of the world where they can be used to launch strikes on sensitive facilities of the countries that do it to Russia?” he said.

“We will think about it,” he said

09:25 AM BST

Western arms deliveries to ukraine are ‘very dangerous step’.

Vladimir Putin warned that Western arms deliveries to Ukraine were “a very dangerous step”, especially if donors are “controlling” the use of the weapons.

“Delivering arms to a warzone is always bad. Even more so if those who are delivering are not just delivering weapons but also controlling them. This is a very serious and very dangerous step,” Putin told reporters.

Several countries, including Germany and the United States, have in recent weeks given the green light for Ukraine to use Western-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia in response to a new offensive launched by Moscow in northeast Ukraine last month.

09:09 AM BST

Putin says ukraine’s war losses ‘higher than russia’s’.

Vladimir Putin said that Russian losses in Ukraine were “several times less” than Ukraine’s.

Putin did not disclose Russia’s numbers of dead and wounded, which Ukraine and Western military analysts believe are significantly higher than Ukraine’s.

He said, without providing evidence, that Ukrainian casualties amounted to about 50,000 servicemen a month, claiming the toll was five times higher than Moscow’s.

“If we talk about irrecoverable losses, irrecoverable losses specifically, the ratio is one to five,” Putin said.

08:54 AM BST

Eu could back us plans to issue loan underwritten by seized russian assets to ukraine.

The EU could back US plans to issue a $50 billion loan underwritten by seized Russian assets to Ukraine.

The bloc’s finance ministers, sources said, appeared to favour Washington’s scheme, when they held virtual talks on Wednesday, ahead of a meeting of G7 leaders in Italy.

The plan would involve money being distributed to Kyiv that would be backed by the frozen assets held in the West and paid for using profits from cash.

Before the plan can be operationalised, President Joe Biden wants the support of his fellow G7 leaders and the EU to extend its sanctions against Moscow indefinitely.

About $300 billion belonging to the Russian central bank has been frozen in the West, with about 70 per cent of that held in Belgium’s Euroclear security depository.

08:33 AM BST

Putin warns germany.

Vladimir Putin warned Germany that the use of its weapons by Ukraine to strike targets in Russia would mark a “dangerous step”.

He said that if German missiles hit Russia, relations between Berlin and Moscow would be “destroyed” and that it is “strange” that none of its leaders “defend the interests” of the country.

“Now if they use missiles to strike facilities on the Russian territory it will completely ruin Russian-German relations,” he said.

08:17 AM BST

Russia does ‘not expect’ us election to result in policy change towards russia.

Vladimir Putin said that Russia did not expect the outcome of the US presidential election in November to result in a policy change towards Moscow, but did not rule out such a shift.

Putin, speaking to media editors at an economic forum in St Petersburg, said it was hard to say if Donald Trump would make any changes towards Russia if he won.

“For the most part, we do not care (who wins the U.S. election),” he said.

“To say - I am speaking quite sincerely - that we believe that after the elections something will change towards Russia in American policy, I would not say so. We don’t think so. We think that nothing really serious will happen.”

08:09 AM BST

Fire extinguished at russian refinery.

A fire has been extinguished at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov region which had been attacked by a Ukrainian drone, regional governor Vasily Golubev reported.

07:58 AM BST

Putin speaks on trump’s guilty verdict.

During his three-hour-long press briefing, Vladimir Putin spoke about Donald Trump, touching upon the upcoming election and his recent guilty verdict.

Putin said that by finding Trump guilty in the ‘hush money’ trial, officials had ensured that the former US president would see an increase in his popularity.

“It is obvious all over the world that the prosecution of Trump... is simply the utilisation of the judicial system during an internal political struggle,” he said.

Putin added that accusations of espionage against Trump, in which people have claimed he is a Russian spy, is “nonsense”.

07:49 AM BST

Pictured: putin holds st petersburg international economic forum.

Vladimir Putin was photographed at the Lakhta Center multifunctional complex in St Petersburg during the 27th St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

07:41 AM BST

‘nothing will change’ regardless of us election outcome, says putin.

Speaking to international journalists on Wednesday, Vladimir Putin said that nothing will change in terms of Russia-US relations regardless of who wins the US election.

“We will work with any president the American people will elect,” Putin said.

The Russian president added that Joe Biden is an “old school” leader.

07:39 AM BST

Putin takes questions from international media outlets.

Vladimir Putin took questions from international media outlets on Wednesday, the first time he has done so since Russia invaded Ukraine.

The roundtable session took place on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

The Russian leader has used the annual forum as a showcase for touting Russia’s development and seeking investors.

07:30 AM BST

Ukraine downs 17 out of 18 drones used in russia’s overnight attack.

The Ukrainian air force shot down 17 out of 18 Shahed-type drones over four regions during Russia’s overnight attack on Thursday, according to the military.

Russia’s attack caused a fire at an infrastructure facility in Khmelnytskyi region, where one drone was shot down, the regional governor said. The emergency services worked to put out the fire on Thursday morning with no casualties reported by local authorities.

Ukrainian military shot down eight drones over the southern region of Mykolaiv with no damages reported by the regional governor. Drones were also shot down over Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.

Russian forces also used two Iskander-M ballistic missiles to attack Dnipropetrovsk region, the military said. No details on damage from the missile attack were immediately available.

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What’s the going rate to turn an American executive into a boot boy for a despotic torturer such as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman? Just how worn out are the knees of PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan’s pants legs?

But let’s start with this simple question first: Why would the PGA Tour join forces with a vermin-populated fourth-rate start-up such as LIV Golf, a comedic failure that can’t command any ratings, headed by that king of the white mice, Greg Norman?

Bought. That’s the only word for Monahan and his henchies on the PGA Tour policy board, who have made an otherwise inexplicable — and still vague — deal to work with LIV and the European tour to form a new global enterprise , funded by the Saudis. They were bought. The only question is for how many bills.

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The PGA Tour had all the leverage. Sure, Brooks Koepka’s victory at the PGA Championship was a good storyline, but it wasn’t especially wounding to the PGA Tour. If anything, it made you wonder how long Koepka would be content to play customer golf in the bush league, now that he had his form back. Koepka’s star quality took an undeniable hit from his association with LIV, not to mention the Netflix documentary “Full Swing,” which revealed him as a manifestly shallow ding-dong. It will take a few more major victories to erase the quivering faintheartedness he showed during his career downturn, when he feared he couldn’t win on the PGA Tour anymore.

Let’s face it. Koepka and his fellow LIVers dived for the Saudi blood money like that guy pushing women and children aside to get in a lifeboat in “Titanic.” It was going to be pretty funny watching them try to get back on the deck of the big ship.

Here was Monahan last year, talking to Jim Nantz on CBS about accepting Saudi sports-washing money. After unctuously invoking the pain of 9/11 families, he said, “I would ask any player that has left or any player that would consider leaving, ‘Have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the PGA Tour?’ ”

So what other sour ingredients are baked into this strange cake, along with total secrecy, inside dealing and what appears to be a rampant conflict of interest? Somehow, Monahan and Edward Herlihy, the chair of the PGA Tour policy board, wound up hand in hand with his excellency Yasir Al-Rumayyan as the leaders of this new for-profit global golf organization funded by a fresh infusion of Saudi “capital.” This organization is so committed to unifying the game that no actual golfers knew about the deal until it hit social media .

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Somewhere along this very muddy line, the PGA Tour found itself advised by the New York law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Which is interesting, because who is a partner and co-chair of that firm? Herlihy. And what sort of work does the firm mainly do? Multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions. It’s also known for its uniquely profitable billing system: It doesn’t hit clients with just billable hours but also large flat fees and sometimes percentages of deals .

And what did Herlihy’s firm evidently advise the PGA Tour to do? Merge.

And who was one of the firm’s three lawyers representing the PGA Tour in this deal while also sitting as chair of its policy board? Herlihy.

Herlihy was “key to the development and implementation of this agreement,” according to a PGA Tour spokesperson.

Exactly what cut or fee do Herlihy and his firm stand to make from this deal? After being told Herlihy would call me Tuesday, I’m still waiting for my chance to ask him.

So what will his compensation be for sitting on the very small “executive committee” of the new board of directors of this new for-profit global golf entity, alongside Rumayyan and Monahan? Unknown.

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John schwarb | jun 4, 2024.

PGA Tour: Memorial Tournament

Site: Dublin, Ohio.

Course: Muirfield Village GC. Yardage: 7,571. Par: 72.

Field size: 73 players .

Prize money: $20 million. Winner’s share: $4 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 12:30-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30-6 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: Viktor Hovland.

FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.

Last week: Robert MacIntyre won the RBC Canadian Open.

Notes: The Memorial has moved dates as a signature event, now being held the week before the U.S. Open. This starts a three-week stretch of two signatures events sandwiched around the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. ... Robert MacIntyre chose to withdraw and go home to Scotland after his Canadian Open victory. ... The Memorial honorees this year are Juli Inkster and the late Tom Weiskopf. ... Auburn freshman Jackson Koivun, who swept all the awards as the college player of the year, is playing on a special sponsor exemption. ... The four regular exemptions went to Billy Horschel, Brandt Snedeker, Matt Kuchar and Alex Noren, none on the PGA Tour policy board. Kuchar and Horschel are past Memorial champions. ... Xander Schauffele is playing for the first time since winning the PGA Championship at Valhalla for his first major. ... MacIntyre was the eighth first-time winner on the PGA Tour this year.

GCSAA Fact Sheet: Click here .

Next week: U.S. Open.

LPGA Tour: ShopRite LPGA Classic

Site: Galloway, New Jersey.

Course: Seaview Resort (Bay Course). Yardage: 6,190. Par: 71.

Prize money: $1.75 million. Winner’s share: $262,500.

Television: Friday, noon to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 5-7 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Ashleigh Buhai.

Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

Last week: Yuka Saso won the U.S. Women’s Open.

Notes: U.S. Women’s Open champion Yuka Saso is in the field. Her only two LPGA titles are the Women’s Open at Olympic Club in 2021 and Lancaster in 2024. ... Se Ri Pak (1998) and In Gee Chun (2015) are the other players whose first two official LPGA wins were majors. ... Karrie Webb is in the field under a Hall of Fame exemption. She last played on the LPGA Tour at the ShopRite Classic last year, missing the cut. She turns 50 in December. ... One of the sponsor exemptions when to Gianna Clemente. She Monday qualified for three straight LPGA events in 2022 when she was 14. ... Saso moved all the way to No. 6 in the women’s world ranking, all but securing a return to the Olympics. She competed for the Philippines in 2021. ... Last week was the first time Japanese players finished 1-2 in a major. Hinako Shibuno was runner-up and is playing this week at the ShopRite.

Next week: Meijer LPGA Classic.

LIV Golf League: LIV Golf Houston

Site: Houston.

Course: Golf Club of Houston. Yards: 6,789. Par: 72.

Television: Friday, 1-6 p.m. (CW app); Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (CW Network).

Defending champion: New event.

Points leader: Joaquin Niemann.

Last event: Brooks Koepka won LIV Golf Singapore.

Notes: This is the first time LIV Golf is playing in Texas. It returns at the end of the season for its team championship outside Dallas. ... The Houston Open was played at the Golf Club of Houston from 2003 through 2019. LIV players who won the Houston Open there are Ian Poulter, Matt Jones, Phil Mickelson, Paul Casey and Anthony Kim. ... Bryson DeChambeau plays for the first time since his runner-up finish at the PGA Championship. ... Twelve players from LIV have qualified or are exempt to the U.S. Open next week. ... Jon Rahm has not won since signing up with LIV Golf last December. He is the only player to have finished in the top 10 at all seven LIV events this season. ... DeChambeau (twice), Cameron Smith and Tyrrell Hatton are the only LIV players to register top 10s in the two majors this year.

Next event: LIV Golf Nashville on June 21-23.

DP World Tour and Ladies European Tour: Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed

Site: Helsingborg, Sweden.

Course: Vasatorps Golfklubb. Yardage: 7,295 (men), 5,772 (women). Par: 72.

Prize money: $2 million. Winner’s share: $333,333.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 7 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 7:30 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Dale Whitnell.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

Last week: Laurie Canter won the European Open.

Notes: The tournament features 78 players from each tour competing on the same course at the same time for equal prize money and one trophy. The women play from a set of tees that are roughly 1,500 yards shorter. ... Among the past champions is Linn Grant, who is the only woman to be able to claim a European tour title. This version of the tournament is in its fourth year. ... Jorge Campillo and Adrian Otaegui are in the field as they continue to chase the second spot for Spain in the Olympics. ... Grant and Madelene Sagstrom are among the leading LET players in the field. ... Seve Ballesteros won on this course in 1978. ... This is the fourth course in Sweden used for the Scandinavian Mixed in its four years. ... Dale Whitnell won last year for his first European tour title after 14 years and 106 starts on the circuit.

Next week on DP World Tour: U.S. Open.

Next week on Ladies European Tour: Ladies Italian Open.

PGA Tour Champions: American Family Insurance Championship

Site: Madison, Wisconsin.

Course: University Ridge GC. Yardage: 7,083. Par: 72.

Prize money: $2.4 million.

Television: Friday, 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay); Saturday-Sunday, 2:30-5 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Steve Stricker.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Steven Alker.

Last week: Ernie Els won the Principal Charity Classic.

Notes: Steve Stricker is the tournament host and the defending champion, one of his six victories last year. ... Ernie Els is in the field, coming off his first PGA Tour Champions victory of the year, and only the fourth of his career. ... Padraig Harrington is not playing. The Irishman is to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Monday to start off the U.S. Open. ... Among those getting a sponsor exemption are Wisconsin natives Skip Kendall and Mario Tiziani. ... Stricker and Richard Green are the only players from the top 10 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings who have yet to win this year. ... Corey Pavin is in the field. He won the last of his 15 titles on the PGA Tour in Milwaukee. ... Stephen Ames remains the only multiple winner on the PGA Tour Champions this year through 12 tournaments. ... The U.S. Senior Open, the third major on the schedule, is in two weeks at Newport Country Club.

Next tournament: Dick’s Sporting Goods Open on June 21-23.

Korn Ferry Tour: BMW Charity Pro-Am

Site: Greer, South Carolina.

Course: Thornblade Club. Yardage: 7,045. Par: 71.

Prize money: $1 million. Winner’s share: $180,000.

Television: Thursday, noon to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel); Friday, 9-11 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay); Saturday-Sunday, 8-10 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay).

Previous winner: Adrien Dumont de Chassart.

Points leader: Tim Widing.

Last week: Kaito Onishi won the UNC Health Championship.

Next week: Wichita Open.

Other Tours

Epson Tour: FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship, Battle Creek CC, Battle Creek, Mich. Defending champion: Siyun Liu.

Japan Golf Tour: BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup, Shishido Hills CC (West), Ibaraki, Japan. Defending champion: Takumi Kanaya.

Challenge Tour: Challenge de Cadiz, Iberostar Real Golf Novo Sancti Petri, Cadiz, Spain. Defending champion: Sam Hutsby.

Sunshine Tour: SunBet Challenge, Gary Player CC, Johannesburg. Defending champion: Hennie Otto.

Legends Tour: Costa Navarino Legends Tour Trophy, Costa Navarino Resort, Pilos, Greece. Defending champion: New tournament.

Japan LPGA: Ai Miyazato Suntory Ladies Open, Rokko Kokusai GC, Hyogo, Japan. Defending champion: Chisato Iwai.

Korea LPGA: Celltrion Queens Masters, Seolhaeone GC, Gangwon, South Korea. Defending champion: Minji Park.  

JOHN SCHWARB

John Schwarb is the Senior Editor of SI Golf. He has covered golf for the St. Petersburg Times (now Tampa Bay Times), PGATour.com and Visit Florida; and has also written for ESPN.com, The Golfers Journal and several magazines. He lives in Indianapolis and graduated from Indiana University.

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