Here’s a breakdown of this week’s events around the golf world:
PGA Tour: Butterfield Bermuda Championship
When and where: Thursday-Sunday, Port Royal Golf Course, Southampton, Bermuda
Purse: $6.9 million ($1,242,000 to winner)
2023 winner: Camilo Villegas
Notables in the field: Daniel Berger, Joel Dahmen, Nico Echavarria, Lucas Glover, Mackenzie Hughes, Francesco Molinari, Kevin Streelman, Nick Taylor, Villegas
TV schedule (stream links; all times ET):
- Thursday and Friday, 1-4 p.m. (Golf Channel/NBC Sports app)
- Saturday, 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (GC/app)
- Sunday, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. (GC/app)
Notes: One of two events remaining in the FedExCup Fall with the top 125 on the final points list earning 2025 PGA Tour cards. … Villegas is the defending champion, having lost a heartbreaker the previous week in Mexico and then tying the 72-hole scoring record in Bermuda to end a 9-plus-year winless drought on Tour. … Hayden Springer, last year’s Q-School medalist, is currently No. 125 in points.
LPGA: The Annika
When and where: Thursday-Sunday, Pelican Golf Club, Belleair, Florida
Purse: $3.25 million
2023 winner: Lilia Vu
Notables in the field: Celine Boutier, Lauren Coughlin, Hannah Green, Lydia Ko, Nelly Korda, Lexi Thompson, Vu, Ruoning Yin, Rose Zhang
TV schedule (stream links; all times ET):
- Thursday and Friday: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. (Golf Channel/NBC Sports app)
- Saturday: 2-2:30 p.m. (app); 2:30-5 p.m. (GC/app)
- Sunday: 1:30-2 p.m. (app); 2-4:30 p.m. (GC/app)
Notes: First of two Florida events to wrap up the 2024 LPGA season. … WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark will highlight Wednesday’s pro-am field. … World No. 1 Nelly Korda, who won this event in 2021 and ’22, will be making her first tour start since late September. … The top 60 in season-long points will earn spots in the CME Group Tour Championship. The top 100 (with top 80 getting better status) will earn 2025 LPGA cards.
DP World Tour: DP World Tour Championship
When and where: Thursday-Sunday, Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Purse: $10 million
2023 winner: Nicolai Hojgaard
Notables in the field: Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Rasmus Hojgaard, Billy Horschel, Min Woo Lee, Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Adam Scott
TV schedule (stream links; all times ET):
- Thursday-Saturday: 2-8 a.m. (Golf Channel/NBC Sports app)
- Sunday: 1:30-7:30 a.m. (GC/app)
Notes: Final tournament of the 2024 DP World Tour season. … Rory McIlroy currently has a commanding lead in the Race to Dubai. Should he win, in addition to a $2 million bonus, he will claim his sixth season-long title, tying him with Seve Ballesteros and putting him two back of Colin Montgomerie. … Thriston Lawrence is the only player who can catch McIlroy but he must win and have McIlroy finish no better than solo 11th. … The top 50 players on the RTD standings qualified, which did not include defending champion Nicolai Hojgaard (though, twin brother Rasmus did).
