This week in golf (July 27-August 2): TV program, tee time, information

Here’s what’s going on in professional golf this week and how you can see it:

World golf championships

WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational

Thursday-Sunday, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee

Course specifications: Par 70, 7,277 yards, designed by Ron Prichard (1988)

Bag: $ 10.5 million

Reigning champion: Brooks Koepka

Remarkable in the field: Koepka, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, Bryson DeChambeau, Webb Simpson

Tee times: TBD

TV show: Thursday-Friday, from 2 to 7 pm ET (Golf Channel); Saturday, noon-2.00 pm ET (Golf Channel), 14-18 ET (CBS); Sunday, 1:00 pm ET (Golf Channel), 3:00 pm ET (CBS)


PGA tour

Barracuda championship

Thursday-Sunday, Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood), Truckee, California

Course specifications: Par 71, 7,390 yards, designed by Jack Nicklaus (2004)

Bag: $ 3.5 million

Reigning champion: Collin Morikawa

Remarkable in the field: Michael Thompson, Lanto Griffin, Will Gordon, Sam Burns, Maverick McNealy, Robby Shelton, Sahith Theegala, Dylan Meyer, Brendon de Jonge

Tee times: TBD

TV show: Thursday-Friday, 7-9: 30 pm ET (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 7-10 pm ET (Golf Channel)


European tour

Hero Open

Thursday-Sunday, Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel & CC, Birmingham, England

Course specifications: Par 72, 6,958 yards, designed by Donald Steele (1992)

Bag: $ 1.17 million

Reigning champion: Darren Clarke

Remarkable in the field: Eddie Pepperell, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Renato Paratore, Thomas Detry, Sam Horsfield, Robert Rock, Thorbjorn Olesen, Jason Scrivener

Tee times: TBD

TV show: Thursday-Friday, from 7 to 9:00 ET and from 10 to 13 ET (Golf Channel); Saturday, 7:30 am ET (Golf Channel); Sunday, 7-11: 30 ET (Golf Channel)


LPGA

Drive on the championship

Friday-Sunday, Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio

Course specifications: Par 71, 6,550 yards, designed by Donald Ross (1916)

Bag: $ 1 million

Reigning champion: Inaugural event

Remarkable in the field: Nelly Korda, Lexi Thompson, Danielle Kang, Jennifer Kupcho, Maria Fassi, Lydia Ko, Stacy Lewis, Ruixin Liu

Tee times: TBD

TV show: Friday 9-11: 30 ET (Golf Channel); Saturday, 16: 30-7: 30 ET (Golf Channel); Sunday, from 5 to 7 pm ET (Golf Channel)


PGA Tour Champions

Allied challenge

Friday-Sunday, Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan

Course specifications: Par 72, 7,085 yards, designed by James Gilmore Harrison (1957)

Bag: $ 2 million

Reigning champion: Jerry Kelly

Remarkable in the field: Jim Furyk, Mike Weir, Scott McCarron, Bernhard Langer, Ernie Els, Colin Montgomerie, KJ Choi, Billy Mayfair, Gary Nicklaus

Tee times: TBD

TV show: Friday, 11: 30-13: 30 ET (Golf Channel); Saturday, 2-4: 30 pm ET (Golf Channel); Sunday, 15:00 pm ET (Golf Channel)


Korn Ferry Tour

Pinnacle Bank Championship

Thursday-Sunday, The Club in Indian Creek, Omaha, Nebraska

Course specifications: Par 71, 7,581 yards, designed by Frank Hummel (1992)

Bag: $ 600,000

Reigning champion: Kristoffer Ventura

Remarkable in the field: Davis Riley, Braden Thornberry, Max McGreevy, David Lipsky, Dylan Wu, Ryan Ruffels, Andy Pope, Byron Meth, Steve LeBrun, Eric Cole

Tee times: TBD


Western Golf Association

Western amateur

Tuesday-Saturday, Crooked Stick GC, Carmel, Indiana

Course specifications: Par 72, 7,516 yards, designed by Pete Dye (1964)

Reigning champion: Garrett Rank

Remarkable in the field: Ricky Castillo, John Pak, Cole Hammer, Davis Thompson, John Augenstein, Pierceson Coody, Preston Summerhays, Quade Cummins, William Mouw

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