PGA Tour players have two tournaments left to make the post-season.
This week’s 3M Championship near Minneapolis and the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C., Aug. 8-11 are the final events left in the FedEx Cup season. The top 70 players after that advance to the first playoff event, the FedEx St. Jude Classic near Memphis, Aug. 15-18 at TPC Southwind.
The top 50 on the points list after that advance to the BMW Championship at Castle Pines, Colo. and the top 30 from there are at the Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta for the final event of the season and the chance to earn $18 million.
Six-time 2024 winner and two-time defending Players Champion Scottie Scheffler has a commanding 1,936-point lead at No. 1 over PGA and Open Championship winner Xander Schauffele, who has nearly as imposing lead of 1,512 points over third-place Rory McIlroy.
Luke List is on the No. 70 bubble this week with 601.225 points. Past U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover is next, a measly 5.002 points behind. Defending 3M champion Lee Hodges is at No. 27, another 5.072 points back.
The biggest name on the outside is Rickie Fowler at No. 98, more than 227 points behind. The winner this week gets 500 points.
PGA Tour: Lee Hodges blitzed the 3M field in 2023
Event: 3M Open, Thursday-Sunday, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn.
What’s the purse? $8.1 million ($1,458,000 and 500 FedEx Cup points to the winner).
Who won last year? Lee Hodges ran away with it after opening 63-64. The former Alabama player won by seven shots.
How to watch on TV: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 3:30-6:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m.); CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Area players entered: Tyson Alexander, Bud Cauley, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Ben Griffin, Lanto Griffin, Billy Horschel, Zach Johnson, Patton Kizzire, Ben Kohles, Keith Mitchell, Andrew Novak, Raul Pereda, J.T. Poston, Sam Ryder, Greyson Sigg, Carl Yuan.
Notable: U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley, Sam Burns, Tony Finau, Justin Rose and Saith Theegala are also in the field. … Horschel is coming off a tie for second in last week’s Open Championship.
LIV Golf League: Niemann, Crushers try to hold leads
Event: LIV Golf United Kingdom, Friday-Sunday, JCB Golf and Country Club, Rochester, England.
What’s the purse? $25 million ($4 million to the winner, $3 million to the winning team).
Who won last year? Cameron Smith of Ponte Vedra Beach beat Patrick Reed and Marc Leishman by one shot at LIV Golf London at the Centurion Club.
How to watch on TV: CW (Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m.).
Area players entered: Smith.
Notable: There are two regular-season events left. Joaquin Niemann leads Jon Rahm by 40.23 points in the individual standings and Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers lead Rahm’s Legion XIII by 33.5 points in the team standings. … Richard Bland is opting to skip the Senior Open Championship to play the LIV event in his native country. Bland has won two senior majors this year, the Senior PGA and the U.S. Senior Open.
LPGA Tour: A cup of Earl Grey?
Event: CPKC Women’s Open, Thursday-Sunday, Earl Grey Golf Club, Calgary.
What’s the purse? $2.6 million ($390,000 to the winner).
Who won last year? Megan Khang survived a final-round 74 and beat Jin Young Ko with a par on the second playoff hole at the Shaughnessy Golf Club.
How to watch on TV: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 6-9 p.m.).
Area players entered: Auston Kim.
Notable:Â Lilia Vu, Alisen Corpuz, Rose Zhang, Lexi Thompson and Lydia Ko lead the field.
PGA Tour Champions:Â Carnage at Carnoustie?
Event: Senior Open Championship, Thursday-Sunday, Carnoustie Golf Club, Carnoustie, Scotland.
What’s the purse? $2.85 million ($513,000 to the winner).
Who won last year? Alex Cejka beat Padraig Harrington by one shot in a two-hole playoff at Royal Porthcawl after both finished regulation at 5-over.
How to watch on TV: Golf Channel (Thursday-Sunday, 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m.).
Area players entered: Fred Funk, Vijay Singh.
Notable:Â Paul Broadhust (2016) and Bernard Langer (2010) have won previous Senior Opens at Carnoustie. … Steve Alker, Stephen Ames, Angel Cabrera, John Daly, Ernie Els and Retief Goosen are also playing.
Korn Ferry Tour:Â Beginning the stretch run to French Lick
Event: NV5 Invitational, Thursday-Sunday, The Glen Club, Glenview, Ill.
What’s the purse? $1 million ($180,000 to the winner).
Who won last year? Trace Crowe parred the second playoff hole to beat Patrick Fishburn. Both finished 25-under par.
How to watch on TV: The event is not televised.
Area players entered: Dawson Armstrong, Chris Baker, Fred Biondi, Chander Blanchet, Cody Blick, Dillon Board, Jonathan Byrd, Ricky Castillo, Vince Covello, Brett Drewitt, Nick Gabrelcik, Joey Garber, Tano Goya, Evan Harmeling, Rick Lamb, Doc Redman, Julian Suri, Danny Walker, Thomas Walsh.
Notable:Â Crowe became the fourth player in Korn Ferry Tour history to make a triple bogey in the final round and go on to win. The first was David Duval of Jacksonville in the 1993 Korn Ferry Tour Championship. … The Korn Ferry Tour will play the next five weeks in a row to…
