LPGA Tour and Japan LPGA

TOTO JAPAN CLASSIC

Site: Shiga, Japan.

Course: Seta GC. Distance: 6,616. Par: 72.

Prize money: $2 million. Winner’s share: $300,000.

Television: Wednesday-Thursday, 23:00 – 02:00 (Golf Channel); Friday, 23:30 – 02:30 (Golf channel); Saturday, 23:00 – 02:00 (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Mone Inami.

Race to the CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

Last week: Ruoning Yin won the Maybank Championship.

Notes: This is the fourth and final stop of the LPGA fall “Asian Swing” before heading to Hawaii and then wrapping up its season with two weeks in Florida. … Ruoning Yin won two of three Asian stops in Shanghai and Malaysia. He’s not playing this week. … The history of Toto Japan Classic dates back to 1973. It was 54 holes before moving to 72 holes for the first time in 2021. … Jeeno Thitikul has finished second in the Maybank Championship for the last two years. … The tournament is organized with the joint approval of the Japan LPGA. The 35 Japan LPGA members in the field include twin sisters Chisato and Akie Iwai, who each have three wins on the tour. … Yin became the fourth LPGA player with at least three wins this year, joining Nelly Korda, Hannah Green and Lydia Ko. … Celine Boutier failed to finish in the top 10 in any of her four title defenses on the LPGA this year (Drive On, Evian, Scottish, Malaysian).

Next week: Lotte Championship.

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PGA Tour

Last week: Nico Echavarria won the Zozo Championship.

Next week: Worldwide Tech Championship.

FedEx Cup champion: Scottie Scheffler.

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European Tour

Last week: Byeong Hun An won the Genesis Championship.

Next week: Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

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PGA Tour Champions

Last week: Padraig Harrington won the Simmons Bank championship.

Next week: Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Ernie Els.

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Other tours

Asian Tour: BNI Indonesia Masters, Royale Jakarta GC, Jakarta, Indonesia. Television: Thursday-Friday, 02:00-06:00 (Golf Channel); Saturday, 12:30-2:30 (NBC Sports app), 2:30-4 (Golf Channel); Sunday, 12-1 a.m. (NBC Sports app), 1-2 a.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Gaganjeet Bhullar. Online:

Challenge Tour: Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final, Alcanada GC, Mallorca, Spain. Thursday-Saturday, 7 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel); Sunday, 05:30-10:30 (Golf Channel). Previous winner: Marco Penge. Online:

Women’s European Tour: Aramco Team Series-Riyadh, Riyadh GC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Defending champion: Alison Lee. Online:

PGA Australasian Tour: Queensland PGA Championship, Nudgee GC (Kurrai), Nudgee, Australia. Defending champion: Phoenix Campbell. Online:

Sunshine Tour: Blue Label Challenge, Gary Player CC (Sun City and Lost City), Johannesburg, South Africa. Last champion: Luca Filippi. Online:

Korean LPGA: S-Oil Championship, Elysian Jeju CC, Jeju Island, South Korea. Defending champion: Yujin Sung. Online: