Golf Highlights: PGA Tour RSM Classic, LPGA CME Championship, and DP World Australian PGA
Here’s a summary of this week’s golf events:
PGA Tour: The RSM Classic
- When and Where: Thursday-Sunday, Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island, Georgia
- Purse: $7.6 million ($1,368,000 to the winner)
- 2023 Winner: Ludvig Åberg
- Notable Players in the Field: Ludvig Åberg, Stewart Cink, Harris English, Brian Harman, Mackenzie Hughes, Matt Kuchar, Webb Simpson, Sepp Straka, Camilo Villegas
- TV Schedule (All Times ET):
- Thursday and Friday: Noon-3 p.m. (Golf Channel/NBC Sports app)
- Saturday and Sunday: 1-4 p.m. (Golf Channel/app)
- Notes: This is the final event of the FedExCup Fall and the last official PGA Tour event of 2024. The top 125 players in FedExCup points will earn exempt status on Tour in 2025.
LPGA: CME Group Tour Championship
- When and Where: Thursday-Sunday, Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, Florida
- Purse: $11 million ($4 million to the winner)
- 2023 Winner: Amy Yang
- Notable Players in the Field: Lauren Coughlin, Ayaka Furue, Hannah Green, Brooke Henderson, Jin Young Ko, Lydia Ko, Nelly Korda, Haeran Ryu, Lilia Vu, Jeeno Thitikul, Ruoning Yin
- TV Schedule (All Times ET):
- Thursday and Friday: 2-3 p.m. (NBC Sports app); 3-5 p.m. (Golf Channel/app)
- Saturday: 2-5 p.m. (app); 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel, tape-delayed)
- Sunday: 1-4 p.m. (NBC/Peacock/app)
- Notes: This championship marks the end of the 2024 LPGA season. The winner will receive a record paycheck of $1.6 million more than this year’s U.S. Women’s Open winner.
DP World Tour: BMW Australian PGA Championship
- When and Where: Wednesday-Saturday, Royal Queensland Golf Club, Brisbane, Australia
- Purse: $2 million (Australian)
- 2023 Winner: Min Woo Lee
- Notable Players in the Field: Cam Davis, Jason Day, Lee, Marc Leishman, Geoff Ogilvy, Victor Perez, Cameron Smith
- TV Schedule (All Times ET):
- Wednesday-Saturday: 8-9:30 p.m. (NBC Sports app); 9:30 p.m. – 1 a.m. (Golf Channel/app)
- Notes: This event is the first of the 2024-25 DP World Tour schedule and is co-sanctioned by the Australasian Tour.
Enjoy the events!
