Weekly field update November 30th

Tournaments This Week

Australian Open - The men and women are both playing at the same time in Melbourne for the Australian Open. The tee times alternate for the men's and women's events across two courses at Victoria Golf Club and Kingston Heath Golf Club for the first two rounds. The final 2 rounds will be played at Victoria Golf Club. The purse is the same for both at AU$ 1.7 million each (~US$ 1.16 million).

Hero World Challenge - Hosted at Albany in the Bahamas. This event is limited to just 20 of the best players in the world with the noticeable absence of Tiger Woods due to plantar fasciitis. This is a no cut event and has a purse of US$ 3.5 million.

South African Open - DP World Tour players are again in Johannesburg for another co-sanctioned event with the Sunshine Tour. The host course is Blair Atholl Golf & Equestrian Estate which is playing a massive 8,161 yards for the tournament. The purse is US$ 1.5 million.

Indonesian Masters - The last event on the Asian tour for 2022 and the final in the new International Series. This event is played at Royale Jakarta Golf Club. The purse is US$ 1.5 million.

Golf Nippon Series JT Cup - Final event of 2022 for the Japan Golf Tour. This tournament has a limited field of 30 players and is played in Tokyo at Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. The purse is ¥130,000,000 (US$ 0.94 million)

Top 100 Players - Who is playing where

34 of the Top 100 OWGR players in men’s golf are active this week

• Hero World Challenge - 20

• Australian Open - 9

• South African Open Championship - 3

• Indonesian Masters - 1

• Golf Nippon Series JT Cup - 1

10 of the Top 100 Rolex Women’s world golf rankings are active this week

• Women's Australia Open - 10

Top 10 Players in Each Field

Hero World Challenge

• 2 🇺🇸 Scottie Scheffler
• 5 🇪🇸 Jon Rahm
• 6 🇺🇸 Xander Schauffele
• 8 🇺🇸 Justin Thomas
• 9 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matt Fitzpatrick
• 10 🇺🇸 Collin Morikawa
• 11 🇺🇸 Tony Finau
• 12 🇳🇴 Viktor Hovland
• 13 🇺🇸 Sam Burns
• 14 🇺🇸 Jordan Spieth

ISPS Handa Australian Open

• 3 🇦🇺 Cameron Smith
• 27 🇳🇿 Ryan Fox
• 36 🇦🇺 Adam Scott
• 56 🇵🇱 Adrian Meronk
• 57 🇦🇺 Lucas Herbert
• 61 🇦🇺 Min Woo Lee
• 67 🇦🇺 Cameron Davis
• 74 🇦🇺 Marc Leishman
• 97 🇦🇺 Matt Jones
• 109 🇩🇰 Rasmus Hojgaard

South African Open Championship

• 60 🇿🇦 Dean Burmester
• 90 🇿🇦 Thriston Lawrence
• 95 🇪🇸 Adrian Otaegui
• 112 🇿🇦 Oliver Bekker
• 114 🇿🇦 Erik van Rooyen
• 124 🇿🇦 Shaun Norris
• 162 🇿🇦 Charl Schwartzel
• 171 🇿🇦 MJ Daffue
• 177 🇿🇦 Hennie Du Plessis
• 180 🇺🇸 Sean Crocker

Golf Nippon Series JT Cup

• 72 🇯🇵 Kazuki Higa
• 110 🇯🇵 Rikuya Hoshino
• 118 🇯🇵 Yuto Katsuragawa
• 123 🇯🇵 Yuki Inamori
• 130 🇯🇵 Shugo Imahira
• 133 🇯🇵 Mikumu Horikawa
• 142 🇯🇵 Tomoharu Otsuki
• 146 🇯🇵 Kaito Onishi
• 147 🇦🇺 Brad Kennedy
• 154 🇺🇸 Chan Kim

Indonesian Masters

• 87 🇿🇼 Scott Vincent
• 102 🇮🇳 Anirban Lahiri
• 104 🇹🇭 Sadom Kaewkanjana
• 125 🇦🇹 Bernd Wiesberger
• 127 🇰🇷 Bio Kim
• 140 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Westwood
• 174 🇹🇭 Phachara Khongwatmai
• 184 🇺🇸 Sihwan Kim
• 251 🇹🇭 Jazz Janewattananond
• 268 🇹🇭 Nitithorn Thippong

Women's ISPS Handa Australian Open

• 4 🇦🇺 Minjee Lee
• 13 🇺🇸 Jennifer Kupcho
• 15 🇨🇳 Xiyu Lin
• 20 🇦🇺 Hannah Green
• 28 🇿🇦 Ashleigh Buhai
• 40 🇺🇸 Marina Alex
• 64 🇯🇵 Yuri Yoshida
• 70 🇰🇷 So Yeon Ryu
• 97 🇦🇺 Stephanie Kyriacou
• 100 🇰🇷 Jenny Shin