The Week Before The Masters

Tournament Previews for LIV Orlando, Texas Open, LA Open, Chile Classic, Token Homemate Cup, and Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi

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Top 100 preview

This week, the top men are split between the PGA Tour and LIV, with most of the top 100 opting to rest before the first Major of the year. Everything now is a build-up to the Masters next week!

On the womenโ€™s side, we have 74 of the top 100 players active, with the top ladies in Los Angeles for the LPGA event and others in Japan.

Purses

LIV Orlando$20,000,000
Texas Open$8,900,000
LA Open$1,750,000
Chile Classic$1,000,000
Token Homemate Cupยฅ130,000,000
Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragiยฅ100,000,000
JHSF Aberto do Brasil$175,000
The NationalA$200,000
Limpopo ChampionshipZAR 2,000,000

LIV - Orlando

The third event of the LIV 2023 season heads to Orlando to Orange County National golf course. 18 players from LIV are in the field for The Masters next week and are looking to find some form before the major season begins. The only roster update compared to the last LIV event in Tucson is Andy Ogletree taking the place of Anirban Lahiri, who had to withdraw. Ogletree has won 2 International Series events on the Asian Tour since he last played in LIV at the inaugural London event in June 2022.

5๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บCameron Smith
26๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑJoaquin Niemann
30๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝAbraham Ancer
43๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชThomas Pieters
52๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธTalor Gooch
53๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑMito Pereira
57๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธHarold Varner III
68๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธDustin Johnson
70๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธPatrick Reed
78๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆDean Burmester
83๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธJason Kokrak
88๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธCameron Tringale
92๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธKevin Na
101๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บMarc Leishman
103๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟPaul Casey
105๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟRichard Bland
108๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดSebastian Munoz
111๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธBrooks Koepka
112๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆLouis Oosthuizen
119๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธBrendan Steele

PGA Tour - Texas Open

A non-designated event on the PGA Tour, the Texas Open is headlined by Tyrrell Hatton, Hideki Matsuyama, and Sepp Straka. This is the last chance to sneak into the Masters with a win. The tournament is held at TPC San Antonio, and the defending champion is JJ Spaun.

17๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟTyrrell Hatton
21๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตHideki Matsuyama
32๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นSepp Straka
34๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธChris Kirk
36๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟRyan Fox
39๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทSi Woo Kim
40๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCorey Conners
42๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชAlex Noren
58๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธTaylor Montgomery
59๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธRickie Fowler
63๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธDavis Riley
65๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธAndrew Putnam
66๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธMatt Kuchar
67๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆNick Taylor
69๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธJ.J. Spaun
73๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆChristiaan Bezuidenhout
74๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บCameron Davis
75๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธBrendon Todd
76๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธBen Griffin
80๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชThomas Detry
81๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตKazuki Higa
85๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธTrey Mullinax
89๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธAdam Schenk

LPGA - LA Open

This week, the LPGA season continues in Los Angeles at a new venue, Palos Verdes Golf Club. The top 4 players in the world headline the event (Lydia Ko, Nelly Korda, Jin Young Ko, and Atthaya Thitikul) for the $1.75 million purse.

1๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟLydia Ko
2๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธNelly Korda
3๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทJin Young Ko
4๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญAtthaya Thitikul
9๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทIn Gee Chun
10๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทHyo-Joo Kim
11๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธLilia Vu
12๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตNasa Hataoka
13๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟGeorgia Hall
14๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชLeona Maguire
15๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธDanielle Kang
16๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟCharley Hull
17๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณXiyu Lin
18๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆAshleigh Buhai
19๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตAyaka Furue
20๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธJennifer Kupcho
23๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บHannah Green
24๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทHye Jin Choi
26๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธJessica Korda
27๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชMadelene Sagstrom
28๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชMaja Stark
29๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตYuka Saso
30๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทSei Young Kim

Japan LPGA - Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi

The Japan LPGA season hosts its 5th event of the year with a strong field featuring 12 of the top 100 players. The tournament is played at Katsuragi Golf Club at Yamaha Resort in Fukuroi, Japan, and the purse is ยฅ100 million (~$760k).

25๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตMiyu Yamashita
36๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตMao Saigo
40๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตMone Inami
41๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตHaruka Kawasaki
55๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทJiyai Shin
69๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตYuri Yoshida
71๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตSakura Koiwai
86๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตSaiki Fujita
87๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตNana Suganuma
89๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตChisato Iwai
94๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตSerena Aoki
97๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตKotone Hori

Japan Golf Tour - Token Homemate Cup

The Japan Golf Tour kicks off its first event of the 2023 season with the Token Homemate Cup. Last yearโ€™s Japan Golf Tour money list winner Kazuki Higa is not in the field as he is playing in the Texas Open and will be in Augusta playing in the Masters next week.

132๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตTakumi Kanaya
135๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตRikuya Hoshino
144๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตYuki Inamori
163๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตShugo Imahira
168๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตMikumu Horikawa
173๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตRyo Hisatsune
183๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตTomoharu Otsuki
211๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตRyosuke Kinoshita
231๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตAguri Iwasaki
236๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJinichiro Kozuma