Women's first major preview

Chevron Championship plus LIV Adelaide this week

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Top 100 preview

The top women are all active for the first major of the year in the Chevron Championship in Houston. Nearly all the top 100 are in the field with the Japan LPGA and Korea LPGA also holding events.

For the men, most are resting this week after back-to-back designated events. The main event is LIV going to Australia for the first time with an event in Adelaide.

Purses

LIV Adelaide

$20,000,000

Zurich Classic

$8,600,000

The Chevron Championship

$5,100,000

ISPS Handa Championship

$2,000,000

LECOM Suncoast Classic

$1,000,000

SaintNine Masters

₩800,000,000 (~$607,000)

Fujisankei Ladies Classic

¥80,000,000 (~$595,000)

Sunshine Tour Championship

ZAR 2,000,000 (~$109,000)

Vusi Ngubeni Tournament

ZAR 100,000 (~$5,460)

LPGA - Chevron Championship

The Chevron Championship in Houston is set to feature some of the top women in golf for the first major of the year. This will be the first year the tournament will be held in Houston, and nearly all of the top 100 women in the world are expected to participate.

The tournament will be played at The Club at Carlton Woods after moving from longtime host Mission Hills in California.

Lydia Ko has a chance to get enough points with a win to enter the women's golf Hall of Fame. Ko, the number one ranked player heading in, already had one win this year at the Saudi International, and she looks to win her first major since 2016.

Another favorite heading into the week is Nelly Korda. She already has 4 top-10 finishes in 5 starts this year. It will be surprising not to see her in contention this weekend.

The defending champ is Jennifer Kupcho.

1🇳🇿Lydia Ko
2🇺🇸Nelly Korda
3🇰🇷Jin Young Ko
4🇦🇺Minjee Lee
5🇹🇭Atthaya Thitikul
6🇺🇸Lexi Thompson
7🇨🇦Brooke Henderson
8🇫🇷Celine Boutier
9🇰🇷Hyo-Joo Kim
10🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Georgia Hall
11🇰🇷In Gee Chun
12🇺🇸Lilia Vu
13🇯🇵Nasa Hataoka
14🇺🇸Danielle Kang
15🇮🇪Leona Maguire
16🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Charley Hull
17🇨🇳Xiyu Lin
18🇿🇦Ashleigh Buhai
19🇯🇵Ayaka Furue
20🇺🇸Jennifer Kupcho

LIV - Adelaide

The LIV event in Adelaide, Australia, is set to feature some of the top Australian players, including Cam Smith and Marc Leishman. This will be the first time the LIV tour has come to Australia, and there is a lot of excitement surrounding the event. Brooks Koepka and Phil Mickelson are both coming off their tie for second at the Masters and looking to continue the good form.

6🇦🇺Cameron Smith
25🇨🇱Joaquin Niemann
36🇲🇽Abraham Ancer
39🇺🇸Brooks Koepka
44🇺🇸Patrick Reed
46🇧🇪Thomas Pieters
55🇨🇱Mito Pereira
57🇺🇸Talor Gooch
60🇺🇸Harold Varner III
73🇺🇸Dustin Johnson
74🇺🇸Phil Mickelson
85🇿🇦Dean Burmester
91🇮🇳Anirban Lahiri
94🇺🇸Cameron Tringale
99🇺🇸Jason Kokrak
104🇺🇸Kevin Na
107🇨🇴Sebastian Munoz
113🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Richard Bland
116🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Paul Casey
117🇦🇺Marc Leishman

PGA Tour - Zurich Classic

The PGA Tour is playing in teams this week. The field features 80 teams of two, with play alternating between fourball and foursomes over the four days.

The top 2 players in the field, Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay are teaming up again to defend their title this year.

Another power team is Max Homa playing with Collin Morikawa for the first time this year.

Last week's champ, Matt Fitzpatrick, is bringing along his brother, Alex to try and help him gain PGA tour status.

4🇺🇸Patrick Cantlay
5🇺🇸Xander Schauffele
7🇺🇸Max Homa
8🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Matt Fitzpatrick
12🇺🇸Sam Burns
13🇺🇸Collin Morikawa
17🇰🇷Sungjae Im
19🇰🇷Tom Kim
20🇺🇸Kurt Kitayama
23🇺🇸Sahith Theegala
27🇺🇸Billy Horschel
28🇺🇸Tom Hoge
40🇰🇷Si Woo Kim
42🇺🇸Taylor Moore
45🇺🇸Harris English
50🇺🇸Keith Mitchell
61🇺🇸Taylor Montgomery
62🇺🇸Denny McCarthy
64🇺🇸Scott Stallings
65🇫🇷Victor Perez

DP World Tour & Japan Golf Tour - ISPS Handa Championship

A co-sanctioned event hosted in Japan brings together some top European players along with the top Japanese players. They are playing at PGM Ishioka Golf Club in Omitama, Japan

59🇦🇺Lucas Herbert
72🇿🇦Christiaan Bezuidenhout
83🇪🇸Adri Arnaus
87🇯🇵Kazuki Higa
98🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Robert MacIntyre
100🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Jordan Smith
101🇪🇸Pablo Larrazabal
115🇩🇪Yannik Paul
118🇩🇰Rasmus Hojgaard
133🇯🇵Rikuya Hoshino
138🇫🇷Antoine Rozner
142🇯🇵Takumi Kanaya
145🇯🇵Shugo Imahira
149🇸🇪Sebastian Soderberg
151🇸🇪Alexander Bjork
154🇯🇵Yuki Inamori
156🇪🇸Jorge Campillo
162🇯🇵Mikumu Horikawa
165🇦🇺Brad Kennedy
166🇫🇷Matthieu Pavon