Golf in Bermuda & South Africa

More fall golf in Bermuda and South Africa this week, the LPGA hosts an event named after Annika Sorenstam, the asian tour returns to Hong Kong, and more events in Japan and Korea

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Bermuda Championship

$6,500,000

Nedbank Golf Challenge

$6,000,000

The ANNIKA driven

$3,250,000

Hong Kong Open

$2,000,000

Taiheiyo Masters

¥200,000,000 (~$1,340,000)

SK Telecom Championship

₩1,000,000,000 (~$764,000)

Ito En Ladies Golf Tournament

¥100,000,000 (~$669,000)

PGA Tour - Bermuda Championship

The sixth of seven fall season events starts in Bermuda on Thursday. The field is similar to other fall events, with most players in the field from outside the top 50 in the FedEx Cup standings looking to improve their position for 2024.

31🇺🇸Lucas Glover
45🇦🇺Adam Scott
55🇺🇸Brendon Todd
62🇸🇪Alex Noren
65🇦🇺Lucas Herbert
75🇺🇸Alex Smalley
79🇺🇸Luke List
81🇧🇪Thomas Detry
88🇺🇸Mark Hubbard
103🇨🇦Taylor Pendrith
104🇺🇸Akshay Bhatia
105🇺🇸Ben Griffin
106🇺🇸Brandon Wu
107🇸🇪David Lingmerth
119🇺🇸Davis Riley
146🇺🇸Nick Hardy
148🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Harry Hall
157🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Martin Laird
163🇹🇼C.T. Pan
178🇺🇸David Lipsky

DP World Tour - Nedbank Golf Challenge

The European tour heads to South Africa, where they will play at the Gary Player course in Sun City. The field features some PGA Tour stars, Max Homa and Justin Thomas, making the trip over.

Tommy Fleetwood is the defending champion for the past two editions and would match South African great Ernie Els with three victories if he can win this week.

Other Ryder Cuppers joining the party in Sun City include Justin Rose, Robert MacIntyre, and Nicolai Højgaard.

The field is limited to 66 players this week and is the last event before the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

8🇺🇸Max Homa
15🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Tommy Fleetwood
27🇳🇿Ryan Fox
28🇺🇸Justin Thomas
37🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Justin Rose
46🇵🇱Adrian Meronk
56🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Robert MacIntyre
63🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Aaron Rai
70🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Jordan Smith
72🇫🇷Victor Perez
73🇸🇪Vincent Norrman
76🇪🇸Pablo Larrazabal
77🇸🇪Alexander Bjork
84🇩🇰Nicolai Hojgaard
86🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Matt Wallace
87🇯🇵Ryo Hisatsune
89🇩🇰Thorbjorn Olesen
91🇩🇰Rasmus Hojgaard
96🇪🇸Adrian Otaegui
99🇿🇦Thriston Lawrence

LPGA - The ANNIKA driven

The last event on the LPGA tour calendar before the CME championship takes place in Florida.

Nelly Korda has won the last two years and will look to make it a three-peat at the Pelican Golf Club this year.

In order to get into the LPGA tour championship, players will need to finish inside the top 60 in the CME Globe Points List.

Currently, some players near the cutoff include Madelene Sagstrom (57th), Celine Borge (58th), Albane Valenzuela (59th), Patty Tavatanakit (60th) Sarah Schmelzel (61st), and Lauren Coughlin (62nd) amongst others.

Some other notables sitting outside the current top 60 include Stacy Lewis (83rd), Marina Alex (86th), Mina Harigae (98th), and Lydia Ko (101st).

1🇨🇳Ruoning Yin
2🇺🇸Lilia Vu
3🇫🇷Celine Boutier
4🇰🇷Jin Young Ko
6🇺🇸Nelly Korda
8🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Charley Hull
9🇹🇭Atthaya Thitikul
10🇳🇿Lydia Ko
11🇺🇸Allisen Corpuz
13🇨🇦Brooke Henderson
14🇺🇸Megan Khang
16🇸🇪Linn Grant
17🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Georgia Hall
19🇮🇪Leona Maguire
21🇯🇵Ayaka Furue
22🇿🇦Ashleigh Buhai
27🇰🇷Hae Ran Ryu
29🇺🇸Lexi Thompson
30🇪🇸Carlota Ciganda
31🇰🇷Hye Jin Choi

Asian Tour - Hong Kong Open

The Asian Tour hosts another International Series event in Hong Kong. The field is stronger than most Asian tour events thanks to some LIV golfers adding the event to their schedule, including Cam Smith, Patrick Reed, Thomas Pieters, Harold Varner III, and Talor Gooch.

20🇦🇺Cameron Smith
67🇺🇸Patrick Reed
147🇧🇪Thomas Pieters
169🇺🇸Harold Varner III
179🇺🇸Andy Ogletree
209🇹🇭Sadom Kaewkanjana
213🇯🇵Tomoharu Otsuki
238🇺🇸Talor Gooch
261🇹🇭Phachara Khongwatmai
269🇦🇺Travis Smyth
276🇿🇦Jaco Ahlers
278🇰🇷Bio Kim
281🇺🇸Taylor Dickson
300🇿🇼Scott Vincent
308🇪🇸David Puig

Japan Golf Tour - Taiheiyo Masters

108🇯🇵Keita Nakajima
125🇯🇵Takumi Kanaya
138🇯🇵Taiga Semikawa
177🇯🇵Ryo Ishikawa
185🇯🇵Yuki Inamori
188🇯🇵Kazuki Higa
225🇯🇵Shugo Imahira
245🇯🇵Hideto Tanihara
246🇯🇵Hiroshi Iwata
250🇯🇵Mikumu Horikawa

Korea LPGA - SK Telecom Championship

28🇰🇷Min Ji Park
33🇰🇷Ye Won Lee
38🇰🇷Su Ji Kim
45🇰🇷Ji Young Park
49🇰🇷Min Byeol Kim
51🇰🇷So Mi Lee
52🇰🇷Jin Hee Im
54🇰🇷Da Yeon Lee
57🇰🇷You min Hwang
59🇰🇷Hyun Kyung Park
61🇰🇷Shin Sil Bang
77🇰🇷So Young Lee
80🇰🇷Yunji Jeong
87🇰🇷Hee Jeong Lim
89🇰🇷Jung Min Hong
91🇰🇷Ga Young Lee
95🇰🇷Da-Som Ma
96🇰🇷Ju Young Pak

Japan LPGA - Ito En Ladies Golf Tournament

20🇯🇵Miyuu Yamashita
36🇯🇵Akie Iwai
47🇯🇵Kokona Sakurai
63🇯🇵Chisato Iwai
64🇯🇵Sakura Koiwai
65🇯🇵Mao Saigo
66🇯🇵Sora Kamiya
70🇯🇵Yuri Yoshida
72🇯🇵Mone Inami
73🇯🇵Nana Suganuma
84🇯🇵Ai Suzuki
88🇯🇵Momoko Ueda
90🇯🇵Erika Kikuchi
103🇯🇵Fumika Kawagishi