What: Zurich Classic in Avondale, La.
Purse: $7.1 million (First prize: $1,022,400 per player)
Course: TPC Louisiana. Yardage: 7,425. Par: 72
Schedule (TV): Thursday-Sunday. (Golf Channel). Saturday-Sunday (Ch. 4)
Defending champion: Brian Stuard
What: Volunteers Of America Texas Shootout in Irving, Texas
Purse: $1.3 million (First prize: $195,000)
Course: Las Colinas CC. Yardage: 6,441. Par: 71
Schedule (TV): Thursday-Sunday (Golf Channel)
Defending champion: Jenny Shin
Next week: Insperity Invitational
PGA: This will be a two-man team event, the first on the PGA Tour since the Walt Disney World National Team Championship in 1981. The format will be foursomes Thursday and Saturday, fourballs Friday and Sunday. The field of 80 teams will be cut to the top 35 teams and ties. ... Prize money and FedEx Cup points will be distributed by combining every two positions in descending order and dividing into an equal share. ... Both members of the winning team get two-year exemptions and spots in the PGA Championship and Tournament of Champions, but not the Masters. ... . ... The field features six of the top 10 from the world ranking. ... Some teams are based on corporate sponsors (Jason Day-Rickie Fowler), states (Jordan Spieth-Ryan Palmer of Texas, Tony Finau-Daniel Summerhays of Utah), age and state (Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly are from Wisconsin and both in their 50s) countries (two teams from South Africa, South Korea and Canada) or blood (Brooks and Chase Koepka).
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lindsey Vonn completes another downhill training run while Jessie Diggins and the U.S. women’s hockey team are also in action on Saturday in Italy.
