Field Level Media’s Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.
PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: John Deere Classic (Sepp Straka)
THIS WEEK: Scottish Open, North Berwick, July 13-16
Course: The Renaissance Club (Par 70, 7,237 yards)
Purse: $9M (Winner: $1.62M)
Defending Champion: Xander Schauffele
FedEx Cup leader: Jon Rahm
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel), 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (GC World); Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. (GC), 12-3 p.m. (CBS)
Streaming on ESPN+: Thursday-Friday, 2:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday, 4:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Twitter: @BarbasolChamp
NOTES: Only six events remain over the next four weeks before the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, with the top 70 players in the standings qualifying for the first leg. … The Scottish Open is co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour and DP World Tour for the second year, with each tour featuring a minimum of 75 players in the 156-player field. It is also the final of four PGA Tour events that is part of the Open Qualifying Series (OQS) that provides spots into next week’s The 151st Open. The top three players who are not otherwise exempt and make the cut this week will earn an exemption. … The event is Scotland’s national open and is part of both the FedEx Cup and the Race to Dubai. … Justin Thomas has finished in the top 10 in the FedEx Cup standings each of the past six seasons, but currently sits in 70th place – the final cutoff spot to reach the playoffs.
BEST BETS: Scottie Scheffler (+700 at BetMGM) has finished T12 or better in 17 consecutive starts and leads the PGA Tour with 14 top-10s this season. … Rory McIlroy (+800) will make his eighth event start and enters with a streak of five consecutive top-10 results. … Patrick Cantlay (+1400) at No. 4 is the highest-ranked player in the world without a win on the PGA Tour this season. … Schauffele (+1400) is defending the third of his three titles from last season. He has yet to successfully defend in his first six career attempts. … Rickie Fowler (+1600) is coming off a win at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, which was also his fourth top-10 in his past five starts. … Viktor Hovland (+1800) continues to show well against elite fields. That includes a win at the Memorial to go with a T2 at the PGA and 19th at the U.S. Open in his past five starts.
THIS WEEK: Barbasol Championship, Nicholasville, Ky., July 13-16
Course: Keene Trace Golf Club, Champions Course (Par 72, 7,328 yards)
Purse: $3.8M (Winner: $684,000)
Defending Champion: Trey Mullinax
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Sunday, 4-7 p.m. ET (All times Golf Channel)
Twitter: @PGATour
NOTES: At No. 93, Justin Lower is the highest-ranked player in the FedEx Cup standings in the field. He has three top-10s this season, including a T4 at the season-opening Fortinet Championship. He finished T8 in his event debut last year. … There have been three first-time PGA Tour winners in this event, including the past two champions — Mullinax and Seamus Power (2021). … Peter Kuest earned Special Temporary Membership after finishing T4 and T17 the past two weeks. … The 2,063 birdies recorded at Keene Trace last year were the second most on tour behind only TPC Craig Ranch at the AT&T Byron Nelson.
NEXT WEEK: The 151st Open, Hoylake, Wirral, England, July 20-23; Barracuda Championship, Truckee, Calif., July 20-23
LPGA Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: U.S. Women’s Open (Allisen Corpuz)
THIS WEEK: Dana Open, Sylvania, Ohio, July 13-16
Course: Highland Meadows Golf Club (Par 71, 6,642 yards)
Purse: $1.75
Defending Champion: Gaby Lopez
Race to the CME Globe leader: Jin Young Ko
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 7:30-9:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel, Tape Delay); Saturday, 8-10 p.m. (GC, Tape Delay); Sunday, 3-5 p.m. (CBS)
Streaming: Thursday-Friday, 3:30-6:30 p.m. (NBC Sports App, NBCSports.com, golfchannel.com); Saturday, 3-6 p.m. (NBC Sports App, NBCSports.com, golfchannel.com); Sunday, 3-5 p.m. (Paramount+)
Twitter: @danaopenlpga
NOTES: The 144-player field will be cut to the top 65 and ties after 36 holes. … Corpuz is in the field after claiming the first win and first major of her career last week. … Se Ri Pak holds the tournament scoring record of 261 set in 1998. … Lydia Ko is a two-time champion (2014, ’16).
NEXT TOURNAMENT:
Champions Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: U.S. Senior Open (Bernhard Langer)
THIS WEEK: Kaulig Companies Championship
Course: Firestone Country Club (Par 70, 7,248 yards)
Purse: $3.5M (Winner: $525,000)
Defending Champion: Jerry Kelly
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Steve Stricker
HOW TO FOLLOW:
TV: Thursday-Friday, 1:30-4 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday, 12-4 p.m. (All times Golf Channel)
Twitter: @KauligChamp
NOTES: This is the fourth major of the 2023 season. Stricker won the first two of 2023 and returns to the site where he won at in 2021. … Langer, a three-time event winner (2014-16), is coming off his record 46th win on the Champions tour. … Jerry Kelly has won two of the past three Kaulig Companies Championships. … Stewart Cink will make his second career Champions start and was a winner at Firestone CC on the PGA Tour.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: The Senior Open, Bridgend, Wales, July 27-30
LIV Golf League
LAST TOURNAMENT: London, Hertfordshire (Individual: Cam Smith; Team: 4Aces)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, W.V., Aug. 4-6
–Field Level Media