Field Level Media’s Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.
PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Rocket Mortgage Classic (Rickie Fowler)
THIS WEEK: John Deere Classic, Silvis, Ill., July 6-9
Course: TPC Deere Run (Par 71, 7,289 yards)
Purse: $7.4M (Winner: $1.332M)
Defending Champion: J.T. Poston
FedEx Cup leader: Jon Rahm
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (GC), 3-6 p.m. (CBS)
Streaming on ESPN+: Thursday-Friday, 7:45 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Twitter: @JDClassic
NOTES: Only seven events remain over the next five weeks before the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, with the top 70 players in the standings qualifying for the first leg. … The nine players ranked in the top 50 in this week’s field are the most for the John Deere Classic since 2012. … U.S. Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson has made the cut 14 consecutive times at the event. He can tie Jay Delsing’s tournament record of 18 cuts made this week. … Peter Kuest is in the field following his top-10 last week as a Monday Qualifier. With a two-way tied for 76th or better, Kuest would earn Special Temporary Membership for the rest of the season. … 2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Individual Champion Gordon Sargent is in the field on a sponsor exemption. He needs four points to become the first player to secure his card via the PGA Tour University Accelerated. He would receive one point for making the cut and another for a top-10 finish. Sargent will also receive two points for competing in the 2023 Walker Cup at St. Andrews in September. … Michael Kim holds the tournament scoring record of 27-under 257 set in 2018.
BEST BETS: Denny McCarthy (+1400 at BetMGM) finished T6 last year and has three top-10s in his past six starts. … Russell Henley (+1400) was the 2019 runner up at the event and is the second highest-ranked player in the field at No. 29. … Cameron Young (+1800) is the top-ranked player in the field at No. 19 as he seeks his first PGA Tour victory. … Ludvig Aberg (+2500) is making his ninth career PGA Tour start and was tied for third last week before a closing 72 dropped him to T40. … Emiliano Grillo (+2800) won the Charles Schwab Challenge earlier this year and finished T2 at the 2022 John Deere Classic. … Taylor Moore (+2800) is coming off a T4 last week and the Valspar Championship winner is 20th in the FedEx Cup standings. … J.T. Poston (+4500) offers intriguing longshot odds. He won wire-to-wire last year and is trying to become the fourth player to successfully defend a title this season.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Barbasol Championship, Nicholasville, Ky., July 13-16; Genesis Scottish Open, North Berwick, Scotland, July 13-16
LPGA Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (Ruoning Yin)
THIS WEEK: U.S. Women’s Open, Pebble Beach, Calif., July 6-9
Course: Pebble Beach Golf Links (Par 72, 6,509 yards)
Purse: TBA ($10M in 2022)
Defending Champion: Minjee Lee
Race to the CME Globe leader: Jin Young Ko
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV & Streaming: Thursday-Friday, 4-6 p.m. ET (Peacock), 6-11 p.m. (USA Network); Saturday-Sunday, 3-9 p.m. (Peacock, NBC)
Twitter: @uswomensopen
NOTES: The 156-player field will be cut to the top 60 and ties after 36 holes. … The LPGA Tour is playing its first event at Pebble Beach since 1951, and this is the first time the course will host a women’s major. … Ko is ranked No. 1 in the world for a record 160th week in her career. … Michele Wie West will retire from professional golf following this event. Among her five career LPGA Tour titles is the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst. … Amy Olson, who announced she was pregnant in January, won a 36-hole qualifier to get into this week’s field. The 30-year-old Olson finished second in the 2020 U.S. Women’s Open.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Dana Open, Sylvania, Ohio, July 13-16
Champions Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: U.S. Senior Open (Bernhard Langer)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Steve Stricker
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Kaulig Companies Championship, Akron, Ohio, July 13-16
LIV Golf League
LAST TOURNAMENT: Valderrama (Individual: Talor Gooch; Team: Torque GC)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: London, Hertfordshire, UK, July 7-9
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