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Field Level Media’s Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.

PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Procore Championship (Patton Kizzire)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
FedEx Cup Champion: Scottie Scheffler
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Presidents Cup, Montreal, Sept. 26-29

LPGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Solheim Cup (United States)
THIS WEEK: Kroger Queen City Championship, Maineville, Ohio, Sept. 19-22
Course: TPC River’s Bend (Par 72, 6,705 Yards)
Purse: $2M (Winner: $300,000)
Defending Champion: Minjee Lee
Race to the CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Sunday: 1-4 p.m. ET (All times Golf Channel)
X: @QueenCityLPGA
NOTES: Eleven players who participated in the Solheim Cup are in the field: eight from Europe, Korda, Lexi Thompson and Rose Zhang. Korda and Zhang are making their tournament debuts. … Lee defeated Charley Hull with a birdie on their second playoff hole to win last year’s edition. … It’s the third year of this event and the first year at TPC River’s Bend after Kenwood Country Club in Cincinnati dropped out due to a renovation.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, Rogers, Ark., Sept. 27-29

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
LAST TOURNAMENT: Sanford International (Steve Stricker)
THIS WEEK: PURE Insurance Championship, Monterey Peninsula, Calif., Sept. 20-22
Courses: Pebble Beach Golf Links (Par 72, 6,858 yards); Spyglass Hill Golf Course (Par 72, 7,025 yards)
Purse: $2.3M (Winner: $345,000)
Defending Champion: Thongchai Jaidee
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Ernie Els
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Friday-Sunday, 6-9 p.m. ET (All times Golf Channel)
X: @PUREFirstTee
NOTES: The tournament pairs one PGA Tour Champions player with one First Tee junior golfer and two amateurs during the first two rounds. Each group plays one round at Pebble Beach and one round at Spyglass Hill. The low 50 professionals and ties make the cut for Sunday’s round at Pebble Beach, along with the low 24 pro-junior teams and the low 10 amateur teams. … Els leads Stephen Ames by $169,768 for the top spot in the Charles Schwab Cup standings. Stricker moved to fifth place last week with his first win of the year.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Constellation Furyk & Friends, Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 4-6

LIV GOLF LEAGUE
LAST TOURNAMENT: Chicago (Individual: Jon Rahm; Team: Crushers GC)
THIS WEEK: LIV Golf Dallas Team Championship, Carrollton, Texas, Sept. 20-22
Course: Maridoe Golf Club (Par 72, 7,567 Yards)
Team Purse: $50M (Winners: $14M)
Defending Champions: Crushers GC
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Friday: 1-6 p.m. ET (CW App, LIV Golf Plus); Saturday-Sunday: 1-6 p.m. (CW Network, LIV Golf Plus)
X: @livgolf_league
NOTES: The top three teams in the regular-season standings — Crushers GC, Legion XIII and Ripper GC — earned first-round byes while the other 10 teams will be in action in Friday’s quarterfinals, in which five head-to-head matches will consist of two singles matches and one foursomes (alternate-shot) match. … Saturday’s semifinals will be four head-to-head matches following the same format as Friday. The highest-ranked teams will select their opponents via draft. … Four teams advance to Sunday’s finals, which consist of one round of stroke play where all four individual scores count toward the team’s score. The eliminated teams will also compete for fifth through eighth and ninth through 13th place. … Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC won last year’s title and have the top seed this year, while newcomer Jon Rahm, who just won the 2024 individual title, and his Legion XIII also start out with a first-round bye.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: End of season

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