Golf Glance: Final playoff push draws big names to Wyndham Championship

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PGA TOUR

LAST TOURNAMENT: 3M Open (Lee Hodges)

THIS WEEK: Wyndham Championship, Greensboro, N.C., Aug. 3-6

Course: Sedgefield Country Club (Par 70, 7,131 yards)

Purse: $7.6M (Winner: $1.368M)

Defending Champion: Tom Kim

FedEx Cup leader: Jon Rahm

HOW TO FOLLOW

TV: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (GC), 3-6 p.m. (CBS)

Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday, 6:45 a.m.-6 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday, 7:45 a.m.-6 p.m.

Twitter: @WyndhamChamp

NOTES: This is the final regular-season event, with only the top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings after this event qualifying for the first leg of the playoffs. Austin Eckroat currently occupies the No. 70 spot. Notable names that are currently outside of the Top 70 include 2019 The Open champion Shane Lowry (76), 2017 FedEx Cup champion Justin Thomas (79) and 2013 Masters champion Adam Scott (81), who are grouped together for the first two rounds. ... Lowry needs at least a tie for 23rd this week to remain eligible for the playoffs. Thomas, who has reached the playoffs every season of his career, needs a solo 18th or better to have a chance to extend that streak to nine and a three-way tie for fourth to secure his spot in the Top 70. Scott and Matt Kuchar are the only players to qualify for the playoffs every year since their inception. Scott needs at least a tie for ninth to remain eligible for the playoffs. ... Akshay Bhatia earned full PGA Tour membership with his win at the Barracuda Championship, but he remains 99th in the FedEx Cup standings. ... Wesley Bryan outlasted his brother George in the Monday Qualifier playoff to earn a spot in the field.

BEST BETS: Hideki Matsuyama (+2000 at BetMGM) is coming off a T30 at the 3M Open as he seeks his first victory since the 2022 Sony Open. He missed the cut in his most recent start at the Wyndham in 2021. ... Si Woo Kim (+2000) is the top player in the FedEx Cup standings in the field at No. 18 but has missed his past two cuts. ... Denny McCarthy (+2500) missed the cut last year but enters a career-high 32nd in the world rankings with three top-7s in his past five starts. ... Sam Burns (+2500) has five top-10 finishes this year as he seeks his sixth career PGA Tour victory. ... J.T. Poston (+3000) is coming off a runner-up at the 3M Open. After his most recent runner-up at last year's Travelers Championship, he won the John Deere Classic in July 2022. ... Thomas (+3300) has missed his past two cuts and his three top-10s thus far are his fewest in any season as a pro.

NEXT WEEK: FedEx St. Jude Championship, Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 10-13

LPGA Tour

LAST TOURNAMENT: Evian Championship (Celine Boutier)

THIS WEEK: Women's Scottish Open, Ayrshire, Scotland, Aug. 3-6

Course: Dundonald Links (Par 72, 6,494 yards)

Purse: $2M

Defending Champion: Ayaka Furue

Race to the CME Globe leader: Boutier

HOW TO FOLLOW

TV/Streaming: Thursday-Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. ET (Golf Channel, NBC Digital, Peacock); Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. (GC, NBC Digital, Peacock)

Twitter: @Womens_Scottish

NOTES: The 144-player field will be cut to the top 65 players and ties after 36 holes. ... Mi Jung Hur holds the tournament scoring record of 264 set at the Renaissance club in 2019. ... This is the seventh playing of the event since it was co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour, and the third time it has been held at Dundonald during that span. ... The field includes eight of the top 12 players in the Rolex Rankings. Former major champion Hyo Joo Kim is among them at No. 11, and enters this week leading the tour in scoring average (69.698) and greens in regulation (74.16 percent). ... Allisen Corpuz leads the money list with $2.66 million in earnings this season.

NEXT TOURNAMENT: AIG Women's Open, Surrey, England, Aug. 10-13

Champions Tour

LAST TOURNAMENT: The Senior Open (Alex Cejka)

THIS WEEK: OFF.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Steve Stricker

NEXT TOURNAMENT: Boeing Classic, Snoqualmie, Wash., Aug. 11-13

LIV Golf League

LAST TOURNAMENT: London, Hertfordshire (Individual: Cam Smith; Team: 4Aces)

THIS WEEK: Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, W.V., Aug. 4-6

Course: The Greenbrier Resort, The Old White (Par 70, 7,186 yards)

Purse: $20M Individual (Winner: $4M), $5M Team (Winner: $3M)

Defending Champion: Inaugural event

Season Leaders: Individual, Taylor Gooch; Team, 4Aces

HOW TO FOLLOW

TV: Friday, 1-6 p.m. ET (CW App - Live); Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (CW TV - Live)

Streaming: Thursday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. ET (LIVGolfPlus.com, YouTube)

Twitter: @livgolf_league

NOTES: The 54-hole event features 12 teams competing with a shotgun start. ... Four events remain during the regular season that will crown the individual champion. The team standings at the end of the regular season will determine the seeds for the season-ending Team Championship. ... Gooch is the only three-time individual winner in 2023. ... Torque GC captain Joaquin Niemann won at the Greenbrier in 2019 for one of his two career PGA Tour victories. Danny Lee (2015) and Kevin Na (2018) have also won previously on The Old White course.

NEXT TOURNAMENT: Bedminster, Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, New Jersey, Aug. 11-13