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PGA TOUR

3M OPEN

Site: Blaine, Minnesota.

Course: TPC Twin Cities. Yardage: 7,468. Par: 71.

Purse: $6.4 million. Winner’s share: $1,152,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-5 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, noon-1:45 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2-5 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: New tournament.

FedEx Cup leader: Matt Kuchar.

Last week: Nate Lashley won the Rocket Mortage Classic.

Notes: TPC Twin Cities previously hosted the 3M Championship on the PGA Tour Champions. … Only three other PGA Tour events that offer full FedEx Cup points have a smaller purse. But the 3M Open still managed to attract Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed. … Minnesota natives Tom Lehman and Tim Herron are playing on sponsor exemptions. Lehman supervised changes to the course to get it ready for its first PGA Tour event. … The tournament is not offering spots to the British Open. The final spot from PGA Tour events will be next week at the John Deere Classic. … The four college players who recently turned pro all received exemptions — Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Matt Wolff and Justin Suh. …

Next week: John Deere Classic.

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LPGA TOUR

THORNBERRY CREEK LPGA CLASSIC

Site: Oneida, Wisconsin.

Course: Thornberry Creek at Oneida. Yardage: 6,624. Par: 72.

Purse: $2 million. Winner’s share: $300,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 5-7:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 4:30-7:30 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Sei Young Kim.

Race to CME Globe leader: Jin Young Ko.

Last week: Sung Hyun Park won the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.

Notes: Park moved back to No. 1 in the women’s world ranking, taking over from Jin Young Ko. … Park became the third player with multiple victories on the LPGA Tour this year, joining Ko and Brooke Henderson. … This is the third year of the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic. LPGA commissioner Mike Whan says the sponsor has agreed to talk about a renewal. … Women’s PGA champion Hannah Green is taking another week off. … Former UCLA star Patty Tavatanakit, a runner-up last week on the Symetra Tour, is playing on a sponsor exemption. … Also playing on an exemption is 14-year-old Alexa Pano, who played last year and missed the cut by six shots. … This is the seventh of nine consecutive weeks of domestic events before back-to-back majors overseas in France and England.

Next week: Marathon Classic.

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EUROPEAN TOUR

DUBAI DUTY FREE IRISH OPEN

Site: Lahinch, Ireland.

Course: Lahinch GC. Yardage: 7,036. Par: 70.

Purse: $7 million. Winner’s share: $1,166,667.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 4:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 6-11 a.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Russell Knox.

Race to Dubai leader: Matt Wallace.

Last week: Christiaan Bezuidenhout won the Andalucia Valderrama Masters.

Notes: This is the third Rolex Series events of the year and begins the road to Royal Portrush with the Irish Open, Scottish Open and then British Open. … Thomas Bjorn tied for eighth in the Valderrama Masters, his first top 10 in a full European Tour event in nearly five years. … While the field does not feature anyone from the top 10 in the world, Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood are among four players from the top 25. … Shane Lowry is the highest-ranked Irishman with Rory McIlroy choosing not to play. … Eddie Pepperell is making his first start since he missed the cut in the PGA Championship six weeks ago. He was coping with a back injury. … Russell Knox has won and been runner-up in two of the last three Irish Opens. … The Irish Open has been on the European Tour schedule since 1975. It dates to 1927, when George Duncan defeated Henry Cotton at Portmarnock.

Next week: Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open.

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KORN FERRY TOUR

LECOM HEALTH CHALLENGE

Site: Findley Lake, New York.

Course: Peek’n Peak Resort. Yardage: 7,088. Par: 72.

Purse: $600,000. Winner’s share: $108,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 12:30-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 2-4:30 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Nelson Ledesma.

Points leader: Xinjun Zhang.

Last week: Kristoffer Ventura won the Utah Championship.

Next week: TPC Colorado Championship at Heron Lakes.

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PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

Last week: Steve Stricker won the U.S. Senior Open.

Next week: Bridgestone Senior Players Championship.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Scott McCarron.

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OTHER TOURS

Japan Golf Tour: Japan PGA Championship, Ibusuki GC, Kagoshima, Japan. Defending champion: Toru Taniguchi.  

Challenge Tour: D+D Real Slovakia Challenge, Penati Golf Resort, Senica, Slovakia. Last champion: Espen Kofstad (2016).  

Mackenzie Tour: Windsor Championship, Ambassador GC, Windsor, Ontario. Defending champion: Mark Anguiano.  

Korean LPGA: Asiana Airlines Open, Weihai Point GC, Weihai, China. Defending champion: Ji-hyun Kim2.  

Japan LPGA: Shiseido Anessa Ladies Open, Totsuka CC, Kanagawa, Japan. Defending champion: New event.  

Staysure Tour: Swiss Seniors Open, Golf Club Bad Ragaz, Ragaz Switzerland. Defending champion: Jean-Francois Remesy.