Field -level media golf eye provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.
PGA Tour
Last Tournament: Memorial Tournament (Scotty Sheffller)
This week: RBC Canadian Open, Caledon, Ontario, Canada, 5-8 June
Course: Ospre Valley, TPC Toronto (equal 70, 7,389 yards) in North course
Purses: $ 9.8m (winner: $ 1.764m)
Defending Champion: Robert McIntire
Fedex Cup Leader: Chefler
How to follow
TV: Thursday-Friday: ET (Golf Channel) at 3-6 pm; Saturday-Sunday: 1-3 pm (Golf Channel), 3-6 pm (CBS)
Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday: 6:45 AM-6 PM; Saturday-Sunday: 7:45 AM-6 PM
X: rbccanadianopen
Note: Established in 1904, it is the second oldest non-prominent on the PGA tour behind the BMW Championship (1899). … TPC Toronto will first host the tournament in Ospre Valley and has a total of 38th course to host RBC Canadian Open. … Rori McLero wanted to join Tommy Armer, Sam Saned and Lee Travino as only three -time winners of the event. … Luke Clayton will recently start his professional after completing his junior season in Florida State. He follows Gordon Sergeant as another player to earn his PGA Tour Card through the university accelerated program. Surgents are also making their professional start after finishing their season in vendible. … David Ford 2025 makes his debut as a PGA Tour member after finishing the number 1 in the university rankings. … There are 21 Canadians in the field, and 26 players who competed in the last week’s memorial tournament. … The top five players in AON Swing 5 will earn the spot in the next signature program in the Travelers Championship after the incident. The list currently includes Matty Schmid, Ryan Fox, Bud Colla (not in the area of this week), Harry Higgs and McCenzie Hughes.
Best bet: Rory McLero (+450 in Draftkings) is already a three -time winner in 2025, which was not played since the PGA Championship, which rests well. … Ludwig Eberg (+1400) has been highly inconsistent this year, but can be a factor in any week, as is in his victory in origin and seventh in masters. … Corey Cours (+2000) number 21 has the highest ranked canadians, but have not yet finished better than the sixth in their national program. … Shane Lori (+2200) has knocked on the door several times this year, which included last week when he had to settle for T23 after 77 on Sunday. … Robert McIntire (+2800) will defend his first PGA tour title at a separate place, but finished T20 last week after a T6 in Charles Schwab Challenge. … Nick Taylor (+4500) took part of the 36-Hole lead last week and won in Honolulu earlier this year. In 2023, he became the first Canadian to win the event since Pat Fletcher in 1954.
Next tournament: US Open, Omont, Pa., June 12-15
LPGA Tour
Last Tournament: US Women Open (Maja Stark)
This week: Shopperite LPGA Classic, Gallow, NJ, 6-8 June
Course: Bay course in CVUs (Par 71, 6,263 yards)
Purses: $ 1.75 m
Defending Champion: Linia Strome
Race for CME Globe Leader: Jeeno Thaitikul
How to follow
TV/Streaming: Friday: ET (Golf Channel) at 12-3 pm; Saturday: 3-5 pm (Golf Channel), 5-6 pm (NBC Sports App); Sunday: 2-3 pm (NBC Sports App), 3-5 pm (GC)
X: @shopritelpga
Notes: One of the oldest stops on the tour, Shopperite LPGA Classic is in 1986 dates. This is the 37th edition, taking a gap from the tournament 2007-09. … Strome gave a final round of 60 cards to rally backwards from seven strokes and won the biggest comeback in LPGA Tour history last year. She enters the defense of her title, missing five of her last six cuts. … World No. 1 Neli Corda is the first time in this program after finishing fifth in 2020. He finished second in the last week’s US women’s open. … Former lead champion Mirim Lee will start its first LPGA tour since the 2023 American women women’s Pable Beach.
Next tournament: Meizer LPGA Classic, Belmont, Mich., June 12-15
Live Golf League
Last Tournament: Live Golf Korea (Person: Bryson Decombo; Team: Crushers GC)
This week: Live Golf DC, Gainsville, Wa., June 6-7
Course: Robert Trent Jones GC (equal 71, 7,354 yards)
Purses: individual $ 20 m (winner: $ 4 m); Team: $ 5m (winner: $ 3m)
Defending Champion: Inaugural event
Season Leader: Person: Jokin Neeman; Team: Fireball GC
How to follow
TV: Friday: ET (Fox, Live Golf Plus) at 12:15 pm; Saturday: 1:15 pm ET (Fox, Live Golf Plus); Sunday: 9:54 AM ET (Fox, Live Golf Plus)
X: @livgolf_league
Note: This is the eighth of the 13 incidents on 2025 schedules, followed by the team championship. … This area starts more than 54 holes in 13 four-Khiladi teams competing in daily shotguns. The top three scores of each team are counted for each round. … Neeman is the only player with several individual titles in this season.
Next tournament: Dallas, 27-29 June
PGA Tour Champion
Last Tournament: Principal Charity Classic (Miguel Angel Jimanez)
This week: American Family Insurance Championship, Madison, Vis., 6-8 June
Course: TPC Visconsin (equal 71, 7,031 yards)
Purses: $ 3m (winning: $ 600,000 – Winning team shares)
Defending Champion: Erny Els
Charles Schwab Cup Leader: Jimanez
How to follow
TV: Friday: ET at 7-9 pm; Saturday-Sunday: 8-10 am
X: @championstour
Note: The ninth version of the event brings a format change, in which 38 compete two-humid teams in three days. Two days will be the best ball competition, with the first scramble play in Champions Tour history in the era of Saturday. … opened in 2023, TPC Visconsin was designed by the tournament hosts Steve Striker and Steve Venzloof. … Els returns to defend his event title with team partner Tim Heron.
Next tournament: Kaulig Company Championship, Akron, Ohio, June 19-22
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