The golf season will reach an exciting climax this month with the conclusion of the European Tour, LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour campaigns live on Sky Sports Golf
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Last updated: 10/27/21 1:04 PM
The golf season will reach an exciting climax this month with the conclusion of the European Tour, LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour campaigns live on Sky Sports Golf
The golf season will reach an exciting climax this month with the conclusion of the European Tour, LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour campaigns live on Sky Sports Golf
The golf major season may be over by 2022, but there is a record month of live golf to look forward to this November at Sky Sports.
The seasons of the European Tour, LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour reach their climax this month, with top-class fields of participants for these events and big prize money.
There’s PGA Tour action and high profile amateur events to enjoy live on Sky Sports Golf, as well as bonus coverage from closing to the Challenge Tour and PGA Tour Champions campaigns.
Here are five storylines that will follow over the next few weeks …
Exciting end to the Race to Dubai
The Portugal Masters and the AVIV Dubai Championship offer players the last two opportunities to secure their gaming privileges for the next season, with only the 50 best players in the Race to Dubai after these events being eligible for the DP World Tour Championship at the end of the season.
Champion golfer Collin Morikawa will go to the top of the season finale with a second major title at The Open in July after his WGC Workday Championship victory in February, closely followed by Billy Horschel after his success at the BMW PGA Championship.
Will Collin Morikawa finish the season as number 1 in Europe?
Both players will try to become the first American winner of the Race to Dubai, while world number 1 Jon Rahm – a two-time champion in the DP World Tour Championship – will remain at the top of the Order of Merit until the end of 2021.
Defending champion Matt Fitzpatrick will return to become the first three-time winner of the season finals, with Rory McIlroy, Tyrrell Hatton and Viktor Hovland performing at Jumeriah Golf Estates, among others.
Fight for the top spot on the LPGA Tour
Jin Young Ko and Nelly Korda dominated women’s golf last season, with the pair challenging the campaign’s final two events to finish the year number 1 on both the world rankings and the LPGA Tour.
Nelly Korda took her first major title in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship earlier this season
Korda appeared to be firm favorites for the top spot in both categories after registering three LPGA Tour titles in four months at the start of the season. The American then won gold for Team USA at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
After Ko’s victory at the BMW Ladies Championship, her fourth win in seven starts in a remarkable series of results on the LPGA Tour, the 23-year-old has now slipped to second place in the world rankings.
Both players are expected to appear at the end of the season at the Pelican Women’s Championship and the CME Group Tour Championship, where Ko is the defending champion, with the world’s top two being the clear favorites to end the campaign at the top of the LPGA Tour standings.
Lots to play on the Ladies European Tour
There are only three events left on the Ladies European Tour calendar, with successive events in Saudi Arabia building up to the season highlight at the Andalucia Costa del Sol Open de Espana.
Royal Greens Golf & Country Club will host both tournaments in the Middle East, including the fourth and final event of the Aramco Team Series before Los Naranjos Golf Club hosts the season finale for the first time.
Atthaya Thitikul wants to lead the season top
Thai teenager Atthaya Thitikul has a commanding advantage in the overall standings after winning the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open and the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open earlier this season, while Sanna Nuutinen and Stephanie Kyriacou sit below her in the ranking.
The English duo Charley Hull and Georgia Hall as well as the AIG Women’s Open winner Anna Nordqvist and her Solheim Cup teammate Emily Kristine Pedersen will perform in the coming weeks.
An opportunity for early FedExCup trains
Rory McIlroy and Hideki Matsuyama both started their 2021-22 PGA Tour seasons victorious, taking wins at the CJ Cup and the Zozo Championship, respectively, while others have the chance to earn some early FedExCup points in the coming weeks.
McIlroy’s win in Las Vegas was his 20th PGA Tour title
Four-time major champion Brooks Koepka and former Open winner Shane Lowry will be part of a strong field at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in Mexico, Justin Thomas and defending champion Viktor Hovland will also be there.
The Houston Open and RSM Classic are the last two official PGA Tour events of the calendar year and will both be broadcast live on Sky Sports Golf.
The best of the rest …
European Tour tickets can be won at the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final, in which only the 45 best players from the entire season can compete against each other and try to secure promotion to the top division.
Sky Sports shows daily highlights from the season finale of the Challenge Tour as well as highlights from the last two events of the super season of the PGA Tour Champions – the TimberTech Championship and the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
There will also be live broadcasts of all four rounds of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship and the Women’s Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, with seats available for next year’s majors.
Enjoy live European Tour, PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour golf on Sky Sports Golf this November!