The PGA Tour is gearing up for the Bank of Utah Championship in Ivins, Utah, at the Black Desert Resort, a 7,421-yard course with a par of 71 and a total purse of $1,080,000, of which $1,080,000 goes to the winner. The broadcast can be followed from Thursday to Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the Golf Channel. Matt McCarty is the defending champion and Tommy Fleetwood is the reigning FedEx Cup champion. In the last tournament, Xander Schauffele took the victory in the Baycurrent Classic.
Tournament Details
This event marks the tournament's second year in Utah, now with a title sponsor. The field features two of the top 20 players in the world rankings: Alex Noren (No. 17) and Maverick McNealy (No. 19), as well as five of the top 50. After a week off, the PGA Tour will have another break next week before concluding the season with three consecutive tournaments. Only two of the final five fall tournaments are held in the United States. The purse has decreased from $$7.5 million in its inaugural year to $$6 million this year.
The Black Desert course was designed by the late Tom Weiskopf and also hosts an LPGA tournament. This year, the four unrestricted sponsor invitations have gone to players with Utah ties, including Preston Summerhays and David Liechty, a Utah Tech rookie who reached the second round of the U.S. Amateur. Matt McCarty won the tournament last year after triumphing three times on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2024. The next tournament will be the World Wide Technology Championship from November 6-9.
LPGA and European Tour in South Korea
In South Korea, the LPGA is holding the Hanwha Lifeplus International Crown in Goyang, at the New Korea CC, with a purse of $2 million and a prize of $500,000 for the winning team. The competition will be broadcast from Wednesday to Friday from 10 pm to 3 am, Saturday from 7:30 to 10:30 pm and Sunday from 12 to 4 am. The defending champion is Thailand and Jeeno Thitikul leads the standings for the CME Globe. Seven countries and one team
