Prize money: $8.4 million. Winner’s share: $1.512 million.
Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (NBC).
Defending champion: Taylor Moore.
FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.
Last week: Scottie Scheffler won The Players Championship.
Notes: The tournament follows Bay Hill with a $20 million purse and The Players Championship with a $25 million purse. It still attracted a reasonably good field, with five players from the top 20 in the world. … British Open champion Brian Harman is the only player from the top 10 in the world. Patrick Cantlay was planning to play until he withdrew from the tournament on Monday. … Jordan Spieth is playing. He won the tournament in 2015. Spieth and Justin Thomas, also in the field, are coming off a missed cut at The Players Championship. … There are two weeks remaining for players to get into the top 50 if they are not already in the Masters. Among those on the bubble are Tom Hoge and Christiaan Bezuidenhout … The Copperhead course at Innisbrook is regarded as one of the best tournament courses in Florida. … European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald received a sponsor exemption. He won in 2012.
Next week: Texas Children’s Houston Open.
LPGA TOUR
FIR HILLS SERI PAK CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Palos Verdes Estates, California.
Course: Palos Verdes GC. Yardage: 6,447. Par: 71.
Prize money: $2 million. Winner’s share: $300,000.
Television: Thursday-Friday, 6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Ruoning Yin.
Race to CME Globe leader: Lydia Ko.
Last tournament: Bailey Tardy won the Blue Bay LPGA.
Notes: The LPGA Tour begins a three-week stretch in California, Arizona and Nevada that will lead to its first major championship of the year. Seri Pak is the tournament host for the first time. Pak is one of the most influential players in LPGA history, a pioneer for South Korean players to follow her path. … Ruoning Yin of China won last year and then went on to win her first major at the KPGA Women’s PGA Championship. … Nelly Korda is playing for the first time since willing in Florida. She skipped the three-week Asian swing. … Rose Zhang has taken off for her studies at Stanford. She is playing for the first time since a tie for seventh in the season opener in January. … Lilia Vu, the No. 1 player in the women’s international ranking, had to withdraw from the last two Asia events because of illness. She is in the field. … Among those getting a sponsor exemption is Jiyai Shin of South Korea, a former international No. 1.