Golf Glance: LPGA wraps Asia swing in Japan

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PGA TOUR

LAST TOURNAMENT: Zozo Championship (Nico Echavarria)

THIS WEEK: OFF

FedEx Cup Champion: Scottie Scheffler

NEXT TOURNAMENT: World Wide Technology Championship, Los Cabos, Mexico, Nov. 7-10

LPGA TOUR

LAST TOURNAMENT: Maybank Championship (Ruoning Yin)

THIS WEEK: Toto Japan Classic, Otsu-shi, Shiga, Japan, Oct. 31-Nov. 3

Course: Seta Golf Course (Par 72, 6,616 Yards)

Purse: $2M (Winner: $300,000)

Defending Champion: Mone Inami

Race to the CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda

HOW TO FOLLOW

TV: Wednesday-Thursday/Saturday: 11 p.m.-2 a.m. ET; Friday: 11:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. (All times Golf Channel)

X: @TOTO_JP_CLASSIC

NOTES: This is the fourth and final of the Tour's four-event fall Asia swing. It is a 72-hole tournament with no cut. ... Former World No. 1 Jin Young Ko makes her second consecutive start after taking more than a month off. She finished 67th at the Maybank. Brooke Henderson returns to the event for the first time since 2018 after tiying for 10th last week. ... Inami set the tournament scoring record of 22-under 266 in beating Seon Woo Bae and Shiho Kuwaki by a shot last year. ... The 78-player field for the co-sponsored event includes 35 JLPGA members.

NEXT TOURNAMENT: Lotte Championship, Ewa Beach, Oahu, HI, Nov. 6-9

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

LAST TOURNAMENT: Simmons Bank Championship (Padraig Harrington)

THIS WEEK: OFF.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Ernie Els

NEXT TOURNAMENT: Charles Schwab Cup Championship, Phoenix, Nov. 7-10

LIV GOLF LEAGUE

THIS WEEK: Season Complete

2024 Champions: Individual: Jon Rahm; Team: Ripper GC

NEXT TOURNAMENT: LIV Golf Promotions, Abu Dhabi, Dec. 8-10

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