PGA TOUR
SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Jackson, Mississippi.
Course: Country Club of Jackson. Yardage: 7,461. Par: 72.
Prize money: $8.2 million. Winner’s share: $1.476 million.
Television: Thursday-Sunday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Mackenzie Hughes.
FedEx Cup champion: Viktor Hovland.
Last tournament: Sahith Theegala won the Fortinet Championship.
Notes: The PGA Tour returns after a two-week break that included the Ryder Cup and resumes its fall schedule. … The headliner is a player in college four months ago — Ludvig Aberg, who made his Ryder Cup debut last week in Italy. He earned a card as the No. 1 player in PGA Tour University and is No. 136 in the FedEx Cup. … Tom Hoge, Eric Cole and Emiliano Grillo are among those who finished in the top 50 of the FedEx Cup and are playing the Sanderson Farms Championship. They are assured of being in the $20 million events next year. … NCAA champion Fred Biondi of Florida received an exemption. … The four Monday qualifiers are all 30 or older. … Mackenzie Hughes won last year right after being left off the International team for the Presidents Cup. … Grillo (No. 36) and Hoge (No. 50) are the only players from the top 50 in the world ranking. … Mississippi has not had a back-to-back winner since Dwight Nevil in 1973 and 1974.
Next week: Shriners Children’s Open.
