What's on this weekend?

I always like to do a quick run through of what’s coming up at the weekend in terms of tournaments. There are always so many tournaments and tours to choose from that I thought it might be fun to share what’s going on in golf this coming weekend.

PGA Tour

The PGA tour heads of to Malaysia this week for the CIMB Classic at Kuala Lumpur Golf Club.

Ryan Moore defends his title which he won last year in a play off against Gary Woodland. 

Others in this years field are Garcia, Westwood, Ishikawa, Matsuyama, Dufner and Love III.

This is a great international field playing for the $1.26m winners prize.

Guan Tianlang (just turned 16) is a sponsor exemption hoping to do well.

This is a co-sponsored event with the PGA Asia Tour.

European Tour

The European Tour Final Series gets underway with the BMW Masters at Lake Malaran in Shanghai.This is the start of the four tournament run which finishes with the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

The race to finish as the top European golfer is well and truly on as Rory McIlroy, the current Race to Dubai leader, is on a short playing hiatus until the Dubai tournament and therefore can be toppled by several players should they play to their best abilities.

European Seniors

With last week’s Dutch Open (won by Ian Woosnam) now over, there is a break on the tour until December 12th when the MLB Tour Championship will be held in Mauritius. A 5 week holiday and then a trip to the sun. It’s hard to understand why, as I sit here staring at the pounding rain and grey skies of autumn in Scotland, I might be a teeny bit jealous!

PGA Champions Tour

The Champions Tour heads to the Charles Schwab Cup Championship at Desert Mountain in Scottsdale, Arizona this weekend. If it’s possible, this sounds even more wonderful than Mauritius! Bernhard Langer has already secured the overall Schwab Cup with a tie for 6th place in last week’s AT&T Championship in Texas. Colin Montgomerie is currently in second place overall in the Schwab Ccup points race however there is still plenty to play for - the lower places and pride, of course.

Australian Tour

The Aussie Tour heads from Perth (where Thorbjorn Olesen was the winner by 3 in the ISPS Handa Perth Championship) to Kalgoorlie for the WA PGA Championship. This one is deep in the Australian outback so if you lose your ball, that’s it gone for good, I would imagine!

Ladies PGA

The Ladies PGA tour is in Taiwan for the Futon LPGA Championship this weekend.

Current world number 4, Suzann Pettersen, defends her title and is looking for three in a row on the tour. That would be quite an achievement and I have my fingers crossed for her.

So that’s what’s on this weekend. Now that I think about it - if it continues to rain here, I will have lots of excuses to sit in an enjoy the golf instead of doing chores round the house or in the garden. Good times.