The PGA Tour shifts from Hawaii to Southern California for the second full-field event of the year. Here are the key stats and information for the CareerBuilder Challenge. Click here for full-field tee times.
How to watch (all rounds on Golf Channel):
Thursday, Rd. 1: 4-7PM ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream
Friday, Rd. 2: 4-7PM ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream
Saturday, Rd. 3: 4-7PM ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream
Sunday, Rd. 4: 4-7PM ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream
Purse: $5.9 million ($1,062,000 to winner)
Courses: PGA West, Stadium Course, La Quinta, Calif. (72-7,113); PGA West, Nicklaus Tournament Course, La Quinta, Calif. (72-7,159); La Quinta Country Club, La Quinta, Calif. (72-7,060) NOTE: All three courses will be used for the first three rounds but only the Stadium Course will be used for the final round.
Defending champion: Hudson Swafford (-20) – defeated Adam Hadwin by one stroke to earn his first PGA Tour win.
Notables in the field
Phil Mickelson
* This is his first start of 2018. It’s the fourth consecutive year he has made this event the first one on his yearly calendar.
* For the second year in a row he will serve as the tournament’s official ambassador.
* He has won this event twice – in 2002 and 2004.
* This will be his 97th worldwide start since his most recent win, The Open in 2013.
Jon Rahm
* Ranked No. 3 in the world, he finished runner-up in the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
* In 37 worldwide starts as a pro, he has 14 top-5 finishes.
* Last year he finished T-34 in this event.
Adam Hadwin
* Last year in the third round, he shot 59 at La Quinta Country Club. It was the ninth – and still most recent – sub-60 round on Tour.
* In his only start of 2018, the Canadian finished 32nd in the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
Brian Harman
* Only player on the PGA Tour with five top-10 finishes this season.
* Ranks fifth in greens in regulation this season.
* Finished third in the Sentry Tournament of Champions and T-4 in the Sony Open in Hawaii.
Brandt Snedeker
* Making only his third worldwide start since last June at the Travelers Championship. He has been recovering from a chest injury.
* This is his first start since he withdrew from the Indonesian Masters in December because of heat exhaustion.
* Hasn’t played in this event since missing the cut in 2015.
Patrick Reed
* Earned his first career victory in this event in 2014, shooting three consecutive rounds of 63.
* This is his first start of 2018.
* Last season finished seventh in strokes gained: putting, the best ranking of his career.
(Stats provided by the Golf Channel editorial research unit.)
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