Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland (L) and Justin Thomas walk across the third hole during the final round of the FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind on August 08, 2021 in Memphis, Tennessee.

By DANIELLA APIYO AND AMANDA DAMARIS

SuperSport viewers on DStv can look forward to seeing all the action from the PGA Tour’s The Northern Trust at the Liberty National Golf Course in New Jersey from Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 August 2021.

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The Northern Trust dates back to 1967 – when it was known as the Westchester Classic – and its first champion was the great Jack Nicklaus. This year’s Northern Trust will be the 55^th edition and sees a return to New Jersey after being held at TPC in Boston in 2020.

Last year’s Northern Trust saw Dustin Johnson claim a brilliant 11-stroke victory ahead of Harris English, with the American claiming his third title at the Liberty National Golf Course (adding to wins in 2011 and 2017). His overall score of 254 (-30) was the tournament record for the Northern Trust.

“I knew I was playing well, and I knew the guys were going to shoot low,” Johnson said after his victory. “I was trying to get to 30 under. I’ve never shot 30 under in four rounds. Just something that I wanted to do.”

Kevin Kisner, who grew up playing junior golf in South Carolina with Johnson added: “He can absolutely dismantle a golf course when he’s on. I’ve been watching it for 25 years. I’m pretty accustomed to it. When he’s on, I just step to the side and try to add to my bank account.”

The 2021 Northern Trust will also see star players Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas return to the tournament, with the latter admitting that he is envious of the Gold Medal Xander Schauffele won at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

“I’m in a house with Xander,” Thomas explained. “And I checked the Medal out. As soon as I saw him, I wanted to see it … it’s really cool. Obviously, I’m very jealous of anybody who’s won any other major or tournaments that I haven’t, but that might have been the most jealous of someone I’ve been. That Gold Medal is so sick; it’s so cool; it’s so unique.”

Other players to watch out for at the Northern Trust include two-time champion Patrick Reed (2016 and 2019), 2018 winner Bryson DeChambeau and current world number one ranked player, Jon Rahm of Spain.

The Liberty National Golf Course is a 7,387 yard par 72 course. The purse for The Northern Trust is $9.5million.

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PGA Tour The Northern Trust broadcast details:

All times CAT

Thursday 19 August

20:00: Day 1 – LIVE on SuperSport Golf

Friday 20 August

20:00: Day 2 – LIVE on SuperSport Golf

Saturday 21 August

19:00: Day 3 – LIVE on SuperSport Golf

Sunday 22 August

18:00: Day 4 – LIVE on SuperSport Golf

Jim Herman plays his shot from the fifth tee during the second round of the FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind on August 06, 2021 in Memphis, Tennessee.

By DANIELLA APIYO AND AMANDA DAMARIS

SuperSport viewers on DStv can look forward to seeing all the action from the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina from Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 August 2021.

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The Wyndham Championship is the sixth oldest event on the PGA Tour, dating back to 1938 as the Greater Greensboro Open. This year will see the 82nd edition of the tournament, with American Jim Herman returning as the defending champion after he finished one stroke clear of compatriot Billy Horschel in 2020.

“I love defending and it was great defending at Barbasol and it just all goes with it,” Herman said. “You know all eyes are on you to start the week and I know I’ll look forward to it again.”

The Bermuda rough at the Sedgefield Country Club is set to pose a major challenge, but Herman says he is in favour of penalising errant shots off the tee.

“You get a bad Bermuda lie or just a regular rough lie around the green you just kind of have to gauge how it’s coming out,” he explained. “We need golf courses to have rough, and have it be a penalty and putting a premium on driving the ball in the fairway and hitting quality iron shots into the greens.”

The defending champion added, “I just know I’m a pretty good driver of the golf ball and length isn’t too much of an issue so I go around with a 3-wood quite a bit. You know it just sets up well off the tee for me and you know, I just have a good positive vibes when I show up here.”

The 2021 Wyndham Championship’s field will also feature other former champions such as Si Woo Kim, J.T Poston, Ryan Moore, Camilo Villegas, K.J. Choi, Brandt Snedeker and Webb Simpson, as well as Louis Oosthuizen, two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson, major winners Jason Day, Justin Rose, Francesco Molinari and Gary Woodland.

Simpson is particularly looking forward to returning to the Wyndham Championship:”I love the golf course, and I’ve always loved the golf course because we don’t play many courses like Sedgefield (a Donald Ross design) that are short and have fast greens… I feel really comfortable out there and even when I come in and I haven’t been playing great, I feel like I can always compete there.”

The Ross Course at Sedgefield Country Club is a 7,127 yard par 70 course. The purse for the Wyndham Championship is $6.4million.

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PGA Tour Wyndham Championship broadcast details

All times CAT

Thursday 12 August

21:00: Day 1 – LIVE on SuperSport Golf

Friday 13 August

21:00: Day 2 – LIVE on SuperSport Golf

Saturday 14 August

19:00: Day 3 – LIVE on SuperSport Golf

Sunday 15 August

19:00: Day 4 – LIVE on SuperSport Golf