Here’s what golf will be on TV in December

The official seasons for the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LPGA Tour all ended final Sunday. That got here after LIV Golf and the Korn Ferry Tour’s season finales final month.

While official golf for the 2023 season has come to an finish, golf’s so-called “silly season” is simply starting. This yr, it’s jammed-packed.

For starters, subsequent month gained’t be fully devoid of official golf because the DP World Tour has already began in 2024 marketing campaign.

We even have Tiger Woods’ return — twice, the primary combined PGA Tour/LPGA Tour staff occasion in 24 years, a Michael Block sighting and Q-School’s return as an avenue for PGA Tour playing cards for the primary time in 11 years.

With that, listed below are among the greatest golf occasions that will be on this December.

Golf occasions in December 2023

Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 – Hero World Challenge

Tiger Woods is again. The 15-time main winner will make his first begin because the Masters in April at his personal charity occasion in the Bahamas. Woods was slated to make a comeback at Albany final yr, however a bout of plantar fasciitis compelled him to withdraw on Monday of match week.

Woods will definitely be the principle draw, however a star-studded discipline together with Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland and Max Homa amongst others is bound to make it the largest occasion of the month.

But the main target will be on the match host’s well being as he might barely stroll through the third spherical of the Masters, in which he withdrew. He then underwent a subtalar fusion process to stabilize his proper ankle.

So far, movies of Woods caddying for son Charlie have proven his gait limp-free, but when Woods completes 72 holes this week, it will be simply the third time since his return from his 2021 automotive crash.

Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 – ISPS Handa Australian Open/Investec South African Open Championship

Not solely is the DP World Tour roaring into the 2024 season with 4 occasions in December, the Tour has already topped the primary two champions of the 2024 season.

The DP World Tour schedule begins with back-to-back weeks of dueling occasions in Australia and South Africa. This previous week, Min Woo Lee picked up his third DP World Tour win on the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship, whereas Dean Burmester captured the Joburg Open.

This week, the Australian Open and South African Open Championship take middle stage, however most followers will need to take note of the motion from down underneath.

Not solely will PGA Tour stars like Adam Scott, Cam Davis and Min Woo Lee be persevering with their journeys by way of their house nations, however LIV stars like Marc Leishman, Joaquin Niemann and Cameron Smith will additionally tee it up. The LIV golfers are capable of play because the occasion is co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia.

For LIV Golfers, these two DP World Tour occasions (together with final week’s Australian PGA) are an enormous alternative to earn much-needed Official World Golf Ranking factors.

And in case you want every other intrigue, PGA Championship membership professional heartthrob Michael Block is in the sector on a sponsor’s invite.

Dec. 7 to 10 – Alfred Dunhill Championship

The DP World Tour’s South African swing continues in Malelane.

Dec. 7 to 10 – World Champions Cup

the PGA Tour Champions will host its first World Champions Cup staff match play occasion.

In a type of merger between the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup for seniors, three groups of over 50 golfers from the U.S., Europe and International groups will compete in a singular format of three-way matches.

Dec. 8 to 10 – LIV Promotions occasion

The first-ever LIV Promotions occasion will happen at Abu Dhabi Golf Club with three spots in the 48-man league up for grabs.

The occasion will be a grind, with the primary day consisting of an 18-hole qualifier, adopted by the 18-hole first spherical on Saturday and a 36-hole finale on Sunday.

For journeyman execs who don’t have standing on main excursions, the occasion might be an enormous break in their careers.

In a shocking twist, the PGA Tour will additionally permit its gamers to compete in the occasion, because it considers the occasion not a part of the rival sequence.

Dec. 8 to 10 – Grant Thornton Invitational

For the primary yr because the JCPenney Classic ended in 1999, prime stars on the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour will compete in combined groups on the similar occasion.

With Lexi Thompson and Nelly Korda taking part in in the sector on the earlier QBE Shootout final yr, the 2 excursions are doubling down and giving us the primary mixed-field occasion in greater than 20 years.

Some of the highest pairings will be Tony Finau and Nelly Korda, Rickie Fowler and Lexi Thompson, and Sahith Theegala and Rose Zhang, amongst others.

The Grant Thornton replaces a beforehand uninteresting QBE Shootout staff occasion, which actually simply felt like a Zurich Classic that didn’t imply all that a lot. Now the occasion has a extra distinctive format will result in seeing gamers collectively in the identical occasion that we’ve by no means seen earlier than.

Dec. 14 to 17 – AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open

The DP World Tour lastly wraps up the early a part of its wrap-around schedule with the Mauritius Open. However, this begins maybe the largest week of the month with three golf tournaments happening concurrently.

Dec. 14 to 17 – PGA Tour Q-School

For the primary time in 11 years, the stress at PGA Tour Q-School will be ratcheted up with PGA Tour playing cards on the road as soon as once more.

With the PGA Tour throwing out each its wrap-around schedule and the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, 5 PGA Tour playing cards will once more be obtainable at Q-School. With the occasion happening after the cutoff for the highest 125 in the FedEx Cup factors record for subsequent season, this will be the ultimate alternative for execs to earn PGA Tour standing for subsequent yr.

However, this new Q-School is completely different than the final time it awarded PGA Tour membership. Instead of being performed over six rounds, the Qualifying Tournament this yr will be 4 and the highest 5 gamers plus ties will earn standing for 2024. That’s down from 25 and ties beforehand.

Dec. 16 to 17 – PNC Championship

Tiger Woods will once more participate in one of the crucial enjoyable tournaments on the schedule on the PNC Championship for the fourth yr in a row.

We’ll get an opportunity to see his son, Charlie, in motion after he simply helped his highschool to the Florida State Championship this fall.

The match will additionally characteristic motion from different legends of the sport, like Annika Sorenstam with son Will McGee, Nelly Korda with father Petr Korda, Justin and Mike Thomas, John II and John Daly, and defending champions Vijay and Qass Singh.

Jack Hirsh

Golf.com Editor

Jack Hirsh is an assistant editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is a 2020 graduate of Penn State University, incomes levels in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his highschool golf staff and not too long ago returned to this system to function head coach. Jack additionally nonetheless *tries* to stay aggressive in native amateurs. Before becoming a member of GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as a Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but in addition producing, anchoring and even presenting the climate. He can be reached at jack.hirsh@golf.com.