LPGA Tour goes to Japan as the only main tour in action

TOTO JAPAN CLASSIC

Site: Shiga, Japan.

Course: Seta GC. Yardage: 6,616. Par: 72.

Prize money: $2 million. Winner's share: $300,000.

Television: Wednesday-Thursday, 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. (Golf Channel); Friday, 11:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. (Golf channel); Saturday, 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Mone Inami.

Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

Last week: Ruoning Yin won the Maybank Championship.

Notes: This is the fourth and final stop on the LPGA's fall “Asia Swing” before it heads to Hawaii and then concludes its season with two weeks in Florida. ... Ruoning Yin has won two of three Asian stops in Shanghai and Malaysia. She is not playing this week. ... The Toto Japan Classic dates to 1973. It was 54 holes until going to 72 holes for the first time in 2021. ... Jeeno Thitikul has been runner-up the last two years in the Maybank Championship. ... The tournament is co-sanctioned by the Japan LPGA. The 35 Japan LPGA members in the field include Chisato and Akie Iwai, twin sisters who each have three wins on their tour. ... Yin becomes the fourth LPGA player with at least three wins this year, joining Nelly Korda, Hannah Green and Lydia Ko. ... Celine Boutier did not finish in the top 10 in any of her four title defenses this year on the LPGA (Drive On, Evian, Scottish, Malaysia).

Next week: Lotte Championship.

Online: https://www.lpga.com/ and https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/

Last week: Nico Echavarria won the Zozo Championship.

Next week: World Wide Technology Championship.

FedEx Cup champion: Scottie Scheffler.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/

Last week: Byeong Hun An won the Genesis Championship.

Next week: Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/

Last week: Padraig Harrington won the Simmons Bank Championship.

Next week: Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Ernie Els.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions

Asian Tour: BNI Indonesian Masters, Royale Jakarta GC, Jakarta, Indonesia. Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 12:30-2:30 a.m. (NBC Sports app), 2:30-4 a.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 12-1 a.m. (NBC Sports app), 1-2 a.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Gaganjeet Bhullar. Online: https://asiantour.com/

Challenge Tour: Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final, Alcanada GC, Mallorca, Spain. Thursday-Saturday, 7 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel); Sunday, 5:30-10:30 a.m. (Golf Channel). Previous winner: Marco Penge. Online: https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/

Ladies European Tour: Aramco Team Series-Riyadh, Riyadh GC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Defending champion: Alison Lee. Online: https://ladieseuropeantour.com/

PGA Tour of Australasia: Queensland PGA Championship, Nudgee GC (Kurrai), Nudgee, Australia. Defending champion: Phoenix Campbell. Online: https://pga.org.au/

Sunshine Tour: Blue Label Challenge, Gary Player CC (Sun City and Lost City), Johannesburg, South Africa. Defending champion: Luca Filippi. Online: https://sunshinetour.com/

Korea LPGA: S-Oil Championship, Elysian Jeju CC, Jeju Island, South Korea. Defending champion: Yujin Sung. Online: https://klpga.co.kr/

AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf

Yin Ruoning of China watches her tee shot on the 16th hole during the LPGA Tour's Maybank Championship at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country club in Kuala Lumpur, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Crews were making progress Saturday battling a fast-growing and smoky wildfire in southern California that broke out Friday morning, prompting mandatory evacuations and warnings.

Now encompassing roughly 6.3 square miles (about 16 square kilometers) east of Moreno Valley in Riverside County, the Springs Fire was 45% percent contained on Saturday, according to a state website. It was 25% contained on Friday.

More than a dozen zones in the county remained under mandatory evacuation orders or evacuation warnings, while six have been dropped. It was not immediately known how many households were affected by the orders.

Firefighters were battling strong winds. The National Weather Service issued an advisory for 15 mph to 20 mph winds (24 kph to 32 kph), with gusts up to 45 mph (72 kph), into Saturday afternoon. An air quality alert has also been issued for harmful fine particle pollution levels due to wildfire smoke.

Hundreds of people have been battling the blaze using helicopters, engines and water tenders. It's located in a populated unincorporated part of Riverside County, in a recreational area near the city of Moreno Valley, which has a population of roughly 200,000. The city is 10 miles (16 kilometers) southeast of Riverside and 64 miles (103 kilometers) east of Los Angeles.

Pechanga Fire Department firefighters monitor the smoky and fast-growing wildfire Springs Fire in Moreno Valley, Calif., Friday, April 3, 2026. (Terry Pierson /The Orange County Register via AP)