Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - PGA TOUR - HERO WORLD CHALLENGE, Isleworth Golf & Country Club, Windermere, Florida - After a week off, the PGA Tour is back in action at the Hero World Challenge, which is hosted by Tiger Woods. Last year, Zach Johnson made par on the first playoff hole to defeat Woods and win this event for the first time. Johnson shot up the leaderboard with a final-round, 4-under 68 to join Woods (70) at 13-under-par 275 at the end of regulation. Both Johnson and Woods are back in the field again this week along with 16 others. The field features 18 players who are all ranked in the top 40 in the world, including seven of the top 11 and 15 of the top 25. Woods is back in action after taking time off to get healthy and to get his game on track. He last played at the PGA Championship at the beginning of August, where Woods missed the cut. Woods played in just eight events last season and withdrew from two of them. Keegan Bradley, Jason Day, Rickie Fowler, Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk, Matt Kuchar, Hunter Mahan, Hideki Matsuyama, Graeme McDowell, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Steve Stricker, Jimmy Walker and Bubba Watson are the other 16 players this week. Golf Channel will have extensive coverage of all four days, including early coverage on the weekend before handing things off to NBC on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The PGA Tour will be back in Florida again next week for the Franklin Templeton Shootout, where Matt Kuchar and Harris English defeated Retief Goosen and Freddie Jacobson by seven last year. EUROPEAN TOUR NEDBANK GOLF CHALLENGE, Gary Player Country Club, Sun City, South Africa - The European Tour kicks off its 2014-15 campaign this week with the Nedbank Golf Challenge, where Thomas Bjorn emerged victorious by two shots last season. Bjorn fired a 7-under 65 in his final round last year to finish at 20-under- par 268, which was two shots better than Sergio Garcia and Jamie Donaldson. Last years win was the last victory Bjorn earned on the European Tour. He has 15 in his career. Bjorn is back in the field again this week along with 29 others. The 2014 U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer will also be in action this week. The field consists of 25 players ranked between 12th and 86th in the world rankings. Other notable players participating this week are Luke Donald, Jamie Donaldson, Stephen Gallacher, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel and Lee Westwood. The golf Channel will have early morning coverage of all four rounds. The European Tour will be back in South Africa for its second of three straight events there for the Alfred Dunhill Championship, where Schwartzel ran away with a 4-shot win over Richard Finch last year. LPGA TOUR LPGA FINAL QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT, LPGA International (Arthur Hills Course/Rees Jones Course), Daytona Beach, Florida - A total of 155 players have reached the final stage of the LPGA Q School as they attempt to earn a spot on tour for the upcoming season in 2015. The top-20 finishers this week will earn category 12 status on the LPGA Tour priority list, while those finishing between 21 and 45 get category 17 status. Those who do not earn category 12 or 17 status will still have the opportunity to play for status on the Symetra Tour priority list. Last year, Jaye Marie Green ran away with a 10-shot victory at this event. Green carded five straight rounds in the 60s, including a 10-under 62 in the first round. Green shot a 4-under 68 on the final day to finish at 29-under- par 331. In 2014, Green missed 11 cuts in 22 events and she did not finish inside the top 10 once. Greens best finish came at the Marathon Classic, where she tied for 18th. 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Adam Thielen Jersey .Y. -- Defenceman Ryan Murphy had a goal and an assist and Drew MacIntyre made 24 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 4-2 in an exhibition game Wednesday night.PHOENIX - The Phoenix Suns trio of prolific point guards was at it again.Goran Dragic and Isaiah Thomas scored 24 apiece, Eric Bledsoe added 17 and the Suns pulled away to hand the Los Angeles Lakers their fifth loss in a row — the last two without Kobe Bryant — 115-100 on Monday night.Thats 65 points — on 25-of-38 shooting — for the guard threesome that is at the heart of the Suns streak of six straight home wins and 13 victories in their last 17 overall.The three guards played tremendous, Phoenix coach Jeff Hornacek said.They did much of their damage when all three were together on the court.We are ready to play small basketball when he (Hornacek) calls our name and we are all out on the floor together, Thomas said. I think it is dynamic. You dont see it around the league and it is something we love doing and hopefully we could do it a little more.Dragic grabbed a team-high nine rebounds and Bledsoe had seven assists. Twelve of Bledsoes points came in the third quarter when the Suns took control.Nick Young scored 24 for the Lakers, who were tied 51-all at halftime but fell behind by 10 in the third quarter and 19 in the fourth.Bryant sat out the loss at Utah on Friday to rest and then took Monday off, too. He is expected to rejoin the team for practice on Tuesday.The Lakers have lost seven of eight, eight of 10 and 13 of 17.Turnovers, Los Angeles coach Byron Scott said. We had eight at halftime and we finished with 23. Youre not going to win a whole lot of games with 23 turnovers.The Suns took the lead for good when Dragic made the first basket of the third quarter.Late in the period, Bledsoe — who had 12 points in the quarter — sank a 3-pointer, Maarcus Morris made one of two free throws and Phoenix took an 85-75 lead with 42 seconds left.dddddddddddd The Suns were up 87-77 after three.In the first half we werent aggressive enough, Dragic said. We fouled too much. They had 23 free throws if I am not mistaken. Then the third quarter was awesome.Morris 3-pointer put Phoenix up 102-83 with 6:58 to play.Los Angeles managed to cut it to 106-100 when Jordan Hill sank a 19-footer with 2:59 left, but the Suns finished the game on a 9-0 run, with the last five points coming from Markieff Morris.We turned the ball over and didnt take care of it, Lakers guard Jeremy Lin said. We ended up shooting ourselves in the foot.The Lakers led much of the first half but never by more than six points, thanks in part to free throw troubles. Los Angeles was 15 for 23 at the line in the first two quarters.The Lakers led 46-40 after Wayne Ellingtons 3-pointer with 3:16 to play in the second period. But the Suns outscored the Lakers 11-5 the rest of the half. Thomas 3-pointer tied it at 51 with 29.9 seconds to go.___TIP-INSLakers: Los Angeles is 2-6 without Bryant this season. ... The Lakers lost centre Tarik Black to a sprained right ankle with 5 minutes to play. ... Floyd Mayweather Jr. had a seat behind the L.A. bench. ... Los Angeles entered eighth in free throws attempted per game at 22. The Lakers had 23 in the first half.Suns: Phoenixs home winning streak is its longest since winning eight in a row from March 14 to April 13, 2010. ... Alex Len had his string of consecutive double-digit rebound games snapped at four.UP NEXTLakers: At New Orleans on Wednesday.Suns: Home against Portland on Wednesday. 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