JOHN DEERE CLASSIC

Site: Silvis, Illinois.

Course: TPC Deere Run. Yardage: 7,327. Par: 71.

Prize money: $8.8 million. Winner's share: $1,584,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: Brian Campbell.

FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.

Last week: Viktor Hovland won the Travelers Championship.

Notes: The tournament has a big emphasis on youth. Jackson Koivun, the No. 1 amateur in the world, makes his professional debut. The tournament gave sponsor exemptions to NCAA champion Preston Stout of Oklahoma State, and U.S. Amateur champion Mason Howell, who just graduated high school and is going to Georgia. ... Zach Johnson is skipping his first U.S. Senior Open to play the John Deere Classic, his local PGA Tour event that he won in 2012. ... Jordan Spieth won his first PGA Tour title at the John Deere in 2013. He is in the field this week ahead of returning to Royal Birkdale where he won the 2017 British Open. ... Also playing is 18-year-old Blades Brown, who has special temporary membership. Brown also is in the top 20 in Korn Ferry Tour points. The Korn Ferry Tour is off this week. ... Memorial winner J.T. Poston is playing. ... Max Homa is in the field. This is the one-year anniversary of the last time Homa was inside the top 100 in the world ranking.

Next week: Genesis Scottish Open and ISCO Championship.

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