New PGA Tour season starts at Kapalua without its best player

THE SENTRY

Site: Kapalua, Hawaii.

Course: Plantation Course at Kapalua. Yardage: 7,596. Par: 73.

Purse: $20 million. Winner's share: $3.6 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 6-10 p.m. (Golf Channel); Friday-Saturday, 4-6 p.m. (NBC), 6-8 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Chris Kirk.

FedEx Cup champion: Scottie Scheffler.

Last tournament: Maverick McNealy won the RSM Classic.

Notes: Scottie Scheffler had to withdraw from the tournament after minor surgery on his right hand from breaking a glass dish at Christmas dinner. ... The field is for all PGA Tour winners in 2024 and anyone who finished in the top 50 in the FedEx Cup. ... Of the 60 players in the field, 29 did not win a tournament last year. ... This is the start of a new season in which only the top 100 in the FedEx Cup will earn a full PGA Tour card for the following year. ... Among those eligible players not in the field are Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood. They will be playing in Dubai over the next few weeks as the European tour season resumes. ... Viktor Hovland plays for the first time since August. He broke the last toe on his right foot upon arriving in Hawaii when he kicked the bed frame in the dark. ... Xander Schauffele starts the 2025 season having made 56 consecutive cuts. He is guaranteed another one this week at Kapalua.

Next week: Sony Open.

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

Last tournament: Jeeno Thitikul won the CME Group Tour Championship.

Next tournament: Hilton Grand Vacation Tournament of Champions on Jan. 30-Feb. 2.

Race to CME Globe winner: Jeeno Thitikul.

Online: https://www.lpga.com/

Last tournament: John Parry won the Mauritius Open.

Next week: Team Cup.

Race to Dubai leader: John Parry.

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

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

FILE - Xander Schauffele is congratulated by his caddie Austin Kaiser after an eagle on the 15th hole during the third round of the Masters golf tournament on Saturday, April 10, 2021, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Olympic runner Fred Kerley has been arrested in South Florida following a confrontation with police, authorities said.

Body camera footage released by Miami Beach police shows Kerley arguing with a group of officers late Thursday before a physical confrontation erupted. Kerley was wrestled to the ground, where an officer stuck him several times and then used a Taser on the 29-year-old sprinter, police said.

According to an arrest report, officers were investigating an unrelated active police scene when Kerley approached the area and attempted to force his way through to his vehicle, which was parked nearby. Officers had told Kerley to go around the area, but Kerley began to argue with them, which led to a shoving match with police.

Four officers tried to take Kerley into custody while he moved to evade arrest, officials said. After being stunned with the Taser, Kerley was taken to a local hospital and then to the Miami-Dade County jail.

Kerley is charged with battery, resisting an officer and disorderly conduct. Online court records didn't immediately list an attorney for Kerley, and USA Track & Field, the national governing body for track and field in the U.S., declined to comment on the arrest.

Kerley won the silver medal for the 100 meters at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and the bronze for the same event at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. He has also earned six medals at the World Athletics Championships.

FILE - Fred Kerley, of the United States, competes in the men's 100-meter heats at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

FILE - Fred Kerley, of the United States, poses after winning the bronze medal in the men's 100 meters final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)