Pro tours at a glance
PGA
Event: Memorial Tournament
Schedule: Today- Sunday.
Course: Muirfield Village Golf Club (7,265 yards, par 72) at Dublin, Ohio.
Purse: $6 million. Winner's share: $1.08 million.
FedExCup points: 25,000. Winner's share: 4,500.
Television: Golf Channel (today, 3-6 p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.; tomorrow, 3-6 p.m., 10:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.) and Channel 4 (Saturday, 3-6 p.m.; Sunday, 2:30-6 p.m.).
Last year: Sweden's Carl Pettersson won his second tour title, closing with a 71 for a two-shot victory over Zach Johnson and Brett Wetterich.
Last week: South Africa's Rory Sabbatini won the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial for his fourth PGA Tour victory, beating Jim Furyk and Bernhard Langer with a 15-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff.
Of note: Jack Nicklaus founded the event in 1976 and won the 1977 and 1984 titles . . . Tiger Woods, the 1999-2001 winner, is coming off a 37th-place tie three weeks ago in The Players Championship . . . Masters champion Johnson is coming off a playoff victory two weeks ago in the AT&T Classic.
LPGA
Event: Ginn Tribute
Schedule: Today- Sunday.
Course: RiverTowne Country Club (6,588 yards, par 72) at Mount Pleasant, S.C.
Purse: $2.6 million. Winner's share: $390,000.
Television: Golf Channel (today, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; tomorrow, 12:30-2:30 a.m., 8:30-10:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2:30-4 a.m.) and Channel 7 (Saturday-Sunday, 4-6 p.m.).
Last week: South Korea's Young Kim won the
Of note: Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie are returning from injuries. Sorenstam, the tournament host, was sidelined by a ruptured disk in her neck and a bulging disk in her back. She hasn't played since tying for 30th two months ago in the Kraft Nabisco. Wie, who is making her first LPGA Tour start of the year, hasn't played a competitive round since missing the cut by 14 shots in the PGA Tour's
CHAMPIONS
Event:
Schedule: Tomorrow-Sunday.
Course: The Raven Golf Club (6,904 yards, par 71) at Destin, Fla.
Purse: $1.65 million. Winner's share: $247,500.
Television: Golf Channel (tomorrow, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 4-5:30 a.m., 6:30-9 p.m.; Sunday, 1-3 a.m., 6:30-9 p.m.; Monday, 1-3 a.m.).
Last year: Bobby Wadkins won his first Champions Tour title in nearly five years, shooting 62-71-70 for a one-stroke victory over Raymond Floyd. Wadkins also won the Ford Senior Players Championship in July.
Last week: Zimbabwe's Denis Watson took advantage of Eduardo Romero's late mistakes to win the Senior PGA Championship at Kiawah Island (S.C.).
EUROPEAN
Event: Celtic Manor Wales Open
Schedule: Today- Sunday.
Course: Celtic Manor Resort, Roman Road Course (6,743 yards, par 69) at Newport, Wales.
Purse: $2.96 million. Winner's share: $496,385.
Television: Golf Channel ( today-tomorrow, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-noon).
NATIONWIDE
Event: LaSalle Bank Open
Schedule: Today- Sunday.
Course: The Glen Club (7,149 yards, par 71) at Glenview, Ill.
Purse: $750,000. Winner's share: $135,000.
Television: Golf Channel (today, 1-3 p.m.; tomorrow, 2:30-4:30 a.m., 1-3 p.m.; Saturday, 5:30-7 a.m., 2:30-5 p.m.; Sunday, 3-4:30 a.m., 2-4:30 p.m.; Monday, 3-4:30 a.m.).
