Pro tours at a glance
USGA
Event: US Women's Open
Site: Interlachen Country Club (6,789 yards, par 73), Edina, Minn.
Schedule: Today-Sunday.
Purse: TBA ($3.1 million in 2007). Winner's share: TBA ($560,000 in 2007).
Television: ESPN (today, noon-4 p.m.; tomorrow, 3-7 p.m.) and Channel 7 (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Last year: Cristie Kerr won at Pine Needles for her first major title.
Notes: Annika Sorenstam won the 1995, 1996, and 2006 tournaments . . . If tied after regulation, the tournament will be decided in a three-hole playoff.
PGA
Event: Buick Open
Site: Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club (7,127 yards, par 72), Grand Blanc, Mich.
Schedule: Today-Sunday.
Purse: $5 million. Winner's share: $900,000.
FedExCup points: 25,000. Winner's share: 4,500.
Television: Golf Channel (today-tomorrow, 3-6 p.m., 8:30-11:30 a.m.) and Channel 4 (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Notes: Vijay Singh, the 1997, 2004 and 2005 winner, is not playing in the event's 50th year . . . US Open runner-up Rocco Mediate and recent tour winners Leonard and Kenny Perry, all Warwick Hills winners, are in the field along with fellow past champions Woody Austin, Jim Furyk, and Scott Verplank.
CHAMPIONS
Event: Commerce Bank Championship
Site: Eisenhower Park, Red Course (7,021 yards, par 71), East Meadow, N.Y.
Schedule: Tomorrow-Sunday.
Purse: $1.6 million. Winner's share: $240,000.
Television: Golf Channel (tomorrow, 1-3 p.m.; Saturday, 1-4 p.m., Sunday, 1-4 p.m.).
Last week: Jeff Sluman won the
Notes: Peter Jacobsen is making his first tour start since his right knee was replaced in March . . . John Harris won the 2006 tournament, birdieing the first hole of a playoff with Tom Jenkins . . . Jim Thorpe won in 2003 and 2004. In 2003, he matched the tour record with a 10-under 60 in the second round.
EUROPEAN
Event: French Open
Site: Le Golf National, Albatross Course (7,225 yards, par 71), Versailles, France.
Schedule: Today-Sunday.
Purse: $6.21 million. Winner's share: $1,035,655.
Television: Golf Channel (today-tomorrow, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 8-11 a.m.).
Notes: The tournament, first played in 1906, is the oldest championship in continental Europe . . . Jean-Francois Remesy, the 2004 and 2005 winner, tops the French contingent . . . Lee Westwood is coming off a third-place finish in the US Open . . . The field also includes Martin Kaymer, Luke Donald, Colin Montgomerie, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Ian Poulter, and Angel Cabrera.
