PRO TOURS AT A GLANCE
PGA
Event: Canadian Open
Site: Glen Abbey Golf Club (7,112 yards, par 72), Oakville, Ontario.
Schedule: Today-Sunday.
Purse: $5 million. Winner's share: $900,000.
Television: Golf Channel (today-tomorrow, 3-6 p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.) and Channel 4 (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Last year: Jim Furyk successfully defended his title at Angus Glen. In 2006, Furyk won at Hamilton Golf and Country Club.
Last week: Padraig Harrington became the first European since James Braid in 1905-06 to win the British Open two years in a row with a four-stroke victory at Royal Birkdale . . . Richard S. Johnson won the US Bank Championship in Milwaukee for his first PGA Tour title, finishing with a 6-under 64 to beat Ken Duke by a stroke.
Of note: Furyk and Vijay Singh are in the field along with Weir, fellow Canadian star Stephen Ames, Anthony Kim, Fred Couples, Retief Goosen, Scott Verplank, and Camilo Villegas.
LPGA TOUR/LADIES EUROPEAN
Event: Evian Masters
Site: Evian (France) Masters Golf Club (6,347 yards, par 72).
Schedule: Today-Sunday.
Purse: $3.25 million. Winner's share: $487,500.
Television: Golf Channel (today, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; tomorrow, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 1-3:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1-3 p.m.).
Last year: Natalie Gulbis won her first LPGA title, beating Jeong Jang with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
Last week: Ji Young Oh won the State Farm Classic for her first Tour title, beating Yani Tseng with a par on the first playoff hole.
Of note: Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa is in the strong field along with Gulbis, Annika Sorenstam, Paula Creamer, and Suzann Pettersen . . . . . . Pettersen won the Ladies Irish Open two weeks ago at Portmarnock Links for her second European tour victory in two starts this year.
CHAMPIONS/EUROPEAN SENIORS
Event: Senior British Open
Site: Royal Troon (Scotland) Golf Club (7,064 yards, par 71).
Schedule: Today-Sunday.
Purse: TBA ($2 million in 2007). Winner's share: TBA ($324,500 in 2007).
Television: TNT (today-tomorrow, noon-2 p.m.) and Channel 5 (Saturday, 1:30-3 p.m.; Sunday, 1-3 p.m.).
Last year: Tom Watson won for the third time in five years, surviving a 72d-hole double bogey at Muirfield to beat Mark O'Meara and Stewart Ginn by a stroke.
Last week: R.W. Eaks won the 3M Championship in Blaine, Minn.
Of note: Greg Norman, the 54-hole leader in the British Open, is in the field . . . The tournament is the first of three straight senior majors.
NATIONWIDE
Event: Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational
Site: Ohio State University Golf Club, Scarlet Course (7,455 yards, par 71), Columbus, Ohio.
Schedule: Today-Sunday.
Purse: $750,000. Winner's share: $135,000.
Television: Golf Channel (today, 1-3 p.m.; tomorrow, 2:30-4 a.m., 1-3 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2:30-4 a.m., 6:30-9 p.m.; Monday, 2:30-4 a.m.).
Last year: Daniel Summerhays became the first amateur winner in Nationwide history, finishing with a 2-under 69 for a two-stroke victory.
Last week: Colt Knost won the Price Cutter Charity Championship in Springfield, Mo., for his second title of the year.
