Pro tours at a glance
PGA
Event: AT&T National
Site: Congressional Country Club, Blue Course (7,255 yards, par 70), Bethesda, Md.
Schedule: Today-Sunday.
Purse: $6.2 million. Winner’s share: $1,116,000.
Television: Golf Channel (today-tomorrow, 3-6 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m.) and Ch. 4 (Saturday, 3-6 p.m.; Sunday, 3-6:30 p.m.).
Last year: Anthony Kim won the second of his two 2008 titles, closing with a 5-under-par 65 for a two-shot victory over Fredrik Jacobson.
Of note: Tournament host Tiger Woods is coming off a sixth-place tie two weeks ago in the US Open. He tied for sixth in the 2007 event at Congressional, then missed the 2008 tournament following knee surgery . . . The 2010 and 2011 tournament will be played at Aronimink in Newtown Square, Pa., while the Blue Course is renovated for the 2011 US Open . . . Ernie Els, the 1997 US Open winner at Congressional, and Sergio Garcia, the 2005 Booz Allen Classic champion on the Devereux Emmett-designed Blue Course, are skipping the tournament . . . US Open champion Lucas Glover is in the field . . . The John Deere Classic is next week in Silvis, Ill., followed by the British Open at Turnberry.
LPGA
Event: Jamie Farr
Site: Highland Meadows Golf Club (6,428 yards, par 71), Sylvania, Ohio.
Schedule: Today-Sunday.
Purse: $1.4 million. Winner’s share: $210,000.
Television: ESPN2 (tomorrow, 4-6 p.m.; Saturday, 3-5 p.m.; Sunday, 4-6 p.m.).
Last year: Paula Creamer won the third of her four 2008 titles. She opened with a 60 and added rounds of 65, 70, and 73 for a two-stroke victory over Nicole Castrale.
Last week: Jiyai Shin won the Wegmans LPGA in Rochester, N.Y., for her second victory of the year and fifth in 11 months.
Of note: The US Women’s Open is next week at Saucon Valley in Bethlehem, Pa. . . . Se Ri Pak won the 2007 event for her fifth victory in the event, tying the tour record for wins in a tournament set by Mickey Wright (Sea Island Open) and matched twice by Annika Sorenstam (Mizuno Classic, Samsung World Championship). Pak also won in 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2003 . . . Pak, Shin, and Creamer top the field along with top-ranked Lorena Ochoa and Michelle Wie, coming off a 10th-place tie in Rochester . . . Former Duke star Amanda Blumenherst is making her second tour start as a professional.
EUROPEAN
Event: French Open
Site: Le Golf National, Albatross Course (7,300 yards, par 71), Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Schedule: Today-Sunday.
Purse: $5.65 million. Winner’s share: $942,015.
Television: Golf Channel (today-tomorrow, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 8-11 a.m.).
Of note: The tournament, first played in 1906, is the oldest in continental Europe . . . Padraig Harrington tops the field along with Masters champion Angel Cabrera, Lee Westwood, and Ian Poulter . . . France’s Jean-Francois Remesy won in 2004 and 2005 . . . The Scottish Open is next week at Loch Lomond.
NATIONWIDE
Next event: Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic, July 9-12, The Georgian Bay Club, The Raven Golf Club at Lora Bay, Clarksburg, Ontario.
Last week: Tom Gillis won the Players Cup in Bridgeport, W.Va., for his first tour win.
CHAMPIONS<
Next event: 3M Championship, July 10-12, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn.
Last week: Lonnie Nielson won the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open in Endicott, N.Y., for his second tour title. 