PGA TOUR
TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP
Site:Cromwell, Conn.
Schedule:Thursday-Sunday.
Course:TPC River Highlands (6,841 yards, par 70).
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Purse:$6.5 million. Winner's share: $1.17 million.
Television:Golf Channel (Thursday, 2-5 p.m., 7:30-10:30 p.m.; Friday, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 a.m., 2-5 p.m., 7:30-10:30 p.m.; Saturday, 1:30-4:30 a.m., noon-1:30 p.m., 8:30-10:30 p.m.; Sunday, noon-1:30 p.m., 11 p.m.-1 a.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 2-5 p.m.).
Last year:Sweden's Fredrik Jacobson won his first PGA Tour title, beating Ryan Moore and John Rollins by a stroke. Jacobson had one bogey in 72 holes.
Last week:Webb Simpson won the U.S. Open at Olympic Club in San Francisco for his first major title. He finished at 1 over for a one-stroke victory over Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson. Tiger Woods tied for 21st, six strokes back.
Notes:Simpson is in the field. ... Masters champion Bubba Watson won the 2010 tournament for his first PGA Tour title, overcoming a six-stroke deficit and beating Scott Verplank on the second hole of playoff. Watson missed the cut last week at Olympic with rounds of 78 and 71. ... Kenny Perry won in 2009, shooting 61-68-66-63 for a tournament-record 258 total. The Champions Tour player is in the field. ... UCLA star Patrick Cantlay received a sponsor exemption. Last year, Cantlay shot a 60 in the second round and tied for 24th. He also will play the next two weeks in the AT&T National and Greenbrier Classic. ... J.J. Henry won in 2006 to become the first Connecticut winner in tournament history.
Online: http://www.pgatour.com
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LPGA TOUR
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MANULIFE FINANCIAL LPGA CLASSIC
Site:Waterloo, Ontario.
Schedule:Thursday-Sunday.
Course:Grey Silo Golf Course (6,532 yards, par 71).
Purse:$1.3 million. Winner's share: $195,000.
Television:Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 12:30-2:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.)
Last year:Inaugural event.
Last event:Shanshan Feng won the LPGA Championship on June 10 in Pittsford, N.Y., to become the first Chinese winner in LPGA Tour history. Also the first Chinese player to win a golf major, she closed with a 5-under 67 for a two-stroke victory.
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Notes:Michelle Wie is trying to break out of a season-long slump. The recent Stanford graduate, the 2010 Canadian Women's Open winner in Manitoba, has failed to advance to weekend play in all five events she has played that had a cut and lost in the first round of the Sybase Match Play. She has broken par only once in 18 rounds, and is 104th on the money list ($16,401), 141st in scoring average (76.06), 153rd in driving accuracy (42 percent) and 149th in putting average (32.4 per round). She shot 74-82 in the LPGA Championship. ... Top-ranked Yani Tseng is skipping the tournament. ... The tour will return to Canada in August for the Canadian Women's Open in British Columbia. ... The NW Arkansas Championship is next week, followed by the U.S. Women's Open at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wis.
Online: http://www.lpga.com
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CHAMPIONS TOUR
MONTREAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Site:Sainte-Julie, Quebec.
Schedule:Friday-Sunday.
Course:Vallee du Richelieu Golf Club, Vercheres Course (6,894 yards, par 72).
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Purse:$1.8 million. Winner's share: $270,000.
Television:Golf Channel (Friday, 5:30-7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 11:30-1:30 a.m., 5:30-9830 a.m.; Sunday, 11 p.m.-1 a.m., 6-8:30 p.m.; Monday, 1-3 a.m.).
Last year:John Cook won at Fontainebleu for the last of three 2011 tour titles, shooting 63-66-66 for a tournament-record 21-under 195 total. Taiwan's Lu Chien-soon was second, three strokes back.
Last event:Tom Lehman successfully defended his Regions Tradition title June 10 in Birmingham, Ala., beating Lu and Bernhard Langer by two strokes.
Notes:The tournament is in its first year at Vallee du Richelieu after two years at Fontainebleu. ... Michael Allen leads the tour with two victories and earnings of $1,071,282. ... The Senior Players Championship is next week at Fox Chapel in Pittsburgh, followed by the First Tee Open at Pebble Beach and U.S. Senior Open at Indianwood in Lake Orion, Mich.
Online: http://www.pgatour.com
