LPGA TOUR
SemGroup Championship
Site:Broken Arrow, Okla.
Course: Cedar Ridge Country Club (6,602 yards, par 71).
Purse: $1.8 million.
Winner’s share: $270,000.
Television: ESPN2 (Today, 2-4 p.m.).
Last year: Mi Hyun Kim beat Juli Inkster with a par on the first hole of a playoff.
Last week: Annika Sorenstam won the Stanford International Pro-Am for her 71st LPGA Tour victory, beating Paula Creamer with a par on the first playoff hole.
Notes: Lorena Ochoa is attempting to tie the tour record of five consecutive victories set by Nancy Lopez in 1978 and matched by Sorenstam in 2004-05. The top-ranked Mexican star took last week off after winning the previous four weeks. She has five victories in six starts this year. . . . Cristie Kerr won the 2006 tournament, shooting a career-best 10-under 61 in the second round and closing with a 68 to beat Sorenstam by two strokes. . . . Sorenstam, the 2002, ’04 and ’05 winner, is taking the week off. . . . Florida teenager Vicky Hurst is making her second LPGA Tour start. The 17-year-old star broke the Futures Tour’s 54-hole scoring record Sunday, closing with an 8-under 64 for an 18-under 198 total in the Jalapeño Classic. . . . The tournament, increased from 54 to 72 holes this year, is in its fourth season at Cedar Ridge after three years at Tulsa Country Club. . . . The Michelob Ultra Open is next week at Kingsmill in Williamsburg, Va., followed by the Sybase Classic in Clifton, N.J.
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PGA TOUR
Wachovia Championship
Site:Charlotte, N.C.
Course: Quail Hollow Club (7,442 yards, par 72).
Purse: $6.4 million.
Winner’s share: $1,152,000.
FedEx Cup points: 25,000.
Winner’s share: 4,500.
Television: CBS (Today, 1-4 p.m.).
Last year: Tiger Woods won the third of his seven 2008 titles, finishing with a tournament-record 13-under 275 total for a two-stroke victory over Steve Stricker.
Last week: Adam Scott won the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, beating Ryan Moore with a 48-foot birdie putt on the third hole of a playoff.
Notes: Woods is sidelined by a knee injury. . . . Nineteen of the top 25 in the world ranking are in the field. . . . Jim Furyk won in 2006, beating Trevor Immelman on the first hole of a playoff. In 2005, Furyk lost to Vijay Singh on the fourth extra hole. Joey Sindelar also won in a playoff in 2004. . . . The Players Championship is next week at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., followed by the AT&T Classic in Duluth, Ga., and the Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas.
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CHAMPIONS TOUR
FedEx Kinko’s Classic
Site:Lakeway, Texas.
Course: The Hills Country Club (7,020 yards, par 72).
Purse: $1.6 million.
Winner’s share: $240,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Today, 4: 30-7 p.m.).
Last year: Scott Hoch won his first Champions Tour title, closing with a 68 for a two-stroke victory over D.A. Weibring.
Last week: Tom Watson and Andy North won the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, holding off Craig Stadler and Jeff Sluman by a stroke in the better-ball event.
Notes: Hoch has two victories this year. . . . Jay Haas won the 2006 tournament. . . . Jack Nicklaus designed The Hills course. . . . The tour is off next week. Play will resume May 16-18 with the Regions Charity Classic in Hoover, Ala. The Senior PGA Championship is the following week at Oak Hill in Rochester, N.Y.
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PGA EUROPEAN TOUR
Spanish Open
Site:Seville, Spain.
Course: Real Club de Golf de Sevilla (7,140 yards, par 72).
Purse: $3.13 million.
Winner’s share: $521,980.
Television: Golf Channel (Today, 6: 30-9: 30 a.m.).
Last year: South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel won at Centro National in Madrid, closing with a 5-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over India’s Jyoti Randhawa.
Last week: Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke won the BMW Asian Open for his first European tour victory in nearly five years, holing a 40-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a one-stroke victory over Dutchman Robert-Jan Derksen.
Notes: Clarke and Schwartzel are in the field along with John Daly, Colin Montgomerie and English amateur star Danny Willett. . . . Jose Maria Olazabal designed the course. . . . The Italian Open is next week, followed by the Irish Open.
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NATIONWIDE TOUR
South Georgia Classic
Site:Valdosta, Ga.
Course: Kinderlou Forest Golf Club (7,781 yards, par 72).
Purse: $625,000.
Winner’s share: $112,500.
Television: Golf Channel (Today, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.).
Last year: John Kimbell won the inaugural tournament for his first Nationwide Tour title, closing with a 3-under 69 in high wind for a one-stroke victory over Australia’s Matthew Jones. Kimbell had a 10-under 278 total.
Last week: Greg Chalmers won the Henrico County Open to become the fifth Australian winner in eight events this season. Chalmers beat Norway’s Henrik Bjornstad with a bogey on the second hole of a playoff.
Notes: Kinderlou Forest is the longest course in Nationwide Tour history. . . . Australia’s Jarrod Lyle leads the money list with $189,000, followed by Chalmers ($161,154) and fellow Australian Ewan Porter ($149,745). The top 25 at the end of the season will earn 2009 PGA Tour cards. . . . The Fort Smith Classic is next week in Arkansas, followed by the BMW Charity Pro-Am in Greer, S.C.
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OTHER TOURNAMENTS
Men
JAPAN GOLF TOUR: The Crowns, Thursday-Sunday, Nagoya Golf Club, Wago Course, Aichi, Japan.
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ASIAN TOUR: Maekyung Open, Thursday-Sunday, Nam Seoul Country Club, Seoul, South Korea.
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PGA EUROPEAN CHALLENGE TOUR: Moroccan Classic, Thursday-Sunday, El Jadida Sofitel Golf Resort, El Jadida, Morocco.
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Women
DURAMED FUTURES TOUR: El Paso Golf Classic, Friday-Sunday, Underwood Golf Complex, Sunrise Course, El Paso, Texas.
On the Net: LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR: Ladies Scottish Open, Thursday-Saturday, De Vere Cameron House, The Carrick at Loch Lomond, Loch Lomond, Scotland.
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JAPAN LPGA TOUR: Crystal Geyser Ladies Open, Friday-Sunday, Keiyo Country Club, Chiba, Japan.
On the Net: www.lpga.or.jp
