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LPGA TOUR
YOKOHAMA TIRE LPGA CLASSIC
Site: Prattville, Alabama.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, The Senator (6,607 yards, par 72).
Purse: $1.3 million. Winner’s share: $195,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 5-7 p.m.; Friday, midnight-2 a.m., 5-7 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 5-7 p.m.).
Last year: No tournament. In 2012, Stacy Lewis beat Lexi Thompson by two strokes.
Last week: South Korea’s Hyo-Joo Kim won the Evian Championship in France to become the third-youngest major champion at 19 years, 2 months.
Notes: The tournament is the final full-field event of the year. … The top-ranked Lewis has three victories this year. … Thompson won the 2011 tournament at age 16. … Former Alabama star Stephanie Meadow is in the field. From Northern Ireland, she was third in the U.S. Women’s Open in June in her professional debut. … The tour is off next week. Play will resume Oct. 2-5 with the Reignwood LPGA Classic in China.
Online: http://www.lpga.com
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WEB.COM TOUR FINALS
WEB.COM TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: TPC Sawgrass, Dye’s Valley Course (6,864 yards, par 70).
Purse: $1 million. Winner’s share: $180,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 2-5 p.m., 8-11 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 2-5 p.m., 10:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Sunday, 2-5 p.m., 11 p.m.-2 a.m.).
Last year: Chesson Hadley won the season-ending tournament, and John Peterson topped the money list in the four-event series.
Last week: Justin Thomas won the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship in Columbus, Ohio, beating Richard Sterne with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff.
Notes: The tournament ends the four-event series for the top 75 players from the Web.com Tour money list and Nos. 126-200 in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup standings. The top 25 on the Web.com money list have earned PGA Tour cards. They are competing against each other for PGA Tour priority, with regular-season earnings counting in their totals and the final leader getting a spot in The Players Championship. The other players are fighting for another 25 cards based on their earnings in the series. … Bud Cauley won the series-opening event in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Adam Hadwin took the second in Davidson, North Carolina.
Online: http://www.pgatour.com
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CHAMPIONS TOUR
HAWAII CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Kapolei, Hawaii.
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
Course: Kapolei Golf Club (7,001 yards, par 72).
Purse: $2.2 million. Winner’s share: $330,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Friday, 7:30-10:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2-4 a.m., 7:30-10:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2-4 a.m., 8-11 p.m.; Monday, 2-4 a.m.).
Last year: Mark Wiebe won the second of his two 2013 titles, beating Corey Pavin with a par on the second hole of a playoff.
Last event: Wes Short Jr. won the Quebec Championship on Sept. 7 for his first Champions Tour’s title. He made an 8-foot eagle putt on the final hole for a one-stroke victory.
Notes: Davis Love III is making his Champions Tour debut. The 20-time PGA Tour winner turned 50 in April. … Bernhard Langer, the tour leader with five victories, is skipping the tournament to play in a European Senior Tour event in Germany. … Hale Irwin has eight official Champions Tour victories in Hawaii, winning the Turtle Bay Championship six times and the Mitsubishi Electric twice. He also has three victories in the Senior Skins and won the PGA Tour’s Sony Open. The 69-year-old Irwin leads the 50-and-over tour with 45 career victories. … The First Tee Open is next week at Pebble Beach.
Online: http://www.pgatour.com
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EUROPEAN TOUR
WALES OPEN
Site: Newport, Wales.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Celtic Manor Resort, The Twenty Ten Course (7,352 yards, par 71).
Purse: $2.33 million. Winner’s share: $388,445.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 5:30-8:30 a.m., 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Friday, 5:30-8 a.m., 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Saturday, 8:30-12:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.).
Last year: France’s Gregory Bourdy birdied the final three holes for a two-stroke victory over American Peter Uihlein.
Last week: England’s Paul Casey won the KLM Open in the Netherlands, beating countryman Simon Dyson by a stroke.
Notes: The Ryder Cup is next week at Gleneagles in Scotland. European team members Lee Westwood, Jamie Donaldson, Thomas Bjorn and Stephen Gallacher are in the field. … Europe won the 2010 Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor.
Online: http://www.europeantour.com
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PGA TOUR
Next event: Frys.com Open, Oct. 9-12, Silverado Resort and Spa, Napa, California.
Last week: Billy Horschel won the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta to take the FedEx Cup title and $10 million bonus. He won the BMW Championship the previous week in Colorado.
Online: http://www.pgatour.com
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OTHER TOURNAMENTS
U.S. GOLF ASSOCIATION: U.S. Senior Amateur, through Thursday, Big Canyon Country Club, Newport Beach, California. Online: http://www.usga.org
JAPAN GOLF TOUR: ANA Open, Thursday-Sunday, Sapporo Golf Club, Wattsu Course, Hokkaido, Japan. Online: http://www.jgto.org
ASIAN TOUR: Selangor Masters, Thursday-Sunday, Seri Selangor Golf Club, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Television: Golf Channel (Saturday, 6-8:30 a.m.; Sunday, 5:30-8 a.m.). Online: http://www.asiantour.com
EUROPEAN SENIOR TOUR: WinstonGolf Senior Open, Friday-Sunday, WinstonGolf, WinstonOpen Course, Vorbeck, Germany. Online: http://www.europeantour.com
EUROPEAN CHALLENGE TOUR: Kazakhstan Open, Thursday-Sunday, Zhailjau Golf Resort, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Online: http://www.europeantour.com
WOMEN
U.S. GOLF ASSOCIATION: U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, through Thursday, Hollywood Golf Club, Deal, New Jersey. Online: http://www.usga.org
SYMETRA TOUR: Symetra Tour Championship, Thursday-Sunday, LPGA International, Jones Course. Daytona Beach, Florida. Online: http://www.symetratour.com
LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR: Tenerife Open, Thursday-Sunday, Golf Costa Adeje, Costa Adeje, Spain. Online: http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com
JAPAN LPGA TOUR: Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic, Friday-Sunday, Aichi Country Club, South Course, Aichi, Japan. Online: http://www.lpga.or.jp
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