TRUE SOUTH CLASSIC
Site: Madison, Miss.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Annandale Golf Club (7,202 yards, par 72).
Purse: $3 million. Winner’s share: $540,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Sunday, noon-3 p.m.).
Last year: Chris Kirk won his first PGA Tour title, beating Tom Pernice Jr. and George McNeill by a stroke.
Last week: Zach Johnson won the John Deere Classic in Silvis, Ill., for his second victory of the year, beating Troy Matteson with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff. Johnson hit a 193-yard bunker shot to a foot to set up the winning birdie.
Notes: Kirk is in the field along with fellow past champions Will MacKenzie (2008), D.J. Trahan (2006), Heath Slocum (2005), Cameron Beckman (2001) and Steve Lowery (2000). ... Jack Nicklaus designed the Annandale course. ... In 2009, the tournament was canceled because of unplayable conditions on the rain-soaked course. ... The Canadian Open is next week at Hamilton Golf and Country Club in Ancaster, Ontario.
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