Golf Week
Published 5:00 am Wednesday, August 6, 2008
PGA Of America
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Bloomfield Township, Mich.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Oakland Hills Golf Club, South Course (7,395 yards, par 70).
Purse: TBA ($7 million in 2007). Winners share: TBA ($1.26 million in 2007).
FedEx Cup points: 27,500. Winners share: 4,950.
Television: TNT (Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 8-10 a.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.).
Last year: Tiger Woods won the 13th of his 14 major titles, successfully defending his title at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla. He shot 71-63-69-69 to beat Woody Austin by two strokes.
Last week: Vijay Singh won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, ending a zero-for-34 drought on the PGA Tour by swirling in a 3 1/2-foot par putt on the final hole for a one-shot victory over Lee Westwood and Stuart Appleby. The Fijian won for the 32nd time on the PGA Tour to break a tie with Harry Lighthorse Cooper of England for the most victories by an international player.
Notes: The tournament ends the points race for the eight automatic spots on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Captain Paul Azinger will add four players Sept. 2 for the Sept. 19-21 matches at Valhalla. Stewart Cink tops the standings with at 4,952.665. Phil Mickelson (4,880.000) is second, followed by Kenny Perry (4,480.700), Jim Furyk (4,328.792), Anthony Kim (4003.796), Justin Leonard (3,348.524), Boo Weekley (2,627.295), Steve Striker (2,603.168), Austin (2,422.983), Hunter Mahan (2,304.517), D.J. Trahan (2,294.916) and Rocco Mediate (2,246.060). Players will receive two points for each $1,000 made at Oakland Hills. … Europe beat the United States by a record margin, 18 1/2-9 1/2, in the 2004 Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills. Ben Hogan won the 1951 U.S. Open at Oakland Hills. Cyril Walker (1924 U.S. Open), Ralph Guldahl (1937 U.S. Open), Ben Hogan (1951 U.S. Open), Gene Littler (1961 U.S. Open), Gary Player (1972 PGA), David Graham (1979 PGA), Andy North (1985 U.S. Open) and Steve Jones (1996 U.S. Open) also won majors at the course. … The 2009 event will be played at Hazeltine in Minnesota … The Wyndham Championship is next week in Greensboro, N.C., followed by The Barclays, the FedEx Cup opener in Paramus, N.J.
On the Net: http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship
PGA Tour site: http://www.pgatour.com
PGA European Tour site: http://www.europeantour.com
LPGA TOUR
Next event: Canadian Womens Open, Aug. 14-17, Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, Ottawa.
Last week: South Koreas Ji-Yai Shin won the Womens British Open for her first major title. The 20-year-old Shin closed with a 6-under 66 at Sunningdale for a three-stroke victory over Taiwans Yani Tseng .
On the Net: http://www.lpga.com
CHAMPIONS
Next event: Jeld-Wen Tradition, Aug. 14-17, Crosswater Club at Sunriver Resort, Sunriver, Ore.
Last week: Argentinas Eduardo Romero won the U.S. Senior Open at the Broadmoor in Colorado, beating Fred Funk by four strokes.
On the Net: http://www.pgatour.com
USGA
U.S. GOLF ASSOCIATION: U.S. Womens Amateur, through Sunday, Eugene Country Club, Eugene. On the Net: http://www.uswamateur.org
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