This Week's Golf Tournaments Around The World

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A look at this week's golf tournaments around the world:

 

EUROPEAN TOUR

Scottish Open
 
Site: Inverness, Scotland.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Castle Stuart Golf Links (7,050 yards, 6,447 meters, par 72).
Purse: $3.07 million. Winner's share: $636,550.
 
Last year: England's Luke Donald won the rain-shortened tournament, closing with a 9-under 63 for a four-stroke victory. He finished at 19 under.
 
Last week: Germany's Marcel Siem won the French Open for his second European Tour title, beating Italy's Francesco Molinari by a stroke.
 
Notes: The British Open is next week at Royal Lytham and St. Annes. The leading player, not otherwise exempt for the British Open, among the top five and ties will earn a spot. ... Donald is in the field along with Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Martin Kaymer, Louis Oosthuizen, Padraig Harrington, Paul Casey, Aaron Baddeley, Kevin Na, John Rollins and Rich Beem. ... The tournament is in its second season at Castle Stuart after 15 years at Loch Lomond. Castle Stuart is on the
Moray Firth coast.
 
 
U.S. PGA TOUR
 
JOHN DEERE CLASSIC
 
Site: Silvis, Illinois
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: TPC Deere Run (7,268 yards, 6,646 meters, par 71).
Purse: $4.6 million. Winner's share: $828,000.
 
Last year: Steve Stricker holed a 25-foot birdie putt from off the 18th green to win the tournament for the third straight year. He shot 66-64-63-69 to finish at 22 under and beat rookie Kyle Stanley by a stroke.
 
Last week: Rookie Ted Potter Jr. won the Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia for his first US PGA Tour victory, beating Troy Kelly with a birdie on the third hole of a playoff. Tiger Woods missed the cut.
 
Notes: The British Open is next week at Royal Lytham and St. Annes. The leading player, not otherwise exempt for the British Open, among the top five and ties will earn a spot. ... The 45-year-old Stricker won the season-opening Tournament of Champions in Hawaii for his 12th tour title and eighth since turning 40. In 2009, Stricker had a 61 in the second round and shot 68-64 in a 36-hole Sunday finish. In 2010, he shot 60-66-62-70 for a two-stroke victory over Paul Goydos. Goydos matched the tour record with a first-round 59. ... Zach Johnson, from nearby Iowa, also is in the field along with Potter and fellow 2012 winners Stanley, Mark Wilson and Carl Pettersson. ... Three-time winner D.A. Weibring teamed with Chris Gray to design Deere Run. ... The True South Classic also is next week in Madison, Mississippi.
 
 
U.S. GOLF ASSOCIATION
 
U.S. Senior Open
 
Site: Lake Orion, Michigan.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Indianwood Golf and Country Club, Old Course (6,862 yards, 6,275 meters, par 70).
Purse: TBA ($2.6 million in 2011). Winner's share: TBA ($500,000 in 2011).
 
Last year: Olin Browne won at Inverness in Toledo, Ohio, holding off Mark O'Meara by three strokes. Browne shot 64-69-65-71 to finish at 15 under.
 
Last week: Kirk Triplett won the First Tee Open at Pebble Beach for his first Champions Tour title. The three-time US PGA Tour winner was making his eighth start on the senior tour after turning 50 in March.
 
Notes: The tournament is the fourth of the five Champions Tour majors. Roger Chapman won the Senior PGA in May at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, Michigan, Tom Lehman took the Regions Tradition in June at Shoal Creek in Alabama, and Joe Daley won the Senior Players two weeks ago at Fox Chapel in Pittsburgh. ... The 2013 tournament will be played at Omaha Country Club in Nebraska, and the 2014 event is set for Oak Tree in Edmond, Oklahoma. ... The tour is off next week. Play will resume July 26-29 with the Senior British Open at Turnberry.
 
 
Champions Tour site: http://www.pgatour.com
 
U.S. LPGA TOUR
 
Next event: Evian Masters, July 26-29, Evian Masters Golf Club, Evian-Les-Bains, France.
 
Last week: South Korea's Na Yeon Choi won the U.S. Women's Open at Blackwolf Run for her first major title, finishing at 8 under for a four-stroke victory. She closed with a 73 after shooting a 65 in the second round.
 
 
OTHER TOURNAMENTS
 
MEN
 
WEB.COM TOUR: Utah Championship, Thursday-Sunday, Willow Creek Country Club, Sandy, Utah.
 
 
U.S. GOLF ASSOCIATION: U.S. Amateur Public Links, through Saturday, Soldier Hollow Golf Course, Midway, Utah. Online: http://www.usga.org
 
CANADIAN TOUR: Canadian Tour Players Cup, Thursday-Sunday, Pine Ridge Golf Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
 
EUROPEAN CHALLENGE TOUR: Credit Suisse Challenge, Thursday-Sunday, Golf Sempachersee, Lucerne, Switzerland.
 
eGOLF PROFESSIONAL TOUR: The Southern Open, Wednesday-Saturday, Club at Irish Creek, Kannapolis, North Carolina., and Country Club of Salisbury, Salisbury, North Carolina.
 
WOMEN
LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR: South African Women's Open, Friday-Sunday, Selborne Park Golf Club, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
 
JAPAN LPGA TOUR: Stanley Ladies, Friday-Sunday, Tomei Country Club, Shizuoka, Japan.
 
 
 
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