Anna Nordqvist of Sweden poses with the trophy after her two-stroke victory at the LPGA Tour Championship presented by Rolex at the Houstonian Golf and Country Club on November 23, 2009 in Richmond, Texas.Scott Halleran
LPGA Tour - LPGA Championship
Course: Locust Hill Country Club (6,506 yards, par 72).
Last year: Sweden's Anna Nordqvist won the major championship for her first LPGA Tour title, beating Lindsey Wright by four strokes at Bulle Rock in Havre de Grace, Md.
Notes: Canadians Lorie Kane, Lisa Meldrum, Samantha Richdale and Alena Sharp are entered i the field... Last year at Locust Hill in the Wegmans LPGA, Jiyai Shin won by seven strokes, finishing at 17-under 271. The second-ranked Shin is returning to play after withdrawing from the State Farm Classic because of appendicitis. ... Yani Tseng won the first major of the season, the Kraft Nabisco in early April. Tseng won the 2008 event at Bulle Rock. ... The Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic is next week in Sylvania, Ohio, followed by the U.S. Women's Open at Oakmont.
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PGA TOUR - Travelers Championship
Course: TPC River Highlands (6,841 yards, par 70).
Last year: Kenny Perry won the second of his two 2009 PGA Tour titles, shooting 61-68-66-63 for a tournament-record 258 total. Paul Goydos and David Toms tied for second, three strokes back.
Notes: Graham Delaet and Nick Taylor are the only Canadians entered in the field... The 49-year-old Perry tied for 33rd in the U.S. Open. ... J.J. Henry won in 2006 to become the first Connecticut winner in tournament history. ... In 2005, Rhode Island native Brad Faxon matched the course record with a closing 61 and beat Tjaart van der Walt with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff. ... The AT&T National is next week at Aronimink in Newtown Square, Pa.
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CHAMPIONS TOUR - Dick's Sporting Goods Open
Course: En-Joie Golf Course (6,974 yards, par 72).
Last year: Lonnie Nielson won his second Champions Tour title, finishing with a 9-under 63 for a three-stroke victory over Fred Funk and Ronnie Black.
Notes: En-Joie was the site of the PGA Tour's now-defunct B.C. Open from 1971-2005. Craig Stadler, in the field this week, won the 2003 B.C. Open to become the first player to win a PGA Tour event while a member of the Champions Tour. He closed with a 63 to overcome an eight-stroke deficit and win by a stroke. ... Joey Sindelar (1985 and 1987), Jeff Sluman (2001), Wayne Levi (1984) and Mike Hulbert (1989) also are B.C. Open winners. All four grew up in upstate New York. ... The Montreal Championship is next week at Fontainebleu.
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NATIONWIDE TOUR - Mexico Open Bicentenary
Course: El Bosque Country Club (6,810 yards, par 70).
Last year: Troy Merritt won the event in September for his first Nationwide Tour victory, beating Australia's Adam Bland with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff.
Notes: Canadians Bryan DeCorso, David Hearn, Jon Mills and David Morland IV are in the field... Tommy Gainey is second on the money list with $199,253, followed by Kevin Chappell ($197,921), Bobby Gates ($186,383) and Martin Piller ($167,186). The final top 25 will earn 2011 PGA Tour cards. ... The tour is off next week. Play will resume July 8-11 with the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic in Clarksburg, Ontario.
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EUROPEAN TOUR - BMW International Open
Course: Munich Nord-Eichenried Golf Club (7,025 yards, par 72).
Last year: England's Nick Dougherty closed with an 8-under 64 to hold off Argentina's Rafa Echenique by a stroke. Echenique holed out from 243 yards on the par-5 18th for a double-eagle 2 and a 60.
Notes: Ernie Els, third last week at Pebble Beach, is in the field along with U.S. Open runner-up Gregory Havret, Paul Casey, Nick Faldo and German stars Martin Kaymer, Bernhard Langer and Alex Cejka. In 2008, Kaymer became the first German winner in event history, birdieing the first hole of a playoff with Denmark's Anders Hansen after blowing a six-stroke lead in the final round. ... The French Open is next week at Le Golf National, followed by the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond and British Open at St. Andrews.
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