Golf Glance
LPGA TOUR/LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR
EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Evian-les-Bains, France
Course: Evian Resort GC. Yardage: 6,470. Par: 71.
Purse: $3.25 million (First prize: $487,500).
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 5-8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Saturday, 6:30-11:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m. to noon); NBC Sports (Sunday, noon to 1:30 p.m.)
Defending champion: Lydia Ko.
Last tournament: Carolina Masson won the Manulife LPGA Classic.
Notes: This is the fifth and final LPGA major or the year. ... Ko won her first major last year at Evian when she became the first LPGA major champion to shoot 63 on the final day. She won by six shots over Lexi Thompson. ... The four majors this year have been won by four players - Ko, Brooke Henderson, Brittany Lang and Ariya Jutanugarn. ... Inbee Park has withdrawn because of lingering issues with her left thumb. The Evian Championship was designated a major in 2013. Park won it the year before, and it is the only major she has not won. ... Ko leads the Rolex Annika Major Award for overall performance in the majors. She has 102 points, with Jutanugarn at 92 points, Henderson at 62 points and Lang at 60 points. Winning the Evian is worth 60 points. ... Ko has a five-point lead over Jutanugarn for LPGA player of the year. ... The LPGA heads to China in two weeks and will play six straight weeks in Asia until returning Nov. 10 to the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico.
Next tournament: Reignwood LPGA Classic on Sept. 29-Oct. 2 in China.
Online: www.lpga.com
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EUROPEAN TOUR
ITALIAN OPEN
Site: Paraco Reale di Monza, Italy.
Course: Golf Club Milano. Yardage: 7,156. Par: 71.
Purse: 3 million euros.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 12:30-2:30 p.m., tape delay; Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., tape delay; Sunday, noon to 2:30 p.m., tape delay).
Defending champion: Rikard Karlberg.
Last week: Joost Luiten won the KLM Open.
Notes: In what amounts to a Ryder Cup tuneup for Europe, seven of its 12-member team are playing the Italian Open - Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood, Danny Willett, Chris Wood, Matt Fitzpatrick, Andy Sullivan and Rafa Cabrera Bello. ... The prize money is double what it was last year, part of the plan when Italy was selected to host the 2022 Ryder Cup. ... Ian Poulter won his first European Tour title at the Italian Open in 2000. ... Francesco Molinari was the last Italian to win his national open in 2006. ... Westwood, Kaymer, Cabrera Bello and Sullivan are the only Ryder Cup members from Europe who have yet to win this year.
Next week: Porsche European Open.
Online: www.europeantour.com
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PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
NATURE VALLEY FIRST TEE OPEN
Site: Pebble Beach, California
Course: Pebble Beach GL (7,040 yards, par 72) and Poppy Hills GC (7,002 yards, par 71).
Purse: $2 million (First prize: $300,000).
Television: Golf Channel (Friday-Sunday, 6-9 p.m.).
Defending champion: Esteban Toledo.
Last tournament: Carlos Franco won the Shaw Charity Classic.
Notes: The field includes Tom Watson, the runner-up last year who won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am twice and his only U.S. Open at Pebble Beach in 1982. ... The format puts 81 teenagers (ages 14 to 18) from The First Tee programs throughout the country with professionals. Mark O'Meara and his junior partner, Jack Avrit of Arroyo Grande, California, won the pro-junior competition last year. ... Vijay Singh is in the field. At age 53, he will be making only his 11th start on the PGA Tour Champions. The former world No. 1 tied for third at the Nature Valley First Tee Open last year, his best finish on the 50-and-older circuit. ... PGA Tour player Scott Langley once played the event as a First Tee participant. ... Bernhard Langer leads the money list by nearly $1 million over Miguel Angel Jimenez.
Next week: Pacific Links Championship.
Online: www.pgatour.com/champions
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WEB.COM TOUR
ALBERTSONS BOISE OPEN
Site: Boise, Idaho.
Course: Hillcrest CC (Yardage: 6,769. Par: 71).
Purse: $1 million (First prize: $180,000).
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Defending champion: Martin Piller.
Last week: Bryson DeChambeau won the DAP Championship to lock up his PGA Tour card for next year.
Notes: This is the second of four events in the Web.com Tour Finals that determine who gets PGA Tour cards for next year. The top 25 from the regular season already have earned cards and are playing to determine their priority for next season. ... Rory Sabbatini, who applied to use a one-time exemption for top 50 in career money to get his PGA Tour card, tied for sixth at the DAP Championship and is on his way to finishing in the top 25 in the finals. Will MacKenzie, Scott Stallings and D.A. Points also tied for sixth. They likely will only need to make a cut in the next three events to secure their cards.
Next week: Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship.
Online: www.pgatour.com/webcom
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PGA TOUR
Last week: BMW Championship
Next week: Tour Championship
Online: www.pgatour.com
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OTHER TOURS
MEN
Japan Golf Tour: ANA Open, Sapporo GC (Wattsu Course), Hokkaido, Japan. Defending champion: Ryo Ishikawa. Online:owww.jgto.org
Mackenzie Tour Canada: Freedom 55 Financial Championship, Highland CC, London, Ontario. Defending champion: Jason Millard. Online: www.pgatour.com/canada
PGA Tour Latinoamerica: Ecuador Open, Quito Tennis & GC, Quito, Ecuador. Defending champion: Ricardo Celia. Online: www.pgatour.com/la/en
PGA Tour China: Ping An Bank Open, Topwin Golf and CC, Beijing. Defending champion: Online: http://www.pgatour.com/pga-tour-china.html
WOMEN
International Golf Federation: Women's World Amateur Team, Mayakoba El Camaleon GC, Riviera Maya, Mexico. Defending team champion: Australia. Defending individual champion: Brooke Henderson. Online: www.igfgolf.org
Symetra Tour: Garden City Charity Classic, The Golf Club at Southwind, Garden City, Kan. Defending champion: New event. Online: www.symetratour.com
Japan LPGA: Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic, Shinminami Aichi CC, Aichi, Japan. Defending champion: Ha-neul Kim. Online: www.lpga.or.jp