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PGA TOUR
TEXAS OPEN
Site: San Antonio.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: TPC San Antonio, Oaks Course (7,435 yards, par 72).
Purse: $6.2 million. Winner’s share: $1,116,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m., 9 p.m.-midnight; Saturday, 1-5 p.m., 9:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m., 9 p.m.-2 a.m.) and NBC (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Last year: Scotland’s Martin Laird matched the course record with a 63 to beat Rory McIlroy by two strokes.
Last week: Matt Every won the Arnold Palmer Invitational for his first PGA Tour title, rallying to beat Keegan Bradley by a stroke.
Notes: Phil Mickelson is making his second appearance in the event. He tied for 47th at Oak Hills in 1992 in his 11th professional start on the PGA Tour. … Area resident Jimmy Walker has a tour-high three victories this season, winning the Frys.com Open, Sony Open and Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. … Zach Johnson, the 2008 and 2009 winner, won the Tournament of Champions in January. … Jeff Maggert is coming off a victory last week in Mississippi in his first start on the Champions Tour. … The Houston Open is next week, followed by the Masters.
Online: https://www.pgatour.com
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LPGA TOUR
KIA CLASSIC
Site: Carlsbad, Calif.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Aviara Golf Club (6,593 yards, par 72).
Purse: $1.7 million. Winner’s share: $255,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 6:30-9 p.m.; Saturday, 3-4 a.m., 7-9 p.m.; Sunday, 7-9 a.m., 7-9 p.m.).
Last year: Spain’s Beatriz Recari won her second LPGA Tour title, making a birdie putt from the fringe on the second hole of a playoff with I.K. Kim.
Last week: Karrie Webb won the JTBC Founders Cup in Phoenix for the second time in four years, rallying for her second victory of the year and 41st on the LPGA Tour. The 39-year-old Hall of Famer matched the course record with 9-under 63 to beat five players by a stroke.
Notes: The Kraft Nabisco Championship, the first major tournament of the year, is next week at Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage. … Yani Tseng won the 2012 tournament for the last of her 15 tour titles. She has dropped from first to 46th in the world in a year. Tseng missed the cut in Phoenix with rounds of 71 and 74. … Kia endorser Michelle Wie tied for 12th in Phoenix. … Inbee Park is ranked No. 1, followed by Suzann Pettersen, Stacy Lewis, 16-year-old Lydia Ko and Webb.
Online: https://www.lpga.com
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EUROPEAN TOUR/ASIAN TOUR
EURASIA CUP
Site: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Schedule: Thursday-Saturday.
Course: Glenmarie Golf and Country Club (7,003 yards, par 72).
Purse: $4 million. Winner’s shares: $300,000 per player.
Television: Golf Channel (Wednesday, 8:30 p.m.-4 a.m.; Thursday, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Friday, midnight-4 a.m., 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Saturday, midnight-3 a.m., 4-11 a.m.).
Format: Team match play. Thursday, five foursomes (alternate-shot) matches; Friday, five fourball (better-ball) matches; Saturday, 10 singles matches.
Asia: Thongchai Jaidee (captain), Thailand; Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand; Gaganjeet Bhullar, India; Nicholas Fung, Malaysia; Kim Hyung-sung, South Korea; Anirban Lahiri, India; Prayad Marksaeng, Thailand; Koumei Oda, Japan; Siddikur Rahman, Bangladesh; Hideto Tanihara, Japan.
Europe: Miguel-Angel Jimenez (captain), Spain; Thomas Bjorn, Denmark; Jamie Donaldson, Wales; Victor Dubuisson, France; Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Spain; Stephen Gallacher, Scotland; Pablo Larrazabal, Spain; Joost Luiten, Netherlands; Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland; Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark.
Last year: Inaugural event.
Last event: Spain’s Alejandro Canizares won the Trophy Hassan II in Morocco on March 16, leading wire-to-wire for a five-stroke victory.
Notes: McDowell is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 14. … Dubuisson finished second in the World Golf Championships-Match Play Championship in February in Arizona, losing to Jason Day on the 23rd hole. … The 50-year-old Jimenez won the Hong Kong Open in December for his 20th European Tour victory. … The NH Collection Open is next week in Spain, followed by the Masters.
Online: https://www.europeantour.com
Asian Tour site: https://www.asiantour.com
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WEB.COM TOUR
LOUISIANA OPEN
Site: Broussard, La.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Le Triomphe Country Club (7,006 yards, par 71).
Purse: $550,000. Winner’s share: $99,000.
Television: None.
Last year: Edward Loar closed with a 69 in windy conditions to beat Morgan Hoffmann by two strokes.
Last week: Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz won the Panama Claro Championship for his first Web.com Tour title, closing with a 6-under 64 for a four-stroke victory.
Notes: The tournament, in its 23rd year at Robert Trent Jones Jr.-designed Le Triomphe, is the fifth event of the season and first in the United States. … Alex Cejka, the winner of the season-opening Colombia Championship, leads the money list with $235,150. Ortiz is second with $112,500. … The tour is off next week. Play will resume April 10-13 with the El Bosque Mexico Championship.
Online: https://www.pgatour.com
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CHAMPIONS TOUR
Next event: Greater Gwinnett Championship, April 18-20, TPC Sugarloaf, Duluth, Ga.
Last week: Jeff Maggert won the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic to become the 17th player to win in his tour debut.
Online: https://www.pgatour.com
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OTHER TOURNAMENTS
MEN
JAPAN GOLF TOUR/ONEASIA TOUR: Indonesia PGA Championship, Thursday-Sunday, Damai Indah Golf, Bumi Serpong Damai Course, Jakarta, Indonesia. Online: https://www.jgto.org and https://www.oneasia.asia
PGA TOUR LATINOAMERICA: Stella Artois Open, Thursday-Sunday, La Reunion Golf Resort, Fuego Maya Golf Course, Antigua, Guatemala. Online: https://www.pgatourla.com
NGA TOUR: Lake County Classic, Thursday-Sunday, Harbor Hills Country Club, Lady Lake, Fla. Online: https://www.ngatour.com
eGOLF PROFESSIONAL TOUR: Cowans Ford Open, Wednesday-Friday, Cowans Ford Country Club, Stanley, N.C. Online: https://www.egolfprofessionaltour.com
WOMEN
SYMETRA TOUR: IOA Golf Classic, Friday-Sunday, Alaqua Country Club, Longwood, Fla. Online: https://www.symetratour.com
JAPAN LPGA TOUR: AXA Ladies Golf, Friday-Sunday, UMK Country Club, Miyazaki, Japan. Online: https://www.lpga.or.jp
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