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THE WEEK AHEAD (9/22 - 9/28)


PGA Tour:  The Tour Championship

Site: East Lake Golf Club  -  Atlanta, GA
Yards: 7,154     Par: 70
Defending: Tiger Woods 257  (beat M. Calcavecchia & Z. Johnson by 8)
Field:   World Top 25: Phil Mickelson (2), Vijay Singh (3), Sergio Garcia (5), Ernie Els (6), Steve Stricker (8), Jim Furyk (9), Anthony Kim (10), Stuart Cink (11), K.J. Choi (16), Camilo Villegas (17), Kenny Perry (20), Trevor Immelman (21), Justin Leonard (23) & Mike Weir (24)   Other Notables: Remaining FedEx Cup survivors.
 
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European PGA Tour:  Quinn Direct British Masters

Site: The Belfry  -  Sutton Coldfield, England
Yards: 7,230     Par: 72
Defending: Lee Westwood 273  (beat I. Poulter by 5)
Field:   World Top 25: Lee Westwood (12)   Other Notables: Michael Campbell, Darren Clarke, Graeme McDowell, Colin Montgomery & Oliver Wilson.
 
                    ENTRANTS          WEBSITE          GOLF COURSE          AERIAL
 
 
Japan & Asian Tours:  Asia Pacific Panasonic Open

Site: Ibaraki Country Club (West course)  -  Osaka, Japan
Yards: 7,051    Par: 72
Defending: Inaugural event
Field:   World Top 25: None    Other Notables: Angel Cabrera, Fred Couples, Toshi Izawa, Singo Katayama, Shigeki Maruyama, Jumbo Ozaki & Curtis Strange.
 
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LPGA Tour:  Navistar LPGA Classic

Site: RTJ Golf Trail at Capitol Hill  -  Prattville, AL
Yards: 6,632     Par: 72
Defending: Maria Hjorth 274  (beat S. Prammanasush by 1)
Field:   World Top 20: The entire Rolex top 20 except Annika Sorenstam (2), Suzann Pettersen (4), Paula Cremer (5), Ji-Yai Shin (7), Helen lfredsson (9), Inbee Park (11), Momoko Ueda (16) & Yuri Fudoh (18)    Other Notables: Rachel Hetherington, Liselotte Neumann & Se Ri Pak.
 
                    ENTRANTS          WEBSITE          GOLF COURSE          AERIAL
 
 
Champions Tour:  SAS Championship

Site: Prestonwood Country Club  -  Cary, NC
Yards: 7,137     Par: 72
Defending: Mark Wiebe 198  (beat D. Quigley by 3)
Field:   Ranked: The entire Charles Schwab Cup top 20 except Tom Watson (9) & Scott Simpson (10)   Other Notables: Jim Dent, Allen Doyle, Bruce Fleisher, Hale Irwin, Tom Kite, Gil Morgan, Larry Nelson & Craig Stadler.
 
                    ENTRANTS          WEBSITE          GOLF COURSE          AERIAL

 
Elsewhere…
LET – Vediorbis French Women’s Open – Pas de Calais, France
JLPGA – Dunlop Ladies Open – Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Euro Challenge – Dutch Challenge – Houtrak, Netherlands
Omega China – Tianjin Championship – Tianjin, China

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