PGA Tour
• What: AT&T National
• Site: Bethesda, Md.
• Schedule: Today-Sunday.
• Course: Congressional Country Club, Blue Course (7,569 yards, par 71).
• Purse: $6.5 million. Winner's share: $1.17 million.
• TV: Golf Channel (today-Friday, noon; Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, noon).
• Notable: Nick Watney won at Aronimink in Newtown Square, Pa., in this event last year by shooting 62-66 in the final two rounds for the second of his two 2011 victories. K.J. Choi was second, two strokes back. … Last week, Marc Leishman won the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., for his first PGA Tour title. He closed with 8-under 62 and won when Charley Hoffman blew a late two-stroke lead. Hoffman and Masters champion Bubba Watson tied for second. … Tournament host Tiger Woods, the 2009 winner at Congressional, is coming off a 21st-place tie two weeks ago in the U.S. Open. He won the Memorial on June 3 to match Jack Nicklaus for second place on the PGA Tour victory list with 73. Woods also won the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March.
Champions Tour
• What: Senior Players Championship
• Site: Pittsburgh.
• Schedule: Today-Sunday.
• Course: Fox Chapel Golf Club (6,710 yards, par 70).
• Purse: $2.7 million. Winner's share: $405,000.
• TV: Golf Channel (today-Friday, 10 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 11:30 a.m.).
• Notable: Fred Couples won this event last year at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, N.Y., by beating John Cook with a birdie on the third hole of a playoff. … Last week, Mark Calcavecchia won the Montreal Championship for his second Champions Tour title, closing with an 8-under 64 for a four-stroke victory. … Greg Norman is making his first Champions Tour start since 2009. ... Tom Watson is returning from a wrist injury that has sidelined him since April.
LPGA Tour
• What: NW Arkansas Championship
• Site: Rogers, Ark.
• Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
• Course: Pinnacle Country Club (6,274 yards, par 71).
• Purse: $2 million. Winner's share: $300,000.
• TV: Golf Channel (Friday, 3:30 p.m., tape; Saturday-Sunday, 2 p.m., live).
• Notable: Top-ranked Yani Tseng successfully defended her title in this event last year by beating Amy Yang with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff. … The tournament was played in September. The U.S. Women's Open is next week at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wis.
European Tour
• What: Irish Open
• Site: Portrush, Northern Ireland.
• Schedule: Today-Sunday.
• Course: Royal Portrush Golf Club, Dunluce Links (7,143 yards, par 72).
• Purse: $2.5 million. Winner's share: $417,250.
• TV: Golf Channel (today-Friday, 6 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 5:30 a.m.).
• Notable: England's Simon Dyson won this event last year at Killarney Golf & Fishing Club. Australia's Richard Green was second, a stroke back. … The tournament was last played in Northern Ireland in 1953. … Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell top the Irish contingent along with Ireland's Padraig Harrington, the 2007 winner at Adare Manor.
• What: AT&T National
• Site: Bethesda, Md.
• Schedule: Today-Sunday.
• Course: Congressional Country Club, Blue Course (7,569 yards, par 71).
• Purse: $6.5 million. Winner's share: $1.17 million.
• TV: Golf Channel (today-Friday, noon; Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, noon).
• Notable: Nick Watney won at Aronimink in Newtown Square, Pa., in this event last year by shooting 62-66 in the final two rounds for the second of his two 2011 victories. K.J. Choi was second, two strokes back. … Last week, Marc Leishman won the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., for his first PGA Tour title. He closed with 8-under 62 and won when Charley Hoffman blew a late two-stroke lead. Hoffman and Masters champion Bubba Watson tied for second. … Tournament host Tiger Woods, the 2009 winner at Congressional, is coming off a 21st-place tie two weeks ago in the U.S. Open. He won the Memorial on June 3 to match Jack Nicklaus for second place on the PGA Tour victory list with 73. Woods also won the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March.
Champions Tour
• What: Senior Players Championship
• Site: Pittsburgh.
• Schedule: Today-Sunday.
• Course: Fox Chapel Golf Club (6,710 yards, par 70).
• Purse: $2.7 million. Winner's share: $405,000.
• TV: Golf Channel (today-Friday, 10 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 11:30 a.m.).
• Notable: Fred Couples won this event last year at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, N.Y., by beating John Cook with a birdie on the third hole of a playoff. … Last week, Mark Calcavecchia won the Montreal Championship for his second Champions Tour title, closing with an 8-under 64 for a four-stroke victory. … Greg Norman is making his first Champions Tour start since 2009. ... Tom Watson is returning from a wrist injury that has sidelined him since April.
LPGA Tour
• What: NW Arkansas Championship
• Site: Rogers, Ark.
• Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
• Course: Pinnacle Country Club (6,274 yards, par 71).
• Purse: $2 million. Winner's share: $300,000.
• TV: Golf Channel (Friday, 3:30 p.m., tape; Saturday-Sunday, 2 p.m., live).
• Notable: Top-ranked Yani Tseng successfully defended her title in this event last year by beating Amy Yang with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff. … The tournament was played in September. The U.S. Women's Open is next week at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wis.
European Tour
• What: Irish Open
• Site: Portrush, Northern Ireland.
• Schedule: Today-Sunday.
• Course: Royal Portrush Golf Club, Dunluce Links (7,143 yards, par 72).
• Purse: $2.5 million. Winner's share: $417,250.
• TV: Golf Channel (today-Friday, 6 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 5:30 a.m.).
• Notable: England's Simon Dyson won this event last year at Killarney Golf & Fishing Club. Australia's Richard Green was second, a stroke back. … The tournament was last played in Northern Ireland in 1953. … Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell top the Irish contingent along with Ireland's Padraig Harrington, the 2007 winner at Adare Manor.
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