PGA TOUR

What: Frys.com Open

Site: Scottsdale

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday

Course: Grayhawk Golf Club, Raptor Course (7,125 yards, par 70)

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 1-4 p.m., 6-9 p.m.; Friday, 1-4 p.m., 7-10 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m., 7-10 p.m.)

Last year: Canadian Mike Weir won his first tour title since February 2004, beating Australia’s Mark Hensby by a stroke. Weir has eight career victories.

Last week: Marc Turnesa won the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open for his first PGA Tour title, shooting 62-64-69-68 for a tournament-record 25-under 263 total. He led wire to wire. Matt Kuchar finished second, a stroke back.

LPGA TOUR

What: Grand China Air LPGA

Site: Haikou, China

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday

Course: West Coast Golf Club (6,422 yards, par 72)

Television: None

Last week: Morgan Pressel won the inaugural Kapalua LPGA Classic for her second career LPGA Tour title, beating Suzann Pettersen by a stroke. Pressel, Kapalua’s touring pro, won the Kraft Nabisco Championship last year.

CHAMPIONS TOUR

What: AT&T Championship

Site: San Antonio, Texas

Schedule: Friday-Sunday

Course: Oak Hills Country Club (6,735 yards, par 71)

Television: Golf Channel (Friday, 4:30-7 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 4:30-7 p.m.)

Last week: Bernhard Langer successfully defended his Administaff Small Business Classic title, beating Lonnie Nielsen by two strokes at The Woodlands. The German star, a three-time winner this year, won last year at Augusta Pines.

PGA EUROPEAN TOUR

What: Castello Masters Costa Azahar

Site: Castellon, Spain

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday

Course: Club de Campo del Mediterraneo (7,111 yards, par 71)

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 6-9 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 5:30-8:30 a.m.)

Last week: Spain’s Alvaro Quiros won the Portugal Masters for his second European tour title, beating Scotland’s Paul Lawrie by three strokes.

NATIONWIDE TOUR

What: Miccosukee Championship

Site: Miami

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday

Course: Miccosukee Golf and Country Club (7,200 yards, par 71)

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; Friday-Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.).

Last week: India’s Arjun Atwal won the Chattanooga Classic for his first Nationwide Tour title and first victory in the United States, beating Webb Simpson with a two-putt birdie on the first hole of a playoff.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 at 12:01 am and is filed under Sports. Tags for this post: College/UA, Golf, page-c05, Sports-Golf, Sports-Golf-College/UA, The Associated Press. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.