By The Associated Press
PGA TOUR
TRANSITIONS CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Palm Harbor, Fla.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, Copperhead Course (7,340 yards, par 71).
Purse: $5.5 million. Winner’s share: $990,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 3-6 p.m.,
8:30-11:30 p.m.; Friday, 3-6 p.m., 10:30 p.m.-
1:30 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1:30-3 p.m., 9:30
p.m.-12:30 a.m.) and NBC (Saturday-Sunday, 3-
6 p.m.).
Last year: Gary Woodland won his first PGA
Tour title, beating Webb Simpson by a stroke.
Woodland shot 67-68-67-67.
Last week: Justin Rose won the Cadillac Championship at Doral for his first World Golf Championship victory. The Englishman beat Bubba
Watson by a stroke. Tiger Woods withdrew after
11 holes in the final round because of soreness
in his left Achilles tendon. … George McNeill
won the Puerto Rico Open, birdieing the last
three holes for a two-stroke victory over Japan’s
Ryo Ishikawa.
Notes: Rose, Woodland, Simpson, McNeill and
Ishikawa also are in the field along with secondranked Luke Donald, Masters champion Charl
Schwartzel, 2010 winner Jim Furyk and twotime champions Retief Goosen and K.J. Choi. …
England’s Tom Lewis is making his PGA Tour
debut. The 21-year-old English player won the
European Tour’s Portugal Masters last year. …
The Arnold Palmer Invitational is next week at
Bay Hill in Orlando, followed by the Houston
Open and the Masters.
Online: http://www.pgatour.com
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LPGA TOUR
LPGA FOUNDERS CUP
Site: Phoenix.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort &
Spa, Wildfire Golf Club (6,613 yards, par 72).
Purse: $1.5 million. Winner’s share: $225,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 6:30-8:30
p.m.; Friday, 12:30-2:30 a.m., 6:30-8:30 p.m.;
Saturday, 4-7 p.m.; Sunday, 3-5 a.m., 4-7 p.m.;
Monday, 3-5 a.m.).
Last year: Karrie Webb won the inaugural event
for her second straight tour victory and 38th
overall. Brittany Lincicome and Paula Creamer
tied for second, a stroke back.
Last event: Angela Stanford won the HSBC
Women’s Champions in a playoff in Singapore
on Feb. 26 for her fifth LPGA Tour victory.
Notes: The tournament has prize money this
season. Last year, the players competed for a
mock purse and charity donations. … Jessica
Korda opened the season with a playoff victory
in the Women’s Australian Open, and topranked Yani Tseng won the LPGA Thailand. …
The Kia Classic is next week at La Costa in
Carlsbad, Calif., followed by the Kraft Nabisco
Championship at Mission Hills in Rancho
Mirage, Calif.
Online: http://www.lpga.com
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CHAMPIONS TOUR
TOSHIBA CLASSIC
Site: Newport Beach, Calif.
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
Course: Newport Beach Country Club (6,584
yards, par 71).
Purse: $1.75 million. Winner’s share: $262,500.
Television: Golf Channel (Friday, 8:30-10:30
p.m.; Saturday, 2:30-4:30 a.m., 7:30-9:30 p.m.;
Sunday, 1-3 a.m., 7:30-9:30 p.m.; Monday, 1-3
a.m.).
Last year: Nick Price matched the Champions
Tour record with a career-best 11-under 60 in
the first round, then shot 68-68 to beat Mark
Wiebe by a stroke.
Last event: Kenny Perry won the ACE Group
Classic by five strokes Feb. 19 in Naples, Fla.
Perry closed with a 70 after opening with
rounds of 64 and 62 to break the tour’s 36-hole
record at 18-under 126.
Notes: Fred Couples won in 2010, shooting 66-
64-65. … Perry is skipping the tournament to
play in the PGA Tour’s Transitions Championship. He has an endorsement deal with Transitions. … The Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic is
next week in Biloxi.
Online: http://www.pgatour.com
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EUROPEAN TOUR
ANDALUCIA OPEN
Site: Puerto Banus, Spain.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Aloha Golf Club (6,881 yards, par 72).
Purse: $1.31 million. Winner’s share: $218,260.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 9:30
a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-1
p.m.).
Last year: Scotland’s Paul Lawrie won his first
tour title since 2002, beating Sweden’s Johan
Edfors by a stroke at Parador de Malaga.
Last week: Justin Rose won the Cadillac Championship at Doral in Florida for his first World
Golf Championship victory. The Englishman
beat Bubba Watson by a stroke. Tiger Woods
withdrew in the final round because of soreness
in his left Achilles tendon.
Notes: Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez is in the
field along with Lawrie, England’s Robert Rock,
Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie and Canada’s
Mike Weir. Jimenez, from the area, runs the
event through his MAJ Group. Rock won the
Abu Dhabi Championship in January, and
Lawrie took the Qatar Masters in February. Weir
has missed the cuts in all three of his PGA Tour
starts this year. … The Hassan II Trophy is next
week in Morocco, followed by the Sicilian Open.
Online: http://www.europeantour.com
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NATIONWIDE TOUR
Next event: Louisiana Open, March 22-25, Le
Triomphe Country Club, Broussard, La.
Last week: Paul Haley II won the Chile Classic in
his third career Nationwide Tour start, closing
with a 1-under 71 for a three-stroke victory.
Online: http://www.pgatour.com
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OTHER TOURNAMENTS
MEN
eGOLF PROFESSIONAL TOUR: Pine Needles
Classic, Wednesday-Saturday, Pine Needles
Lodge and Golf Club, Southern Pines, N.C., and
Seven Lakes Country Club, West End, N.C.
Online: http://www.egolfprofessionaltour.com
NGA TOUR: Milton Martin Honda Classic,
Thursday-Sunday, Chattahoochee Golf Club,
Gainesville, Ga. Online: http://www.ngatour.com
ASIAN TOUR: Cambodian Classic, Wednesday-
Saturday, Angkor Golf Resort, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Online: http://www.asiantour.com
TOUR OF THE AMERICAS: Los Lirios Open,
Thursday-Sunday, Los Lirios de Rancagua Golf
Club, Rancagua, Chile. Online: http://www.tourdelasamericas.com
WOMEN
JAPAN LPGA TOUR: T-Point Ladies, Friday-Sunday, Kagoshima Takamaki Country Club,
Kagoshima, Japan. Online: http://www.lpga.or.jp
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