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PGA: The Golfing Week – October 1st through October 4th

September 28th, 2009

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CHAMPIONS TOUR – CONSTELLATION ENERGY SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, Baltimore Country Club (East Course), Timonium, Maryland

The major championship season wraps up this week with the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. Last year, D.A. Weibring closed with rounds of 66-68 to knock off Fred Funk by a single stroke. For Weibring, it was his first major championship title on any tour. It was his fifth win on the Champions Tour to go with five wins on the PGA Tour.

Weibring will defend his title this week against a field that includes three of the four major champions from this season. Senior PGA Champion Michael Allen is playing on the PGA Tour this week, while Senior British Open winner Loren Roberts, U.S. Senior Open champ Fred Funk and JELD-WEN Tradition champion Mike Reid will be at Baltimore Country Club with Weibring. Roberts won this title in 2007.

This is the fifth oldest event on the Champions Tour, dating to 1983. There have only been two playoffs and six players won this title in their first appearance.

Golf Channel will have two hours of coverage the first two days, while NBC takes over on Saturday and Sunday. After taking next week off, the Champions Tour returns to action October 16th with the Administaff Small Business Classic, where Bernhard Langer won last year.

PGA TOUR TURNING STONE RESORT CHAMPIONSHIP, Atunyote Golf Club at Turning Stone Resort, Verona, New York

Dustin Johnson broke through for his first PGA Tour win at this event last year. Johnson birdied the final two holes to deny Robert Allenby the title. Allenby has won four times on the PGA Tour, but is winless since the 2001 season. The win for Johnson was especially important since he entered the event ranked 128th on the money list with the top 125 keeping their tour cards for the following season. Not only did he secure his tour card for two years with the victory, he soared into the top 50 on the money list. Along with that, the win also helped Johnson secure spots in all four majors in 2009. He shared 30th at the Masters, tied for 40th at the U.S. Open, missed the cut at the British and shared 10th place at the PGA Championship.

The Turning Stone Resort kicks off the Fall Finish on the PGA Tour. With the race for the FedEx Cup over, the focus will be one those trying to keep their tour cards for next season. Among those around the top 125 on the money list entering this week are former PGA Champion Rich Beem, former British Open winners David Duval and Todd Hamilton, Stuart Appleby, Tim Herron, Chris DiMarco and Harrison Frazar, who is No. 125 entering this week.

Golf Channel has coverage of all four rounds this week from 4-6 p.m. (ET).A fter a week off for the Presidents Cup, the PGA Tour returns to action in Las Vegas with the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Marc Turnesa was victorious there last year.

EUROPEAN TOUR ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP, Old Course at St. Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns, Fife Scotland

The European Tour hosts its annual pro-am this week at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. The event rotates over three courses — Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and the Old Course at St. Andrews. The final round will be contested on the Old Course. Robert Karlsson returned to action last week for the first time since May after dealing with an eye infection. Last year, Karlsson fended off Ross Fisher and Martin Kaymer with a birdie on the first playoff hole to secure his ninth European Tour title.

Former champions Padraig Harrington, Colin Montgomerie, Paul Lawrie, Lee Westwood and Nick Dougherty re all in the field this week. Golf Channel will broadcast four hours of action the first three days, then five hours of play on Sunday.The European Tour returns to Spain next week for the Madrid Masters, where Charl Schwartzel won in 2008.

LPGA TOUR NAVISTAR LPGA CLASSIC, Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail (Capitol Hill – The Senator), Prattville, Alabama

Lorena Ochoa parred the second playoff hole last year to defeat Candie Kung and Cristie Kerr to win the Navistar LPGA Classic. The win for Ochoa was her seventh of the season, but first since May. She has won two events this season, but her last crown came in April. The final round was close throughout as seven players had at least a share of the lead. The three players in the playoff finished one stroke clear of Song- Hee Kim and Shanshan Feng, while five more payers were two shots back.Along with Ochoa, five of the top 10 players in the world are competing this week.Ochoa will be joined in the field by Suzann Pettersen, Kerr, Yani Tseng and In Kyung Kim.Golf Channel will have tape-delayed coverage of all four rounds this week. After three weeks off, the LPGA returns to action with the Hana Bank-KOLON Championship, where Kung won last year.

NATIONWIDE TOUR SOBOBA CLASSIC, The Country Club at Soboba Springs, San Jacinto, California

The Soboba Classic is a new event on the Nationwide Tour and will offer a $1 million purse. The field this week will include 18 of the top 20 players on the money list. Only No.1 Michael Sim, who graduated to the PGA Tour with his third win earlier this year, and Mathias Gronberg are scheduled to miss the tournament. Golf Channel has two hours of coverage all four days. Next week is the Chattanooga Classic, where Arjun Atwal won last year.

CANADIAN TOUR RIVIERA NAYARIT CLASSIC, Punta Mita Club de Golf (Pacifico Course), Nayarit, Mexico – This was the second event postponed earlier this year due to the Swine Flu outbreak. It is a new event on the Canadian Tour and will be the final stop of the 2009 season. Just nine of the top 20 players from Canadian Tour’s Order of Merit are scheduled to be in the field this week.

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