This week the playoffs continue on the PGA Tour with the Deutsche Bank in Boston and of course all eyes will be on you know who. Monty has picked his team and Pavin will name his next Tuesday after this one is over ( Deutsche Bank goes Friday to Monday)
Here's where they are playing this week ( thanks to AP, pgatour.com,europeantour.com for research material)
PGA TOUR
Deutsche Bank Championship
Norton, Mass.
TPC Boston (7,207 yards, par 71).
US$7.5 million. 1st place: $1.35 million.
Defending Champion: Steve Stricker
Canucks : Stephen Ames
Now there are 100 players left from last week and the field will be cut to 70 for the BMW Championship next week then to 30 for the Tour Championship 2 weeks after that. Following his win last week, the always smiling Matt Kuchar leads the FedEx Cup standings with 3,937 points nearly 1400 more than Stricker (2,572) and the man he beat in the playoff, Scotland's Martin Laird (1,977)
Past winners here include Tiger in 2006, he's also been 2nd twice and is currently 65th in the Fed Ex points.Then Mickelson won in 2007,remember he missed the cut last week, Vijay set the scoring record at -22 in 2008, he also won in 2004, then Stricker won it last year
CHAMPIONS TOUR
First Tee Open at Pebble Beach
Pebble Beach, Calif.
Pebble Beach Golf Links (6,837 yards, par 72) and Del Monte Golf Course (6,365 yards, par 72).
US$1.8 million. 1st place: $270,000.
Defending Champion; Jeff Sluman .
These guys have such a great history. Mark O'Meara took over from Arnie as the King of pro-ams winning the Pebble Beach pro am 5 times ( Arnie owned the Bob Hope Classic winning it 5 times between '60 and '73) O'Meara also won here as an amateur.
Tom Watson of course won the '82 US Open when he chipped in at 17, remember ? He also won the Bing Crosby twice.
Tom Kite of course made great use of his wedge winning the '92 US Open in gale force winds and he won the Bing as well.
EUROPEAN TOUR
Omega European Masters
Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland.
Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club (6,822 yards, par 71).
US$2.53 million. 1st place: $421,830.
Defending Champion: Sweden's Alexander Noren
Canada's Stuart Anderson set the course and European Tour record at this gorgeous resort course set high in the Swiss Alps of -27, 261 and held it alone until Eduardo Romero tied him in 2000. Greg Norman who had his arm in a sling as captain of the President's Cup team the last I saw of him, just after he and Chrissie spilt up, has accepted an invitation to play as a 2 time past champion.
NATIONWIDE TOUR
Mylan Classic
Canonsburg, Pa.
Southpointe Golf Club (6,946 yards, par 71).
US$600,000. 1st place: $108,000.
New event.
Canucks ; Jon Mills, David Hearn, Bryan DeCorso, Ted Brown, David Morland, Julien Trudeau, Kevin Fortin Simard
Chris Kirk who won last week, leads the money list with $400,475, then Jamie Lovemark ($393,288),then Big Break's Tommy Gainey ($331,182). David Hearn is presently in the top 25 at 23. As you know they will earn 2011 PGA Tour cards.
LPGA TOUR
off this week
Bryan Angus bryanangus4@gmail.com
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