The Champions Tour play their first major of the year in Birmingham Alabama. It is the 2nd pro event in a row in that storm ravaged state and we have Rod Spittle in the field. The PGA is at Quail Hollow, which has the toughest finishing 3 holes on tour and greens that are rated most difficult (outside the majors), still the guys love it's traditional style and Rory won here with that 62 Sunday last year.
It was nice to hear from John Daly this morning who is now following me here. Cheers big John !!
PGA Tour
Wells Fargo Championship
Site: Charlotte.
Course: Quail Hollow Club (7,469 yards, par 72).
Purse: $6.5 million. Winner's share: $1.17 million.
Last year: Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy became the PGA Tour's youngest winner McIlroy, who turned 21 two days before the start of the event, finished with a 10-under 62 to beat Phil Mickelson by four strokes.
Canucks : David Hearn
Notes .Phil Mickelson is finally making his first start since the Masters. … McIlroy will defend against, Martin Kaymer, 2006 winner Jim Furyk, Paul Casey and Dustin Johnson back from Korea. Sean O'Hair who won in 2009 will play having split with caddy Brennan Little and coach Sean Foley..
European Tour
Spanish Open
Site: Barcelona, Spain.
Course: Real Golf Club El Prat (7,298 yards, par 72).
Purse: $2.96 million. Winner's share: $494,060.
Last year: Alvaro Quiros became the first Spanish winner in eight years
Notes: Quiros tops the field along with fellow Spanish stars Jimenez and Jose Maria Olazabal. World #1 Lee Westwood is at home for 2 weeks, and will not play the Players next week...The tour will remain in Spain the next two weeks for the Iberdrola Open at Pula and the Volvo World Match Play Championship at Finca Cortesin.
Champions Tour (1st major of their year)
Regions Tradition
Site: Birmingham, Ala.
Course: Shoal Creek (7,234 yards, par 72).
Purse: $2.2 million. Winner's share: $330,000.
Last year: Fred Funk won this major championship at The Crosswater Club in Sunriver, Ore
Canucks : Rod Spittle
Notes: The tournament is in its first season at Jack Nicklaus-designed Shoal Creek after four years at Sunriver. … Shoal Creek was the site of the PGA Championship in 1984 and 1990. Wayne Grady, the 1990 winner, received a sponsor exemption. … In 1990, Shoal Creek's all-white membership and remarks club founder Hall Thompson made that the club wouldn't be pressured into accepting black members sparked a controversy. Thompson died in October. The club now has black members, including former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice. If memory serves me right Lee Trevino who won the PGA there in 1984 refused to use the clubhouse, changing his shoes at his car, his caddy Herman is black.. — . …Fred Couples was second in the 1990 PGA. … The tour is off the next two weeks. Play will resume with the Senior PGA Championship on May 26-29 at Valhalla in Louisville.
Nationwide Tour
Stadion Classic
Site: Athens, Ga.
Course: University of Georgia Golf Course (7,271 yards, par 71).
Purse: $550,000. Winner's share: $99,000.
Last year: Martin Piller is your defending champion
Canucks..Chris Baryla, Richard T Lee, Matt McQuillan, Jon Mills, James Love
Notes: The tournament is operated by the University of Georgia. Robert Trent Jones— a close friend of Dr. O.C. Aderhold, the university president from 1950-67 — designed the course. It opened in 1968 and was renovated in 2006 with help from Davis Love III. … Canucks Matt McQuillan and Chris Baryla drop down from the big tour.
Canadian Tour
Mexican PGA Championship
Estrella Del Mar
Mazatlan, Mexico.
LPGA
Next event: Sybase Match Play Championship, May 19-22, Hamilton Farm Golf Club, Gladstone, N.J.
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