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Pro Golf This Week 10.15.08

Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open

PGA TOUR

Site: Las Vegas.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: TPC Summerlin (7,243 yards, par 72).

Purse: $4.1 million. Winner's share: $738,000.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 4-7 p.m., 10 p.m.-1 a.m.; Friday-Sunday, 5-7 a.m., 4-7 p.m., 10 p.m.-1 a.m.; Monday, 5-7 a.m.).

Last year: George McNeill won his first PGA Tour title, finishing at 23-under 264 for a four-stroke victory over D.J. Trahan.

Last week: Zach Johnson won the Texas Open for his fourth PGA Tour title, following a third-round 62 with a 64 for a two-stroke victory over Charlie Wi, Mark Wilson and Tim Wilkinson. Wi finished with a 61.

Notes: The tournament is the fourth of seven Fall Series events. ... Former UNLV players Chad Campbell, Chris Riley, Ryan Moore and Charley Hoffman are in the field along with McNeill, Johnson, Hunter Mahan, Fred Couples, John Daly and Mike Weir. ... The Frys.com Open is next week in Scottsdale, Ariz., followed by the Ginn Sur Mer Classic in Palm Coast, Fla.

Kapalua LPGA Classic

LPGA TOUR

Site: Lahaini, Hawaii.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Kapalua Resort, Bay Course (6,240 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1.5 million. Winner's share: $225,000.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 7:30-10 p.m.; Friday, 1:30-3:30 a.m., 7:30-10 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 3:30-5 a.m., 7:30-10 p.m.; Monday, 3:30-5 a.m.).

Last year: Inaugural event.

Last week: South Korea's In-Kyung Kim won the Longs Drugs Challenge in Danville, Calif., for her first LPGA Tour victory. She closed with a 1-over 73 in gusty conditions for a three-stroke victory over Angela Stanford.

Notes: Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa and No. 2 Annika Sorenstam top the field. Ochoa, fourth last week, has seven victories and 17 top-10 finishes in 19 starts this season. Sorenstam, leaving the tour at the end of the year, opened the season with a victory in Hawaii in the SBS Open at Turtle Bay. ... The tour will be in China and South Korea the next two weeks for the Grand China Air LPGA and Hana Bank KOLON Championship.

Administaff Small Business Classic

CHAMPIONS TOUR

Site: The Woodlands, Texas.

Schedule: Friday-Sunday.

Course: The Woodlands Country Club (7,018 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1.7 million. Winner's share: $255,000.

Television: Golf Channel (Friday, 1:30-4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1:30-3:30 a.m., 1:30-4 p.m.; Monday, 1:30-3:30 a.m.).

Last year: Bernhard Langer matched the Champions Tour scoring records for a 54-hole event, shooting 62-65-64 at Augusta Pines for a 25-under 191 total and an eight-stroke victory. The German star was playing in his fourth Champions Tour event.

Last week: D.A. Weibring won the Senior Players Championship in Timonium, Md., for his first career major tournament victory in 65 tries. Weibring closed out a 2-under 68 for a one-stroke victory over hometown favorite Fred Funk.

Notes: Hal Sutton is making his Champions Tour debut, nearly six months after turning 50. The 2004 U.S. Ryder Cup captain won the 2001 Houston Open at The Woodlands for the last of his 14 PGA Tour titles. ... Langer has two victories this year. ... The AT&T Championship is next week in San Antonio, followed by the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Sonoma, Calif.

Portugal Masters

PGA EUROPEAN TOUR

Site: Vilamoura, Portugal.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Oceanico Victoria Golf Club (7,231 yards, par 72).

Purse: $4.1 million. Winner's share: $684,220.

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

Last year: England's Steve Webster won the inaugural event for his second European tour title, closing with an 8-under 64 for a two-stroke victory.

Last week: South Africa's Charl Schwartzel won the Madrid Masters for his second European tour victory, beating Argentina's Ricardo Gonzalez by three strokes.

Notes: Sweden's Robert Karlsson has won his last two European tour events, the Mercedes-Benz and Alfred Dunhill Links, to top the money list. European Ryder Cup teammates Lee Westwood, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Graeme McDowell and Oliver Wilson also are in the field along with 2007 U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera. ... The Castello Masters Costa Azahar is next week, followed by he Volvo Masters at Valderrama.

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