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PGA TOUR
WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Charlotte, N.C.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Quail Hollow Club (7,562 yards, par 72).
Purse: $6.9 million. Winner's share: $1,242,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 3-7 p.m., 7:30-11:30 p.m.; Friday, midnight-4 a.m., 3-7 p.m., 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Last year: Derek Ernst won his first tour title, birdieing the final hole to force a playoff and beating David Lynn with a par on the first extra hole.
Last week: South Korea's Seung-Yul Noh won the Zurich Classic in Avondale, La., for his first PGA Tour victory. Andrew Svoboda and Robert Streb tied for second, two strokes back.
Notes: Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy are making their first starts since the Masters. McIlroy won in 2010, finishing with a 10-under 62 to beat Mickelson by four strokes. ... Rickie Fowler won in 2012 for his lone PGA Tour title. He beat McIlroy and D.A. Points with a birdie on the first playoff hole. ... In 2017 when Quail Hollow hosts the PGA Championship, the Wells Fargo Championship will be played at Eagle Point in Wilmington, N.C. ... Wells Fargo recently signed a five-year extension. ... The Players Championship is next week at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Online: http://www.pgatour.com
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LPGA TOUR
NORTH TEXAS LPGA SHOOTOUT
Site: Irving, Texas.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Las Colinas Country Club (6,410 yards, par 71).
Purse: $1.3 million. Winner's share: $195,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 12:30-2:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Last year: Top-ranked Inbee Park won the inaugural event for the third of her six 2013 victories.
Last week: Lydia Ko won the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic in Daly City, Calif., for her third LPGA Tour victory and first as a professional. The 17-year-old Ko beat Stacy Lewis by a stroke.
Notes: Lexi Thompson is making her first start since winning the Kraft Nabisco for her first major title. ... Park is winless in seven tours starts this season. She won a Ladies European Tour event in March in China. ... Lewis, from The Woodlands near Houston, has six runner-up finishes since winning the Women's British Open in August. ... Ko is taking the week off. ... The 144-player field will be cut to the top 70 and ties after the second round and to the top 50 and ties after third. ... The tour is off next week. Play will resume May 15-18 with the Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Va.
Online: http://www.lpga.com
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CHAMPIONS TOUR
INSPERITY INVITATIONAL
Site: The Woodlands, Texas.
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
Course: The Woodlands Country Club (7,002 yards, par 72).
Purse: $2 million. Winner's share: $300,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Friday, 7:30-9:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2-4 a.m., 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2:30-4:30 a.m., 7-9:30 p.m.; Monday, 2:30-4:30 a.m.).
Last year: Esteban Toledo became the first Mexican winner in Champions Tour history, beating Mike Goodes with a par on the third hole of a playoff.
Last event: Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Greater Gwinnett Championship on April 20 in his Champions Tour debut. He led wire-to-wire for a two-stroke victory over Bernhard Langer.
Notes: Woodlands resident Jeff Maggert won the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic last month in his first start on the 50-and-over tour. ... Fred Funk won the 2012 event and the 1992 Houston Open on the course. ... Fred Couples, the 2010 winner, is in the field. He won in March in Newport Beach, Calif. ... Langer won the 2007 event at Augusta Pines and successfully defended his title in 2008 at The Woodlands. ... The tour is off next week. Play will resume May 15-18 with the Regions Tradition at Shoal Creek in Alabama.
Online: http://www.pgatour.com
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EUROPEAN TOUR/ASIAN TOUR
THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT LAGUNA NATIONAL
Site: Singapore.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Laguna National Golf and Country Club, Masters Course (7,109 yards, par 72).
Purse: $1.5 million. Winner's share: $250,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 6:30-10:30 a.m.).
Last year: Australia's Brett Rumford won at Blackstone in South Korea, eagling the first hole of a playoff with countryman Marcus Fraser and Scotland's Peter Whiteford. Rumford won the China Open the following week.
Last week: France's Alexander Levy won the China Open for his first European Tour title, beating England's Tommy Fleetwood by four strokes. ... India's Anirban Lahiri eagled the final hole for a one-stroke victory in the Asian Tour's Indonesian Masters.
Notes: The tournament was played the last six years in South Korea as the Ballantine's Championship. ... American Peter Uihlein is in the field, a week before his title defense in the Madeira Islands Open. The former Oklahoma State player won the 2010 U.S. Amateur.
Online: http://www.europeantour.com
Asian Tour site: http://www.asiantour.com
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WEB.COM TOUR
SOUTH GEORGIA CLASSIC
Site: Valdosta, Ga.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Kinderlou Forest Golf Club (7,781 yards, par 72).
Purse: $650,000. Winner's share: $117,000.
Television: None.
Last year: Will Wilcox won by four strokes for his first Web.com Tour title.
Last week: Andrew Putnam won the wind-shortened WNB Golf Classic in Midland, Texas, for his first tour title. He shot an 8-under 64 in the third round to reach 20 under and open a seven-stroke advantage. The final round was wiped out after Putnam played eight holes.
Notes: Putnam earned $108,000 last week to jump from sixth to second on the money list with $248,273, more than enough to earn a spot on the 2014-15 PGA Tour. His older brother, Michael, won the Web.com Tour money title last year. ... Mexico's Carlos Ortiz, a two-time winner this year, leads the money list with $318,588. ... Davis Love III designed Kinderlou Forest. ... The tour is off next week. Play will resume May 15-18 with the BMW Charity Pro-Am in Greer, S.C.
Online: http://www.pgatour.com
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OTHER TOURNAMENTS
MEN
JAPAN GOLF TOUR: The Crowns, Thursday-Sunday, Nagoya Golf Club, West Course, Aichi, Japan. Online: http://www.jgto.org
NGA TOUR: Savannah Lakes Village Classic, Thursday-Sunday, Monticello Course, McCormick, S.C. Online: http://www.ngatour.com
eGOLF PROFESSIONAL TOUR: Columbia Open, Wednesday-Saturday, Columbia Country Club, Blythewood, S.C. Online: http://www.egolfprofessionaltour.com
WOMEN
SYMETRA TOUR: Patty Berg Memorial, Friday-Sunday, Cypress Lake Country Club, Fort Myers, Fla. Online: http://www.symetratour.com
THE LEGENDS TOUR: Walgreens Charity Classic, Saturday-Sunday, Grandview Golf Course, Sun City West, Ariz. Online: http://www.thelegendstour.com
JAPAN LPGA TOUR: Cyber Agent Ladies, Friday-Sunday, Tsurumai Country Club, Chiba, Japan. Online: http://www.lpga.or.jp