This week's pro golf events | Feb. 19-22, 2015

 

PGA TOUR

NORTHERN TRUST OPEN

 

Site: Los Angeles.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: The Riviera Country Club (7,349 yards, par 71).

Purse: $6.7 million. Winner's share: $1,206,000.

 

Last year: Bubba Watson shot 64-64 on the weekend to beat Dustin Johnson by two strokes. Watson also won the Masters and WGC-HSBC Champions last year.

 

Last week: Brandt Snedeker won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for the second time in three years, beating Nick Watney by three strokes. Snedeker finished at 22-under 265 to break his own scoring record in the tournament.

 

Notes: Watson, Johnson and Snedeker are in the field along with Jimmy Walker, Jordan Spieth, Sergio Garcia, Bill Haas, Hunter Mahan, Ernie Els, Fred Couples and Jim Furyk. ... Haas won the 2012 tournament. He won the Humana Challenge last month in La Quinta. ... Couples is making his record 33rd start in the event. He won in 1990 and 1992. ... Wake Forest freshman Will Zalatoris won the inaugural Northern Trust Open Collegiate Showcase on Monday to earn a spot in the field. The 2014 U.S. Junior champion shot 4-under 67. ... Ben Hogan won three times at the course in a 17-month span, taking the 1947 and '48 Los Angeles Opens and '48 U.S. Open. ... The Honda Classic is next week in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

 

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WOMEN'S AUSTRALIAN OPEN

 

Site: Melbourne, Australia.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Royal Melbourne Golf Club (6,741 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1.2 million. Winner's share: $180,000.

 

Last year: Australia's Karrie Webb won at Victoria Golf Club for her record fifth victory in the event. South Korea's Chella Choi was second, a stroke back.

 

Last event: South Korean rookie Sei Young Kim won the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic on Feb. 8 for her first LPGA Tour title. She birdied the first hole of a playoff with countrywoman Sun Young Yoo and Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn.

 

Notes: Lydia Ko is making her second start since taking the top spot in the world ranking. The 17-year-old New Zealander has five LPGA Tour victories. ... Australia's Su Oh won the Australian Ladies Masters on Sunday at Royal Pines in her second start as a professional. The 18-year-old Oh was second two weeks ago in the Victorian Open. ... Jessica Korda won the 2012 tournament at Royal Melbourne. ... The Honda LPGA Thailand is next week, followed by the HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore.

 

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HERO INDIAN OPEN

 

Site: New Delhi.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Delhi Golf Club, Lodhi Course (6,923 yards, par 71).

Purse: $1.5 million. Winner's share: $250,000.

 

Last event: Bangladesh's Siddikur Rahman won the Asian Tour event in December 2013. India's Anirban Lahiri and S.S.P. Chawrasia were a stroke back.

 

Last week: Australia's Andre Dodt won the Thailand Classic, beating countryman Scott Hend and local favorite Thongchai Jaidee by a stroke.

 

Notes: The tournament is part of the European Tour for the first time. ... Lahiri, Chawrasia, Jeev Milkha Singh, Arjun Atwal, Jyoti Randhawa, Rashid Khan and Shiv Kapur top the Indian contingent. Lahiri won the Malaysian Open two weeks ago. Randhawa won the national championship in 2000, 2006 and 2007. ... Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez is in the field. He won a Champions Tour event last month in Hawaii. ... The Joburg Open is next week in South Africa.

 

CHAMPIONS TOUR

 

Next event: Tucson Conquistadores Classic, March 20-22, Omni Tucson National, Tucson, Arizona.

 

Last week: Lee Janzen won the ACE Group Classic in Naples, Florida, for his first Champions Tour title. He beat Bart Bryant with a par on the first hole of a playoff.

 

WEB.COM TOUR

 

Next event: Karibana Championship, March 5-8, TPC Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia.

 

Last event: Former Stanford star Patrick Rodgers won the Colombia Championship on Feb. 8 for his first pro title. He beat Steve Marino with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff.

 

OTHER TOURNAMENTS

 

MEN

 

SUNSHINE TOUR: Dimension Data Pro-Am, Thursday-Sunday, Fancourt, Montagu Golf Course, Outeniqua Golf Course, The Links Golf Course, George, South Africa.

 

PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA: Queensland PGA Championship, Thursday-Sunday, City Golf Club, Toowoomba, Australia.

 

WOMEN

 

SYMETRA TOUR: Gateway Classic, Friday-Sunday, Longbow Golf Club, Mesa, Arizona.

 

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