This week's pro golf events | May 4-10, 2015

 

PGA TOUR

THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

 

Site: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: TPC Sawgrass, The Players Stadium Course (7,215 yards, par 72).

Purse: $10 million. Winner's share: $1.8 million.

 

Last year: Martin Kaymer made a 30-foot par putt on the island-green 17th and closed with another par for a one-stroke victory over Jim Furyk.

 

Last week: Top-ranked Rory McIlroy won the Match Play Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. He beat Gary Woodland 4 and 2 in the final.

 

Notes: Tiger Woods is making his first start since tying for 17th in the Masters. He won in 2001 and 2013. ... McIlroy will play the first two rounds with Masters champion Jordan Spieth and Jason Day. Woods is playing alongside Kaymer and Adam Scott. ... Greg Norman set the tournament record in 1994 at 24-under 264. He shot 63-67-67-67. ... Jack Nicklaus is the only three-time champion, winning in 1974 at Atlanta Country Club, 1976 at Inverrary and 1978 at Sawgrass Country Club. ... The Wells Fargo Championship is next week at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina.

 

 

EUROPEAN TOUR/ASIAN TOUR/SUNSHINE TOUR

AFRASIA BANK MAURITIUS OPEN

 

Site: Domaine de Bel Ombre, Mauritius.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: Heritage Golf Club (7,036 yards, par 71).

Purse: $1.11 million. Winner's share: $185,520.

 

Last year: Inaugural event.

 

Last event: Wu Ashun won the China Open on April 26 to become the first Chinese player to win a European Tour title on home soil.

 

Notes: Mauritius is an Indian Ocean island nation about 1,200 miles off the southeast coast of Africa. ... Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat and South Africa's George Coetzee, winners this season on the European Tour, are in the field.

 

LPGA TOUR

Next event: Kingsmill Championship, May 14-17, Kingsmill Resort, River Course, Williamsburg, Virginia.

 

Last week: Inbee Park won the North Texas Shootout for the second time in three years, closing with a 6-under 65 for a three-stroke victory.

 

CHAMPIONS TOUR

Next event: Regions Tradition, May 14-17, Shoal Creek, Birmingham, Alabama.

 

Last week: Ian Woosnam won the Insperity Invitational in Texas for his first Champions Tour title. He made a 30-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff with Kenny Perry and Tom Lehman.

 

WEB.COM TOUR

Next event: BMW Charity Pro-Am, May 14-17, Thornblade Club, Greer, South Carolina; The Reserve at Lake Keowee, Sunset, South Carolina; Green Valley Country Club, Greenville, South Carolina.

 

Last week: Smylie Kaufman won the United Leasing Championship in Newburgh, Indiana, by five strokes for his first tour title. He matched the course record with a 64 in the third round.

 

OTHER TOURNAMENTS

MEN

U.S. GOLF ASSOCIATION: U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, though Wednesday, The Olympic Club, San Francisco.

 

SUNSHINE TOUR: Royal Swazi Open, Wednesday-Saturday, Royal Swazi Sun Country Club, Mbabane, South Africa.

 

EUROPEAN CHALLENGE TOUR: Turkish Airlines Challenge, Thursday-Sunday, Gloria Golf Club, Belek, Turkey.

 

WOMEN

U.S. GOLF ASSOCIATION: U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball, Saturday-May 13, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Pacific Dunes, Bandon, Oregon. 

 

SYMETRA TOUR: Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women's Health Classic, Friday-Sunday, Links at Stoney Point, Greenwood, South Carolina.

 

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR: Buick Championship, Thursday-Sunday, Shanghai Qizhong Garden Golf Club, Shanghai.

 

JAPAN LPGA TOUR: World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup, Thursday-Sunday, Ibaraki Golf Club, Ibaraki, Japan.

 

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