Philadelphia, PA (Best E Casino) - PGA TOUR - FRYS.COM OPEN, Grayhawk Golf Club (Raptor Course), Scottsdale, Arizona - The PGA Tour returns to Arizona for the first time since February.
Former Masters champion Mike Weir got up and down from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole last year to secure a one-stroke win over Mark Hensby.
Weir was one of just four players to post all four rounds in the 60s for the week. The win was Weir's first since the 2004 Nissan Open.
The Canadian was aided by Sean O'Hair's disastrous double-bogey. O'Hair owned a piece of the lead late on the back nine, but closed double bogey-bogey to share fourth place.
Frys sponsored a pair of events last year, including last week's tournament in Las Vegas. The company condensed to one event this year and remained with this second-year tournament.
This week, 15 of the top 50 players on the money list are expected to compete as are seven players ranked in the top 50 in the world rankings. Weir, No. 22 in the world, is the highest-ranked player competing this week.
The Golf Channel has live coverage from 4:00-7:00 p.m. (et) all four days. Next week, the PGA Tour returns to Florida for the Ginn sur Mer Classic, where Daniel Chopra was a one-stroke winner last year.
EUROPEAN TOUR
CASTELLO MASTERS COSTA AZAHAR, Club de Campo del Mediterraneo, Castellon, Spain - The European Tour tees it up at a new event this week with the Castello Masters Coast Azahar.
Club de Campo del Mediterraneo, the host course this week, is the course that world No. 5 Sergio Garcia is attached to. Garcia will serve as host along with his father, Victor.
Garcia is one of seven players ranked in the top 50 in the world expected to compete this week. However, that number could be reduced by one as Camilo Villegas may pull out after the death of his uncle over the weekend.
Along with the big names, this is the final full-field event in which players can climb into the top 115 on the Order of Merit to keep their European Tour cards for next season.
Sam Little finished second in the final full-event last year to keep his card and needs another big week to do it again. Little enters the event hanging on to the 115th position in the Order of Merit.
The Golf Channel will broadcast three hours of action all four days. Next week is the Volvo Masters, which is reserved for the top 60 players in the Order of Merit. Justin Rose won the title in '07.
LPGA TOUR
GRAND CHINA AIR LPGA, Haikou West Golf Club, Hainan Island, China - The LPGA heads to the Far East for the first of three events, the Grand China Air LPGA.
This new event does have a strong field, headlined by the retiring Annika Sorenstam. Along with Sorenstam, two new majors champions are playing this week in the 63-player field.
Yani Tseng, the McDonald's LPGA Championship winner, and Inbee Park, the U.S. Women's Open champion, will join Sorenstam in the field. Also playing will be last week's winner, Morgan Pressel.
This will mark the first LPGA Tour event in China.
"Having visited China several times as part of my course-design business, I believe the Grand China Air LPGA will be a major milestone for the LPGA, taking elite women's golf to one of the world's most dynamic countries," said Sorenstam.
There is no television coverage for the event. The tour moves to Korea next week for the Hana Bank-KOLON Championship, where Suzann Pettersen won last year.
CHAMPIONS TOUR
AT&T CHAMPIONSHIP, Oak Hills Country Club, San Antonio, Texas - The Champions Tour returns to Oak Hills this week and the players couldn't be more excited.
Many on the Champions Tour competed at Oak Hills when the course hosted the PGA Tour's Texas Open. Oak Hills was host to that event 25 times.
"I have a lot of fond memories of Oak Hills from the Texas Open and I'm glad to be going back there," said Fred Funk, the 2006 champion of this event.
Last year, John Cook opened and closed with rounds of six-under 65 to card a two-stroke win over Mark O'Meara. The win for Cook came in just his second Champions Tour start.
This will mark the sixth straight year this event has served as the final tournament before the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
A pair of money list marks are what players are battling for. The top 30 on the money list gets players into the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, while the top 50 players on the money list retain full status on tour next year.
The busy Golf Channel will have tape-delayed coverage of all three rounds. Next week's Charles Schwab Cup Championship, where Jim Thorpe won last year.
NATIONWIDE TOUR
MICCOSUKEE CHAMPIONSHIP, Miccosukee Golf & Country Club, Miami, Florida - Last year's winner Marc Turnesa will not be on hand to defend his title as he is coming off his first PGA Tour win on Sunday.
Turnesa closed with a one-under 70 last year to hang on for a one-shot win over two players. He made things interesting at the last when his drive found water, but he scrambled for a bogey and the win.
The final day was a marathon. Weather issues on Friday pushed things back and the final group had just teed off in the third round Saturday when the horn sounded to suspend play due to darkness. They essentially played a 36-hole finale on Sunday.
This is the final full-field event for players to jump into the top 60 on the money list to gain entry into the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship. Players are also trying to get into the top 25 on the money list to earn their PGA Tour cards for next season.
The Golf Channel will cover the action from 1:30-4:00 p.m. (et) all four days. After a week off, the tour wraps up its season at the Nationwide Tour Championship, where Richard Johnson won last year.
