Daily Times (Primos, PA)

THIS WEEK’S TOURNEYS

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LPGA TOUR KPMG WOMEN’S PGA CHAMPIONSH­IP Site: Course:

71. Olympia Fields, Ill. Olympia Fields CC. Yardage: 6,588.

Purse: Television:

$3.5 million (First prize: $525,000).

Thursday-Friday, 12:30-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (NBC).

This is the third year the PGA of America has run the event. It previously was held at Westcheste­r and Sahalee . ... Jim Furyk won the U.S. Open at Olympia Fields in 2003. Other majors champions at Olympia Fields were Jerry Barber (1961 PGA Championsh­ip), Johnny Farrell (1928 U.S. Open) and Walter Hagen (1925 PGA Championsh­ip) . ... Michelle Wie has three straight top 5s and has earned $326,336 to move up to No. 8 on the money list and to No. 7 in the Solheim Cup standings.

Notes: PGA TOUR QUICKEN LOANS NATIONAL Site: Course:

Potomac, Md.

TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm. Yardage: Par: 70. $7.1 million (First prize: $1,278,000).

Thursday-Friday, 3:30-6:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); 3-6 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); 3-6:30 p.m. (CBS).

This is the first of two straight PGA Tour events that will offer four spots to the British Open for players not already exempt provided they finish among the top 12 . ... Rickie Fowler is the only player from the top 10 in the world . ... This is the fourth golf course to host the Quicken Loans National after Congressio­nal, Aronomink and the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club . ... The TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm previously hosted the Kemper Open for all but one year from 1987 to 2006. Ben Curtis was the most recent winner . ... The course was redesigned in 2007 . ... Jon Rahm, who tied for third in his pro debut last year at the Quicken Loans National, is playing in the French Open this week. 7,107.

Purse: Television: Notes: UNITED STATE GOLF ASSOCIATIO­N U.S. SENIOR OPEN Site: Course: Purse: Television:

Peabody, Mass.

Salem CC. Yardage: 6,815. Par: 70. $3.75 million (First prize: $675,000).

Thursday-Friday, 2-7 p.m. (FS1); Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (Fox Sports).

The U.S. Senior Open returns to Salem Country Club for the second time. Bruce Fleisher won in 2001 . ... Steve Stricker elected to withdraw because of a busy playing schedule. He has played six times in the last seven weeks, including a major on each tour. That does not include the 36-hole qualifier he won to get into the U.S. Open at Erin Hills . ... Salem hosted the U.S. Women’s Open twice. Babe Didrikson Zaharias won by 12 shots over Betty Hicks in 1954, and Hollis Stacy won by one shot over Rosie Jones in 1984 . ... John Daly, who withdrew because of a shoulder injury, is the only player on the PGA Tour Champions averaging over 300 yards in driving distance.

Notes: EUROPEAN TOUR HNA FRENCH OPEN Site: Course: Purse: Television:

Guyancourt, France. Le Golf National. Yardage: $7 million. Thursday-Friday, 4:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel). 7,249. Par: Par: 81.

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