The Mercury News

THIS WEEK’S TOURNAMENT­S

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PGATOUR CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS CLASSIC

Site: Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Schedule: Thursday- Sunday. Courses: Walt DisneyWorl­d Resort, Magnolia Course ( 7,516 yards, par 72) and Palm Course ( 7,010 yards, par 72). Purse: $ 4.7 million.

Winner’s share: $ 846,000. Television: Golf Channel ( Thursday- Sunday, 10 a. m.- 1 p. m.)

Last year: Luke Donald won the season- ending event to win the PGATour money title and went on to become the first player to also top the European Tour money list in the same season.

Notes: The top 125 on the money list after the event will earn full 2013 exemptions, and the next 25 will receive conditiona­l status. Jeff Maggert is 122nd with $ 671,494, followed by Kevin Chappell ($ 623,775), Rod Pampling ($ 620,893), No. 125 Billy Mayfair ($ 619,961). … Donald is skipping his title defense because

of a medical procedure for one of his children.

LPGATOUR

LORENA OCHOA INVITATION­AL

Site: Guadalajar­a, Mexico.

Schedule: Thursday- Sunday. Course: Guadalajar­a Country Club ( 6,644 yards, par 72). Purse: $ 1 million.

Winner’s share: $ 200,000. Television: None. Last year: Scotland’s Catriona Matthew won her fourth career LPGATour title.

Notes: Tournament host Lorena Ochoa is in the 36- player field after sitting out last year before the birth of her first child. She won 27 LPGA Tour titles before retiring in 2010. … Stacy Lewis is in position to become the first American to win player of the year since Beth Daniel in 1994. Lewis has a nearly insurmount­able 58- point lead over South Korea’s Inbee Park with two events left.… The season- ending Titleholde­rs is next week in Naples, Fla.

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