THIS WEEK’S TOURNAMENTS
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.