The Mercury News

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

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CONSTELLAT­ION SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSH­IP Site: Highland Park, Ill.

Course: Exmoor CC.

Television: Today-Friday, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (Golf Ch.); SaturdaySu­nday, 2-4 p.m. (Golf Ch.).

Defending champion: Scott McCarron.

Last tournament: David Toms won the U.S. Senior Open. Charles Schwab Cup leader: David Toms.

Notes: Donald Ross designed the course in 1915, and it was renovated in 2003 by Ron Prichard. … The tournament will move next year to Firestone Country Club, for years home of a World Golf Championsh­ip and before that the World Series of Golf. … McCarron won last year by matching the tournament record for largest comeback (six shots) in the final round to beat Bernhard Langer and Brandt Jobe by one shot. … The winner earns a spot in The Players Championsh­ip next March. … Langer has three victories and a runner-up finish over the last four years at this major. … In three senior majors this year, Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Regions Tradition, was fifth at the Senior PGA Championsh­ip and tied for second at the U.S. Senior Open.

Next tournament: Senior British Open on July 26-29.

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