Champions Tour
Montreal Championship Site: Sainte-Julie, Quebec Schedule: Friday-Sunday Course: Vallee du Richelieu Golf Club, Vercheres Course (6,894 yards, par 72) Purse: $1.8 million. Winner’s share: $270,000. TV (ET): Golf Channel (Friday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7-9:30 p.m.) Last year: John Cook won at Fontainebleu for the last of three 2011 Tour titles, shooting 63-66-66 for a tournament-record 21-under 195 total. Taiwan’s Lu Chien-soon was second, three strokes back. Last event: Tom Lehman successfully defended his Regions Tradition title June 10 in Birmingham, Ala., beating Lu and Bernhard Langer by two strokes. Notes: The tournament is in its first year at Vallee du Richelieu after two years at Fontainebleu. . . . Michael Allen leads the Tour with two victories and earnings of $1,071,282. . . . The Senior Players Championship is next week at Fox Chapel in Pittsburgh, followed by the First Tee Open at Pebble Beach and U.S. Senior Open at Indianwood in Lake Orion, Mich.