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Champions Tour

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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.

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