PROFESSIONAL GOLF
European Tour Betfred British Masters
Course: The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield, England. Yardage: 7,328. Par: 72.
TV (EDT): Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Golf); Friday, 8 a.m.-noon (Golf); Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.12:30 p.m. (Golf).
Notes: The tournament is hosted this year by 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett. … Adri Arnaus moved to No. 52 in the world ranking with his first European Tour victory last weekend in Spain. He is the highest-ranked player in the field. … Richard Bland won last year, which contributed to him getting into the U.S. Open. He is at No. 53 in the world and needs to stay in the top 60 the next three weeks to be exempt for the next U.S. Open.
PGA Tour Champions
Mitsubishi Electric Classic
Course: TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, Ga. Yardage: 7,179. Par: 72.
TV (EDT): Friday, noon-2 p.m. (Golf); SaturdaySunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf).
Notes: Miguel Angel Jimenez had been leading the Charles Schwab Cup standings since the seasonopening event in Hawaii. He was replaced by Steven Alker, who has two wins, including last weekend’s Insperity Invitational, and two playoff losses this year. Alker is taking the week off ahead of the Regions Tradition, the first of five senior majors. … The TPC Sugarloaf was a longtime PGA Tour stop. Former winners of the PGA Tour event at Sugarloaf who are in the field are Retief Goosen, John Daly, Mark Calcavecchia, Scott McCarron and David Duval, who won in 1999 when he was No. 1 in the world. … Daly is playing on a sponsor exemption. … Jay Haas is in the field, two weeks after the 68-year-old and his son, Bill, made the cut in the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
– The Associated Press