PROFESSIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT PREVIEWS
PGA Tour
Puerto Rico Open
Course: Grande Reserve GC in Rio Grande. Yardage: 7,506. Par: 72.
Prize money: $3.8 million. Winner’s share: $684,000.
TV (ET): Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (Golf); Saturday, 2:30-5 p.m. (Golf); Sunday, 2:30-4:30 p.m. (Golf) Notes: Ryan Brehm won this tournament last year. He is in the field at the $20 million Arnold Palmer Invitational this week. … Ryan Gerard was a Monday qualifier for last week’s Honda Classic. A fourth-place finish got him a spot in the field for the Puerto Rico Open. … Geoff Ogilvy is playing for the third time in five weeks. The former U.S. Open champion has made the cut in his previous two starts during his return to a full schedule. … Sangmoon Bae is in the field. He recently played in the Asian Tour International Series. … Nine of the last 14 winners of the Puerto Rico Open had not previously won on the PGA Tour.
PGA Tour Champions
Cologuard Classic
Course: Omni Tucson (Ariz.) National. Yardage: 7,123. Par: 72.
Prize money: $2.2 million. Winner’s share: $330,000.
TV (ET): Friday, 7-9 p.m. (Golf, delay); Saturday, 5-7 p.m. (Golf); Sunday, 4:30-7 p.m. (Golf) Notes: Coming off a victory two weeks ago in Florida, Bernhard Langer will have a chance to set the record for PGA Tour Champions wins. He is tied with Hale Irwin at 45. The 65-year-old Langer has won every year he’s been on the 50-and-older circuit. … Kapalua head pro Michael Castillo was given a sponsor exemption. He is a cancer survivor whose first detection came from a home test similar to Cologuard. The 60-year-old also played the Sony Open for his first PGA Tour start. … Mario Tiziani, the brother-in-law of Steve Stricker, received a sponsor exemption. Stricker also is in the field, having won already this year in Hawaii. … Padraig Harrington is not playing in Arizona. He received an exemption to play Bay Hill on the PGA Tour. … David Duval won at Omni Tucson National in 1996 when the Tucson Open was part of the PGA Tour schedule. Kirk Triplett also is in the field. He won the final edition of the Tucson Open in 2006.