ROYAL AND ANCIENT
ROYAL AND ANCIENT
BRITISH OPEN
Site: Troon, Scotland.
Course: Royal Troon Golf Club. Yardage: 7,190. Par: 71.
Purse: 6.5 million pounds ($8.4 million). First prize: 1,175,000 pounds ($1.53 million).
Defending champion: Zach Johnson.
Last week: Alex Noren won the Scottish Open.
Next year: The British Open will be at Royal Birkdale in 2017.
PGA TOUR
BARBASOL CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Opelika, Ala.
Course: RTJ Trail (Grand National). Yardage: 7,302. Par: 71.
Purse: $3.5 million (First prize: $630,000).
Defending champion: Scott Piercy.
Last tournament: Dustin Johnson won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and Greg Chalmers won the Barracuda Championship.
Next week: RBC Canadian Open.
LPGA TOUR
MARATHON CLASSIC
Site: Sylvania, Ohio.
Course: Highland Meadows GC. Yardage: 6,506. Par: 71.
Purse: $1.5 million (First prize: $225,000).
Defending champion: Chella Choi.
Last week: Britany Lang won her first major at the U.S. Women’s Open.
Next week: UL International Crown.
WEB.COM TOUR
LINCOLN LAND CHARITY CLASSIC
Site: Springfield, Ill.
Course: Panther Creek CC. Yardage: 7,244. Par: 72.
Purse: $550,000. First prize: $99,000.
Defending champion: New tournament.
Last week: Monday qualifier Rick Lamb won the Lecom Health Challenge for his first Web.com Tour victory.
Next week: Utah Championship.
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
Last week: Paul Goydos won the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open.
Next week: Senior British Open at Carnoustie.