This week in golf: June 6-9
June 6, 2013 at 1:56AM
What: St. Jude Classic in Memphis, Tenn.
Schedule (TV): Thursday-Sunday (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday (Ch. 4)
Course: TPC Southwind (7,239 yards, par 70)
Purse: $5.7 million (winner's share: $1,026,000)
Defending champion: Dustin Johnson
LPGA TOUR
What: LPGA Championship in Pittsford, N.Y.
Schedule (TV): Thursday-Sunday (Golf Channel)
Course: Locust Hill Country Club (6,532 yards, par 72)
Purse: $2.25 million (winner's share: $337,500)
Defending champion: Shanshan Feng
CHAMPIONS TOUR
What: Regions Tradition in Birmingham, Ala.
Schedule (TV): Thursday-Sunday (Golf Channel)
Course: Shoal Creek (7,145 yards, par 72)
Purse: $2.2 million (winner's share: $330,000)
Defending champion: Tom Lehman
Notes
PGA: The U.S. Open is next week at Merion in Ardmore, Pa. ... Brandt Snedeker, from Nashville, won at Pebble Beach in February. He missed the event last year because of a rib injury. ... Phil Mickelson is making his third career start in the event and first since 2009. He won the Phoenix Open in February for his 41st PGA Tour title. ... Johnson won the season-opening Tournament of Champions. ... Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old Chinese amateur who made the cut in the Masters, is in the field.
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Frankie Capan III, who will be playing on the PGA Tour next year, finished at 13 under par at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship.
