What: U.S. Women's Open in Colorado Springs
Course: The Broadmoor, East Course (7,047 yards, par 71)
Schedule (TV): Thursday-Sunday ( ESPN2, NBC)
Purse: TBA
Defending champion: Paula Creamer
What: John Deere Classic in Silvis, Ill.
Course: TPC Deere Run (7,268 yards, par 71)
Schedule (TV): Thursday-Sunday (Golf Channel, CBS)
Purse: $4.5 million (winner's share: $810,000)
Defending champion: Steve Stricker
What: First Tee Open in Pebble Beach, Calif.
Courses: Pebble Beach Golf Links (6,837 yards, par 72) and Del Monte Golf Course (6,357 yards, par 72)
Schedule (TV): Friday-Sunday (Golf Channel)
Purse: $1.6 million (winner's share: $240,000)
Defending champion: Ted Schulz
LPGA: Yani Tseng (right) won the LPGA Championship by 10 strokes two weeks ago to become the youngest player (22) to claim four LPGA majors. This weekend, Tseng can finish off her career grand slam. ... Paula Creamer won her first major title at last year's U.S. Women's Open at Oakmont. ... This will be the longest course in U.S. Women's Open history, surpassing Interlachen (6,789 yards in 2008). ... Betsy King, the 1989 and 1990 U.S. Women's Open winner, will compete in her first tour event in nearly six years after qualifying through sectionals. She is 55.
PGA: Steve Stricker this weekend will try to accomplish what has been done only 20 times on the tour: win the same tournament three years in a row. ... The British Open is next week at Royal St. George's, so many of the world's top-ranked players are at the Scottish Open this weekend. ... Tim Clark withdrew from the British Open and will be replaced by Anthony Kim.
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