This week in golf

May 22, 2014 at 6:34AM

PGA TOUR

What: Crowne Plaza Invitational At Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas

Course: Colonial Country Club (7,204 yards, par 70)

Schedule (TV): Thursday-Sunday (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday (Ch. 4)

Purse: $6.4 million (winner's share: $1,152,000

Defending champion: Boo Weekley

PGA OF AMERICA

What: Senior PGA Championship at Benton Harbor, Mich.

Course: Harbor Shores (6,852 yards, par 71)

Schedule (TV): Thursday-Sunday (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday (Ch. 11)

Purse: TBA $2 million in 2013 (winner's share: TBA, $378,000 in 2013)

Defending champion: Kohki Idoki

LPGA TOUR

What: Airbus LPGA Classic in Mobile, Ala.

Course: Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Magnolia Grove, The Crossings (6,521 yards, par 72)

Schedule (TV): Thursday-Sunday (Golf Channel)

Purse: $1.3 million (winner's share: $195,000)

Defending champion: Jennifer Johnson

Notes

PGA: Adam Scott took the top spot in the world ranking from Tiger Woods on Monday. The Australian tops the field along with No. 4 Matt Kuchar, No. 9 Jordan Spieth, No. 12 Jim Furyk, No. 13 Zach Johnson, No. 14 Dustin Johnson and No. 17 Jimmy Walker. ... The 20-year-old Spieth, from the Dallas area, tied for 37th in the Byron Nelson. ... Walker has two top-10 finishes — a tie for eighth in the Masters and a tie for sixth in The Players Championship — in his past nine starts after winning three times in his first eight events of the season. ... Ben Hogan won his hometown event five times. ... The Memorial is next week at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, followed by the St. Jude Classic in Memphis, Tennessee, and the U.S. Open at Pinehurst in North Carolina.

Champions: Created at Bobby Jones' suggestion, the event was first played in 1937 at Augusta National. ... England's Roger Chapman won in 2012 at Harbor Shores. ... Gene Fieger won the rain-delayed Senior PGA Professional National Championship last month at PGA Golf Club in Florida to top the 35 club professional qualifiers. He's the PGA director of golf at Hideout in Naples, Florida. ... Sam Snead won a record six times, the last in 1973. ... Jack Nicklaus-designed Harbor Shores opened in 2010.

LPGA: Top-ranked Inbee Park is winless in eight tour starts this season. She swept the first three majors last year and finished the season with six victories. ... Second-ranked Stacy Lewis won in 2012, shooting 68-67-67-69. She won the North Texas LPGA Shootout three weeks ago. ... Michelle Wie, the winner last month in Hawaii, has six top-10 finishes in nine starts this year. ... English teen Charley Hull is in the field.

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