On the Tours

BETHESDA, Md. - Tournament host Tiger Woods, newly crowned U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover and defending champion Anthony Kim headline a star-filled field at next week's AT&T National.

Woods, the top-ranked player in the world, will welcome 119 of the world’s best golfers to the Blue Course at storied Congressional Country Club in Bethesda for the $6 million event to be played June 30-July 5.

The PGA Tour has announced that Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J., and Plainfield Country Club in Edison, N.J., will host The Barclays, the first event of the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedExCup, in 2010 and 2011, respectively. This year's Barclays will be contested at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, N.J., Aug. 27-30.

Ridgewood Country Club hosted The Barclays in 2008 when Vijay Singh won the first of two Playoff events en route to capturing the FedExCup. The 2011 Barclays will be the first PGA Tour event at Plainfield Country Club, although the Donald Ross-design has hosted the 1978 United States Amateur Championship and the 1987 United States Women's Open.  

The 109th edition of the Men's U.S. Open Championship tees of Thursday morning at Bethpage Black. The USGA had a little fun with the pairings, including the featured group that currently holds all four major championships. That group consists of Tiger Woods, Padraig Harrington and Angel Cabrera.

Whether you'll be following in person at Bethpage or tuning in to the various forms of coverage over the first two days, you'll want to know who is playing with who, so without further ado here are the pairings for Thursday and Friday.

The PGA Tour recently announced a multi-year agreement to bring the Champions Tour to Asia for the first time with the debut of an official tournament in the fall of 2010.

The tournament will be played at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Songdo International Business District (IBD), located 40 miles west of Seoul in the country’s largest current economic development project. Songdo IBD is being developed by Gale International, a New York-based real estate development and investment firm. Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea is being co-developed by Gale International and Kitson & Partners, a leading golf community and club development company.

BLAINE, Minn. - Tournament officials with the 3M Championship, held July 10-12 in Blaine, Minn., announced that the 2009 Champions Tour event will be free for the public. The tournament is the first ever free Champions Tour event with free admission, parking and shuttles.

"Giving back is the right thing to do," said Hollis Cavner, tournament director. "We've received such tremendous support from fans and corporate partners over the past 17 years. We are thrilled that we have an opportunity to say thank you and provide this free gift to golf fans."

DUBLIN, Ohio – Tournament officials announced today that three-time Memorial winner and World No. 1 Tiger Woods will compete in the 34th Memorial Tournament scheduled for June 1-7 at Muirfield Village Golf Club.

Woods will be making his tenth appearance at the Memorial and his first since missing the 2008 Tournament due to a knee injury. He has recorded six top-10 finishes at Muirfield Village Golf Club and has never missed the cut. Woods and 2008 winner Kenny Perry are the only three-time winners of the Memorial, and Woods holds the only sub-70 scoring average in Tournament history at 69.59. He also holds the record for low back-to-back rounds with 63-65 during Rounds 2 and 3 in 2000, and he ranks No. 2 on the Memorial’s career money list with more than $2.7 million in earnings. 

HOUSTON – Long considered one of the top sports cities in the United States, it has been almost six years since the stars of the LPGA Tour have competed in Houston, Texas. But this fall, golf fans can look forward to the return of women's professional golf to Texas when The Houstonian Golf & Country Club plays host to the LPGA Tour Championship.

The 2009 LPGA Tour Championship, to be held November 17-22, will feature a field of 120 of the top LPGA professionals in the world, a $1,500,000 purse, and a unique format that will see a cut after 36 holes to the low 70 professionals and an additional cut after 54 holes to the low 30 pros.

Sporting a pink shirt in support of Amy Mickelson, wife of Phil Mickelson who'd recently been diagnosed with breast cancer, Rory Sabbatini broke a 10-year-old tournament record with a four-day total of 19-under-par on his way to winning the HP Byron Nelson Classic at TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas.

The win was the fifth of Sabbatini's career on the PGA Tour and meant a great deal because the event honors Lord Byron.

BEACHWOOD, Ohio - Two months ago, Cynthia Allen sifted through the mail while her husband was lounging on the couch in their Scottsdale, Ariz. home.

"Honey, there's a letter from The PGA of America," she said. "Maybe you ought to open it up."

Michael Allen didn't pay much attention at first, believing it was a reminder to pay his dues.

BEACHWOOD, Ohio - The 70th Senior PGA Championship, the most historic and prestigious event in senior golf, will feature 23 major champions who have combined for 41 major championships, and who help form a world-class international field and the strongest field in senior golf, May 21-24, at Canterbury Golf Club.

Defending Champion Jay Haas heads a 156-player field, along with eight other past Senior PGA Champions.