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LPGA TOUR/LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR

SOLHEIM CUP

SITE: Carmel, Ind.

SCHEDULE: Friday-Sunday

COURSE: Crooked Stick Golf Club (6,553 yards, par 72)

TELEVISION: The Golf Channel (Friday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 7:30-11:30 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 7:30-11:30 p.m.)

FORMAT: Team match play. Four morning alternate-shot and four afternoon best-ball matches Friday and Saturday; 12 singles matches Sunday

LAST MATCHES: Europe won in the biggest blowout in the history of the event, beating the United States 17-10 in 2003 at Barseback in Loddekopinge, Sweden.

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PGA TOUR

CANADIAN OPEN

SITE: Vancouver, British Columbia

SCHEDULE: Thursday-Sunday

COURSE: Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club (7,010 yards, par 70)

PURSE: $5 million

WINNER'S SHARE: $900,000

TELEVISION: ESPN (Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m.; Saturday, 3:30-5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 3-6 p.m.)

LAST YEAR: Vijay Singh won the seventh of his nine 2004 titles, beating Canadian Mike Weir on the third hole of a playoff at Glen Abbey in Oakville, Ontario.

LAST WEEK: Olin Browne won the Deutsche Bank Classic on Monday in Norton, Mass., closing with 4-under-par 67 for a one-stroke victory over Jason Bohn. The 46-year-old Browne won for the first time since the 1999 Colonial.

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PGA EUROPEAN TOUR

GERMAN MASTERS

SITE: Pulheim, Germany

SCHEDULE: Thursday-Sunday

COURSE: Gut Larchenhof Golf Club (7,289 yards, par 72)

PURSE: $3.77 million

WINNER'S SHARE: $628,550

TELEVISION: The Golf Channel (Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon; Friday, 8-9 a.m., 5:30-7 p.m.; Saturday, 1-2:30 a.m., 8-9 a.m., 5:30-7 p.m.; Sunday, 1-2:30 a.m., 8-9 a.m., 4:30-7 p.m.)

LAST YEAR: Ireland's Padraig Harrington closed with 70 in windy conditions to beat Australia's Nick O'Hern by three strokes.

LAST WEEK: Spain's Sergio Garcia won the European Masters in Switzerland for his sixth European tour title, beating Sweden's Peter Gustafsson by a stroke.

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NATIONWIDE TOUR

UTAH CLASSIC

SITE: Sandy, Utah

SCHEDULE: Thursday-Sunday

COURSE: Willow Creek Country Club (7,104 yards, par 72)

PURSE: $475,000

WINNER'S SHARE: $85,500

TELEVISION: None

LAST YEAR: Brett Wetterich won his second career Nationwide Tour title, beating former Thomson resident Franklin Langham and Ryuji Imada by a stroke.

LAST WEEK: Former University of California player Peter Tomasulo won the Alberta Classic in his third career Nationwide Tour start, shooting a course-record 61 in the second round en route to a two-stroke victory over Aaron Barber.

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CHAMPIONS TOUR

NEXT EVENT: Constellation Energy Classic, Sept. 18-20, Hayfields Country Club, Hunt Valley, Md.

OTHER TOURNAMENTS

MEN

U.S. MID-AMATEUR, Saturday-Thursday, The Honors Course, Chattanooga, Tenn.

NGA HOOTERS TOUR: Dothan Classic, Thursday-Sunday, Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Highland Oaks, Highlands and The Magnolia Courses. Dothan, Ala.

ASIAN TOUR: Singapore Open, Thursday-Sunday, Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore.

JAPAN GOLF TOUR: Suntory Open, Thursday-Sunday, Sobu Course, Chiba, Japan.

WOMEN

U.S. WOMEN'S MID-AMATEUR, Saturday-Thursday, Shadow Hawk Golf Club, Richmond, Texas.