PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA/ONEASIA TOUR
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Site: Sydney.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Royal Sydney Golf Club (6,939 yards, 6,345 meters, par 72).
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Purse: $1.15 million. Winner's share: $206,615.
Last year: Australia's Peter Senior won at The Lakes to become the oldest winner in event history at 53. He closed with an even-par 72 in gale-force wind for a one-stroke victory.
Last week: Jason Day won the World Cup at Royal Melbourne and teamed with Adam Scott to give Australia the team title. Day won less than two weeks after eight relatives, including his grandmother, were killed in Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. ... Australia's Aron Price won the New South Wales Open at Castle Hill.
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Notes: Scott, Day, Senior, Geoff Ogilvy and Aaron Baddeley top the Australian contingent. Rory McIlroy is also in the field. ... Scott was third in the World Cup after sweeping the Australian PGA and Masters the previous two weeks. He won the 2009 tournament at New South Wales. ... Baddeley won as an amateur in 1999 at Royal Sydney and 2000 as a pro at Kingston Heath. ... Gary Player won the national championship a record seven times, one more than Jack Nicklaus.
Online: http://www.australianopengolf.com.au
PGA Tour of Australasia site: http://www.pgatour.com.au
OneAsia Tour site: http://www.oneasia.asia
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EUROPEAN TOUR/SUNSHINE TOUR
ALFRED DUNHILL CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Malelane, South Africa.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Leopard Creek Golf Club (7,287 yards, 6,663 meters, par 72).
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Purse: $2.03 million. Winner's share: $321,655.
Last year: South Africa's Charl Schwartzel won by 12 strokes, finishing at 24-under 264. He also won the 2005 tournament.
Last week: Denmark's Morten Orum Madsen won the South African Open at Glendower, beating South Africa's Hennie Otto and Jbe Kruger by two strokes.
Notes: John Daly is making his second start since having surgery on his right elbow in July. He tied for 48th last month in China in the BMW Masters. ... Americans John Hahn and Brinson Paolini are making their European Tour debuts. ... The European Tour has two events next week, the RSA Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa, and the Hong Kong Open.
European Tour site: http://www.europeantour.com
Sunshine Tour site: http://www.pgatour.co.za
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OTHER TOURNAMENTS
MEN
JAPAN GOLF TOUR: Casio World Open, Thursday-Sunday, Kochi Kuroshio Country Club, Kochi, Japan. Online: http://www.jgto.org
ASIAN TOUR: Indonesia Open, Thursday-Sunday, Pantai Indah Kapuk, Jakarta, Indonesia. Online: http://www.asiantour.com
PGA TOUR LATINOAMERICA: Personal Classic, Thursday-Sunday, La Reserva Cardales, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Online: http://www.pgatourla.com
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WOMEN
LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR: Women's Indian Open, Thursday-Saturday, Delhi Golf Club, New Delhi. Online: http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com
JAPAN LPGA TOUR: JLPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup, Thursday-Sunday, Miyazaki Golf Club, Miyazaki, Japan. Online: http://www.lpga.or.jp