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Teeing it up: This week in golf

Published:February 10, 2010, 12:07 AM

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Updated: August 21, 2010, 9:33 AM

A capsule look at this week's professional golf events:

PGA Tour

Event: AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

Site: Pebble Beach, Calif.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Courses: Pebble Beach Golf Links (6,816 yards, par 72), Monterey Peninsula Country

Club, Shore Course (6,900 yards, par 72) and Spyglass Hill Golf Club (6,833 yards, par 72).

Purse: $6.2 million. Winner's share: $1,116,000.

TV: Golf Channel (Thursday, 3-6 p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.; Friday, midnight-3 a.m., 3-6

p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2-5 a.m., 1-2:30 p.m., 9:30-11:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1-2:30 a.m.,

9:30-11:30 p.m.) and Ch. 4 (Saturday, 3-6 p.m.; Sunday, 3-6:30 p.m.).

Last year: Dustin Johnson won the rain-shortened tournament, finishing 54 holes at

15 under for a four-stroke victory over Mike Weir.

Last week: Steve Stricker won the Northern Trust Open to jump to No. 2 in the world,

beating Luke Donald by two strokes at Riviera. The 42-year-old Stricker has eight PGA Tour

victories, four in his last 15 starts.

Chip shots: The U.S. Open will be played at Pebble Beach in June. ... Phil Mickelson

won by five strokes in 2007, matching the tournament record of 20-under 268 set by Mark

O'Meara in 1997. Mickelson also won in 1998 and 2005. He's coming off a 45th-place tie at

Riviera. ... Monterey Peninsula's Shore Course also was used in 1965-66 and 1977. ... O'Meara,

making his first appearance in the event since 2006, won in 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992 and 1997,

and also won the 1979 California State Amateur at Pebble Beach. He has eight second-place

finishes in 53 winless Champions Tour starts. ... Retief Goosen, Padraig Harrington, Jim

Furyk, John Daly, Sergio Garcia and 2004 winner Vijay Singh are in the field. ... The final

round will be played at Pebble Beach. ... Johnson tied for third at Riviera. ... Mark Brooks

won the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational in November, his record third victory in the

unofficial event. ... The Accenture Match Play Championship is next week in Marana, Ariz. The

Mayakoba Golf Classic also is next week in Mexico.

On the net: www.pgatour.com

Champions Tour

Event: ACE Group Classic

Site: Naples, Fla. Schedule: Friday-Sunday.

Course: The Quarry (7,094 yards, par 72).

Purse: $1.6 million. Winner's share: $240,000.

TV: Golf Channel (Friday, 12:30-2:30 p.m.; Saturday, midnight-2 a.m., 6:30-9:30

p.m.; Sunday, midnight-2 a.m., 7-9:30 p.m.; Monday, midnight-2 a.m.).

Last year: Loren Roberts won the event for the second time in four years, birdieing

the final hole for a one-stroke victory over Gene Jones at TPC Treviso Bay.

Last event: Tom Watson won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship in

Hawaii on Jan. 24, birdieing the final two holes for a one-stroke victory over senior newcomer

Fred Couples.

Chip shots: Paul Azinger is making his Champions Tour debut. He turned 50 on Jan. 6.

... The tournament is the first full-field event of the year. ... The Allianz Championship is

next week in Boca Raton, Fla.

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