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Next on the tee
Wednesday, May 24, 2006

A look at the weekend schedule for the major professional golf tours:

PGA of America
What: Senior PGA Championship.

Where: Oak Tree Golf Club, 7,102 yards, par 71, Edmond, Okla.

When: Tomorrow-Sunday.

Purse: TBA ($1.9 million in 2005).

Winner's share: TBA ($285,000 in 2005).

TV: USA, 2-4 p.m. tomorrow-Friday, and WPXI, 12:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Last year: Mike Reid won at Laurel Valley, beating Dana Quigley and Jerry Pate with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff. Reid eagled the final hole of regulation to tie Quigley and Pate.

Last event: Bobby Wadkins led wire to wire in the Boeing Championship.

Notes: Sam Snead won six times, the last in 1973 with a record 20-under 268 total at PGA National. ... Tour players Gil Morgan, Doug Tewell, David Edwards and Mark Hayes are Oak Tree regulars. ... Mike San Filippo won the PGA Senior Club Pro Championship in October to top the 35 qualifiers.

On the Net: Follow all the Champions Tour action at:

www.pgatour.com

Also this weekend at:

www.pga.com/seniorpga/2006/

PGA Tour
Event: FedEx St. Jude Classic.

Where: TPC at Southwind, 7,244 yards, par 70, Memphis, Tenn.

When: Tomorrow-Sunday.

Purse: $5.2 million.

Winner's share: $936,000.

TV: USA, 4-6 p.m. tomorrow; KDKA, 3-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Last year: Justin Leonard lost most of an eight-stroke lead before pulling out a one-stroke victory.

Last week: Tim Herron won the Colonial for his first PGA Tour win in seven years, making birdie on the second hole of a playoff.

Notes: Stanford Financial Group will take over as the title sponsor next year, with FedEx expanding its role with the PGA Tour as the title sponsor of the FedEx Cup season points race. ... Al Geiberger shot the first 59 in PGA Tour history in his 1977 victory at Colonial Country Club in Memphis.

On the Net: Follow all the PGA Tour action at:

www.pgatour.com

LPGA Tour
Event: Corning Classic.

Where: Corning Country Club, 6,062 yards, par 72, Corning, N.Y.

When: Tomorrow-Sunday.

Purse: $1.2 million.

Winner's share: $180,000.

TV: The Golf Channel, 7-9:30 p.m. tomorrow-Sunday (taped).

Last year: South Korea's Jimin Kang aced the 15th hole in the final round en route to a two-stroke victory.

Last week: Lorena Ochoa won the rain-shortened Sybase Classic for her sixth consecutive top-two finish.

Notes: Annika Sorenstam, the 2004 winner, is skipping the tournament.

On the Net: Follow all the LPGA Tour action at:

www.lpga.com

First published on May 24, 2006 at 12:00 am